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This Week in TGIF: Punahou Carnival

The annual Punahou Carnival returns

The Punahou Carnival is here, with malasadas and Hawaiian food, rides and games, haku lei and the White Elephant Tent, the Carnival Art Gallery, cars parked far and wide … all back on the scene. But this year, there’s an app for that.

• Singer-dancer-actor Sutton Foster will share her Broadway-proven voice with islanders
• Oral traditions thrive in Toubab Krewe’s version of Afro-pop
• Do It! Chinatown lion dances, jazz musician Brian Culbertson and more
• Pau Hana Patrol: Happy hour lives up to its name at Doraku Kaka’ako
• Out ‘N’ About: Chinatown New Year Celebration, Punahou Carnival and more
• Quick Bites: Bar 35 meal deal combines pizza with ‘fusion-gourmet’ flair
• At the Movies: ‘Deeper Shade of Blue’ premiere event, ‘Bullet to the Head,’ ‘Warm Bodies’ and more
• Best of Our Web: Lotus anniversary, Robin Thicke, 2 Chainz and more
• To Do! Above & Beyond, taiko with Kenny Endo, comic Jo Koy and more