Asian Sale: KCAA Thrift Shop offers antiques, scrolls, clothes, dishes and decorative items, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 18, KCAA Pre-schools of Hawaii, 2707 S. King St., Moiliili. Benefits tuition-aid programs.
Dining and Dancing with Doc: Doc Severinsen conducts the Honolulu Symphony during the 13th Annual Hale ‘Aina Awards, 6 p.m. Jan. 20, Coral Ballroom, Hilton Hawaiian Village. Gala cocktail party, silent auction and awards ceremony for Hawaii’s top restaurants, as voted by readers of Honolulu Magazine. Tables of 10 are $1,500, $2,000, $3,500 and $5,000. Call 545-2588. Presented by American Express.
Golf tournament: The 24th Annual Napili Kai Youth Foundation Invitational Golf Tournament will be Jan. 21 through 24 at the Kaanapali North and South courses. Tickets are $110 for golfers and $85 for nongolfers (green fees not included). Call Louise Ross at Napili Kai Beach Club, 669-6271 ext. 7501, Maui.
The nonprofit Napili Kai Foundation teaches children about their Polynesian heritage through arts and crafts, dance, language and history.
Book sale: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 25 and 26, Pearl City Library, 1138 Waimano Home Road. Members may enter at 9 a.m.; the annual fee is $7. Call 453-6566.
Breakfast Brunch: The Kauai chapter of the American Culinary Federation cooks up Danish pastry, eggs, sausage, bacon, pancakes, omelets and more for a fund-raiser, 7 to 11 a.m. Feb. 16, Queen Victoria Dining Room, Kauai Community College. Tickets $8 general, $4 children in advance; $10 and $5 at the door. Tickets available at Pono Market in Kapaa; Fish Express in Lihue; Kalaheo Coffee Co.; Koloa Fish Market; Hanalei Bay Resort, Princeville; and the college. Proceeds go to the college’s Food Service Training Program.
Fantasies in Chocolate: Sample delicacies donated by restaurants, bakeries and specialty shops 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, a benefit for the Hawaiian Humane Society. Admission is $25 or $55, including brunch, an exclusive hour of tasting and an appearance by chocolatier Alice Medrich, author of “Chocolate and Low-Fat Desserts” and “Cocolat -- Extraordinary Chocolate Desserts.” The Society offers tickets gift-wrapped for Valentine’s Day. Call 946-2187 ext. 213.