A HOT 'BUTTERFLY': "M. Butterfly" cast members Colin Miyamoto and Michelle Baltazar, wearing leis, celebrated with Katherine Jones, left, Yvette Garrison, Vincent Green, Tricia Marciel and Jeanne Herring at the opening-night party Wednesday at Manoa Valley Theatre. Miyamoto is excellent in the show's key role of Chinese transvestite Song Liling, veteran actress Marciel is singing weekends at the Hanohano Room and Herring is doing "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" at the Actors Group through Feb. 6.

'HAPPY SIXTH TO THE PIPE!': Derin DeRego of Star 101.9, left, arrived Tuesday as Jed Roa hosted a private early-evening sixth-anniversary party for the Pipeline Cafe. Anyone who thinks it's a big deal for a nightclub to stay open for one year should consider the odds of a club surviving for six -- Roa has not only kept "the Pipe" open for six years, but also developed it into a first-rate venue for concerts and CD-release parties. Pipeline waitress Joleen Kobayashi joined Roa in welcoming DeRego to the party.

A PERFECT HAWAIIAN PARTY: Kama Hopkins, center, was congratulated by John M Gruhler III, left, and Harry B. Soria Jr. last Monday during the private party celebrating the release of "He 'Olu," the long-awaited album by Hopkins' group, Holunape. A Hawaiian buffet dinner was followed by a concert as the trio played songs from their album.

NOW LOOKING FOR $5 MILLION: State Sen. Carole Fukunaga talked with honorees Mike Lum (RHS '63), left, Danny Kaleikini (RHS '55) and Bert T. Kobayashi Jr. (RHS '58) Tuesday after their formal induction into the Roosevelt High School Hall of Fame. The RHS Hall of Fame raised more than $500,000 last year to repair the football field. Next on the list is raising $5 million to complete repairs to the auditorium.

GOOD READING AWAITS WITHIN: Hank Faufaasau, right, was the host of a book-signing party honoring poet Pat Matsueda and epigrammist Thomas Farber Wednesday evening at Hank's Cafe Honolulu on Nuuanu Street. Among the many memorable one-liners in Farber's book, "Truth Be Told," is this one: "A writer: Someone willing to hurt others." Ouch!