ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
Concerts feature soprano, symphony
Advertiser Staff
Hawaii Public Radio will broadcast a recording of the Honolulu Symphony's holiday concerts featuring Grammy Award-winning soprano Renée Fleming, right, at 8 tonight. The two sold-out concerts, recorded in March and conducted by Samuel Wong, will air on KHPR 81.1 in Honolulu, KKUA 90.7 in Wailuku and KANO 91.1 in Hilo. For more information, go to www.honolulusymphony.com or www.hawaiipublicradio.org.
FILIPINOS IN HAWAI'I
CELEBRATION COMES TO A CLOSE WITH 'PARANGAL' GALA DINNER
The Philippine Centennial Celebration Commission wraps up the yearlong celebration marking the centennial of Filipinos in Hawai'i with a gala dinner Sunday at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. "Parangal: Celebrating the Promise of Tomorrow" starts at 6:30 p.m. in the Coral Ballroom. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Cost is $75. For more information, call Jun Colmenares at 485-0390 or Felipe Tan at 734-0455. Or go to www.filipinosinhawaii100.org.
FINAL WORD
"Bush will go down as Nixon, without the international brilliance or foresight."
Keith Olbermann | the MSNBC news anchor, in GQ