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Posted at 12:41 p.m., Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Vivian Aiona reads "Joy Luck Club" on Nov. 14

Advertiser Staff

Vivian Aiona, wife of Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona, Jr., will be a special guest reader of the "Joy Luck Club" Adult Story Program, underway on Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m., at the Hawaii State Library in downtown Honolulu, in the Language, Literature, and History Section.

Admission is free.

Mrs. Aiona will share the spotlight with Byrde Cestare, Executive Director, Friends of the Library of Hawaii, in reading aloud portions of Amy Tan's best-selling novel The Joy Luck Club on Nov. 14.

Other special guest readers in November include:

i Nov. 7, Board of Education member Lei Ahu Isa

i Nov. 21, Noe Tanigawa, Hawaii Public Radio's arts and culture reporter

"The Joy Luck Club" is a heartwarming tale of love and the constant need to adapt in order to keep that love alive, as told through the words and lives of four Chinese immigrant mothers and their very westernized daughters.

This program is part of The Big Read in Hawaii, a statewide celebration of special events through December 2007, which began in September.

The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The Big Read in Hawaii is coordinated by the Hawaii Capital Cultural District and its partner affiliates, the Office of the Governor, Hawaii Council for the Humanities, the Manoa Foundation, State Dept. of Education, and the Hawaii State Public Library System. Additional support has been provided by the State Dept. of Human Services and the Friends of the Library of Hawaii.

For more information, call the Hawaii State Library's Language, Literature, and History Section at 586–3499.

For a complete list of The Big Read in Hawaii events, visit www.hawaiicapitalculture.org.