Noe Tanigawa covers art, culture, and ideas for Hawai i Public Radio. Noe began working in news at WQXR, the New York Times classical station in New York City, where she also hosted music programs from 1990-94. Prior to New York, Noe was a music host in jazz, rock, urban contemporary, and contemporary and classic Hawaiian music formats in Honolulu. Since arriving at HPR in 2002, Noe has received awards from the Los Angeles Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists Hawai i Chapter, and an Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for coverage of the budget process at the Hawai i State Legislature. Noe holds a Masters in Painting from UH Mānoa. She maintains an active painting practice, and has recently returned from a 2015 residency with the U.S. Art in Embassies program in Palau. Noe is from Wailupe Valley in East O ahu.
Lisbon’s first literary festival starts today with debates, music and cinema
The first literary festival in Lisbon starts today and will run until the 9th, with debates, exhibitions, concerts and cinema, in various spaces of the city, bringing together more than 70 authors from eight countries, in a tribute to the Portuguese language.
With the artistic direction of José Pinho, the International Festival of Literature and Portuguese Language - Lisbon 5L is an initiative of the Lisbon City Council (CML) to celebrate World Portuguese Language Day and promote language, literature, books, bookstores, reading, authors and their readers.
The programming of the 5L Festival for the next five days will take place in different spaces ranging from the São Luiz theater to the Pharmacy Museum, passing through the Cineteatro Capitólio and the Cinema Ideal, as well as in Lisbon streets, bookstores, squares and squares.