Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. today for a comedy concert on Dec. 26 by Howie Mandel, the dome-topped host of NBC's "Deal or No Deal" game show. Mandel is a 30-year show-biz veteran with credits on stage, on the tube and in films. Get tickets for the Blaisdell Concert Hall show, $30, $40 and $55, at Ticketmaster locations, including the Blaisdell Center box office, Times Super Market and Macy's. Charge by phone: 877-750-4400, www.ticketmaster.com.

— Wayne Harada

HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR ALERT

GET IT INTO OUR CALENDAR!

The Island Life section's annual holiday craft fair calendar is coming soon! If you are sponsoring a fair, send us the details: fair name, time, date, location and types of merchandise to be offered. Include a phone number that we can print with your listing. Send to: Holiday Craft Calendar, The Honolulu Advertiser, Island Life Section, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com, with "Craft Calendar" in the subject line; or fax to 525-8055. Submission deadline is Sept. 22.

— Advertiser Staff

FINAL WORD

"If I want something, I just pursue it. And if I can't have it right away, I figure out what I need to do. ... I'm building the life I want to live in."

Aaron Eckhart (Two-Face in the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight"), in Men's Health magazine