"Wok For the Cure": Receive a free first dinner course at eight participating restaurants when purchasing a "Wok for the Cure" card for $88. Proceeds benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation-Hawaii Chapter. Participating restaurants and their "free" dishes are: Sam Choy's Diamond Head Restaurant, fried poke salad; Dynasty, medley of roast duck, pork tenderloin and shoyu chicken; Eastern Garden, imperial scallop soup; Golden Dragon, chicken-black mushroom pot stickers; Hee Hing, Chinese sashimi salad; Legends Seafood, fresh shrimp with fruit; Panda Cuisine, minced port, Chinese sausage on lettuce pockets; and Royal Garden, fried scallop on Chinese taro. Limited to parties of up to eight people. Cards valid through Jan. 27, 1998. Order cards at 531-5698 or send a check for $88 per card payable to: JDF/WOK, 733 Bishop St., Suite 2090, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.

St. Louis Ohana Festival: 2 to 10:30 p.m. May 2, and 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. May 3, Gerber Field House. The public is also invited to the annual May pageant and class chanting contest, noon May 2, McCabe Gym.

Kick-A-Thon: Martial artists, any style or belt, welcomed to use their skills to benefit the children of Easter Seals, 5 to 7 p.m. May 3, Pearlridge Center Phase II, Downtown Stage. Participants will be collecting pledges for each kick, completing 500 kicks per person. Prizes awarded to those with the most pledges. Call 536-1015.

"Pleasures in Paradise: A Luau Extravaganza": Annual fundraiser for the Associated Chinese University Women's scholarship benefit, 8:30 a.m. May 3, Sheraton Waikiki Hotel. Featuring Princess Kaiulani Fashions, the Royal Hawaiian Band and Hula Halau Olana. There also will be a silent auction, country store, garden shop and a lei stand. Program, luau and fashion show begins at 11:15 a.m. Cost: $40. Reservations at 988-6197.

Car wash: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 3, in the alley between Mike McKenna's Windward For and First Hawaiian Bank. Proceeds go toward Calvary Chapel Windward's outreach program. Information at 254-5546.

Community garage sale: 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 3, St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, 98-939 Moanalua Road. Information at 488-5747.

Fashion fantasy: Japanese Women's Society annual fashion show features Nobuyoshi Koba, internationally known beauty expert from Japan, 1 p.m. May 4, Sheraton Hotel ballroom. The boutique opens at 9 a.m.; ballroom doors open at 11:15 a.m.; and luncheon 11:45 a.m. Proceeds go to the Care Home for the Elderly, Hale Pulama Mau, Kuakini Foundation and the JWS Gerontology Scholarship Fund. Tickets: $45. Call 739-0664 or 595-3466.

Golf classic: Annual American Heart Association fundraiser, May 7, Waikele Golf Course. Registration and lunch, 11 a.m.; tee time, 1 p.m. Cost: $160 per person, or $480 for a three-player team. Cost includes lunch and dinner. Hole-in-one prizes include $50,000 cash, two cars and a golf package. Prizes will also be given for putting and longest drive contests. Information at 538-7021.

Ho'olaule'a: Windward public schools will benefit from AT&T's fundraiser, 2 to 10 p.m. May 9, in Kaneohe on a section of the new H-3 Freeay next to the Pali Golf Course. There will be entertainment, bus tours of the H-3 Freeway tunnel, and food and game booths. Entertainers include Kapena, Teresa Bright, Aunty Irmgard & Puamana, Geroge Kuo with Kipapa Rush Band, Frank Hewett & Kana'e, and Del Beazley & Dub Shop. Call 523-8802, extension 35.

"Hats of May!": "Native Books & Beautiful Things" invite all women to wear a favorite hat and spend an afternoon with Dorothea Woodrum as she talks about her mother Elsie Krassas, 11 a.m. May 9, 222 Merchant St. There also will be picture taking, a picnic lunch and a visit with Emy Preston at 1:30 p.m. Cost: $15. Proceeds go to the YWCA of Oahu. Information at 599-5511.

"Crazy For You": Benefit premiere of the Gershwin musical, 8 p.m. May 15, Diamond Head Theatre. Chef Russell Siu of 3660 on the Rise will prepare elegant hors d'oeuvres and Richard Field of R. Fied Wine Co. will provide the wine, 6 p.m. Following the performance, guests will meet the cast at a reception on the lanai. Cost: $50-$100. Limited seating. Cocktail attire suggested. Reservations at 734-0274.

"Taste of Karaoke": Entries are being accepted for people who would like to "sing for their supper" during the "Taste of Honolulu" on the civic center grounds near Honolulu Hale. Finalists will receive $25 in script for the "Taste of Honolulu." Grand prize is a neighbor island trip for two. Entry forms are available at select karaoke clubs, the Easter Seals Office or by calling 536-1015. Participants must mail a completed entry form, along with a cassette tape of the entrant performing the song to be sung in the competition (four minutes maximum) to Easter Seal Society of Hawaii, 710 Green St., Honolulu, Hawaii 96813. On the reverse side of the tape, entrant's must have the recorded musical accompaniment for use if he becomes a finalist. Both sides of the tape should be marked with the entrant's name and song title. Include a stamped, self-addressed envelope if you want your tape to be returned. All entrants must e amateurs, 18-years-old or older and Hawaii residents. Songs must be solos sung in English or Hawaiian. Twelve finalists and two alternates will be notified by May 31. The final competition will be held 2 p.m. June 28. Information at 566-0084 or 536-1015. Deadline: May 16.

"Convalescent Relief Tea": Sponsored by the Egyptian Temple Number 33, Daughters of the Nile, for the Shriner Hospital's Outpatient Clinic. Tours of the hospital will will be given, performances by the children and refreshments. Cost: $5 (tax deductible). From 1 to 3 p.m. May 17, Shriners Hospital, Recreation Room. Call 949-4321, extension 70133.

Hotel charity walk: 19th Annual Hawaii Hotel Association Visitor Industry Charity Walk, May 17. Walkers will meet at McCoy Pavilion at Ala Moana Beach Park and walk through Waikiki, Kapiolani Park and by the Ala Wai Canal, ending at Ala Moana Beach Park. There will be 14 checkpoints with food and entertainment. Pledge forms available beginning March 11. Call Tina Yamaki at 923-0407 (Oahu); Terryl Vencl at 244-8625 (Maui); Shelly Root at 885-2987 (Big Island); and Doug Chang at 245-5050 (Kauai).