Lit Beat

SPECIAL EVENTS

• The Arabian Nights Presents "The Beautiful Slave Girl & Other Stories," told by storyteller Jeff Gere and featuring music, shadow puppets and belly dance; 2 p.m. today, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Doris Duke theater. Free. Information: Jeff Gere at 737-1774 or jeffgere@lava.net.
• Emancipation & The Spoken Word: Performance Poetry and ChoreoPoems, with readings by Ishmael Reed and Kathryn Takara, moderated by Rodney Morales; 6-8 tonight, Windward Community College, Little Theatre.
• The Arabian Nights Presents "Garden Earthly Delights," a sensual and hilarious Arabian love story for Valentine's Day, told by Jeff Gere, featuring music, shadow puppets and intervals of belly dance; 8-9:30 p.m. Friday, Indigo Eurasian Cuisine's Opium Room. $20 includes a glass of champagne. Seating limited to 30 each night. Reservations: 521-2900. Information: Jeff Gere at 737-1774 or jeffgere@lava.net.
• Lee A. Tonouchi, a pidgin writer and activist, is seeking submissions for his Da Kine Dictionary. Pidgin word entries should include a definition and example sentence in pidgin, origin (optional) and the contributor's name, high school graduated from, graduation year and city. Obtain submission forms at www.dakinedictionary.com or by calling 734-7159, ext. 21.

SIGNINGS/READINGS

• Deborah Turrell Atkinson, local mystery author, 7-7:45 p.m. tomorrow, Mililani Public Library.
• Haunani-Kay Trask, author of "Night is a Sharkskin Drum," will read from the book, 6 p.m. Thursday, Manoa Public Library; free. 988-0459.
• Maili Yardley, author of "Letters from the Lanai," 11:30 a.m. Friday, Kapi'olani Medical Center's cafeteria; 2:30 p.m. Friday, Waldenbooks, Ala Moana; 3 p.m. Saturday Barnes & Noble, Kahala; 11 a.m. Feb. 15, BookEnds, Kailua; 2 p.m. Feb. 16, Borders, Ward Centre; and 2 p.m. Feb. 22, Borders, Kaua'i, Lihu'e.
• Warren Bolster, with his book "Master of Surf Photography: Warren Bolster," 2 p.m. Saturday, Borders, Ward Centre.

FOR WRITERS

• Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Conference, with speakers Samantha McFerrin, G. Brian Karas, and James Rumford, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 22, site to be announced. Information: 779-5910.