THIS WEEK

Honolulu & Hiroshima Friendship Concert: 7 p.m. March 28, First Presbyterian Church, 1822 Keeaumoku St. Featuring the Hiroshima Junior Chorus, Feminine Choir Hiroshima, Honolulu Boy Choir and Kenny Endo's Taiko Youth Group. Offering. Limited seating.

Magic of Gershwin: Peter Nero conducts the Honolulu Symphony, 7:30 p.m. March 28-29, Blaisdell Concert Hall. Enjoy "Rhapsody in Blue," "An American in Paris" and other Gershwin favorites. Tickets: $15 to $45 at the Blaisdell Box Office or Connection outlets. Call 545-4000 or 538-8863.

Balkans and the Near East: Instrumental music from Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Armenia and Turkey, 7:30 p.m. March 29 at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Performed by five mainland musicians: Souren Baronian, reeds and percussion; Haig Manoukian, oud; Polly Tapia Ferber, dumbek and tupan; George Chittenden, reeds and gaida; and Lise Liepman, santori and accordion. Cost: $12 general; $10 seniors and students. Call 239-7078.

Souren Baronian will also play with the Pleasant Peasant Band, 7 to 9 p.m. April 1, Coffee Manoa, Manoa Marketplace. Call 988-5113.

Baba B.: performs songs from his first CD "Big Boy in Love," 3 p.m. March 29, Borders-Ward. Call 591-8995.

New local artists: Fiji performs at 1 p.m. and Forte 4:30 p.m., March 29, Borders-Waikele. Call 676-6699.

Fiji also will perform 9 p.m. March 29, Borders-Ward. Call 591-8995.

Broadway on Bethel: Cris Groenendaal, of "The Phantom of the Opera" and who is performing opposite Whoopi Goldberg in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," will perform with pianist Sue Anderson in a cabaret show, 7:30 p.m. March 29, Hawaii Theatre. Tickets: $100 golden circle ($50 tax deductible and includes a post-show supper in the Function Room honoring Groenendaal and Anderson), $40, $30, and $25. Call 525-0506 or 545-4000.