WEST HAWAII TODAY | BIG ISLAND ENTERTAINMENT SCENE FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2017 | 5 EVERYTHING FOLK Book Club meets Tuesday Friends of the Libraries, Kona Book Club meets at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday on the Kailua- Kona Public Library lanai. This month’s selection is “The Three-Year Swim Club” by Julie Checkoway. Checkoway brings to life one of the most remarkable “lost” stories in athletic, Olympic and swimming history. She incorporates a fascinating history of Hawaii, Japan and the Olympics to help tell the story of a Hall of Fame swimming coach who dreamed of making champions from the children of poverty-stricken, uneducated Japanese and Philippine- American sugar cane cutters on Maui. Local resident and swim club member Jerry Miki will be in attendance. The club next meets in February to discuss “The Sympathizer” by Viet Thanh. Nonfiction book club to discuss Wulf novel Kona Stories hosts a nonfiction book club discussing “The Invention of Nature” by Andrea Wulf on Tuesday. The group meets at 6 p.m. at the bookstore. Book groups are free if books are purchased at Kona Stories, or a $5 donation is requested. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Wulf, the acclaimed author of “Founding Gardeners,” reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world and in the process created modern environmentalism in “The Invention of Nature.” Von Humboldt (1769-1859) was the most famous scientist of his age, a visionary German naturalist and polymath whose discoveries forever changed the way we understand the natural world. In this biography, Wulf brings Humboldt’s extraordinary life back into focus: his prediction of humaninduced climate change; his daring expeditions to the highest peaks of South America and to the anthrax-infected steppes of Siberia; his relationships with iconic figures, including Simon Bolivar and Thomas Jefferson; and the lasting influence of his writings on Darwin, Wordsworth, Goethe, Muir, Thoreau, and many others. Info: Brenda or Joy, 324-0350, www.konastories.com. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ➠ Continued from page 4 Speakers, entertainment highlight Rally for Common Ground launch event Rally for Common Ground’s launch event is from 4-8 p.m. Saturday at The Edible World Institute located on Kopiko Street in Kailua-Kona. This community event is free, family friendly and open to all. Community leaders, organizers, activists and artists will inspire as they share their messages of hope, resilience and action. This event features speakers, live music, action tables, art and local food. Speakers include Kumu Keala Ching; Mayumi Oda, social and environmental activist and artist; Dash Kuhr, co-director of Hawaii Institute of Pacific Agriculture; Michael Kramer, author and director of social research at Natural Investments; Rep. Nicole Lowen; and Lulie Cottle, organizer of the Kona Women’s March. Musicians and entertainment include Malian, Chantel Durelli — Circus Arts, Binti Bailey, Bolo Mikiela Rodrigues, Ann Lyn, Michelle Joven and DJ Shakti, for the After Party from 8 to 10 p.m. The Women’s March on Kona, a sister event of the Women’s March on Washington, will culminate at the Rally for Common Ground’s launch party. Info: united4cg@gmail.com, 323-3485. Continued on page 10 ➠ 28’ YAMAHA FISHING VESSEL This rugged, super-functional, Japanese sampan-type fi shing vessel is completely set-up for bottom fi shing in Hawaiian waters. Walk-around decks and multiple in-deck fi sh boxes, livewells, and storage compartments. Commercial autopilot holds the vessel in place to facilitate bottom fi shing, right on your marks, without anchoring. State-of-the-art Furuno commercial fi shing electronics with large screen displays. Electric bottom fi shing reels with rods. Yamaha 135 hp diesel inboard with only 300 hours since overhaul in 2015. Asking $80,000 or best offer More information and photos at www.pacifi cboatsales.com or call 329-4066 HAWAI‘I PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL presents Jake Shimabukuro FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Mauna Lani Resort & Bungalows 5:30 pm ~ Not-So-Silent Auction 7:30 pm ~ Concert Fundraiser TICKETS: $95 ($38 = tax deductible donation) www.HawaiiPerformingArtsFestival.Org/Events OR 808-333-7378 HPAF’s Annual Scholarship & Festival Fundraiser Sponsored by Monk’s Delight Kona Coffee & the Kent Meschke Ohana
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