The √ indicates admission is $5 or less, or free. Full-price admission is listed; * denotes discounts available. Call venue for details.

HOLIDAYS

√ "Emme's Christmas Island Moments," concert and TV filming, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Sheraton Moana Surfrider, Banyan Courtyard; free. 947-6677.

√ 59th Annual Kaimuki Christmas Parade, 6 p.m., from Saint Louis School to Koko Head Avenue; free.

"A Christmas Carol," musical presented by New Hope Youth Choir, 7 p.m., Farrington High School auditorium; $10, $12. 842-4242, ext. 778.

CONCERTS

√ Kailua Public Library 45th Anniversary Celebration, with Uncle Mel and the Keiki Palaka Band, 6:30 p.m., library courtyard; free. 266-9911.

√ Young Composers' Symposium, UH students, 7:30 p.m., UH-Manoa, Orvis Auditorium; free. 956-8742.

Groundation, reggae, doors open 8 p.m., show at 9, Pipeline Cafe; 18 and older; $25*. 589-1999.

STAGE

√ "The Mask Messenger," featuring Robert Faust, 7 p.m., 'Aiea Public Library; 7 and older; free. 483-7333.

"Aloha Rosie's," 7:30 p.m., Hawai'i Pacific University Theatre, Kane'ohe; $20*. 375-1282.

"Flaming Idiots," comedy, 7:30 p.m., Manoa Valley Theatre; $25*. 988-6131.

"Little Shop of Horrors," musical, 8 p.m., Earle Ernst Lab Theatre; $10*. 956-7655.

FILMS

"Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus" (2005), 1 p.m., Doris Duke Theatre; $7*. 532-8768.

"Internal Affairs (Wu Jian Dao)" (2002, Cantonese with English subtitles), 7:30 p.m., Doris Duke Theatre; $7*. 532-8768. Part of the Chinese Film Festival, continuing through Dec. 19.

√ "The Front" (1976), 2, 4, 6 and 8 p.m., Movie Museum; $5*. 735-8771.

√ "15" (2003, Hokkien and Mandarin with English subtitles), 6:30 p.m., UH-Manoa Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Korean Studies building; free. 956-2688.

ETC.

√ World AIDS Day 2005, information tables, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Bank of Hawaii Plaza and Fort Street Mall; also, ceremony, 5:30 p.m., and candlelight vigil, 6:15 p.m., Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace; free. worldaidsdayhawaii.org.

√ World AIDS Day 2005, documentary and AIDS panel, 4-7 p.m., UH John A. Burns School of Medicine, 3rd floor auditorium, Kaka'ako; free. seiji@hawaii.edu.

√ First Thursdays, performance poetry, music and live art with Anis Mojgani and Alex Charalambides, doors open 7:45 p.m., show at 8:30, Hawaiian Hut; $5*. 387-9664.