BAMBOO RIDGE ISSUE #100 READING AT UH HILO

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BAMBOO RIDGE ISSUE #100 READING AT UH HILO

Saturday, October 06, 2012 6:30 PM

Posted on 9/26/2012 8:27:00 AM

Saturday, October 6, 2012

University of Hawai‘i at Hilo

Campus Center, Room 301

6:00 p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. reading

Featuring:

Doodie Cruz

Myles De Coito

Cathy Kanoelani Ikeda

Ann Inoshita

Darlene M. Javar

Lisa Linn Kanae

Juliet S. Kono

Christy Passion

Laura Saijo reading poems by Albert Saijo

Jean Yamasaki Toyama

FREE and open to the public

FREE parking

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