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Tuesday, December 19, 2000
The party begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday, featuring the lighting of family menorahs, a buffet supper, singing and story-telling by Noa Baum, a recipient of the City of Davis (Calif.) Arts Contract Grant.
Hanukkah celebrates the religious freedom won by the Maccabees, an army led by Judah Maccabee, over the Greek Syrians. The traditional lighting of the menorah commemorates the reclamation of the temple from the Syrians, and signifies the miraculous oil jug that lasted eight days to light the temple's menorah.
Tickets to the event are $15; $5 for children. Call 595-7521. Deadline is tomorrow.
A LOCAL DIVAS CHRISTMAS!
Featuring: Robert Cazimero, Frank DeLima, Henry Kapono and Sean Na'auao
The Baltimore Consort will be here Jan. 11 for one performance 7:30 p.m. at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa's Orvis Auditorium. Consort at Orvis
The virtuoso ensemble specializes in the popular music of the 16th to 18th centuries, played on lute, viol, cittern, flute, early guitar, recorder, crumhorn and other instruments.
Tickets for the concert are $24 general and $19 for students, available at the UH Campus Center ticket office.
The concert is being sponsored by the UHM Outreach College and Music Department in association with Outrigger Hotels and Resorts.
For more information, call 956-6878.
The Bishop Museum has started "A Behind the Scenes Tour," opening its restricted areas focusing on King Kalakaua, the royal family, their clothing, jewels and personal belongings. Behind scenes at Bishop
The tours will be presented 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Mondays to Fridays. Participants must be at least 12 years old. Tickets are $15 in addition to the general admission. Call 847-8243.
In addition, the museum will be starting its 12-session training class for docents and volunteer cultural guides next month. Sessions taught by kumu John Keola Lake will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays from Jan. 20 to April 7.
The cost is $300. Tuition assistance may be available. For more information, call 848-4180.
Preview
Coming to the big screenCast Away
PG-13
A FedEx executive (Tom Hanks) must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island.
Chocolat
PG-13
Juliette Binoche stars in this film about a mother and daughter who open a chocolate shop in a small French village.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
PG-13
The disappearance of a magical jade sword spurs a breathtaking quest staring Chow Yun-Fat and directed by Ang Lee.
Dracula 2000
R
A London antiques dealer travels to America to find his daughter and save her from his longtime nemesis, Dracula.
The Family Man
PG-13
Nicolas Cage plays a fast-lane investment broker offered the opportunity to see how the other half lives. He wakes up to find that his sports car and girlfriend have become a mini-van and wife.
Miss Congeniality
PG-13
An FBI agent (Sandra Bullock), must go undercover in the Miss United States pageant to prevent a group from bombing the event.
You Can Count on Me
R
Sammy and Terry (Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo), are a sister and brother orphaned as children who undergo a love-you, hate-you reunion as adults.
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