Rare botanical prints

On display at Bishop Museum are 19th-century botanical prints donated by the late Donald Hibbard Angus. The rare illustrations can be viewed in the Picture Gallery alongside plant species from the museum’s botany collection. Also on exhibit are recently restored artworks, including an 1847 painting of William Charles Lunalilo as a boy and David Hitchcock’s "Mokuaweoweo Crater During Eruption of 1896." A benefit dinner for the Picture Gallery and Art Restoration Fund is tomorrow at Morton’s The Steakhouse in Ala Moana Center. Call 848-4170.

Regal discontinues movie ads

Regal Cinemas has decided to discontinue its daily advertisement listing movies at its theaters. If you have questions or comments, please contact Regal.

Calling all ghost writers

Spin your most haunting tale of horror and the supernatural in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s inaugural Halloween Fiction Contest.

Entries are limited to 750 words and must be original work never before published. The winning entry will receive a $200 cash prize and be published in the Today section on Oct. 31. The second-place story will be awarded $100.

The contest is open to Hawaii residents; Oahu Publications contributors, employees and their family members are not eligible. The deadline for entries is Oct. 6. E-mail typewritten stories to features@staradvertiser.com or mail to Halloween Fiction Contest, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 500 Ala Moana Blvd., Suite 7-210, Honolulu, HI 96813.

Holiday craft guide seeks entries

The season for craft fairs is fast approaching, and the Today section is planning a guide with listings for events happening for the winter holiday period.

For a free listing, send information on the name of the event, sponsors, date, time, place, contact information and other details to craftfairs@staradvertiser.com.

The deadline to submit listings is Nov. 5.

Send us your baby pictures

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser would like to help you announce the birth of your baby on the Ohana page of the newspaper and on our website, www.staradvertiser.com.

Please submit a color or black-and-white photo of the baby alone or that can be easily cropped to only show the baby, along with a copy of the baby’s birth certificate and a signed copy of the Star-Advertiser birth announcement form, available at staradvertiser.com.

Mail the items to Birth Announcements, Features section, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 500 Ala Moana Blvd., Suite 7-210, Honolulu, HI 96813. For more information, call 529-4777.