The Honolulu Festival, today through Sunday, is in its 15th year of promoting ethnic harmony between the people of Hawai'i and the Pacific Rim region. This year's festivities are as big as ever as the city prepares to host visitors from all over the Pacific region for its weekend extravaganza of cultural events.

Returning for this year's fest is anime voice-over star and singer Momoi Halko, left, whose following in Japan, and among anime enthusiasts worldwide, is huge. Think Hannah Montana meets the Jonas Brothers.

Other festival highlights include the Obama Girls and Obama Boys hula halau from Obama, Japan (no presidential relation that we know of) and the Alaska Native Heritage Center Dancers.

View the full festival schedule at www.honolulufestival.com

SHAKE IT WITH SHAKOOR

Arrested Development singer turned Jimmy Buffett Coral Reeferette Nadirah Shakoor performs at 9 p.m. tonight at Loft Gallery and Lounge in Chinatown. The crooner has been doing solo work since leaving Arrested Development in 1995, and rumor has it that her covers of Buffett songs are untouchable.

ROCK FAMILY VALUES

Picking up where 1975's "Escape from Witch Mountain" left off, this new chapter in the Witch Mountain series stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. It's not a sequel or a remake, it's a "reimagining." In theaters today.

SOMETHING ABOUT NOTHING

Actors from the London Stage perform Shakespeare's "Much Ado about Nothing."

7:30 p.m. Saturday / Paliku Theatre / $10-$20 advance, $15-$25 at the door / 965-8246

THE MORRIE SHOW

Manoa Valley Theatre takes on the stage adaptation of Mitch Albom's book, "Tuesdays with Morrie" (Wednesday through April 5). The production is paying a special tribute to Hawai'i artist Peggy Chun, who also died from ALS.

COMBINATION JOE

You had your fingers crossed that it would happen someday — that Starbucks would go from being an indulgence to being an affordable option for pre-noon sustenance. Guess what, people? We're there. Last week, the java giant unveiled its new breakfast combos. Get a cup of coffee plus your choice of a breakfast sandwich, pastry or oatmeal for $4.95. Joy!

GABRIELLA CILMI IS PLENTY SWEET

Australia's latest pop export Gabriella Cilmi, whose first single "Nothing Sweet About Me" hit the charts running, gets in on our current fascination with feel-good femme music. Her first album, "Lesson to be Learned," drops Tuesday.

ERIN GO BRAH!

What would St. Paddy's Day be without Murphy's Bar & Grillblock party Downtown on Tuesday? The small but strong local Irish contingency makes sure we celebrate. And we do. Oh, how we do.