Lit Beat
SPECIAL EVENTs
Bamboo Ridge 25th Birthday Bash, plate lunch, silent auction, books and collectibles fair, 1-4 p.m. July 13, Manoa Grand Ballroom, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii; $20 in advance, $25 at door; a portion to benefit the press. 626-1481.
2003 Hawai'i Shakespeare Festival opens at Windward Community College's Paliku Theatre with three plays: "Macbeth," July 18-27, "Henry the Fourth, Part One," July 25-Aug. 3, and "Twelfth Night," Aug. 1-10. $16 general, $14 seniors and military, $8 students. Season tickets and group discounts available. Tickets at the Paliku Theatre box office, at all UH ticket outlets, by phone at 235-7433 or 944-BOWS, or at www.etickethawaii.com. Service charge of $2 for all Internet, phone and outlet sales; $1 charge for box office sales. Information: 235-7433 or www.Hawaiishakes.org.
FOR WRITERS
Beginning Screenwriting, a class with Genie Joseph, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, location TBA. $75 advance, $100 at door. Registration: 949-8255 or e-mail lightwave7@hotmail.com.
Hybolics magazine seeks poetry, prose, songs, artwork, comics or essays for the upcoming Gen X Local issue. Mail submissions with a self-addressed stamped envelope to Hybolics Inc., attn. Gen X Local Anthology, P.O. Box 3016, 'Aiea, HI 96701. Deadline is Aug. 31.
The Hawai'i Review, UH-Manoa's literary journal, seeks prose and poetry from Hawai'i residents, both students and non-students, for an upcoming issue. Maximum length is 7,000 words for prose and 500 lines of poetry. For additional requirements e-mail hi-review@hawaii.edu or call 956-3030. Deadline is Sept. 15.
SIGNINGS/READINGS
Gaèl Mustapha, author of "Surfer Boy," "Hula Girl" and "Haole Girl," noon Saturday at Borders, Waikele, and 2 p.m. July 13 at Borders, Ward Centre.
KEIKI
"Story Time in The Garden," for ages 3 to 5, with nature craft and visit to a tree in the garden, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Fridays through Aug. 1, Foster Botanical Garden. Free. Registration: 522-7064.
Borders Bestseller Reading Group, 7 p.m., second Wed-nesday of each month, Borders, Waikele.
Send announcements to Island Life, Lit Beat, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; fax 525-8055; or e-mail islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com with "Lit Beat" in the subject line.
