ABOUT THE SHOW: A program of local literature, actors, and music broadcast on your community radio stations KIPO/KIPM/KIPH every Tuesday evening at 6:30.
Aloha Shorts tapes before a live audience on the first Sunday of every month in HPR's Atherton Performing Arts Studio. Come join us, it's free! Call the station (955-8821) for details and to make reservations.
ABOUT THE HOST:
Cedric Yamanaka has worked in print, radio, and as a television journalist. He is the author of In Good Company, a collection of short stories published by the University of Hawai`i Press. He is a recipient of the Helen Deutsch Fellowship for Creative Writing from Boston University, a Cades Award for Literature and a past winner of the Honolulu Magazine Fiction Contest.
Contributors:
Literature selections previously published by Bamboo Ridge Press
http://www.bambooridge.com/
Bamboo Ridge is the most well-known independent literary press in Hawai'i with a record of 30 years of publishing fiction, poetry, and plays that reflect the unique multicultural fabric of our state. Through the efforts of editors and co-founders Eric Chock and Darrell H.Y. Lum, a small staff,and countless volunteers, Bamboo Ridge has been instrumental in identifying,developing, preserving, and promoting a body of work now commonly referred to as "local literature." House Band: Hamajang (Derek Ferrar, Charley Myers, Yash Wichmann-Walczak)
www.alohashortsband.com Producers: Sammie Choy has been an actor and teacher here and on the continental United States. She holds an MFA in directing and a PhD in theater from the University of Hawai`i. Her dissertation investigates Hawai`i's locally-written theater as it reflects the unique demographics and history of the islands.
Craig Howes has been a faculty member in the Department of English at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa since 1980 and is the Director of the Center for Biographical Research. He is the co-producer and principal scholar for the television documentary series Biography Hawai`i and has been active in Hawai`i's literary, drama, and arts community.
Phyllis S.K. Look has had a 20-year career in the theatre as an actor, director, teacher, and producer. She received an MFA in directing from Yale School of Drama, a National Endowment for the Arts/Theatre Communications Group Directing Fellowship, and a Po`okela Award. She is currently the Marketing and Communications Manager for UH Mānoa's Campus Services. Contact: AlohaShorts@gmail.com | 
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