'AMERICAN HEROES' BENEFIT

U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye and entertainer Jim Nabors will be honored at "A Night of American Heroes," a patriotic musical salute, at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village's Coral Ballroom.

Comic actress Carol Burnett, a pal of Nabors', will introduce him at the event, which is a benefit for "Mighty Mo," the Battleship Missouri Memorial at Pearl Harbor.

A program featuring Jimmy Borges, Danny Kaleikini, Karen Keawehawai'i, Cathy Foy and Emma Veary will be capped by Nabors' singing "The Impossible Dream."

Cocktails begin at 5:30 p.m., dinner is at 6:45 p.m., the program at 7:30 p.m. and the performance at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $150; sponsor tables are available at $3,000, $5,000 and $10,000. For reservations, call 423-0607. The deadline is today.

JIMMY GOES TO EUROPE

Everybody's favorite Isle ska band Go Jimmy Go will celebrate its 10th year with a bash Jan. 27 at the Hard Rock Cafe. Details coming.

The concert also is a sendoff for the band, which is embarking on its first-ever tour of Europe in February and March, with stops in Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Serbia, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

HOT DATES

Jan. 12 Shanghai Circus, Hawai'i Theatre.

Jan. 12 "Naked Words," with slam poet Bridget Gray, Ong King Arts Center; Jan. 13-14, The ARTS at Marks Garage.

Jan. 14 Blue October, Pipeline Cafe.

Jan. 14 New Year's 'Ohana Festival, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i and Mo'ili'ili Field.

Feb. 4 "Naupaka, A Hawaiian Love Story," Hawai'i Theatre.

Feb. 18 Mary Kawena Pukui Performing Arts Festival, Bishop Museum.

Feb. 18 Vanilla Ice, Pipeline Cafe.

March 2 Leon Russell, Hawaiian Hut (also March 1 at Maui Arts & Cultural Center; March 3, Palace Theater, Hilo; March 4, Kilohana Plantation, Kaua'i).

March 30-31 Wynonna Judd, pops concert with the Honolulu Symphony, Blaisdell Concert Hall.