Lit Beat

Advertiser Staff

SPECIAL EVENTS

• READ ACROSS AMERICA celebrates Dr. Seuss' 98th birthday with a storytime 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hawai'i Kai Public Library; guest readers, state Rep. William Stonebraker and state Sen. Sam Slom; "Cat In the Hat" craft time to follow. 397-5833.

• HOWARD LYMAN, author of "Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat," to speak on the hidden dangers of eating meat, 7 p.m. Saturday, Honolulu Central Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2313 Nu'uanu Ave.; 7 p.m. next Sunday, Maui Community College, student lounge; free. 949-0298.

FOR WRITERS

• ORIGINAL PLAY FESTIVAL seeking script submissions, any topic, three copies, typewritten, double spaced, numbered pages, bound, three performance quality audio-tapes or CDs with voice tracks must accompany musicals; winning plays to be staged; send to KAPA OPF IX, P.O. Box 5502, Kailua-Kona, HI 96745. (808) 322-9924.

SIGNINGS/READINGS

• CONNIE HENNINGS-CHILTON, illustrator of "Kapono and the Turtle," 2 p.m. Saturday, Borders, Ward Centre.

READERS GROUPS

• Hawaiian Language Reading Group, meets 7:15 p.m. every Monday, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall.

• Science Fiction Fantasy and Readers Group meets 7 p.m. Thursday, Borders, Ward Centre.

• Henri Nouwen Monthly Reading Group, 7 p.m. Thursday, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall. 737-3323.

• Hawaii Film Fans meet 3 p.m. next Sunday, Borders, Ward Centre.

FOR KEIKI

• Keiki Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and 11 a.m. Saturdays, Borders, Waikele; free.

• Barnes & Noble Craft and Story Time, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, 2:30 p.m. Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays, top level, Kahala Mall; free. 737-3323.

• Young Authors' Reading Group, grades one through six, 10 a.m. Wednesday, Borders, Waikele.