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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, April 22, 2001



Community Calendar

Advertiser Staff

DAILY

• Paul Bragg free exercise class, 9-10:30 a.m. Monday-Saturday, Fort DeRussy lawn, next to the Army Museum; 30th year, all ages welcome; conducted by his daughter, Pat.


TODAY

• REHAB FOUNDATION FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL: GRAND WINE TASTING, afternoon sampling of 200 wines, 50 of them French, as well as hors d'oeuvres by chef Daniel Delbrel, with entertainment by Cathy Foy and French jazz pianist Pierre Grill, at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel; $50 in advance, $60 at the door; call for tickets. 544-3385.


TOMORROW

• "CHINA'S CHANGING POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS," roundtable discussion of China's impending admission to the World Trade Organization, noon-1:30 p.m., East-West Center's John A. Burns Hall, Room 3012; free, public invited. 944-7111.

• "GLOBALIZATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS," roundtable discussion with Gayatri Spivak, literary critic and scholar from Columbia University, 2:30-4 p.m., Buddhist Study Center, 1436 University Ave.; also keynote address, "GLOBALIZATION AND CULTURE POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY HUMAN RIGHTS DISCOURSE," 7 p.m., University of Hawai'i-Manoa Art Auditorium; free, public invited. 956-2677.


TUESDAY

• SENIOR CENTER PRESENTATIONS, "Travelogue to the Southeast U.S.A.," by Carey Fletcher, retired high school teacher, 10 a.m., Central Union Church women's building, 1660 S. Beretania St., lower Makiki; free, come early for stretching exercises, bring brown bag lunch, stay for board games until 2 p.m. 941-0957.

• "EXPERIENCES FROM THE INDEPENDENT PACIFIC ISLANDS NATIONS: LESSONS FOR HAWAI'I IN BUSINESS, TOURISM AND GOVERNMENT, briefing and discussion by Jerry Finin of the East-West Center's Pacific Islands Development Program, noon-1:30 p.m., Outrigger Wailea Resort, Lokelani Ballroom, Maui; $25 includes lunch, drinks, tax and tip. 944-7196.

• TSUNAMI AWARENESS PROGRAMS, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Kailua-Kona Public Library; also noon Wednesday at Hawai'i State Library, 478 S. King St. 831-6877.


WEDNESDAY

• "U.S.-MIDDLE EAST RELATIONS," lecture by Dr. Karim Khan, noon-1 p.m., Kapi'olani Community College, 'Ilima Building, Room 202A; free, public welcome. 944-7784.


FRIDAY

• FREE SPECIAL EDUCATION WORKSHOP by Richard Lavoie, nationally known expert on learning disabilities, 3 p.m., Home Pumehana Recreation Room, Kaunakakai, Moloka'i; (808) 553-3959.

• "A VEGETARIAN EXPERIENCE" workshop, 7-8:30 p.m., Honolulu Church of Light, 1539 Kapi'olani Blvd.; free. 952-0880.

• GRIEFSHARE, recovery seminar/support group, 7-9 p.m. weekly through July 27, First Presbyterian Church of Honolulu, 1822 Ke'eaumoku St.; $12 workbook. 532-1111.


SATURDAY

• 15TH ANNUAL ASIA-PACIFIC FORUM: ASIA TODAY, social, economic and political factors discussed by faculty and specialists, with session focusing on Japan, 9 a.m.-noon, University of Hawai'i-Manoa Campus Center, Room 220; free; write or call for information, Center for Asia-Pacific Exchange, 1429 Makiki St. #210, Honolulu, HI 96814. 942-8553.