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Music on the town
Gabe Baltazar joins local and national musicians at the 9th Annual Hawaii International Jazz Festival next week. Performances are July 18 and 19 at the Blaisdell Concert Hall. Tickets are $20, $35 and $40, at the Blaisdell box office. Or by charge-by-phone at 526-4400.The festival moves to Maui's Outrigger Waialea Resort July 20 and 21. For info, check the festival's Web site, hawaiijazz.com
Moonlight Mele on the Lawn of the Bishop Museum continues tomorrow with the Brothers Cazimero. Tickets to the jam-fest are $15. Tickets are available at the museum and at the door tomorrow night.
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Vampires beware!
A week from today, it'll be sweet to be stinky.The third annual Garlic Festival of Hawaii takes place from 4 to 10 p.m. next Wednesday at Ward Warehouse, featuring garlic foods, a wine-tasting tent and cocktail bar, produce sale, a Garlic Lover's Store, even massage using garlic oil. Among the 10 restaurants participating are 3660 on the Rise, Side Street Inn, Parc Café and Dave & Buster's.
Admission is $2, with proceeds benefiting the American Red Cross. For information, or to be a volunteer or sponsor, call 545-4195.
Easter Seals raises cash
The 11th Annual Taste of Honolulu raised $249,862 in net proceeds for Easter Seals Hawaii.That amount, based on preliminary tallies from Easter Seals, brings the total raised to $1.5 million since Taste of Honolulu began in 1991.
About 46,000 people attended the event, held June 24 to 26 and featuring two-dozen local restaurants.
"While the public focus of the Taste of Honolulu is the food, the focus for Easter Seals Hawaii is the money that the Taste raises to support our special-needs families," said Billie Gabriel, vice president of development for Easter Seals.
Special events
Mariposa Cheese Culture: The club's July meeting celebrates brie and blue cheeses and fondues, 6 p.m. today at Mariposa in Neiman Marcus Ala Moana Center. Cost is $20. Call 951-3420.Aloha Friday Luncheon Show: Herb Ohta Jr., Keoki Kahumaki, Jeff Apaka, Melveen Leed, Marleen Sai and Iva Kinimaka will perform, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the Monarch Room of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. A Hawaiian buffet will be served. Cost is $25 ($15 children). Call 931-7194.
Home-style Filipino Cooking: Caesar Pacis and Rose Manzano teach the making of pancit, pinacbet, pork guisantes and banana lumpia, 11 a.m. Saturday at Leeward Community College cafeteria. Cost is $20 (second person attends free). Call 455-0477.
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