The Hard Rock Cafe Honolulu hosts a fundraiser at 5 p.m. today to help defray medical expenses for retired lifeguard captain Ivan Harada, who recently underwent liver transplant surgery. A $50 donation, which includes food and festivities, is suggested. Guests will have the opportunity to participate in a silent auction, complete with chances to bid on golf clubs, surfboards, Hard Rock merchandise and dining certificates. Additional prizes will be raffled off throughout the evening.

— Mike Gordon

WE PROPOSE ...

ELABORATE PROPOSALS?

The Style Network has taken to showing guys getting all misty as they drop to one knee, Tiffany box in hand, to seek the hand of their beloveds in marriage. Tell us if the "I Propose" series is true for Hawai'i: Are men getting more elaborate about their part in the proceedings? Weigh in, readers — are proposals getting more ink for a reason? Share your proposal story with us: reach Mary Kaye Ritz at mritz@honoluluadvertiser.com or 525-8035.

FINAL WORD

"The roots of my music, regardless of the track, are always in a stark, dusty basement in Berlin — it's always about the club, the clubbing experience."

Electronic dance music composer/producer DJ Paul Van Dyk | whose latest CD is "In Between," in Billboard magazine