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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, September 22, 2006

Ongoing events

Advertiser Staff

The indicates admission is $5 or less, or free. Full-price admission is listed; * denotes discounts (or free) for students, seniors, military, members, children and/or advance purchase. Call venue for details.

STAGE

"Sweeney Todd," dark comedy of murderous barbarism and culinary crime, 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday, Richardson Theatre, Fort Shafter; $20*. 438-4480.

"Urinetown," musical satire about pay toilets in a drought, 8 p.m. today, Manoa Valley Theatre; repeats 8 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday; also, extended 8 p.m. Sept. 30 and 4 p.m. Oct. 1; $30*. 988-6131.

"Snow White," by Hester Kamin, with comic turns, music and dancing, 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Tenney Theatre, St. Andrew's Cathedral; $16*. 839-9885.

"Aloha Las Vegas," by Edward Sakamoto, 8 p.m. today, Kumu Kahua Theatre; repeats 2 p.m. Saturday; $16*. 536-4441.

"Mahalo Las Vegas," by Edward Sakamoto, 8 p.m. Saturday, Kumu Kahua Theatre; repeats 2 p.m. Sunday; also extended 8 p.m. Oct. 6-7 and 2 p.m. Oct. 8; $16*. 536-4441.

"Our Town," classic American play by Thornton Wilder, presented by The Actors' Group, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays, through Oct. 15, The Yellow Brick Studio; $15*. 550-8457.

"Thoroughly Modern Millie," small-town girl moves to the big city in search of a new life, premieres at 8 p.m. today, Diamond Head Theatre; repeats 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays (3 p.m. matinees Sept. 30 and Oct. 7), through Oct. 8; $12-$42. 733-0274, 733-0277.

MUSIC & DANCE

Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center entertainment: Josiah Kekoa Trio, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays; Soundettes of Hawaii, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays; Pu'uhonua, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays; Ku'uipo Kumukahi, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Fridays; lei-making classes, 4:15-5:15 p.m. Mondays; hula and 'ukulele lessons, 4:15-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; free. 922-2299.

Ala Moana Center entertainment: Australian Dance and Talent Centre, noon-12:30 p.m. Saturday; Keiki Hula Show, with Halau Na Mamo O Ka'ala and Kanilau, 10-11 a.m. Sundays; Polynesian Cultural Center, noon-12:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; free. 955-9517.

Pearlridge Center entertainment: Uptown — Halau Hula Mai Ka Pu'uwai a ka Mana'o, 7-8 p.m. today; Downtown — Honolulu Jazz Quartet, 6-8 p.m. Saturday; From Keiki to Kupuna, 10:30 a.m.-noon Tuesdays; Uptown and Downtown — Baba Alimoot and Friends, 11:30 a.m.1:30 p.m. Fridays; free. 488-0981.

International Market Place entertainment: Hana Lima, 7-9 p.m. today; Ko'olau Serenaders, 7-9 p.m. Saturday; Greg and Junko, 7-9 p.m. Sundays and Tuesdays; Voyage Through Polynesia, 8:30-9:15 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays; free. 971-2080.

Royal Hawaiian Band: 2-2:45 p.m. Sunday, Foster Botanical Garden; noon-1 p.m. Fridays, 'Iolani Palace grounds; free. 922-5331.

Aloha Tower Marketplace: Hawaii Woodshow, noon-9 p.m. today-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday; Pua Kapele Halau O Hula, 2:30-3:15 p.m. Saturday; Hawaii Miss Pageant (keiki), 3-5 p.m. Sunday; Star of Honolulu Welcome Hula Show, 4:30-5:30 p.m. daily; 'ukulele lessons, 2:30-3 p.m. Tuesdays; free. 566-2337.

Kuhio Beach torch-lighting and hula show, 6:30-7:30 nightly, Kuhio Beach stage, near Duke Kahanamoku statue; free. 843-8002.

FAMILY TIES

Toddler Storytimes, for ages 2-3, 10 a.m. Mondays, Kapolei Public Library; free. 693-7050.

Box Car Racing, for adults and children, 2-6 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sundays, plus major school holidays, American Box Car Racing International, Kunia; $6*. 947-3393, www.boxcarracing.org.

Preschool Storytime, for ages 3-5, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, Wahiawa Public Library; free. 622-6345.

Explore!, quilt-making, tours and living-history stations, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays, Mission Houses Museum; free with museum admission ($10* general, $8* kama'aina). 531-0481.

Twilight Tours, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Saturdays, Honolulu Zoo; 5 and older; $12*. Reservations: 971-7195.

ETC.

R/C Drift Practice Nights, electric drift cars welcome, 8 p.m. Tuesdays, Costco Iwilei parking lot (rain location: Ala Moana Center lot, near Sears and Zippy's); free. www.driftsession.com.

Hockey on Horseback, with intersquad games and entertainment, gates open at 11 a.m., game at 2 p.m. Sundays, Mokuleia Polo Fields; $7*. 637-8401.

Tour and Tea, explore the galleries, learn about art and culture, and socialize over a glass of tea, 2:304 p.m. Tuesdays and Sundays, Honolulu Academy of Arts; $7*. Reservations: 532-8700.

Youth Speaks Hawai'i, slam poetry workshops for ages 13-19, 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, The ARTS at Marks Garage; free. 387-9664.

TOURS & ATTRACTIONS

Mission Houses Museum Tours, 11 a.m. and 1 and 2:45 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays; $10* ($8* kama'aina). 531-0481.

Chinatown Historic and Cultural Walking Tour, presented by Hawai'i Heritage Center, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays; meet at 1040 Smith St.; $10*. 521-2749.

Ghosts of the Old Plantation, ghost stories with tour, 6:30-8 p.m., Hawaii's Plantation Village; $40. 306-7631.

Aloha Friday King's Jubilee, with flag ceremony, precision rifle drill and musical revue, followed by fireworks, 7 p.m. Fridays, Hilton Hawaiian Village; free. 949-4321, ext. 77881.

Komo Mai to the Courtyard, with keiki hula and Tahitian fire-knife dancer, 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Sheraton Moana Surfrider; free. 931-8383.

Na Ali'i, 2-hour cultural walking tour of Waikiki with Hawaiian storyteller Woody Fern, 9-11 a.m. Saturdays, Outrigger Reef on the Beach, Hoaloha canoe; free. 924-6007.

Hawaiian Railway Train Rides, 1 and 3 p.m. Sundays, 91-1001 Renton Road, 'Ewa; narrated, 90-minute roundtrip to Kahe Point; $10*. 681-5461.

Ocean Drifters, seasonally rotating exhibit of jellyfish, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily, Waikiki Aquarium; $9* general, $6 kama'aina. 923-9741.

Changing of the King's Guard, snap and precision rifle drill exhibition, 6:15 nightly, King's Village Shopping Center; free. 926-7890.