Pen Women Speakers Forum
2008
September - Patricia Wood, Author: “Having a Vision for Your Work”
October – Harry Wong, Director: “Directing Local Literature”
November – Dr. Sunny Massad: “From Chaos to Clarity:
An East/West Approach to Creative Discipline”
2009
January – Roslyn Cattrachia, Composer and Lyricist: “Passion Through
Music”
February – Noe Tanigawa, Artist/Painter/Radio Host
March – Leslie Wilcox, President and CEO of PBS Hawaii
April – Allyn Bromley, Artist/Painter/Printmaker
May – Pen Women read
September – Dorothy Faison, Artist/Painter
October – Thomas Cummings, Cultural Storyteller
November – Brett Wagner, Filmmaker
2010
January – Timothy Hearsum, Internationally-Known Photographer
February – Susan Scott: “Sailing Through Menopause Via Mexico”
March – Mary Lou Sanelli, Author: “Falling Awake”
April – Kaui Hart Hemmings, Author: “The Descendents”
May - Pen Women read
September - Featured Speaker: Artist Cora Yee
October - Featured Speaker Elsha Bohnert
November - The speaker is poet Emily Dickinson
as portrayed by Jan McGrath.
2011
January – Writer/Author Juliet S. Kono
February – Dancer Yukie Shiroma with Actor Nyla Fujii-Babb
March – Writer/Author Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl
April – Artist Maile Yawata
May - The Courageous Pen Women in our Branch
September - Nancy Moss
October - Sonja Sironen - Bharate Natyam (Classic Indian dance)
November - Vera Stone-Williams "The Writing is the Least of it"
2012
January - Stephanie Jurgenson - "Eating for Energy"
February -
Marcia Zina Mager - " IDENTITY THEFT: Reclaiming the Truth
of Who We Are"
March - May Izumi - “The Fire Horse’s Granddaughter Goes Looking for Shadows”
or
“How I Took My Dark Side Out for Dinner and a Movie”
April - Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng
TOPIC: A Ladder to the Moon, A Bridge to PeaceOther Past Pen Women Presenters
Pegge Hopper, Artist
Karen Tiller, Hawaii Opera Theatre
Deb Nehmad, Artist
Y York, Playwright
Yida Wang, Artist
Lee Cataluna, Writer/playwright
Alice Anne Parker, Writer/psychic/dream interpreter
Jeff Gere, Storyteller
Laurie Steel Smith, Naturopath/author
Pam Chambers, Public speaking coach
Laurie Carlson, Writer/editor/Honolulu Weekly
Melinda Caroll, Singer/composer
Cheryl Flaherty, Choreographer/dancer
David Ulrich, Photographer/artist
Jodi Endicott, Artist
Susan Killeen, Writer/producer
Sally French, Artist
Rita Ariyoshi, Writer
Marcia Zina Mager, Writer
Elsha Bohnert, Artist/writer
Famous Amos, Author/community advocate
Ron Kowalke, Artist
Kaethe Kauffman, Ph.D., Artist/writer
Steven Little, Art historian/director, Honolulu Academy of Arts
Margaret South, Writer/writing coach
Georgi Lagoria, Director, The Contemporary Museum
Jo Pruden, Actor
Katherine Love & Liz Train, Artists representing the Contemporary Museum
Marcia Morse, Artist/writer
Mihana Souza, Singer/musician
Alan Leitner, Artist
Peter Clark, Actor
Rick Schuster, Artist
Vera Williams, Writer
Dr. Jerome Feldman, Professor of Art History/Art Hawaii Pacific University
James Rumford, Author
Jana Wolff, Writer on ghost writing
Betsy Bowen, Motivational speaker
Emme Tominbang, TV Personality/producer
Elaine Hatfield, Ph.D. & Richard Rapson, Ph.D.
Dr. Tyrie Jenkins, Ophthalmologist
Anna Dibella, then National President of NLAPW
Jeanette Paulson, Producer, The Land Has Eyes
Audrey Southerland, Author/water woman
Lynn Dally,
Choreographer/Professor of Dance
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