The √ indicates admission is $5 or less, or free. Full-price admission is listed; the * denotes discounts (or free) for students, seniors, military, members, children and/or advance purchase.

STAGE

"Pele Ma," based on the book "Pele Ma: Legends of Pele From Kaua'i" by Frederick Wichman, exploring the legend of Pele, her sisters Namakaokaha'i and Hi'iaka, and Kaua'i chief Lohiau; premiering 8 p.m. Thursday; Kumu Kahua Theatre; repeats 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 10; $16*; 536-4441, www.kumukahua.org.

"Merry Christmas Roberta (A Chinatown Story)," a married couple, owners of a Chinatown convenience store, notice some grocery items are missing, and it looks like their 9-year-old daughter has been giving food to a homeless person, 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday, Yellow Brick Studio, 625 Keawe St.; $15*; 550-8457, www.honoluluboxoffice.com.

AT THE MALLS

√ Ala Moana Center: Belly Dancers in Paradise, 6-6:30 p.m. today; College Awareness Event, 12-2 p.m. Saturday; The Steptaculars, 12-12:45 p.m. Tuesday; The Royal Hawaiian Band, 2-2:45 p.m. Wednesday. Ongoing: keiki hula show, 10-11 a.m. Sundays; free; 955-9517.

√ Pearlridge Center, Uptown: Blood Bank of Hawaii blood drive, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday; Hema Pa'a, followed by Tali'ilagi Polynesian Production, from 1 p.m. Sunday; Pali Momi health screening, 7:45-9:30 a.m. Monday. Ongoing: Keiki Tuesday, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Tuesdays; Junior Keiki Tuesday and chess lessons, 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays; free; 488-0981.

√ Aloha Tower Marketplace: 'ukulele lessons with Shane Konno, 2:30-3 p.m. Saturdays; Star of Honolulu welcome hula show, 4:30-5:30 p.m. daily; free; 566-2337.

MUSIC & DANCE

√ Royal Hawaiian Band: 12-1 p.m. today, 'Iolani Palace; 4-5 p.m. Sunday, Waialua Bandstand; 2-2:45 p.m. Wednesday, Ala Moana Center stage; free; 922-5331.

√ International Market Place food court: Leo Nahenahe, 7-9 p.m. today; Keiki Palaka Band, 7-9 p.m. Saturday; Greg and Junko MacDonald, 7-9 p.m. Sundays and Tuesdays; Voyage Through Polynesia, 8:30-9:15 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays; free; 971-2080.

√ Recreational International Folk Dancing, 7-9 p.m. Sundays; Moiliili Community Center; $3; 941-6453.

Hula classes, all ages and skill levels; 6:30-7:30 p.m. Saturdays; Aloha Activity Center, 725 Kapi'olani Blvd.; $10; 677-7341.

√ Na Leo Lani Chorus, Hawai'i chapter of Sweet Adelines International, invites the public and prospective members — women, 16 and older — to its rehearsals; 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays; Saint Francis School auditorium, Manoa; free; 440-4607, www.sweetadelineshawaii.org.

√ Aloha Swing Saturdays, swing dancing lessons, 8-11 p.m. Saturdays, Aloha Activity Center, 725 Kapi'olani Blvd., No. C101; $5; 780-4641, www.hawaiijitterbugs.org.

√ Swing Ong King, swing dance lessons, 8-11 p.m. Thursdays, Ong King Arts Center; $5; 282-0053, www.hawaiijitterbugs.org.

√ Art is Music Festival, with the Ron Artis family, 1-5 p.m. Sundays, Hale'iwa Food Court, across from McDonald's; free; 637-1211.

√ Hawaii Ballroom Dance Association: Saturday Ball Dance, 6:30-9:45 p.m. Saturday and Feb. 2, Ala Wai Golf Course clubhouse, $5; Friday Ohana Night General Dance, 6:30-9:45 p.m. Jan. 18, Ala Wai Golf Course clubhouse, $3; Saturday Social Dance, 7-10 p.m. Jan. 12 and 26, Aliamanu Middle School cafeteria, donations accepted; 222-7851, 848-7789.

√ Kuhio Beach torch-lighting and hula show, 6-7 p.m. daily except Mondays, Kuhio Beach hula mound; free; 843-8002.

√ Native Books/Na Mea Hawai'i, Ward Warehouse: hula classes with Germaine Kaleolani Haili, 8:15-9 a.m. Tuesdays and 5-7 p.m. Thursdays; introduction to Hawaiian language, 8:15-9 a.m. Wednesdays; beginning adult 'ukulele classes, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Saturdays; Aupuni Art Place: make-and-take workshops with Michiko West, 12-4 p.m. Saturdays; feather workshops, 5:30-9 p.m. Mondays; nominal fee for materials; 597-8971.

FAMILY TIES

√ Keiki Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays; Borders, Ward Centre; free; 591-8995.

√ Planet Fun's "Catch A Rising Star": kids-only singing competition, 7 p.m. Fridays, Planet Fun, The Kunia Shopping Center; free, www.planetfunusa.com.

ETC.

Box Car Racing, for adults and children, 12-6 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, 2-6 p.m. Saturdays, 9 a.m.1 p.m. Sundays, plus major school holidays, American Box Car Racing International, Kunia; $7*; 947-3393, www.boxcarracing.org.

√ Youth Speaks Hawai'i, slam poetry workshops for ages 13-19, 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, The ARTS at Marks Garage; free; 387-9664.

√ Scrapbook crop, for teens and adults; 6-8 p.m. Saturdays through Feb. 23; University Avenue Baptist Church; free; Reservations: 664-6425.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS

√ Sunset Country Market, sponsored by North Shore Country Market, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, Sunset Beach Elementary School; free; 237-8248.

√ Waimanalo Country Market and Crafts Fair, plus clothes, jewelry and plants, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays, Waimanalo Homestead Community Center; free; 259-5349.

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