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Friday, June 16, 2000

Tapa





Free admission
for conference on
children’s literature

Thanks to a grant from the Hawai'i Council for the Humanities, general admission will now be free to the 10th Biennial Conference of Literature and Hawai'i's Children, which continues through tomorrow.

Conference admission had been set at $35.

From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow, there will be a series of workshops and activities for adults and teens at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa Campus Center. Children's activities will run from 1 to 5 p.m. tomorrow.

There will still be a $20 admission charge for special professional sessions with guests Patricia McLaughlin, author of the Newbery Award-winning "Sarah, Plain and Tall"; Ed Young, illustrator and author of children's books and magazines, including the Caldecott Medal-winning "Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China"; and Marianne Carus, editor-in-chief of a series of children's books and publications, including "Cricket" magazine.

There will be vendors offering books and other merchandise throughout the conference. Authors will be available for autographs, up to two per person.

For more information on the conference, call 956-7559.

Tapa

Summer's bounty

Sous Chef Ken Lum of Chef Mavro restaurant will kick off the Lyon Arboretum's Chef Showcase series with a cooking demonstration 9:30 a.m. tomorrow.

Lum will prepare Ahi Tartare with Wasabi Tobiko and Charred Barbary Duck with Papaya-Apple Chutney.

Cost is $22; $18 for arboretum members. Call 988-0456.

An item in Wednesday's Star-Bulletin incorrectly reported that Chef George Mavrothalassitis would host.



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