Free trees! Want one? In celebration of Arbor Day, Hawaiian Electric Co. and its partners will give away 2,600 trees and shrubs — one per family — tomorrow at six sites islandwide. Giveaways start at 7 a.m. at HECO's Ward Avenue Facility, Ko'olau Base Yard and Kahe Power Plant, the Urban Garden Center in Pearl City and Wahiawa Botanical Garden. Get your tree beginning at 9 a.m. at Waimea Valley Audubon Center. Trees go fast, so go early! Details: www.arbordayhawaii.org.

— Zenaida Serrano

TAGAWA WILL GUEST ON NBC SERIES MONDAY

NBC's hit "Heroes" will have Hawai'i ties when Island resident Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa makes his second guest appearance on Monday. The show airs at 8 p.m. Mondays.

The Hawai'i-based actor plays the swordmaking, samurai-era father of Yaeko, a love interest for Hiro Nakamura, the time-traveling character played by Masi Oka.

"I like the idea that there's an Asian-American character (Nakamura) who's a hero in a regular TV series and speaking Japanese, on top of that," Tagawa said by phone from Los Angeles. ... "It's great to see that kind of change."

— Zenaida Serrano

FINAL WORD

“This is a different era. Record companies don’t break bands anymore. Music is discovered through YouTube and MySpace. So why can’t this show be authentic?”

John Rzeznik | Goo Goo Dolls' lead singer and judge on "The Next Great American Band" (7 p.m. Fridays on Fox), in TV Guide