FRIDAY-SUNDAY

>> Kalapana performs intimate concert at Blue Note Hawaii

There was a time long, long ago, when Kalapana was a Honolulu club band that played at Toppe Ada Shoppe week after week. Kalapana became one of the biggest local bands of the 1970s, played sold-out concerts at the Waikiki Shell and a double-bill with Cecilio & Kapono at Aloha Stadium, went national and then international and then broke up. Then after a successful reunion concert at the shell in 1982, the group reunited for good in 1985 — but not as a club band.

Catching Kalapana today in a venue anywhere close to nightclub size is a rare opportunity to hear its classics live that helped define an era — “Naturally,” “The Hurt,” “Moon and Stars,” “Nightbird,” “(For You) I’d Chase a Rainbow,” “Lost Again” and “Black Sand,” to name seven.

Kalapana won the Na Hoku Hanohano Award for rock album of the year in 2003, and received the Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 in recognition of the group’s overall contributions to Hawaii’s music. Members Malani Bilyeu, DJ Pratt and Gaylord Holomalia have earned additional Hokus individually. They’re sharing that legacy this weekend at the Blue Note.

– John Berger, Star-Advertiser

SATURDAY

>> Singalong to classic musical ‘Sound of Music’

Loosen up your vocal chords for the “Sound of Music” singalong, sponsored by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Honolulu.

The 1965 classic is a mainstay of the holiday season, usually making an appearance on television near Christmas, but this production will be perfect for the season because it will include a costume contest. So take down those curtains and make playclothes out of them, or spiffy up in formal wear for the big ball scene. No Nazis, please, but if you want to be scary, break out the black for a nun’s habit.

Meanwhile, log into metrolyrics.com/the-sound-of-music-lyrics.html to get an early look at the songs, or go in cold and sing along with the onscreen titles. Make up a few of your own “Favorite Things” or dream about “Something Good” as you getready for the evening.

Based on the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical about a talented Austrian family’s escape from the Nazi Annexation, the film won Oscars for best picture, best director and several sound-related categories, but star Julie Andrews didn’t win the best actress award, probably because she had won the previous year for “Mary Poppins.” Christopher Plummer stars as the authoritarian but ultimately warm-hearted Captain Von Trapp, while Eleanor Parker is the manipulative, status-seeking Baroness. CharmianCarr has stirred hearts for generations as eldest child Liesl.

SUNDAY

>> Non-marathon at Bar 35 benefits good cause

You can run 26.2 miles any day, so let’s face it, the real reason you run a marathon is for the swag: the bib, the T-shirt, the after-party, the pat-on-the-back congratulations. With the 0.0 Minute Marathon, you’ll get all that. You just don’t have to do therunning.

The mock race is a fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, which will receive all proceeds. That’s where you get the pat on the back, and you’ll get the other racing accoutrements, including a finisher’s lei, pupu and a drink — by paying the entry fee.

Every participant also is guaranteed a personal best in the marathon, since the race will be over as soon as it begins. (There will be a drawing for top male and female competitors and other prize giveaways.) After the race, Bar 35 will have $3 beers on hand and provide music and other entertainment.

WEDNESDAY-OCT. 21

>> Groups perform for 5 days at Sketch Comedy Festival

Sketch comedy from far and near comes to Honolulu next week with the Sketch Comedy Festival.

Organized by Kimee Balmilero, pictured, a former Broadway actor and now a recurring performer on “Hawaii Five-0,” the festival will present five days of sketch comedy at three Honolulu venues, so you’ll have plenty to pick from. Local talent will be featured the first three evenings, with musical-themed comedy featured on Wednesday at the Honolulu Museum of Art, a “mixed plate” of humor at The Arts at Marks Garage on Thursday and a Giggle and Be Gay show on Oct. 19 at the museum.

The Oct. 20 program, also at the museum, reaches out to the mainland with “Filipino AF,” a Los Angeles-based comedy variety show featuring Filipino-American talent. Among guest stars will be Amy Hill, an actress who has appeared on productions like “Seinfeld,” “50 First Dates” and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriends,” as well as on the new “Magnum P.I.”

The Oct. 21 show, at Revolusun at Salt at Our Kakaako, goes even further afield with guest Nihongo Dake, a comedy group that, while based in Los Angeles, performs in Japanese. It will be an evening of improv, so expect plenty to get lost in translation.