Concerts celebrate
Winston's career

Solo pianist and Dancing Cat recording star George Winston, celebrating 25 years as a recording artist, will perform in Hawaii next month:

At 7:30 p.m. July 7 at Blaisdell Concert Hall. Tickets are $19 and $17 and available at the Blaisdell box office and Connection outlets. Call 545-4000 or 1-(800)-333-3388.

At 7:30 p.m. July 9, Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Castle Theater. Tickets, $20, are available at the Center box office and Connection outlets. Call 1 (808)-242-7469 or 1-(800)-333-3388.

At 8 p.m. July 11, Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $20 and available at the Hanalei Surf Company, Kilauea Farmer's Market, Larry's Music, Jack Wada Electronics, Progressive Explosives, Hanapepe Cafe & Espresso Bar, and Kalakeo Coffee Company. For information call 1-(808)-826-7774.

Audience members are encouraged to bring nonperishable food donations for a local area food bank to the shows.

Youth festival mixes
fun, training tips

Teens can beat those lazy days of summer with the first annual city youth festival Wednesday from noon to 7 p.m. at Blaisdell Exhibition Hall.

The free festival highlights programs for young people ages 13 to 17.

Private, public and non-profit organizations will be on hand to provide program information in areas including mentoring, health services, job training and volunteer opportunities.

Live music by Forte and Pure Heart, as well a demonstration by the Police Department's SWAT Team will be performed.

Information: 527-6264.

Gilliom, Willie K jam

Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom and Willie K perform at the Hawaii Theatre at 7:30 p.m. July 11 in a benefit for Hawai'inuiakea, a hui of Hawaiian Studies students.

Hanai'inuiakea are flying to Rapa Nui (Easter Island) to begin a spiritual and cultural exchange between the native peoples of Hawaii and Easter Island.

Tickets are $17.50 and $22.50 and are available at the theater box office or by phone at 528-0506. Tickets are also available at Connection outlets and by phone at 545-4000.

Decade of Click and Clack

There's something dicey about televising a radio show, but when it comes to "Car Talk," the National Public Radio call-in show featuring mechanics Tom and Ray Magliozzi, fans won't care.

The 10th anniversary of the show, with the brothers known as Click and Clack, will be celebrated from 2 to 6 p.m. June 20 with a national closed-circuit television show to be aired at Bright Theatre, Castle High School.

"Car Talk" is regularly heard at 10 a.m. Saturdays on KIPO 89.3 FM and KIFO 1380 AM, and repeated at 5 p.m. Saturdays on KHPR 88.1 FM.

The event is a benefit for Hawaii Public Radio, and admission is $20; $15 for members and $10 for children. Special guests include other "brothers": the Flying Karamazov Brothers, the Smothers Brothers and Dr. Joyce Brothers.

Information: 955-8821.

'Criminal Clarinet' encore

Robert Larm, the "Criminal Clarinet," returns to Atherton Performing Arts for an all-American concert at 7:30 p.m. June 20.

The program includes Bernstein, Copland, Martino and Gershwin and a premiere of University of Hawaii-Manoa composer Donald Womack's "A Quiet Blues." Pianist Christine Suehisa will accompany Larm.

The event is a benefit for Hawaii Public Radio, and admission is $15; $12.50 for members and $10 for students. The studio is at 738 Kaheka St. Information: 955-8821.

Mardi Gras benefit
for jazz

Jimmy Borges is among the entertainers who will perform at "Mardi Gras Party," a benefit for the Hawaii International Jazz Festival, at 6:30 p.m. June 19 at the Plaza Club.

Also performing will be Sydette, John Norris, Abe Weinstein and 15 "Showgirls." Authentic gumbo and Cajun cuisine will be served. The show is to raise money to put on the jazz festival later this summer.

Tickets are $75 and are available at the Hawaii Theatre box office at 528-0506.

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