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UPCOMING EVENTS at the KONA LIBRARIES
APRIL & MAY
May 7 Books Are Building Blocks
Kailua Kona Library
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Registration at 4:30 PM
This free monthly program is to encourage family literacy. We are traveling around the world this
year and making passports to use each month as we explore the world through reading. There are
separate reading groups separated by ages, and their parents. Each group will have a person reading
aloud to them, followed by a discussion of what was read. Afterward, the families will meet on the
lanai for light refreshments, prizes, and books. May's program is our last one of the year.Our special
guests are foreign exchange students who have made Kona their home for the past year. We will
have Hao from Vietnam, (attending Kealakehe High), Franzy from Germany and Mehrangez from
Tajikistan (both at Konawaena High) presenting their experiences as foreign exchange students living
in Hawaii. They will share some expressions in each of their languages, as well as counting and the
alphabet. There will be some handicrafts from their countries and it will be a chance for them to
explain what it has been like to have to read in English and speak English to everyone they meet.
They will have selected some stories for Children from their own countries and will be doing read
aloud with the participants. The host families will be there to help, too.
May 11th F.O.L.K. Book Sale
Kailua Kona Library Lanai
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
May 18th Ikebana
Kailua Kona Library
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Nobuko Humphries will give a demonstration of the Moribana style of Ikebana flower arranging.
She will demonstrate and then entertain questions from attendees..
May 21st Kailua-Kona Library Book Club
Kailua Kona Library Lanai
11:00 AM
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl’s toxic mix of sharp-edged wit and deliciously chilling prose creates a nerve-fraying
thriller that confounds you at every turn.
May 23rd Astronomy Program
Kailua Kona Library
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Planets, Stars, and How to Live on a Space Station
Allan Honey, a program engineer at Keck Observatory, will talk about the different distances in space
between stars and planets. Allan’s son, Ben Honey, a flight controller for the International Space
Station at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, will explain what happens when astronauts live and
work in space. Allan Honey has worked at the Keck Observatory for more than 26 years, and Ben
Honey grew up on the Big Island before leaving to study at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
APRIL & MAY
May 7 Books Are Building Blocks
Kailua Kona Library
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Registration at 4:30 PM
This free monthly program is to encourage family literacy. We are traveling around the world this
year and making passports to use each month as we explore the world through reading. There are
separate reading groups separated by ages, and their parents. Each group will have a person reading
aloud to them, followed by a discussion of what was read. Afterward, the families will meet on the
lanai for light refreshments, prizes, and books. May's program is our last one of the year.Our special
guests are foreign exchange students who have made Kona their home for the past year. We will
have Hao from Vietnam, (attending Kealakehe High), Franzy from Germany and Mehrangez from
Tajikistan (both at Konawaena High) presenting their experiences as foreign exchange students living
in Hawaii. They will share some expressions in each of their languages, as well as counting and the
alphabet. There will be some handicrafts from their countries and it will be a chance for them to
explain what it has been like to have to read in English and speak English to everyone they meet.
They will have selected some stories for Children from their own countries and will be doing read
aloud with the participants. The host families will be there to help, too.
May 11th F.O.L.K. Book Sale
Kailua Kona Library Lanai
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
May 18th Ikebana
Kailua Kona Library
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Nobuko Humphries will give a demonstration of the Moribana style of Ikebana flower arranging.
She will demonstrate and then entertain questions from attendees..
May 21st Kailua-Kona Library Book Club
Kailua Kona Library Lanai
11:00 AM
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl’s toxic mix of sharp-edged wit and deliciously chilling prose creates a nerve-fraying
thriller that confounds you at every turn.
May 23rd Astronomy Program
Kailua Kona Library
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Planets, Stars, and How to Live on a Space Station
Allan Honey, a program engineer at Keck Observatory, will talk about the different distances in space
between stars and planets. Allan’s son, Ben Honey, a flight controller for the International Space
Station at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, will explain what happens when astronauts live and
work in space. Allan Honey has worked at the Keck Observatory for more than 26 years, and Ben
Honey grew up on the Big Island before leaving to study at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.