Scott Kim, dubbed the M.C. Escher of the alphabet by no less than Isaac Asimov, gives a talk and demo, "Thinking Upside Down," on the intersection of arts, music and math at 7 tonight in 'Iolani School's Seto Hall.

Kim, who has a Stanford B.A. in music and a Ph.D. in computers and graphic design, is the author of "Inversions," a best-seller that describes recasting words into ambigrams — graphical figures that spell out words in another direction or orientation. He also designs visual puzzles and games for the Internet, computer games, magazines and toys.

For more information, go to www.iolani.org.

'LOSTIES' MEET UP IN KAKA'AKO

Looking to celebrate the beginning of another tantalizing season of ABC's "Lost"? Join other Honolulu "Losties" at Tropical Smoothie Café in Kaka'ako (88 Pi'ikoi St.) to watch the Season 4 premiere tomorrow. A show recap airs at 7 p.m., followed by an all-new episode at 8 p.m.

There will be a trivia contest and prizes during commercial breaks, and fans will meet Tropical Smoothie co-owner Teddy Wells, an actor who played an Other named Ivan on the show.

After the show, check out our blog, "Lost in Hawai'i," at www.honoluluadvertiser.com.

— Caryn Kunz

FINAL WORD

"I started to wonder: If I were at a party with friends, and a monster the size of a skyscraper showed up, and someone started recording it with their cell phone or video camera, what would that look like?"

J.J. Abrams | "Cloverfield" producer (and creator of "Lost"), in Entertainment Weekly