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MEDIA RELEASE On Tuesday, March 10 at 5:45 p.m., Andolie Marten from the Public Information and Education Outreach Department of the Gemini Observatory will be presenting a program at the Kailua-Kona Public Library. The Gemini Observatory, with twin telescopes located on Mauna Kea and in Chile, has discovered wondrous new insights into our universe and […]

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PRESS RELEASE Friends of the Libraries, Kona presents a program with Jon Lomberg titled “My work with Carl Sagan” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 at the Kailua Kona Library. Lomberg is one of the world’s leading artists inspired by science. He is an Emmy award-winning art director, muralist for the Smithsonian Institution, and frequent […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Booklovers Club meets 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17 on the lanai of the Kailua-Kona Public Library. This month attendees are invited to discuss “The Year of Magical Thinking” by Joan Didion. As reviewed by The New Yorker, “Didion’s husband, the writer John Gregory Dunne, died of a heart attack, just after they […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Friends of the Libraries, Kona (FOLK) will hold its next book sale 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7 on the lanai of the Kailua-Kona Public Library. Due to the large number of books for sale, readers are urged to come and stock up on reading and listening materials and support […]

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MEDIA RELEASE  The annual meeting of the Friends of the Libraries, Kona is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27 on the Kailua-Kona Public Library lanai.  Annual reports from all board members and directors will be presented. A new slate of officers for 2009-2011 will be voted upon and new business may be introduced at […]

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