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Wedding Services of Hawaii - Personalized Hawaiian Beach Weddings of all Sizes
Keauhou Beach Resort - For your perfect wedding!
Aloha In Motion Trio - Hawaiian music for all occasions
Creative Video and Photo Concepts - Wedding Photography & Videography. You Deserve the Best!
Visionary Video - Professional Wedding and Event Videos
David O. Baldwin Photography - Professional Wedding & Event Photographer
Aloha Photographics - Excellent photography and video services for weddings, special events & family portraits
Island Thyme Gourmet - Big Island Personal Chef and Catering Service

Gavin Harrison, meditation teacher & author - Nourish your soul at classes and retreats

Kona Outdoor Circle - Keeping Kona clean, green, and beautiful. Gardening classes, Hawaiian culture lectures, an Education Center, & more
Kohala Center's Puana Ka 'Ike Lecture Series - Providing an educational forum for anyone interested in a deeper understanding of Hawaiian culture, history, and tradition.
Volcano Art Center - Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo
SKEA - Society for Kona's Education and Art - Honaunau
Donkey Mill Art Center - Holualoa
Holualoa Village Association - Coffee, Art, and History
Aloha Performing Arts Company - Live theatrical performances, Kona
Kahumoku 'Ohana Hawaiian Music & Lifestyle Workshop - Pahala. Perpetuating the traditions of slack key guitar, 'ukulele, Hawaiian song, and cultural arts.
Aloha Music and Dance Camps - Keauhou, Kona. Study with masters of Hawaiian slack key guitar, 'ukulele & steel guitar. Explore Hawaiian music & dance, language and culture with the Beamer 'Ohana and Friends.
Arts of Kona - facilitates collaboration within the arts community to promote and present the arts in Kona and Hawai'i
West Hawaii Dance Theatre - home of the West Hawaii Dance Company
Waimea Community Theatre - All aspects of the WCT theatrical productions are open to the entire community
Check the Friends of the Libraries-Kona website for book sales and special events at the Kailua-Kona Library!
Check Konaweb's Food, Music and Entertainment page for more listings.

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Building a Home on The Big Island
JJ's Maintenance & Home Repair - "Fixing the island one job at a time!"
Oliver Construction LLC - Specializing in custom cabinetry, design, & kitchen and bath renovations
Plumbing Strategies, Inc. (PSI) - We can fill all of your plumbing needs.
NEW! Islandwide Solar LLC - Solar Electric Solutions for the Big Island
NEW! Hale Malama Vacation Home Care - We will watch over your vacation home when you're away.
Aloha Insurance Services - For all your insurance and bonding needs, both business and home
Darl C. Gleed, Attorney at Law - Estate and Business Planning
Let's Go Banners! - Vinyl Banners, Signs, Product Labels, Car Magnets & more
Kona Veterinary Service - For Direct Airport Release and companion animal care
Kona Coast Pest Control Inc- Pest & termite treatments and inspections. We're local and dependable!
County of Hawaii Recycling - Hours of Operations
Freecycle Big Island - Wish to "recycle" something rather than put in the garbage/landfill? Or request wanted items - but all must be FREE!

Gifts from the Farm - Honey, beeswax candles, pikake, or a new Lab puppy!
Lighthaus Camera, Hawaii's premier camera store - experienced, authorized dealers for Canon, Nikon, Olympus & Sony - plus underwater products & accessories
Holualoa 'Ukulele Gallery

The beautiful red "cherry" of our famous Kona coffee!

(For a more complete listing of events, go to KONAWEB's Big Island Events Calendar).

KONA OUTDOOR CIRCLE/KONA BREWING COMPANY AWARD LUNCHEON
Kona Outdoor Circle will host an educational visit to the Kona Brew Pub. The public is invited to learn about Kona Brewing Companys' five-tier program of recycling, composting, energy reduction, resource use reduction, and renewable energy. Participants will also learn first-hand about Kona Brewing Company's unique brewing process, Hawaii's first certified organic beer, the Company's sustainable energy efforts, successful recycling program, and the new solar photovoltaic system installation. The event includes a pizza and salad buffet lunch and beer tasting. Kona Outdoor Circle will present a Community Appreciation Award to Kona Brewing Company in recognition of their accomplishments in helping to keep Kona clean, green and beautiful. Time: 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM at Kona Brew Pub. Cost: $45, which includes a $15 donation to KOC. For more information, call 331-2426, or email koc@konaoutdoorcircle.org

