The first show of Kumu Kahua's new season opens tonight: Bryan Hiroshi Wake's "Ala Wai," a surreal comic tale about two newly homeless friends, one of whom develops supernatural powers after being stung by a man-o-war out of Waikiki's less-than-pristine canal. It's at 8 at Kumu Kahua Theatre, 46 Merchant St.

"Ala Wai" plays at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Thursday shows are $13 general, $11 seniors, $5 students and unemployed. Other nights: $16 general, $13 seniors, $10 students. Charge by phone at 536-4441 or pick up tickets at Kumu Kahua between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. weekdays and before the show. Tickets are now available online, too, at www.honoluluboxoffice.com.

TICKET SALES

DREAM ON, O'AHU; MAUI SNAGS AEROSMITH

Aerosmith, the Grammy-winning '70s survivors, have a show scheduled for Sept. 26 at Maui War Memorial Stadium. Sorry, no O'ahu show — a private concert has the band locked up on this island.

Tickets for the general public — $125 and $85 for reserved seats, $65 for general admission — go on sale at 10 a.m. today at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center box office, online at www.mauiarts.org, and by phone at 808-242-7469.

FINAL WORD

"The thing that limits you with Google is what you can think of to google, really. There's some kind of personal best limitation on it, unless you get lucky and something you google throws up something you've never seen before. You're still really inside some annotated version of your own head."

William Gibson | ("Spook Country"), the author who coined the term "cyberspace," in an Amazon.com interview