"Artists Awake!," a benefit for the Aloha Medical Mission's disaster relief efforts, features an art sale, pupu, cocktails and a fashion show, 7 to 11 tonight at E&O Trading Co. at Ward Centre.

Among the participating artists: Sebastien Hughes, Rachel Ha'o, Will Giles, Katherine Emily Mills and Clint Okayama, Ted Ganung, MB Inc., La Pistil, Mechakawa Vintage, The Deadbeats and Fern Santos. The proceeds support an October trip to Myanmar by the mission, led by Dr. Carl Lum. Tickets: $30, available by e-mail at artistsawake@gmail.com.

— Wayne Harada

VIP PICKS

CHECK OUT DAVE'S FAVES ON METROMIX

Find out where Hawai'i's Dave Hisaka, who does traffic reports on local radio and TV, likes to eat, hang out and party, on Metromix, with the online guide's VIP Picks. This is no stay-home kind of guy. "I LOVE beer, anywhere where it's cold," he says. But don't ask him to dance. ... Go to www.honolulu.metromix.com to find out more.

FINAL WORD

"I want to be low-profile. I'm not committed to being, like, a celebrity or a movie star."

Gwyneth Paltrow, in Vogue