Posted on 2:26 am, Wednesday, June 24, 2009. Tags: kailua-kona public library, kona soil and water conservation district, mary robblee
MEDIA RELEASE Mary Robblee will present a children’s program on water conservation at 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 24 at Kailua-Kona Public Library. The presentation is in conjunction with the Summer Reading Program, but all ages are welcome.  By using simple food coloring, the Kona Soil and Water Conservation District’s water model will show that […]
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Posted on 3:28 am, Sunday, June 21, 2009. Tags: folk, john g roth, kailua-kona public library, medicaid
MEDIA RELEASE John G. Roth, Esq., West Hawaii Director of the Young Lawyers Division of the Hawaii State Bar Association, will present a program to help individuals become informed about Medicaid, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 23 at the Kailua-Kona Public Library. Roth’s talk will include: An introduction to Medicaid; Alternatives to Medicaid; Eligibility requirements; Medicaid […]
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Posted on 6:30 am, Saturday, April 11, 2009. Tags: folk, friends of the libraries kona, kailua-kona public library, linda pearson
MEDIA RELEASE To kick off National Library Week (April 12-18), local storyteller Linda Pearson will stop by Kailua-Kona Public Library 10a.m.-noon Saturday, April 11 to tell stories and read “Where the Wild Things Are” and other children’s books. Concurrently, the Friends of the Libraries, Kona (FOLK) will hold its book sale from 9 a.m. to […]
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Posted on 10:41 pm, Sunday, March 22, 2009. Tags: kailua-kona public library, preschool story time
MEDIA RELEASE The Kailua-Kona Public Library presents the spring Preschool Story Times on Wednesday mornings through the month of April.   Join the circle in the Children’s Room for stories, fingerplays, and songs at 9:30 a.m. on April 1, April 8, April 15, and April 22. (Flip-flap Jack is back!) This program is free for […]
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Posted on 4:36 pm, Saturday, March 14, 2009. Tags: folk, kailua-kona public library, kona celtic connection, st. patrick's day
MEDIA RELEASE Get ready to dance a jig, sing-along on a traditional Irish song, and learn the history of St. Patrick’s Day with the Kona Celtic Connection. The performance is 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24 at the Kailua-Kona Public Library.  This group of local musicians, with their fiddles, pennywhistles, flutes, guitars, and Bodran’s (Irish […]
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Posted on 1:04 am, Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Tags: ellen kato, folk, ikenbana, janet maeda, kailua-kona public library
MEDIA RELEASEÂ Janet Maeda and Ellen Kato of the Kona Hongwanji will be presenting a program at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 14 at the Kailua-Kona Public Library. They will be demonstrating Ikebana, the Japanese art of formal flower arrangement with special regard to balance, harmony and form. Maeda and Kato will present the Saga Goryu […]
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Posted on 6:54 pm, Saturday, March 7, 2009. Tags: folk, kailua-kona public library, khaled hosseini, thousand splendid suns
MEDIA RELEASE The Kona Library Book Club meets at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 17 on the lanai of the Kailua-Kona Public Library. This month attendees are invited to discuss “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini. This is the second book by Hosseini that describes family life and love in Afghanistan during the last 30 […]
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Posted on 5:57 am, Saturday, February 14, 2009. Tags: booklovers club, folk, kailua-kona public library
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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Posted on 4:28 pm, Monday, February 2, 2009. Tags: book sale, folk, kailua-kona public library
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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Posted on 2:32 pm, Saturday, January 24, 2009. Tags: honolulu theatre for youth, kailua-kona public library, lee cataluna, musubi man
MEDIA RELEASE Honolulu Theatre for Youth is sponsoring the return of “Musubi Man.” Back by popular demand, Lee Cataluna’s outrageous adaptation of one of Hawaii’s most popular children’s books is sure to please young audiences and their families. Even if you don’t eat “local,” everyone will enjoy chasing the Musubi Man as he runs from […]
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