ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
YWCA hosts decadent benefit
Advertiser Staff and News Services
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See the restored Fuller Hall at the YWCA's fourth annual Downtown Decadence fundraiser, supporting economic advancement and leadership opportunities for women in Hawai'i. Downtown Decadence offers guests food, drink, pampering — facials, mini-makeovers, massages, even updos — 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the downtown Laniakea location, 1040 Richards St.; $65 nonmembers, $50 for members. www.ywcaoahu.org.
— Advertiser staff
PUPPET SHOW
CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM MARKS 20 YEARS
The Contemporary Museum in Makiki celebrates its 20th anniversary from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow with tours of The Puppet Show exhibit and historic home and gardens — not to mention free cupcakes, courtesy of The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. Museum entry is free to all this month; 20-somethings can visit for free through Sept. 30, 2009. 526-0232, www.tcmhi.org.
— Advertiser staff
FINAL WORD
"Each one of us can make a contribution. Too frequently, we think we have to do spectacular things."
Desmond Tutu | in the new book "Wisdom"