Posted on: Sunday, March 27, 2005

Lit beat

Advertiser Staff

SPECIAL EVENTS

Poetry Slam Workshop for Teens, ongoing Youth Speaks Hawai'i workshops in written and spoken word for students ages 13-19 working with members of the HawaiiSlam team to prepare for the 2005 National Youth Poetry Slam to be held in April in San Francisco, 4-5:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, The ARTS at Marks Garage; free. 387-9664.

"Aloha Shorts," weekly radio show, 5 p.m. Mondays, on Hawaii Public Radio station KIPO 89.3, with host Cedric Yamanaka. This week, Monica Cho Coldwell reads Yokanaan Kearns' "Confessions of a Stupid Haole."

Re: Verses, with poets Travis Thompson and Brenda Kwon, with an open-mike session and jazz, 8-10 p.m. Tuesday, The ARTS at Marks Garage; $5. 521-2903.

Brenda Freitas-Obregon performs "He Hawai'i Au (Hawaiian Tales)," 11:15 a.m. Thursday, Mililani Public Library; free. 627-7470.

"Duke Kahanamoku: The Man and the Myth," lecture by author Sandra Hall, noon-1:15 p.m. Thursday, Henke Hall, Room 325, UH-Manoa; free.

SIGNINGS / READINGS

Lee Cataluna, columnist for The Advertiser, reads from "Folks You Meet in Longs and other stories," sponsored by the university's English Department, 7 p.m. Wednesday, UH-Manoa Art auditorium. 956-7619.

FOR WRITERS

Aloha Performing Arts Company requests scripts for the 12th annual Original Play Festival to be held Aug. 17-21 on the Big Island. Scripts of any length and on any subject can be mailed for consideration to APAC OPF XII, P.O. Box 794, Kealakekua, HI 96750. For additional requirements, call (808) 322-9924 or visit www.apac-hawaii.org. Scripts mus be postmarked by May 27.

International Open Poetry Contest, submit one poem of up to 20 lines on any subject and in any style to The International Library of Poetry, 1 Poetry Plaza, Suite 19922, Owings Mills, MD 21117, or enter at www.poetry.com. Deadline is May 31.

Send announcements, with contact name and phone number, to Lit Beat, Island Life, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com, with "Lit Beat" in the subject line; or fax 525-8055.