Eldercare entrepreneurs: Kapiolani Community College offers a six-week course in how to run a long-term health care business in Hawaii, beginning Monday. Costs $55. Call 734-9211. Five other community colleges will offer the same course; sponsored by the Executive Office on Aging, Office of the Governor.
Forum on the death penalty: Presented by Amnesty International and Advocates for Public Interest Law, with law professor Kenneth Williams and prison doctor Kim Thorburn, 12:45 p.m., UH School of Law, Classroom 5. Call 956-8776.
Hale Koa Hotel concert: Navy Pacific Fleet Big Band Ensemble performs, 4 p.m.
Master class in guitar: With classical guitarist Christopher Parkening, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Orvis Auditorium. Admission $5 general, $3 seniors and students. Call 956-8742. Class participants may have to audition: call 988-3972 by 8 p.m. Saturday.
American Needlepoint Guild: 7 p.m., Academy Art Center. Call 623-1433 evenings.
Recital: By soprano MiSung Bevett, 1:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium. Free. Call 956-8742.
Recital: By mezzo-soprano Dana Reiss, 8 p.m., Orvis Auditorium. Free. Call 956-8742.
Fashion Wednesday: Featuring new designs from Princess Kaiulani Fashions, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Kahala Moon Cafe. Call 732-7777.
"Is There a Book in You?": Informal workshop with Bennett Hymer, president of Mutual Publishing, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble, Kahala.
Brown Bag Biography: Harriet Gay speaks on "The Three Masks of Colette," noon, Biography Cottage 96-36, 1777 East-West Road. Call 956-3774.
Trombone recital: By Jonathon Kimura, 1:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium. Free. Call 956-8742.
Barnes & Noble: Investment seminar with Ethan Tweedie from Dean Witter Reynolds, based on Michael O'Higgins' "Beating the Dow," 7:30 p.m., Kahala Mall.
"Pompeii: Window on Roman Society": Illustrated lecture by Robert Littman, professor of classics at the University of Hawaii and author of "The Greek Experiment," 7:30 p.m., Academy Theater. He has participated in excavations in Greece and Israel. Free. Call 532-8700.
Music Break: Puuhonua Trio performs Hawaiian music and hula, noon, Tamarind Park.
Sea Grant seminar: Mark Merrifield of the Department of Ocean Engineering discusses "Wave Model Verification for Island Regions," 3 p.m., UH-Manoa's Marine Science Building, Room 100.
Barnes & Noble: Lee Eisenstein performs, 8:30 p.m., Kahala Mall.
Lyon Arboretum: Lloyd Esaki teaches honohono orchid culture 9:30 to 11:45 a.m., and microbiologist Janice Ito discusses composting 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Costs $15.50 per class, plus $10 supply fee for orchids, $2 supply fee for compost. Call 988-7378.
Citizen Action Project party: Nonprofit group celebrates Earth Day with games and live music by Sidetracked and Mojo Hand, 4 p.m. to 1 a.m., Gordon Biersch restaurant. The group's programs include Trees for Life (delivering extra fruit to homeless shelters), Clean Reef Campaign (underwater clean-ups) and Stop the Dumping Campaign (investigating illegal dumping). Donation $5. Call 941-4854.
"How to Obtain Happiness": Seminar with Kazuhiro Takegawa from Kofuku No Kagaku, 6:30 p.m., Pikake Room, Royal Garden at Waikiki. Admission $5. Call 955-5777.
Olaloa Community craft fair and farmer's market: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 95-1050 Makaikai St., Mililani-Mauka. Call 626-8446.
Earth Fest '96: Kids' scavenger hunt, games, entertainment and more, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Kapiolani Park Bandstand. Free admission. Call the Mayor's Office of Culture and the Arts at 527-5666.