Lit Beat

Advertiser Staff

SPECIAL EVENTS

• The o'ahu bookmobile has resumed service, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11 Leeward O'ahu sites and Thursdays and Fridays at eight Windward O'ahu sites. For more information call Pearl City Public Library. 453-6566.

• Liliha library spring book sale 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Liliha Public Library, 1515 Liliha St.; a variety of books, videos, comics, instructional materials, CD's and note and sport cards at very low prices to buy Chinese language materials for the library. 587-7577.

• Aloha children's theatre performance workshop for ages 8-12, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Mar. 25-30, Aloha Theatre and the KAPA Theatre Department Loft, Kainaliu, Hawai'i; to culminate in free public production; $125 per child, scholarships available; sponsored by Kona Association for the Performing Arts. (808) 329-8839.

FOR WRITERS

• The 2002 Loren Tarr Gill writing competition: 2,000 words of fiction or non-fiction or 40 lines of poetry, author's name on cover sheet, $5 per submission, send to Jo Judy, 1511 Nu'uanu Ave. No. 6, Honolulu, HI 96817, deadline April 1, cash prizes, send self-addressed, stamped envelope for more information, sponsored by the National League of American Pen Women.

• 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 will 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, Waikele.

• Jonathan Richard Cring, to share from his diary on the life of Christ "I'M...the legend of the son of man," 7:30-10 a.m. March 10, Calvary by the Sea Lutheran Church, 5339 Kalaniana'ole Hwy., 'Aina Haina; also Janet Clazzy Scott to perform on oboe, piano and WX-5 Wind Machine; donations welcome. 377-5477.

• 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.; and 7 p.m. March 10, Maui Community College, student lounge; free. 949-0298.

• John Pule of Niue, author of "The Shark That Ate the Sun," and "I Once Had A Mind as Visible as Light," slide show/talk 7:30-9 p.m. Thursday, University of Hawai'i-Manoa, Korean Studies Auditorium; free; reception 7 p.m. 956-3055.

READERS GROUPS

• Beginning hawaiian language classes 6 p.m. every Wednesday, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall; free.

• Romantic borders readers group, meets 7 p.m. next Thursday, Borders, Ward Centre.

• Hawaii film fans meet 3 p.m. today, Borders-Ward Centre.

FOR KEIKI

• 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.