Pianist Parker returns

Internationally acclaimed pianist Jon Kimura Parker opens the Honolulu Symphony's first Saturday performance of the Masterworks season tomorrow night, performing Beethoven's celebrated Piano Concerto No. 4. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m., repeating at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Blaisdell Concert Hall.

With his delicate fingerwork, Parker is known as a superb chamber musician and an atomic, furiously fast pianist whose turbo-charged energy brings audiences to their feet.

Parker last performed with the symphony in 1999, offering Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1 plus a jazzy version of Danny Elfman's theme for "The Simpsons."

Parker has in recent seasons performed with The Philadelphia Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, the Chicago Symphony at Ravinia, and the Deutsche Symphonie in the Philharmonie Berlin. He has also jammed with Doc Severinsen.

A Gold Medal winner at the 1984 Leeds International Piano Competition, Parker also was awarded his country's highest honor, the Order of Canada, in 1999.

Tickets to the performance are $15 to $55. Call 792-2000.

New Found Glory plays at World Cafe

The pop-punk quintet New Found Glory will perform Nov. 24 at World Cafe.

Tickets are $17 and available at Tower Records (Kahala, Pearl Kai), Tower Video Kapiolani, Pearl Harbor, Bloch Arena, ITT Kaneohe MCBH, Schofield ITR, the University of Hawaii Campus Center and Ticket Plus outlets, or charge by phone at 526-4400.

NFG is vocalist Jordan Pundik, guitarists Chad Gilbert and Steve Klein, drummer Cyrus Bolooki and bassist Ian Grushka. The band was formed while they were still attending high school in Coral Springs, Fla. The band's musical influences range from Metallica to Britney Spears.

The concert is being presented by KPOI and Goldenvoice.

Bishop Museum offers family fun and
live music at 'Mele on the Lawn'

Ho'onua, Jon Yamasato and Hoku Award-winner A'lea will bring "Mele on the Lawn" to Bishop Museum from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

"'Mele on the Lawn' affords island families the opportunity to come together, enjoy live music and see Bishop's new exhibits," said Bishop Museum President Dr. William Brown, who invites concert-goers to show up early to take in the newest exhibition, "Color Play: Exploring the Art and Science of Color."

Hawaiian and local crafts will also be on display, along with cultural and space science programs.

Bishop Museum Association members are admitted free and will have preferred seating on the lawn. Non-member admission is $3 per person or $10 for a family of four (two adults and two children ages 4-12).

For more information, call 847-3511.

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[PLANT A TREE]

STAR-BULLETIN / 1998
Celebrate Arbor Day by picking up a plant for sale at Home
Depot in Iwilei or free at sites across Oahu in giveaways
sponsored by Hawaiian Electric Co.

Get a free Arbor Day
tree tomorrow

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Star-Bulletin

Hawaiian Electric Company and its partners are celebrating Arbor Day by giving away more than 2,000 trees and shrubs at five sites on Oahu tomorrow. The giveaway is part of a statewide program to educate the public about the importance of trees to the environment.

Representatives also demonstrate how to select and plant the right tree in the right place.

In addition to the free tree, participants will receive a free book with information on tree and shrub species and how to select, plant and care for them.

The potted trees and shrubs are small enough to be hand- carried. Distribution begins at 7 a.m. Supplies are limited to one tree per family.

Experts in tree selection, planting and maintenance will be available to offer free advice at each of the Oahu sites.

Oahu sites

>> Kahe Power Plant, Waianae Coast, 92-200 Farrington Highway.

>> Wahiawa Botanical Garden, 1396 California Ave., next to Wahiawa District Park.

>> Pearl City Urban Garden Center, 926 Second St.

>> Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO), 820 Ward Ave., across from the Blaisdell Center.

>> HECO's Koolau Baseyard, 1387 Ulupii St., across from Maunawili Elementary School.

Neighbor Island activities

Big Island: Trees will be given away from 9 a.m. to noon. At Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical garden, Captain Cook, across from the Manago Hotel.

Maui: Trees will be distributed from 7 to 10 a.m. At Maui Electric Company parking lot, 210 W. Kamehameha Ave.

Kauai: Trees will be given away from 9 a.m. to noon at two sites. Locations are at the KMart parking lot in Lihue and at the Kamalani playground.

Tree people

The Home Depot in Iwilei is inviting the public to bring questions to their tree experts from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

More than 30 varieties of trees -- flowering trees, palms and fruit trees -- will be available for purchase, and there will be free workshops in selecting the ideal tree at 10 a.m., and in tree planting and care at 11 a.m.

Admission is free. Call 521-7355 for more information.

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