Coming Up Events
UPCOMING EVENTS
March 2nd Books Are Building Blocks
The Friends of the Libraries, Kona (F.O.L.K.) will host a free read aloud program: “Books are
Building Blocks” from 4:30 to 6:45 PM on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at the Kailua Kona Public Library.
This program will continue to be offered the first Tuesday evening of each month and will give families the
opportunity to enjoy books being read aloud for children ages 5-18. The adults will have their own
reading group and must attend the program with their children (no exceptions). This free monthly
program is to encourage family literacy. There will be five separate reading groups: ages 5-7, ages 8-10,
ages 11-13, ages 14-18, and their parent(s). Each group will have a person reading aloud to them,
followed by a discussion of what was read.
Registration will take place from 4:30 to 5:15 in the library lobby. Families will then separate into groups
with a reader from 5:00 to 6:00. Afterward, the families will meet on the lanai for free refreshments, prizes,
and books.
F.O.L.K. is seeking volunteers with a dramatic flair to read aloud to children or adults. Become involved!
Whether you commit to one time or ongoing readings, your help is needed and appreciated. To pre-
register, volunteer, or for more information, please contact Shani Dutton at 936-6190 or e-mail F.O.L.K. at
FOLK@folkhawaii.com.
Kona Celtic Connection
March 15th @ 3:00 PM Kealakekua Library
March 16th @ 5:30 PM Kailua Kona Library
Get ready to dance a jig, sing-along on a traditional Irish song, and learn why we celebrate
St. Patrick’s Day with the Kona Celtic Connection at the Kona Libraries. This group of spirited local
musicians, with their fiddles, pennywhistles, flutes, guitars, and Bodran’s (Irish drum) will get your feet
tapping and your hands clapping with their infectious music of jigs, reels, hornpipes, and sing-alongs
while tying it in to some interesting Irish history. Come and enjoy.
March 16th Book Club
11:00 AM @ Kailua Kona Library Lanai
The book for this month is “The Sweet Life" by bestselling author Mia King of Waimea, who will be in
attendance to discuss the book and take questions. From Booklist: "Marissa and Paul Price are living the
fast-paced life in Manhattan. They have prestigious jobs, and their eight-year-old daughter, Pansy, has a
nanny and is enrolled in the right school. When Paul is offered a management position at a resort on
Hawaii’s Big Island, they decide to move to paradise, but it is not what they expect. For the first time,
Marissa becomes a stay-at-home mom in a house that unexpectedly turns out to be a fixer-upper."
Paradise seems like the perfect place to find herself, save her marriage, and reconnect with her daughter,
but Marissa discovers her new life is less about beaches and beautiful sunsets and more about cows
and lava flows.
Light refreshments will be served. New members are welcome.
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