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Kona Stories
Your local independent booksellers!
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| Aloha! | This Saturday, April 30 the Keauhou Shopping Center will be happenin'! This busy day starts with the every Saturday Farmer's Market from 8 to Noon. Overlapping the farmer's market from 10am to 1pm is a Lei Day/May Day celebration for the keiki in the courtyard. Jams World Boutique is having their official grand opening from 1 to 3pm with live radio remote with Keith Baschon. The Hawaii Island Writer's Association Open Mic, sponsored by Kona Stories, is from 3 to 5pm. And as if that's not enough, The Big Event the Hui Kako'o Benefit Concert Series in aid of the Hawaii Foodbank begins at 5:30 with E Ola Hawai'i followed by Brudda Waltah at 6pm. Whew! And all these events are FREE! So, if you're not headed to Hilo for Merrie Monarch this weekend, you need to be at the Keauhou Shopping Center.
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808-324-0350
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Angel Readings Every Friday
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Elena With Angels is a clairvoyant intuitive who will help you in giving a clear direction and tools in your Spiritual Journey. 2 to 5pm; 15 mins for $20.
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Words & Wine: May 3rd at 6pm
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This is the best book I've read in 2 years! I am a bit of a medical junkie so many people found that there was just too much detail in that area and ...moreThis month's featured authors are:
 Caren Ke'alaokapualehua Loebel-Fried, is a storyteller and second-generation carver who learned the ancient art of block printing from her mother. Her latest book is Legend of the Gourd. Learn more about her at her web-site: Carenloebelfried.com.
 Lowell Angell, the author of Theatres of Hawaii became fascinated with Hawai'i's theatres as a teenager and has been actively involved with them for more than 45 years as an avid historian and preservationist.
 John Matthew McKnight, author of A Journey Before You. Murdered at the age of seventeen by a Catholic priest, John comes back to life. John narrates his ordeals on a quest to tell the truth even if it leads to his own death.
 Julia Castleton, daughter of the author of Runty's Adventure... A Story of Love. Runty leaves the comfort of his home to experience a bigger life in East Africa. This fictional tale is enhanced by Hawaiian artist, Dana Queen's original art.
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Book Clubs and More:
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This is the best book I've read in 2 years! I am a bit of a medical junkie so many people found that there was just too much detail in that area and ...more"The Second Tuesday Book Group" is reading A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cosse. Elegantly mixing the mystery and literary fiction genres, French author Cosse presents a paean to the love of good books that is sure to keep readers riveted from the first page to the last. This group meets Tuesday, May 10th at 6:30pm.
Our Lesbian group will watch a movie on Tuesday, May 17th at 6:30pm. Room in Rome during one memorable, passionate night two women become emotionally closer as they share their deepest secrets and desires."Just the Facts" our non-fiction group is reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Acclaimed author Skloot brilliantly weaves together the story of Henrietta Lacks--a woman whose cells have been unwittingly used for scientific research since the 1950s--with the birth of bioethics, and the dark history of experimentation on African Americans.
We will meet on Tuesday, May 31 @ 5pm.
Game Night is moving to once a month. We will schedule a date for June when we are back from BookExpo.
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The Help by Katherine Stockett is now in paperback; this wonderful book is coming soon as a movie watch the trailer here: Trailer for The Help. In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another. The movie's due out in August, so add this to your summer reading list and be ready!
Your local independent booksellers,
Joy and Brenda (Owners)
Shadow and Noble (Cats)
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20% off all ICU readers and sun-readers |
ICU Reading Glasses
Reading glasses are one of the few accessories that you can own in every color, for every outfit, and every occasion. Whether you are seeking glamour-worthy rhinestones or chic sophistication, ICU Eyewear continues to provide you with updated, fashion-forward choices in reading eyewear. Come in and get a fresh pair for Mom for summer.
| Offer Expires: Mother's day, Sunday May 8, 2011
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Kona Stories | 78-6831 Alii Drive Suite #142 | Kailua-Kona | HI | 96740
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