On Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 6:45 pm, it’s the next taping of Aloha Shorts at Hawaii Public Radio’s Atherton Studio (738 Kaheka St. in Honolulu).

And it’s free. Reservations strongly recommended. Call during station business hours 955-8821. Reservations are held til 6:50 pm only; waiting list seated at that time, if possible.

Attend and hear Bamboo Ridge poetry and prose about Women’s Work, Dirty Jobs, and Work Then and Now, by:

Lee Cataluna, Eric Chock, Sheila Gardiner, Mavis Hara, Gail N. Harada, Juliet S. Kono, Wing Tek Lum, Merle M. Nishida, Elmer Omar Pizo, Amy Uyematsu, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, and Beryl Allene Young.

It will be performed by Dennis Chun, Meredith Desha Enos, Krisha Fairchild, Blossom Lam Hoffman, Stephanie Kong, Dave Lancaster, and Devon Nekoba.

Music by Hamajang!

Aloha Shorts is a locally produced radio program of writings from Bamboo Ridge Press performed by Hawai’i’s actors.  The shows tape before a live audience on the first Sunday of every month and are broadcast every Tuesday at 6:30 pm on Hawai’i Public Radio’s KIPO 89.3 FM.  Tapings and broadcasts are supported in part by the Hawai’i Council for the Humanities.  Visit www.bambooridge.com or www.hawaiipublicradio.org for more information or to download podcasts.   On-air host is Cedric Yamanaka and the house band is Hamajang (www.alohashortsband.com).  Aloha Shorts is co-produced by Sammie Choy, Craig Howes, and Phyllis Look.  Be an Aloha Shorts Facebook fan:  www.facebook.com/alohashorts.