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8 | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 BIG ISLAND ENTERTAINMENT SCENE | WEST HAWAII TODAY ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Breakfast all day? Yes way. Available breakfast items vary by location. At participating McDonald’s. ©2015 McDonald’s show exhibition, sale and wine reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30 at the new West Hawaii Community Health Center Kealakehe location (just south of Kealakehe High School at 74-5214 Keanalehu Drive). West Hawaii Community Health Center is once again partnering with Donkey Mill Art Center to host a multi-media juried art exhibition to build a permanent collection of art for its locations in Kailua-Kona, Kealakehe, Kealakekua and Waikoloa Village. The juried art show encourages artists to interpret and explore the how art can be healing either through the process of creating art or through the content of what is created. The juried show is curated by Amber Aguirre, Chuck Bennett and Wayne Levin. Purchased artwork will be donated to the permanent art collection of West Hawaii Community Health Center for display at one of the five (5) health center locations in West Hawaii. The opening reception will feature wine and pupus by local favorite Paradise Gourmet, and entertainment by the Royal Kona Harp Ensemble featuring harpist and vocalist Bernice Roberto. Tickets are $25 and are available online at WestHawaiiCHC.org. Info: Natasha Ala via email at nala@ westhawaiichc.org or call 331-6472. 2016 Queen Liliuokalani Festival in Hilo Saturday The He Hali’a Aloha No Lili’uokalani Festival, Queen’s Birthday Celebration will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Hilo’s Lili’uokalani Gardens Park. The festival celebrates the queen’s birthday and pays tribute to the historical significance of the Liliuokalani Gardens. The daylong festival includes music, hula, arts, crafts, food, demonstrations, children’s games and cultural activities. Entertainment throughout the day will include Darlene Ahuna, Lito Archangel, Taishoji Taiko, Komakakino with Halau Ha’akea a Kala, the Waiakea Ukulele Band, Tahitian by Merahi Productions, the Christy Lassiter Trio, Braddah Waltah Aipolani and the Kahulanui Quartet. Hula is the major focus of the festival and each year, festivities are kicked off with a mass hula featuring more than 200 hula dancers scattered throughout the park performing a traditional mele. Dancers from throughout the state will dance together symbolizing the queen’s vision to share the Hawaiian culture with the rest of the world. During this performance, more than 50,000 orchid blossoms rain from the skies above the park. Admission to the festival is free. Info: the Culture & Education Section of Hawaii County at 961-8706. ■ ➠ Continued from page 5 EVERYTHING The House of Spirits to be discussed The North Kohala Public Library’s reading group will discuss The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende. The library reading group meets 11 a.m. Tuesday to discuss a variety of fiction, nonfiction, contemporary, and classic titles. Copies of the book are available to check out from the library, and are often available in ebook or audiobook formats through the library system’s OverDrive collection. Next month’s book will be The Rose Hotel by Rahimeh Andalibian. Program schedule is subject to change. Program is intended for patrons 18 and older. Info: 889-6655. FOLK book sale Saturday The Friends of the Libraries, Kona will hold a book sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday on the lanai of the Kailua- Kona Public Library. Proceeds from sales help support the needs of Kona libraries. Volunteers are welcome and book donations are accepted. FOLK is also looking for additional volunteers during the week to assist in sorting the donations in preparation for the sales. Info/volunteer: 322-0077. Hawaiian history focus of North Kohala talk North Kohala Public Library in Kapaau is presenting a series of “talk story” sessions on Hawaii’s history with North Kohala historian, Boyd D. Bond, in September and October. In the second presentation on Monday, Bond will describe “George Vancouver and his four voyages to Hawaii.” For the final program on Monday, Oct. 10, Bond will discuss “Kū’ē Petitions, early Hawaiian opposition to annexation.” Each hour long presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m. Boyd Bond’s knowledge of Hawaii’s history stems from his academic studies and from a Continued on page 11 ➠ Oshima’s Kainaliu Presents Bring this ad in and receive a FREE 8 lb. bag of ice with your purchase of any 12 pack of beer. Always drink responsibly and Always have a designated driver Kona Brew Asst. 1709 12 pack cans Corona Extra 1699 12 pack bottles Natural Light or Ice 999 12 pack cans Bud & Bud Light 1199 12 pack cans Peter Vella Wines 1899 5 liter boxes Assortment


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