Octoberfest Street Festival is free
Beer and Bavarian cuisine are in the spotlight at Friday’s Octoberfest Street Festival in the Chinatown arts district on Nuuanu Avenue and Hotel Street.
The festival, running from 6 to 10 p.m., is free, but beverages such as Samuel Adams Boston Lager and the Marzen-style Octoberfest beer will be sold.
Bavarian foods will include bockwurst, bratwurst, fresh pretzels, potato salad and sauerkraut. Restaurants JJ Dolan’s, Brasserie Du Vin, Murphy’s, Soul de Cuba, Tea @ 1024 and Not Just Desserts will offer their own dishes, as will vendors Shogunai Tacos, El Yaqui and Mama’s Soul Kitchen.
Entertainment will take place on three stages. Visit www.timbostockproductions.com.
World Vegetarian Day means 30% off
Down to Earth stores are holding a 30 percent discount sale Saturday to celebrate World Vegetarian Day.
For a list of 100 items on sale, go to www.downtoearth.org. Stores are in Kahului on Maui and in Honolulu, Kailua, Aiea and Kapolei on Oahu.
Curry contest open to amateur chefs
If you’ve got the secret to a great curry, enter your recipe in Kahala Hotel & Resort’s "All in the Family Curry Contest."
Go to the hotel’s Facebook page — www.facebook.com/pages/The-Kahala-Hotel-Resort/24225416915 — and submit a recipe, photo and the story behind the dish no later than midnight Oct. 19. Be sure to click on the page’s "like" button to enter.
The contest is open only to amateur chefs. The winner will receive a prize package, and winning curry recipes will be featured at the hotel’s Wednesday curry buffet at the Plumeria Beach House.
Visit www.kahalaresort.com.
Neighbor island festivals woo foodies
If you’re visiting Kauai this weekend, or Hilo in a couple of weeks, check out these events:
» Coconut Festival cooking contest: Saturday and Sunday at Kapaa Beach Park on Kauai. Enter a dish in the first-course or dessert categories, making sure coconut is an ingredient. First prize is $100. For applications: kbakauai.org.
The festival runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
» 13th Annual Taste of Hilo: 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 16 at Sangha Hall. The event, a benefit for Hawaii Community College, spotlights range-fed beef prepared by Beth Ann Nishijima of Nori’s. It will also feature more than 35 restaurants, chefs, pastry chefs, bakers and beverage suppliers.
Tickets are $40 pre-sale and $60 at the door. Call 808-934-0177 or email jccih@jccih.org.
Win $200 in contest for spooky yarns
Spin your most haunting tale of horror and the supernatural in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s annual Halloween Fiction Contest. Entries are limited to 750 words and must be original work never before published. The winner will receive a $200 cash prize, and the story will appear in the Today section on Oct. 30. The writer of 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. 9.
Email 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.
List Halloween happenings in guide
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s Today section is preparing a guide to Halloween haunts, pumpkin patches, fall festivals, costume contests and trick-or-treat affairs that take place during October.
Email details of your event to features@staradvertiser.com or mail to Halloween Events, Honolulu Star-Advertiser Features Department, 500 Ala Moana Blvd., Suite 7-210, Honolulu, HI 96813.
The deadline to submit information about events is Sept. 30. The guide to Halloween fun will be published Oct. 7.
