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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, July 31, 2009

Ongoing events

Advertiser Staff

The 4 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.

FAMILY

"BACKYARD MONSTERS: THE WORLD OF INSECTS," traveling exhibit featuring six robotic insects, 12-foot tarantula, giant paper wasp, monarch butterfly, fighting ants, scorpion, fighting beetles and a tomato caterpillar; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, except Tuesdays, through Sept. 7; Bishop Museum, Castle Memorial Building; $15*; 847-3511.

SHOWROOMS

"CREATION — A POLYNESIAN JOURNEY," a mythical journey through song and dance, about the creation of man and woman in a South Seas context; dinner check-in 5:30 p.m., seating at 6 p.m., cocktail check-in 6:45 p.m., seating at 7 p.m., daily except Mondays and Wednesdays; Ainahau Showroom, Sheraton Princess Kaiulani hotel; $124 premium dinner, $78* standard dinner, $45* cocktails only (kama'aina $93*, $58.50*, $36*); 922-5811.

"HEARTBEAT HAWAII," action musical celebrating Hawai'i's fusion of cultures; 7 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays; Level 4, Royal Hawaiian Center; $69 gold seat, $49* silver seat (kama'aina $45 gold, $35 silver; 931-6100, www.heartbeathawaii.com.

"MAGIC OF POLYNESIA," featuring illusionist John Hirokawa; 8 p.m. daily (seating at 7:30 p.m.); Ohana Waikiki Beachcomber hotel; deluxe dinner, $139, regular dinner $85, show only $52.50* (kama'aina $42*, $67*, $110*); 971-4321.

SOCIETY OF SEVEN LAS VEGAS, Society of Seven spinoff group; 6 p.m. dinner, 8:30 p.m. show Wednesdays-Saturdays; Main Showroom, Outrigger Waikiki Hotel on the Beach; $43* (drinks not included); 923-7469.

AT THE MALLS

4 ALA MOANA CENTER: keiki hula show; 10-11 a.m. Sundays; free; 955-9517.

4 HAWAII KAI TOWNE CENTER: farmers market, 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays; Luk Tung Kuen movement class, 8-9 a.m. Wednesdays; free; 396-0766.

4 PEARLRIDGE CENTER, UPTOWN (free events unless noted): Blood Bank of Hawaii blood drive, 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday; Ho'okahi Sunday Afternoons with Hema Pa'a, 1-2 p.m., also, Halau Hula mai ka Pu'uwai a ka Mana'o, 2:30-3:30 p.m.; Pali Momi Healthy Screenings, 7:45-9:30 a.m. Monday; Walk in the Mall with St. Francis Hospice Bereavement Services, 8-9 a.m. Wednesday; Senior Citizen Information Display, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Thursday. Ongoing: Junior Keiki Tuesday and chess lessons, 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays; free; 488-0981.

4 WINDWARD MALL: (free events unless noted): Aloha Aina Earth Day Recycling Community Clean-up and Fundraiser, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, also, Wind Wind Orchids, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and Summer DisFUNKshion's THE PROJECTX, 12-5 p.m. Saturday; Military Monday Country Music and Dance Festival, 5-7 p.m. Ongoing: Luk Tung Kuen Movement Classes, 6 a.m. Mondays-Fridays; free; 235-1143, www.windwardmall.com.

4 WARD WAREHOUSE: lauhala weaving demonstration, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays; line dance classes, 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays; free; www.wardcentre.com.

4 KAHALA MALL, Center Court: Ka Hale I o Kahala Halau Hula, 12-1 p.m. Saturday, also, Shasa Emporium Trunk Show, 12-5 p.m.; Toddler Time, 10-11:30 p.m. Wednesday; free; www.kahalamallcenter.com.

4 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

4 ROYAL HAWAIIAN BAND: 6 p.m. today-Sunday, Honolulu Family Festival, Magic Island; free; 922-5331.