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May Day lei classes

Prepare for May Day with lei-making workshops sponsored by the City and County of Honolulu's Department of Parks and Recreation. The workshops will feature haku (braided), hili (plaited) and wili (winding) methods.

Bring scissors, raffia, flowers with 2-inch stems, pliable ferns and greens to the sessions:

Tomorrow, April 19 and 26: Aiea District Park, 2:30 to 4 p.m. Call 483-7860.
Friday and April 22: Enchanted Lake Community Park, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Call 266-7665.
April 26 to 29: Ahuimanu Community Park, 3 to 5 p.m. Call 239-6594.
April 27 to 29: Heeia Neighborhood Park, 2:30 to 4 p.m. Call 233-7335.
April 27 to 29: Kaneohe District Park, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Call 223-7312.
April 29: Moanalua Community Park, 9:30 to noon; for adults. Call 831-7105.
April 30: Kaneohe Community & Senior Center, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 233-7317.

Poets at the library

In celebration of National Library Week -- "Something for Everyone @ Your Library" -- the Hawaii State Library will host a free poetry reading by Tinfish Poets at 2 p.m. Saturday.

The one-hour program, suitable for all ages, will feature Susan Schultz, editor of Tinfish Press, a local publisher of chapbooks and promoter of experimental poetry.

Also appearing:

» Sherman Souther, a retired plastic surgeon, Kauai resident and author.
» Robert Sullivan, a New Zealand Maori who has won several awards for his poetry and children's books.
» Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard, an instructor of Oceanic literatures at the University of Hawaii.
» Anne Kennedy, an author whose first book, "Sing-Song," deals with family and childhood issues.

Trask to read

In another National Library Week event, Haunani-Kay Trask will speak on her book "From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawaii," at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Hawaii State Public Library.

The book, published in 1993, remains one of the most provocative published in Hawaii, having helped shape the understanding of local sovereignty issues and race relations.

Call Dore Minatodani at 956-2852 or e-mail dorem@hawaii.edu.

All about rice

The Bishop Museum will present a seminar on rice cultivation in China at 4 p.m. Thursday.

Museum archaeologist Tianlong Jiao will speak on his joint study with Harvard University on the evolution of rice production, from hunting-gathering to rice domestication. His research reaches back 10,000 to 12,000 years and considers the impact throughout Asia and the Pacific.

The presentation is one of the museum's Research Series Seminars, offered on the second Thursday of every month.

Admission is free. Call 847-3511.

Diet and cancer

Dr. Michael Greger, a specialist in clinical nutrition and a founding member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, will speak on the role that a plant-based diet could play on the prevention and treatment of various cancers.

His free appearances:

Wednesday: Ala Wai Golf Course Clubhouse, 7 p.m.
Thursday: University of Hawaii-Manoa Art Auditorium, noon; Castle Medical Center, 7 p.m.
Friday: Cameron Center, Wailuku, Maui, noon.

For the Castle appearance call 263-5400. For other events call the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii, 944-8344.

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