The poetry slam season rolls on at 8:30 tonight at the Hawaiian Hut. The ongoing First Thursday competition leads up to the fifth HawaiiSlam's finals in April that will determine who represents Hawai'i in the 2008 National Poetry Slam.

Tshaka Menelik Imhotep Campbell, a Londoner of Jamaican descent, will be the featured slammer. A poet for 10 years, Tshaka was a member of the 2004 Nuyorican Slam Team, the 2005 San Francisco Slam Team and the 2006-07 Hollywood Slam team.

Kealoha hosts, with live painters, massages in the lounge and a guest DJ at the turntables.

Admission is $3 before 8:30 p.m., $5 after; 387-9664, www.HawaiiSlam.com.

— Advertiser Staff

CAST YOUR VOTE TO PICK A WINNER

Twelve good men must now be winnowed down to four, as the Most Romantic Man contest continues. Vote online to choose a top four. These winners will be featured in Island Life on Valentine's Day, and on a "Back to Romance" TV special, produced by KGMB 9. The final four get tickets to the Hawai'i Romance Festival (May 2-11; www.mcooh.com), a romantic dinner at Morton's, limo, hotel, lei and a bouquet from Watanabe Floral, etched champagne glasses from Daga — and a chance at a grand prize weekend in New York City. Go online through Sunday to read essays and choose your favorite. (One vote per e-mail address.) Go to www.honoluluadvertiser.com/romantic