2 theaters offering holiday ticket packages

Two of Honolulu's longtime community theaters are offering special seasonal ticket packages as gift ideas.

Manoa Valley Theatre's “;Holiday Six-Pak”; offers six flex-pass tickets for only $140 through Dec. 31. Flex passes are good for any show or combination of shows remaining in the 2009-10 season. Recipients can opt to use them all on one show or spread them out over the remainder of the season (excluding the special-engagement production of “;Once Upon One Time”; that will run from July 8-25).

Remaining productions include “;The Dixie Swim Club”; (Jan. 14-31), “;Hair”; (March 4-21) and “;Sleuth”; (May 20-June 6). Call 988-6131.

The “;Tinsel 'n Tickets”; package from Diamond Head Theatre offers two tickets in section B of the theater to any three of the four remaining shows in DHT's season, including “;The Joy Luck Club”; (Jan. 29-Feb. 14), “;Shout! The Mod Musical”; (March 19-April 4), “;Guys & Dolls”; (May 14-30) and “;The Sound of Music”; (July 9-25). The six-ticket package costs $105, and the offer is good through Dec. 24. Call 733-0274.

Etcetera

LOOK » Hawaii Pacific University International Chorale, Vocal Ensemble, and Chamber Orchestra present their free winter concert at 7 p.m. Friday at Central Union Church located at 1660 S. Beretania St. Call 544-1127.

LISTEN » New albums out today: 30 Seconds to Mars, “;This Is War”;; Jimmy Buffett, “;Buffet Hotel”;; “;Glee: The Music, Volume 2”;; Snoop Dogg, “;Malice N Wonderland”;; Timbaland, “;Shock Value 2”;; Usher, “;Monster”;.

DO » Aloha Tower Marketplace offers free ukulele lessons with Gordon Mark in the Atrium from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. tomorrow and every Wednesday through the end of December. The Hawaiian Ukulele Company will lend out ukuleles to those without instruments.