It's the sound of introspection and melancholy: the pling-pling plucks of the koto, Japan's signature stringed instrument. Koto masters Kazue Sawai and Hikaru Sawai of Tokyo's Sawai Koto Academy will play contemporary works at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa Orvis Auditorium. Tickets are $12 ($8 for students and seniors). Information: 956-7756.


— Chris Oliver

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ONLINE 'BACHELOR' PAD

Dr. Andy Baldwin, the McDreamy of Pearl Harbor, culled the first 10 women from his harem on the season premiere of "The Bachelor" on Monday. Find out more about the 30-year-old, six-time Ironman competitor who is lookin' for love in a Los Angeles house at our new "The Bachelor" Web site at www.honoluluadvertiser.com/islandlife. Go to the "Special Projects" box.


— Lesa Griffith

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"It's a nice, revelatory flashback. ... So many things we've already seen about Juliet and wondered 'Why did she do this? Why is she so cold?' You'll know exactly why."

Elizabeth Mitchell | the "Lost" actress, on her character's upcoming flashback in the April 11 episode, in TV Guide