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Posted on: Friday, March 4, 2005

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It's a rocking weekend

Hawaiian Express Records' monthlong 10th-anniversary celebration gets off to a roaring start this weekend:

The "Roots Rock Reggae" CD release party kicks off with two nights of fun, with bands featured on the album performing. Tonight, The Crud, Pimpbot, Suspicious Minds and Mr. Orange Undercover take the spotlight. Tomorrow, Go Jimmy Go and Microscopic Syllables funk it up.

9 p.m. today-Saturday / Anna Bannana's / $5 (21 and older) or $10 (18-20) today; $7 (21 and older) Saturday / 946-5190

Have a ball with Me First and the Gimme Gimmes as the playful punk-pop cover band brings the party for two shows. Your Accomplice and Mr. Orange Undercover both open each night. Doors open at 8 p.m. for the all-ages concerts.

9 p.m. Saturday-Sunday / Pink Cadillac / $15 / www.808shows.com

Sum 41 is ready to rock

Sum 41 heads for a gig at Pipeline Cafe Wednesday night.

Get infected with the sounds of Sum 41 as the punk-pop Canadian band rouses the masses to promote its latest album, "Chuck." The group's ambitious lyrics and energetic sound guarantee more than just a "Half Hour of Power." Local punk-rock band Upstanding Youth opens. Doors open at 6 p.m. for this all-ages show.

7 p.m. Wednesday / Pipeline Cafe / $22.50 / (877) 750-4400

New Doors come knocking

Are The Doors really The Doors without Jim Morrison? Decide for yourself as The Doors of the 21st Century take to the stage. Original band members Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger team up with singer Ian Astbury (formerly of The Cult) for a revamped version of the '60s rock band. Angelo Barbera and Ty Dennis round out the mix to bring the band's hypnotic hits back to life. Doors open 6:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m. today / Pipeline Cafe / $56 general, $125 VIP for 18 and older / (877) 750-4400

From Hawai'i and Japan

Tau Dance Theater and artistic director Peter Rockford Espiritu present the first Hawaii-Japan Youth Exchange Concert. The cultural dance program features guest dancers from 7 to 17 years old from the Yuko Anami Ballet Studio, right, and HITS! Dance Space from Nagoya. Young local performers joining them come from Kenny Endo's Taiko Center of the Pacific, Halau Hula Olana, Ballet Hawaii, Queen Emma Ballet, The Movement Center, Allegra Performing Arts Center and Pacific Youth Ballet. Winners of the Earnest T. Morgan Youth Choreographic Slam will also perform.

7:30 p.m. today-Saturday / Leeward Community College Theatre / $20 general, $15 students, seniors and military / 455-0385, 227-7718

Quartet in the spotlight

The Honolulu Chamber Music Series continues its golden season with a concert by the stellar St. Petersburg String Quartet. The Russian chamber music group is composed of Boris Vayner (viola), David Chernyavsky (violin), Alla Aranovskaya (violin) and Leonid Shukayev (cello). Classical guitarist Paul Galbraith joins them. The program includes works by Dvorak, Boccherini and Bach.

7:30 p.m. Thursday / UH-Manoa Orvis Auditorium / $24 general, $15 students and Honolulu Symphony musicians / 944-2697

Also, a free pre-concert talk with ensemble members led by Lesley Wright happens at 6:30 p.m. in the Music Building, Room 36. A free lecture/demonstration with Paul Galbraith happens at 3 p.m. March 11 in the same location.

'Sacred Sounds' at Chaminade

The Hawai'i Vocal Arts Ensemble continues its 2004-05 season with its annual "Sacred Sounds" concert. This year's program features sacred choral music selections from the Renaissance, Classical, Romantic and Contemporary periods. The concert features works by Eric Whitacre, Stravinsky, Gounod, Javier Busto, Bruckner, and local composers John Alexander and Claire Karst Rivero.

7:30 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday / Chaminade University, Mystical Rose Oratory / $17.50 general, $35 preferred seating, $12.50 military and seniors, and $5 students / 551-4808

'Swoop, Tumble, Fly' at UH

Nicole Pouliot and Morgan Cloud are among the dancers in "Swoop, Tumble, Fly: The Art of Motion."

Andrew Shimabuku

Dance is taken to new heights when the University of Hawai'i-Manoa's Department of Theatre and Dance presents "Swoop, Tumble, Fly: The Art of Motion." The diverse program features five distinctive dance pieces after an opening act of African-style drumming. The opening piece, "Illuminating the Spirit," incorporates the rhythms of African fusion dance. "Threads" features a six-member ensemble that uses partnering skills and release techniques. The energetic "Breakers" is set to the music of Franz Schubert. "Kumu Honua ... Creation" is a hula set in the Hawaiian monarchy era. The finale, "One Flight Up," is a collaboration using dancers suspended on ropes.

8 p.m. today-Saturday and March 11-12, and 2 p.m. March 13 / Kennedy Theatre mainstage / $15 general, $12 seniors, military and UH faculty and staff, $10 non-UH Manoa students and $3 UH Manoa students / 956-7655

First Friday rolls on

A new trolley service from Waikiki to downtown could make today's First Friday art gallery walk even bigger. Trolleys will begin picking up passengers at 4:30 p.m. at the ABC Store on Ala Moana; 4:40 at the Outrigger Islander on Lewers Street; 4:45 at the Duke Kahanamoku statue; and 4:50 at the Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel.

Among the First Friday offerings:

Ladyfest Hawai'i 2005 holds its opening at The ARTS at Marks Garage with a visual art show and performance by Willow Chang, Convergence Dance Theatre, DJ Nocturna and fashion show featuring designs by Michele Lau and Lauren LoLevin.
The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center offers a gallery talk with exhibiting artist Dorothy Faison and acoustic guitar by Michael Tanenbaum and Randy Wheeler. The gallery/bank will be closed 6-7 p.m.
Hawai'i State Art Museum holds an opening reception for a new temporary exhibit, "Reflecting Hawai'i." The exhibit continues through Sept. 3.
Jeff Said No! plays the blues from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Ramsay Museum.
Percussion ensemble Jammarek plays energetic music from West Africa and French Caribbean traditions at 8-11 p.m. in Soullenz Gallery. Tambito Anya also performs Afro-Cuban and Bata music. Cover is $5.

Other galleries taking part this month include Bethel Street Gallery, Cafe Che Pasta, The Exhibit Space at 1132 Bishop Street, F/22 Gallery, Got Art?, Hanks Cafe Honolulu, Jeff Chang Pottery, Louis Pohl Gallery, Mercury, On the River, Pacific Traditions Gallery, The Pegge Hopper Gallery, Sharky's Tattoo, Studio of Roy Venters, thirtyninehotel, Toshiko Takaezu Ceramics Studio at the YWCA and Color Street Gallery.

5-9 p.m. today / Various art venues / Free / 521-2903

Hula and harmony in Waikiki

This month's Concert in the Courtyard features the talents of Halau I Ka Wekiu, 'Ike Pono and Na Hokupa. Karl Veto Baker and Michael Casupang present Halau I Ka Wekiu, above, which has performed at the Pan Pacific Hula Exhibition in Japan. The harmony of quartet 'Ike Pono will carry on the night breeze, while the sentimental sounds of Na Hokupa will bring you back to the time of yesterday. Jacqueline "Skylark" Rosetti of The Breeze emcees.

5:30-7 p.m. Thursday / Sheraton Moana Surfrider / Free, with a one-drink minimum / 922-3111

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