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

STAGE

"South Pacific," Hawaii Opera Theatre's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical; premieres at 8 p.m. today; Blaisdell Concert Hall; repeats 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 5; $20-$75; 596-7858, www.hawaiiopera.org.

"You Somebody," Pua "Ma" Lusa is determined to see her family's names in Wayne Harada's Show Biz column in this musical comedy written by Lee Cataluna, 8 p.m. today, 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday, (extended run: 8 p.m. Aug. 3, 3 and 8 p.m. Aug. 4 and 4 p.m. Aug. 5), Diamond Head Theatre; $12-42; 733-0274, www.diamondheadtheatre.com.

AT THE MALLS

√ Ala Moana Center: Hawaii State Ballet, 7-7:45 p.m. today; Iwalani School of Dance, 2-2:45 p.m. Saturday; 10-11 a.m. Sundays; Polynesian Cultural Center, 12-12:45 p.m. Tuesdays; free. 955-9517.

√ Pearlridge Center: Uptown: "Robots: The Interactive Exhibition," during mall hours, today-Aug. 5; Stepping Stones Academy and Gymboree Play and Music, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday; Walk in the Mall with St. Francis Hospice Bereavement Services, 8-9 a.m., Keiki Kani Choir, 4-5 p.m. Wednesday; senior citizen information display, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Thursday; Baba Alimoot and friends, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Fridays; Keiki Tuesday, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Tuesdays; Junior Keiki Tuesday and chess lessons, 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays; free. 488-0981.

√ Native Books/Na Mea Hawai'i, Ward Warehouse: hula classes with Germaine Kaleolani Haili, 8:30-9 a.m. Tuesdays and 5-7 p.m. Thursdays; introduction to Hawaiian language, 8:30 a.m. Wednesdays; beginning adult 'ukulele classes, 9:30 a.m. Saturdays; free. 597-8971.

√ Windward Mall schedule: "The Scene" back-to-school event, 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sunday; Windward families for R.E.A.L., 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday; free. 235-1143, www.windwardmall.com.

√ Aloha Tower Marketplace: Pau Kapele Halau O Hula, 12:30-1:15 p.m. Saturday; Star of Honolulu welcome hula show, 4:30-5:30 p.m. daily; free. 566-2337.

MUSIC & DANCE

√ Art is Music Festival, with the Ron Artis family, 1-5 p.m. Sundays, Haleiwa Food Court, across from McDonalds; free; 637-1211.

√ Hawaii Ballroom Dance Association: Saturday Ball Dance, 6:30-9:45 p.m. Aug. 4, Ala Wai Golf Course clubhouse, $5; Friday Ohana Night General Dance, 6:30-9:45 p.m. Aug. 17, Ala Wai Golf Course clubhouse, $3; Saturday Social Dance, 7-10 p.m. Saturday and Aug. 11, Moanalua Elementary School, donations accepted; 222-7851, 848-7789.

√ Kuhio Beach torch-lighting and hula show, 6:30 p.m. daily except Mondays, Kuhio Beach hula mound; free. 843-8002.

ETC.

√ Gokurosama: Contemporary Photographs of the Nisei in Hawai'i, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays through Aug. 3; Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i; $5*; 945-7633, www.jcch.com.

Box Car Racing, for adults and children, 12-6 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, 2-6 p.m. Saturdays, 9 a.m.1 p.m. Sundays, plus major school holidays, American Box Car Racing International, Kunia; $7*. 947-3393, www.boxcarracing.org.

Polo in Paradise, Hawaii Polo Club meets various competitors, with food and entertainment, gates open 11 a.m., game at 2 p.m. Sundays through September, Mokule'ia Polo Fields; $8*. 637-8401.

√ Native American Indian Drum Circle, with singing, drumming and dancing; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays; Kapi'olani Park (look for the tepee); free; 677-1729.

Moonlight Mondays, for nightlife industry workers, 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Mondays, Aiea Bowling Complex; $25. 778-8888.

√ 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.

√ Go (Asian board game) lessons, 1-4 p.m. Sundays, Palolo Hongwanji Buddhist Temple; free. 596-8590, 833-5554.

Ravenchase Adventures: "The Great Waikiki Treasure Hunt," scavenger hunt, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily, International Market Place, second floor; $25 kama'aina, $35 general; 203-8963, (888) 588-8862.

TOURS & ATTRACTIONS

Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens: keiki-focused guided walking tour, 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. daily (1 p.m. Sundays only); $14.50*. 239-6775, www.fonggarden.com.

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

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.

'Iolani Palace Grand Tours, 1 1/2-hour tour of galleries and barracks, every 30 minutes, 8:30 a.m.2 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays; $20* ($15* kama'aina). Galleries tour only: $12*. 522-0832.

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

Mission Houses Museum Walking Tours, with Nanette N. Napoleon 10 a.m. and 12 p.m., every second Saturday of the month; $15* ($10* kama'aina). 531-0481, ext. 707.

√ Sing-along, Hawaiian music, hymns and oldies, 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Continental Surf Hotel; free; 947-9993, 554-3738.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS

√ Sunset Country Market, sponsored by North Shore Country Market, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, Sunset Beach Elementary School; free. 237-8248.

√ Waimanalo Country Market and Crafts Fair, plus clothes, jewelry and plants, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays, Waimanalo Homestead Community Center; free. 259-5349.