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DANCE: MARCH 2-11
Explore the landscape of the heart with "Dances From the Heart/Land," left, UH-Manoa's Department of Theatre and Dance's annual concert. A hula kahiko opens the show, and gospel, jazz and rock music underscore dance creations that include "Clowns and Other Fools: A Pantomime Circus," "Anytown," Kryptonite" and "Blessed." Guest choreographers include Bebe Miller, Lotte Goslar, Joanie Smith and Daniel Shapiro.
8 p.m. March 2-3, 9-10 and 2 p.m. March 11 / UH-Manoa, Kennedy Theatre / $16 general, $14 UH faculty and staff, seniors and military, $11 students, $5 UH-Manoa students / 483-7123, www.etickethawaii.com.
ETC.: MARCH 9-11
The Kunia Orchid Society marks "The End of An Era": After 53 years, this will be the club's final orchid show at the rustic Kunia Gymnasium because of the recent shutdown of Del Monte's pineapple operations. The event features six orchid clubs in a competition to display their best blooms; and ethnic foods and vegetables for sale. Guest educational lecturers include Edwin Oka, Connie Yoshioka and Kean Matsumoto. And although this is the Kunia organization's last stand in Kunia, it's hoping to relocate to the Leilehua gym next year.
9 a.m.-5 p.m. March 9-10 and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 11 / Del Monte Kunia Gymnasium,
Kunia Village / $2 / 637-3061, 623-8585.
CONCERT: MARCH 9
The Brothers Cazimero offer a blast from the past in a concert titled "Ho'ike Hapa Haole," a visit to the Golden Age of Hawaiian music. Hawaiian in feeling, but often western in orchestration and language, hapa-haole songs were sometimes sweet, sometimes rascal and managed to resonate with audiences around the world in the early- to mid-1900s.
8 p.m. March 9 / Hawai'i Theatre / $33 general; $5 discount for Hawai'i Theatre members, those 17 and younger, students, military and groups of 10 or more / 528-0506, www.hawaiitheatre.com.
FESTIVAL: MARCH 10-11
The rich blend of arts, crafts and cultures of Japan and the Pacific Rim nations will be celebrated at the 13th annual Honolulu Festival, below, themed "Pacific Renaissance." More than 5,000 performers and spectators from Japan, Australia, Taiwan, the Philippines and Hawai'i are expected to participate in demonstrations, music, exhibits and of course, the exhilarating parade down Kalakaua Avenue.
10 a.m.-5 p.m. March 10 and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. March 11 (grand parade 4:30-8 p.m. March 11); March 9 school tours by invitation only / Hawai'i Convention Center, Ala Moana Center and Waikiki Beach Walk / Free / www.honolulufestival.com.
ETC.: MARCH 10
An elegant evening of song by four renowned vocalists from Taiwan, China and New York is in store at The Narcissus Classic concert. Yung Deng, founder of the Guangzhou Opera Institute; Juilliard graduate Kewei Wang, below; actor, pianist and Asian pop singer Xu Lee; and Cinderella Liao bring their unique voices to a selection of classical, English and Chinese songs.
7:30 p.m. March 10/ Hawai'i Theatre/ $31, $41/ 528-0506, www.hawaiitheatre.com.
CONCERT: MARCH 11
Hatebreed, the Grammy-nominated Connecticut band, brings its angry self across the Pacific for a concert at Pipeline. Get ready for infectious hardcore punk music with titles such as "Destroy Everything," "Supremacy of Self," "Smash Your Enemies" and "Tear It Down."
Doors open at 6 p.m., show at 7 March 11 / Pipeline Cafe / $22 general, $40 VIP / (877) 750-4400, www.ticketmaster.com.
CONCERT: MARCH 15
Back in the day, Foreigner was the epitome of arena rock. Now classic-rock fans can relive the '70s and '80s with the band's mix of blustery blues and rock hard hits such as "Feels Like the First Time," "Cold As Ice," "Hot Blooded," "Urgent" and "I Want To Know What Love Is" when it stops in Honolulu for one medium-sized arena show. Original founding member Mick Jones leads the new lineup.
8 p.m. March 15 / Blaisdell Arena / $41, $51 / www.kingmichelconcerts.com.
STAGE: MARCH 15-APRIL 15
"Kamau" means "to persevere," and is the title of a play written by Alani Apio and presented by Kumu Kahua. First produced in 1994, the story centers around Alika, worker for a local tour company that plans to build a hotel on the oceanfront land that Alika's family has lived on for generations.
8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, March 15-April 15 (no show March 17) / Kumu Kahua Theatre / $16 general, $13 seniors and $10 students (Thursdays only: $13 general, $11 seniors 62 and older, $5 students and patrons with proof of unemployment / 536-4441, www.kumukahua.org.
ETC.: MARCH 24
The United Cerebral Palsy Association's Great Hawaiian Rubber Duckie Race, above, is still waddling and afloat after 20 years. Imagine 20,000 duckies taking on the challenges of the Ala Wai Canal in efforts to raise dollars for those with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. Pre-race activities include entertainment and what's billed (ahem!) as the state's largest duck store in McCully Shopping Center.
Race begins at 1:20 p.m. from the Kalakaua Avenue Bridge, festivities.
9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. March 24 / McCully Shopping Center / $5 adoption, $20 3-peat pack and $250 VID (very important duck) / 532-6744, www.ucpahi.org.
Correction: "Kamau," which means "to persevere," is the title of a play that begins March 15 at Kumu Kahua Theatre. The translation was incorrect in a previous version of this story.
