SPAM-A-LOT

It's no secret that we Islanders love us some canned meat. So beloved is the stuff that we've gone beyond just eating it and liking it and making it a cultural cuisine to throwing parties in its honor.

This year's Waikiki Spam Jam pays homage to Hormel's best invention by asking a dozen restaurants to make their very best Spam recipes, and inviting the whole island to taste and see why they love the stuff so much (and it goes way beyond musubi). There will be live music, games and contests for the keiki and tons of Spam merch.

Spam trivia: 7 million cans of Spam are eaten every year in Hawai'i — because we're awesome like that.

7th annual Waikiki Spam Jam / 4-10 p.m. Saturday / Kalakaua Avenue / Free / www.spamjamhawaii.com

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

It's a year late coming, but the 2008 Sundance Festival hit "The Last Word," starring Winona Ryder, is finally making its Hawai'i debut at 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Movie Museum ($5, 735-8771).

THE BEAT GOES ON

Congo master Poncho Sanchez is back throwing Latin flavor into the Honolulu Symphony Pops. He and his Latin Jazz Band will be symphony guests at Blaisdell Concert Hall: 8 p.m. today and Saturday ($20-$82, Ticketmaster).

SPRING GLEANING

See what's out as the 34th annual Spring New Products Show starts today.

5-10 p.m. today, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday / Blaisdell Exhibition Hall / $3

A MATTER OF MANNERS

Kalihi's T-Shirt Theatre Company explores civility in its spring production "Manners Matter," at 7:30 p.m. today, with a repeat performance at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Farrington High School auditorium (free, 220-5003).

THE MAGIC TOUCH

The new Ko'olau Magic Theater (239-6711) opens at 7 tonight, with resident magicians The Great Davidio and Mr. O presiding over the tricks and illusions — it's ... magic!

MEERKAT MADNESS

The meerkats are back at the Honolulu Zoo. Well, not the same meerkats; new meerkats that are just as cute as the ones that came before them, and twice as smart. OK, we don't know if they're smarter, but they're definitely cute.

THE RETURN OF BHANGRA

DJ Rekha, the founder of New York City's popular nightclub party "Basement Bhangra," returns to Honolulu with a string of engagements. She'll be at ARTafterDARK at 6 tonight, at Loft at 10 and at RumFire at 7 p.m. Saturday.