Friday & Saturday, October 17 & 18: Talk Story Festival. Nine storytellers each night share the stage, 20 minutes each, with dramatic lighting and gifted sign language interpreters. Video of these performances is projected beside the stage. Gates open at 5 p.m. Friday – SP0oOoKY Stories, Saturday – Pele & Hi’iaka Epics. McCoy Pavilion Auditorium, Ala Moana Beach Park, 1201 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu. 6 to 9:30 p.m. both nights. For information call (808) 768-3032.