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Events will run from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, most with no admission charge.

Among the island performers will be singer John Cruz, performing at noon Thursday at the 'Ohia cafeteria. Thursday is also "Latin Salsa Night" from 8 to 10 p.m. at Ohia.

Other activities include music and dance of Asia and the Pacific, Polynesian tattoo art, Hawaiian crafts demonstrations, and Filipino martial arts and folk dance.

KCC is also presenting "A Night in India," with gourmet Indian food prepared by Kusuma Cooray, at 6 p.m. April 6 and 7. The cost for this event is $45.

For more information about the festival or tickets for the April dinners, call 734-9715.

Youth Talent Pool 2000-2001 Competitions: The Honolulu Symphony Associates is holding open competitions for string, wind and percussion instruments on March 31 and April 1. Call 247-0610.

2001 Monbusho Research Student Scholarship: Informational meeting will take place 3:30 p.m. April 12 at the University of Hawaii Moore Hall 394, for those interested in applying for the Ministry of Education, or Monbusho Research Student Scholarships. Call the Consulate General of Japan, 543-3111.

Opening Wednesday

ROMEO MUST DIE
Rated R
A cop is unjustly imprisoned in a Hong Kong Jail. Stars Jet Li, Delroy Lindo and Isaiah Washington.

Opening Friday

HERE ON EARTH
Rated PG-13
This is a romantic comedy about a small town girl and a prep school boy who fall in love the summer before college. They face complicated decisions when one of them learns the other is terminally ill. Stars Leelee Sobieski, Chris Klein, Joshua Hartnett.

WHATEVER IT TAKES
Rated PG-13
A smart but socially clumsy teen-age boy teams with a jock friend in a plot for the two to woo their respective dream dates. Stars James Franco and Jodi Lyn O'Keefe.

Saturday preview

RETURN TO ME
Rated PG
David Duchovny, Minnie Driver and Carroll O'Connor star in a romantic comedy about life changing the instant you find the right person.

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