Aisle-bound: Keith Kashiwada, former Kumu Kahua board president, veteran actor-director and speech professor at Kapi'olani Community College, dined with Alissa Alcosiba, Kumu's managing director, at the Plumeria Cafe in the Kahala Mandarin Oriental. She left with a sparkler on her third finger, left hand — all the clue their pals needed to anticipate a March 2006 wedding. ...

Impending motherhood looks good on singer Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom, who just completed a "Hana Hou!" concert at the Hawai'i Theatre, where fiance John Austin proposed on stage with the requisite ring. Will her seventh CD, recorded with new producer Michael Ruff and expected in April, beat the arrival of her baby (due April 9)? ...

ON THE RECORD: At 62, Mike Watson, ex-president of the Musicians Union in Wichita, Kan., has completed his first disc. It was produced and mixed by Audy Kimura, who enlisted the services of bassist John Kolivas and guitarist Jimmy Funai, featuring 15 jazz standards from the 1940s and '50s. A vocalist-pianist and a retired (35 years) history teacher at Nanakuli High, Watson won't sell the discs, opting to hand 'em out to family and friends and former students like Danny Couch, Louis "Moon" Kauakahi, Jerome Koko, Joe Momoa and Rusty Keaulana. ...

Think you're a CD-cover hottie? Show up at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Ocean Club for the Island Roots Cover Girl Model Search, staged by Quiet Storm Records and butigroove. John Iervolino is releasing "Island Roots, Vol. 6" in March. Hapa-looking women 18 to 24 are being sought, prizes offered. Call Eric Lagrimas at 247-6450, ext. 23, for details. ...

Trade winds: "Lost" regulars Harrold Perrineau and Daniel Dae Kim, their significant others and fellow cast members brought stardust to Morton's The Steak House a few nights back. ...

"Sunset Jazz, Etc.," at 6 p.m. Sunday at La Pietra, unites Shari Lynn, Jimmy Borges, Gabe Baltazar, Wade Cambern — plus wine, desserts, coffee. Tickets: $30; call 924-7515. ...

Ballet Hawai'i's "Mistletoe Magic" will be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at 619 Puuikena Drive, Hawai'i Loa Ridge. Tickets: $30; call 521-6515 or 395-7216. ...

Opening tonight at ACT's main stage: "Kismet," with Buz Tennent and Shawna Masuda in principal roles. ...

Jo Pruden, David C. Farmer and Dion Donahue will appear in "The Retreat from Moscow," an Army Readers Theatre production, at 2 p.m. Sunday (repeating Nov. 27 and Dec. 4). ...

And that's Show Biz. ...

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