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Posted on: Friday, November 12, 2004

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Nakamatsu on piano

Chamber Music Hawaii's 2004-2005 season continues with special-guest pianist Jon Nakamatsu. His elegant mastery of the keyboard and close Hawai'i ties have made him an Island favorite. Although hailing from California, Nakamatsu has family on O'ahu and a grandmother born on Maui.

7:30 p.m. Monday / Doris Duke Theatre / $40 / 524-0815, Ext. 245

Nakamatsu also performs:

7 p.m. Saturday, Kaua'i Community College Performing Arts Center. $20 general; $5 for students under 18. (808) 245-7464.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, University of Hawai'i-Hilo Theater. $15 general, $13 seniors over 60 and $7 students. (808) 974-7310.
8 p.m. Nov. 19, Kahilu Theatre on the Big Island. Tickets are $25, $30 and $35. (808) 885-6868.

More 'Footholds'

Fall Footholds comes back for a second round with master's of fine arts dance candidate Wayles E.S. Haynes choreographing "Fall Footholds II: You Are the Mirror." Haynes uses tap, contemporary ballet and modern dance to portray her love of dance and experiences in Hawai'i. Works include the exploration piece "The Mirror" and engaging "Audience Sit-study." Haynes also performs two of her solo works, "The Blame Game" and "Fiesta Mo-jo." A discussion follows the Nov. 19 show.

8 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, Nov. 19-20 and 2 p.m. Nov. 21 / UH-Manoa, Earle Ernst Lab Theatre / $10 general, $8 seniors, military, UH faculty/staff, non-UHM students, $3 UHM students / 956-7655

Festival continues

The World Invitational Hula Festival continues at the Shell today and tomorrow.

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E Ho'i Mai I Ka Piko Hula, an event also known as the World Invitational Hula Festival, has convened for the 13th year at the Waikiki Shell, featuring halau from Hawai'i, Japan, Okinawa and the Mainland. The final evening will include a tribute to Kent Ghirard, who taught hula dancers and produced shows in the heyday of Waikiki; many of his dancers will return to perform. Hale Ku'ai, the cooperative of Hawaiian entrepreneurs, will offer crafts and other products for sale. Gates to the festival open each day at 4:30 p.m.

5:30 p.m. today and Saturday / Waikiki Shell / $5 lawn, $10 terrace loge rows 7-25, $15 terrace loge rows 1-6 and $25 pool / 591-2211

Just mad about ska

Go Jimmy Go photo

University of Hawai'i students can forget about the weather and dance their cares away when the Campus Center Board Activities Council presents Skamania, part of the monthly late-night concert series Manoa Moonlight Madness, with the emphasis on ska. So skank along to the tunes of Neken, The No No Boys, Pimpbot and of course, the boys of Go Jimmy Go, above, back and raring to go after a wild nationwide tour. This is an all-ages, nonalcoholic event.

8:30 tonight / UH-Manoa Campus Center / Free to UH students with valid ID, one guest per student / 956-4491

'Sulu' beams in at the symphony

The Honolulu Symphony's Halekulani MasterWorks season continues this weekend with a Veterans Day Tribute. "America's Heroes" features George Takei, also known as Sulu on the original "Star Trek" television and film series, as he narrates Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait." The program also includes George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue for Piano and Orchestra" and Copland's Symphony No. 3. Samuel Wong conducts.

8 tonight and 4 p.m. Sunday / Blaisdell Concert Hall / $21, $33, $43, $51 and $64 / 792-2000, (877) 750-4400

Harpist has tales to tell

Discover "The Fine Beauty of the Island" via the magic of Celtic harpist and storyteller Patrick Ball as the California native returns to the Islands. This solo musical performance focuses on the tales and legends of the Blasket Islands near Ireland. Ball brings the culture back to life as he recounts the history of the inhabitants, who were forced to leave their homes in the early 1950s.

7:30 p.m. Saturday / Sacred Hearts Academy auditorium / $20 general, $15 military, seniors, students and UH faculty and staff / 944-2697

Ball also performs at public libraries around the state as part of Children's Book Week and the 2004 Talespinners' Festivals of the Pacific. Local storytellers Nyla Ching-Fujii, Joe Miller and balladeer Jeffry Stephen Babb join Ball for six free shows, recommended for ages 5 and older:

5 p.m. Monday in Lihu'e, Kaua'i.
11:45 a.m. and 12:55 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain View, Big Island.
6 p.m. Wednesday at Kalihi-Palama.
10 a.m. Thursday at Lahaina, Maui, and 3 p.m. at Wailuku, Maui.

Solo performances with Ball take place:

11 a.m. Sunday at Pearl City.
3 p.m. Wednesday at 'Aina Haina.
10:30 a.m. Nov. 20 at Manoa and 1 p.m. at Mililani.

T.S.O.L. to rock Pipeline

There's no better time than now to rock on to the True Sounds of Liberty as the punk band from the OC flies in for more "Thoughts of Yesterday." The all-ages punk fest also serves as a release party for T.S.O.L.'s "Live in Hawaii" DVD, featuring footage from a previous Club Pauahi concert plus bonus scenes recorded at Pipeline beach. Local rockers The Enhancements, The Hell Caminos and The Grave Robbers help keep the volume turned up high.

6-10 p.m. Saturday / Pipeline Cafe / $10 advance, $15 at the door / www.808shows.com

David Sedaris is in town

Christmas elf-turned-author David Sedaris reads from his works at the historic Hawai'i Theatre during his Hawai'i debut. An award-winning humorist, Sedaris once worked as a Christmas elf for Macy's, using the experience to create the hilarious "SantaLand Diaries," which he read on National Public Radio's "Morning Edition." He also penned a number of best-selling books, including "Barrel Fever" and "Holidays on Ice."

8 p.m. Saturday / Hawai'i Theatre / $28-$38 / 528-0506

Moonlight Concerts begin tonight

The Aston Full Moon Concert series is back tonight with a new name but the same beloved music. The newly renamed Aston Moonlight Concert features the sweet falsetto of Raiatea Helm, smooth harmonies of Kapena and nostalgic favorites of The Makaha Sons, above. Tonight's show is the hotel's thank you gift to outgoing Mayor Jeremy Harris and his administration for their efforts to revitalize Waikiki.

6:30-9:30 tonight / Kapi'olani Park bandstand / Free

A bit of British nostalgia

The British are coming, the British are coming! Well, actually they came to America in a really big way back in the '60s, but this weekend three acts that were part of the famed British Invasion are back again in Honolulu. Catch those old faves Gerry and the Pacemakers ("Ferry 'Cross the Mersey" and "I'm the One"); Herman's Hermits, featuring Peter Noone, above ("Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter" and "There's a Kind of Hush"); and Chad and Jeremy ("A Summer Song" and "Yesterday's Gone").

7 p.m. Sunday / Blaisdell Arena / $35, $45 / (877) 750-4400

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