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Literary Readings By Philippine Writers
At UH-Manoa, November 21

by Ruth Mabanglo

The UH Filipino and Philippine Literature Program announces the coming of Marjorie Evasco and Charlson Ong, poet and fictionist respectively, for a literary reading titled Reading Filipino Back to Back on November 21.

Currently fellows at the Iowa International Writing Program, Evasco and Ong have been in the United States since August this year.

The Iowa International Writing Program at Iowa is one of the most prestigious writing programs funded by the International Visitors Program. It invites writers from different countries to meet American writers and see the United States. It also supports the heritage community of the visiting writers by giving them the opportunity to speak or discuss issues with them.

Last November 7, the University of California at Berkeley and the Filipino community invited Evasco and Ong to be part of a series of discussion and reading called Writing and the Filipino Nation.

Evasco is the recipient of the Philippines 1987 and 1999 National Book Awards for Poetry. Her books include Dreamweavers: Selected Poems 1976-1986; Ocher Tones: Poems in English and Cebuano; and A Life Shaped by Music. Evasco is a professor of literature and director of the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing and Research Center at De La Salle University.

A professor of literature at the University of the Philippines Department of English and Comparative Literature, Ong is author of four books. These include three books of short stories (Men of the East and Other Stories, Woman of Am-Kaw and Other Stories, Conversion and Other Fiction) and one novel (Embarrassment of Riches).

The readings of this literary duo will take place at the University of Hawaii-Manoa Tokioka Room (Moore 319)
at 3 pm. The event is free and open to the public.
The sponsors of this event include the UH Filipino and Philippine Literature Program, Department of Hawaiian
and Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures, Department
of English, Department of Ethnic Studies, Center for Philippine Studies, Asian Studies (SHAPS), Philippine Consulate General, Womens Center, Katipunan,
Kalamansi Book Shop and the University of the Philippines Alumni Association.

For more information, call Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo
at (808) 956-6970 or email mabanglo@hawaii.edu

Celebrate PASKO-A Filipino Christmas Celebration

Filipinos know the holiday season is here when the Filipino Association of University Women kicks off its annual Pasko celebration at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. This year's Pasko will be held on Sunday, November 19 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Academy's courtyards and galleries. The festive event will feature Filipino foods, handicrafts for sale, music, song and dance, literary readings, children's games, book sales, and displays of native textiles. The event is free and open to the public.

Ethnic foods will include typical Filipino specialties such as rice cakes (puto, cuchinta) with coconut, ginger tea (salabat). Decorative hand-crafted Christmas lanterns (parol) will be available for sale. Hourly raffles for hand-crafted prizes will also be held.

This year's theme Island Artists and Role Models has inspired a host of activities for youth including Filipino games, body painting with the traditional Alibata alphabet of pre-colonial Philippines, and storytelling. Escrima (Filipino martial arts) groups will demonstrate their expertise.
Local artists Paul Pfeiffer, Roy Valencia, Manuel Andres, and Charles Valcastro will offer art lessons.

Entertainers include former Miss Saigon cast members Rocky Brown Higa and Amado Cacho; the Tagalog and Ilocano Clubs of University of Hawaii, dancers from Campbell High School; the Silangan Singers, and many others.

Other highlights include: Ati-Atihan costumes and dancing, video and exhibits. The annual holiday event is co-sponsored by the Filipino Association of University Women and the Honolulu Academy of Arts.

For more information call the Honolulu Academy of Arts at 531-8700.



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