Planet Hollywood Honolulu "Get Freaky at the Tiki"

Celebrate Hollywood-style at Planet Hollywood Honolulu's newly renovated "Tiki" bar.

Author book signing, live entertainment, pupus, door prizes & mai tai samplings -- help choose the Mai Tai of the Month in our Bartender Showdown!*

Ticket Info (Must be 21 years or older to attend) VIP Tickets: $29.00 per person (a $45 value!); includes 2 mai tai samples, pupu buffet, special VIP seating from 5:00 -8:00 PM and a copy of The New-Wave Mai Tai book. General Admission Tickets: $17.00 per person (a $25 value); includes 2 mai tai samples and access to the pupu buffet from 6:00 - 8:00 PM

** 21 years and older only **

Lamalama 'o Waikiki

There will be an extra bright star shining in Waikiki on Thursday, August 21st, 2008. On the 4th floor rooftop of the newly renovated Royal Hawaiian Center, hundreds of guests are expected at “Lamalama 'o Waikiki,” a fundraiser for the new Native Hawaiian Ho'okipa (Hospitality) Scholarship for students pursuing a career in Hawaii’s travel industry.

Event postponed until Thursday, August 21st. Tickets will be back on sale Thursday July 24th; For questions please call 550-8457.

Hawai'i Shakespeare Festival Presents: Merchant of Venice

Set in the aristocratic, romantic world of Belmont (where people risk everything for love) and the mercantile city of Venice (where people risk everything for profit) – Shakespeare began writing a comedy but ended up creating Shylock, one of his first real tragic characters. Starring Stephen Mead as Shylock, Robert St. John as Antonio and Danielle Vivarttas-Ahrnsbrak as Portia.

Season tickets (all three plays, any day) are $42. The discount will appear on the payment page.

This performance is approximately 2-2.5 hours long including an intermission.

Hawaiian Airlines and the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation present The Great Hawaiian 105 KINE Luau

With ono Hawaiian food and the music of Cecilio and Kapono, this luau at the Waikiki Shell is a celebration of Duke and his legacy. Proceeds raised go to ODKF's college scholarships and athletic grants program.

Each Guest also receives a Cecilio & Kapono's 35 Back in the Day ticket.

LooChoo nu Kwa: Children of LooChoo

Featuring Ryukyu/Okinawan court dances rarely performed for the public, with introduction to the pieces narrated in story form. Underlining the story is a grandson who, upon returning from school on the mainland to attend his grandmother's funeral, realizes he has much to learn about his identity and connection with her but only after she has passed. Through music and dance, the story brings forth the importance of individual cultural identities and traditions. Exquisite costumes used during the kingdom period will be worn and exhibited. This production will touch many hearts and memories.

Hawaiian KINE, 940AM and Amy Hanaiali`i present Celebration `Aumakua

Celebration `Aumakua will be a mele ho`okupu (gift of music) concert featuring family and friends of Amy Hanaiali`i

Entertainment: Afatia, Mahi Beamer, Darren Benitez, Jimmy Borges, Cecilio & Kapono, Keao Costa, Ernie Cruz, John Cruz, Maila Gibson, Eric Gilliom, Napua Greig, Raiatea Helm, Ho`okena., Robi Kahakalau, Kaukahi, Nina Keli`iwahamana, Genoa Keawe `Ohana, Makana, Maunalua, Sean Na`auao, Oshen, Jeff Peterson, Pilioha, Jeff Rasmussen, Marlene Sai, Jerry Santos, Ten Feet, Kawika Trask, Ben Vegas, And Many More To Come!

Tickets: $12.00 Advance Purchase and $17.00 at door.

Proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to `Aha Punana Leo.

No outside food or beverage allowed. No video cameras or taping permitted.

Entertainment from 4 pm – 11 pm (Doors open at 3 pm). Amy's recently released CD, `Aumakua, available for purchase at event

Take a look at an invitation flyer for Celebration `Aumakua

Tim Bostock Productions and Air Pacific present TE VAKA at Pipeline Café

The music of Te Vaka, written by Opetaia Foa'i is traditionally influenced - tribal, powerful and rootsy yet melodic, warm, earthy and atmospheric.

The log drums (or Pate in his native language) are an important part of the sound, capturing the infectious rhythms of the South Seas and creating a Pacific groove.

Opetaia has a very deep and passionate involvement with the Islands of the South Pacific. He writes songs that tell the story of Polynesia, from the original pioneers who traveled across the largest ocean on the planet with a simple canoe (vaka) to the current destruction of many of the smaller Pacific Islands such as Tokelau and Tuvalu due to the effects of Global warming.

The songs are mostly in the language of Tokelau, an original dialect of old Polynesia, but in the later albums there are songs in Samoan and Tuvaluan also.. This serves as a means of keeping the language alive as well as imparting, to the music, the rich colour and rhythm of the language itself.

All Ages Show - Doors at 7:30pm concert starts at 9:00pm

Hawaii State Ballet's "The Nutcracker"

The Nutcracker is a ballet by Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky, composed in 1891-92, and based on the The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, a story by E.T.A. Hoffman (1816).

Generations of audiences have enjoyed this perennial Christmas favorite, a charming tale of holiday adventure that follows a little girl's journey through a fantasy world of fairies, princes, toy soldiers, and an army of mice.

It is appealing to children and adults alike and has been the standard yearly feature here in Honolulu performed by the Junior Company of Hawaii State Ballet, and directed by Mr. John Landovsky for almost 20 years.