Painter Sally French, recognized by the State Foundation for Culture and the Arts with a fellowship award in 2000, is known for her humorous — but fierce — imagery, so it makes sense that the title of her free Art Lunch lecture is "In the Sally French Studio: Fuzz and Fury on Kaua'i." Hear French discuss her work and her inspirations at noon today at the Hawai'i State Art Museum.

— Advertiser Staff

ONLINE BOOK CLUB

Moms, stuck in the kiddie-reading rut? Welcome to the club — the book club on HawaiiMoms.com, that is. Some moms have decided they want to start reading "grown-up books" again after a long hiatus. So they've launched an online reading group, and elected "Eat, Pray, Love," the No. 1 New York Times best-seller by Elizabeth Gilbert, as the first book they'll read together. Just log on to Hawaii Moms.com (it's free and quick) and visit the Films, TV, Books & Music forum.

— Esme Infante Nii

FINAL WORD

"If I don't work for a few days, I don't even change out of my pajamas, let alone deal with other people. ... All we like doing is reading and watching 'Dog Whisperer.' "

Robert Sean Leonard | Dr. Wilson on "House," in TV Guide