FIRST (EVER) HAWAII NATURAL HONEY CHALLENGE - HILO
Honey tasting and public judging. Time: 5:30 to 7:30 PM at Komohana Research and Extension Center, Hilo. Cost: $5 to enter; $1 to taste. For more information, call 966-7421 or email cpd@dfarm.us or visit bibahawaiibees.org

Veterans Day Program - West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery, North Kona
American Legion Kona Post 20 will host its annual Veterans Day Program at the West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery. Several veterans organizations, Scouts, JROTC and Civil Air Patrol will be assisting in preparation and presentation. There will be a pot luck lunch after the program. Hot dogs and hamburgers will be served along with a variety of great foods. The community is invited to join the group in thanking veterans for their service. Time: 11 a.m. For more information, call 325-6999 or email carlson@legion.org

"TWO ROSES AND A THORN" PRESENTATION - ALOHA THEATRE, KAINALIU
The Kona Historical Society is pleased to have Aloha Performing Arts Company artistic director Jerry Tracy reprise his one man performance as Mark Twain in order to share the humor and insight of Twain's recollections of his visit to Hawaii - specifically to the Big Island in 1866. Interlaced with comments on current events, local and nationwide, and the "goings on" in the Kona district during his visit, Mr. Tracy has cleverly woven Twain's stories of visiting with royalty in Honolulu, swimming at Kealakekua Bay, planting the "Mark Twain monkey pod tree" at Waiohinu, sailing from port to port on inter-island transport ships along the coast, and riding around the island on horseback, culminating in a visit to the"Great Volcano of Kilauea". Also on the playbill for the evening, is an original play, "Tea for Two at Kalukalu", developed and produced by the Kona Historical Society, written by Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl and Kona historian Maile Melrose. The setting is mauka Kona 1890 when Miss Ella Paris, the unmarried daughter of the American missionary Reverend J.D. Paris, pays an afternoon visit to Mrs. Elizabeth Greenwell, wife of the Englishman and entrepreneur H.N. Greenwell, who is, as usual, minding their store at Kalukalu. The women interlace 19th century humor, news, and gossip of the day ("Did you hear about that fellow, Mark Twain?") as they sip tea and eat Kona oranges. Co-starring in this delightful glimpse into old Kona are UH Hilo Theater Department's Artistic Director, Jackie Pualani Johnson as Miss Ella Paris, and veteran Kona actor and Greenwell family descendent Maile Melrose in the role of her great grandmother Mrs. E.C. Greenwell. Showtime: 7:00 PM/ Tickets: $15 adults; seniors & children under 10, $10. Call KHS at 323-3222 for tickets or buy them at the Aloha Theatre in Kainuliu the evening of the performance. For more, information email ramona@konahistorical.org or visit www.konahistorical.org

NORTH HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SENIOR HEALTH FAIR - WAIMEA
8-11am, registration; 8am-noon, screenings. Cholesterol, glucose, PSA, oral health, hearing stoke risk assessment, skin cancer checks, blood pressure, eye checks, holistic care, massage therapy, foot health, physical therapy screening and flu shots. Noon till 2pm, lunch, entertainment and games. 67-1125 Mamalahoa Hwy; phone 885-4444.

DONNA STOERING IN CONCERT - EAST HAWAII CULTURAL CENTER, HILO
World renowned classical musician, Donna Stoering, will present a one-of-a-kind performance supporting sponsor Sounding Joy's mission to promote music therapy in Hawaii, enhancing public awareness of its benefits, increasing its accessibility, and advancing music therapy research. Donna has been giving concerts since the age of five. A protege' of the late Sir Georg Solti, she is a renowned pianist and singer, a Grammy Award nominee, Artistic Ambassador of the USA & Great Britain, a Marshall Scholar, Artist in Residence of Oxford University, host and presenter of numerous television programs about music on the national networks of various countries, youngest-ever judge of international music competitions in Russia, Italy, Canada, and the UK, and the creator/producer of music programs now shown on the BBC and other networks. She is also the founder of Listen for Life, a global family of music listeners and performers who are working together to restore music as a unifying force and channel of communication worldwide. Time: 6-8 pm. Cost: TBA. For more information, call 808/783-1407 or email Amanda@MoanaEvents.com or visit http://soundingjoymt.org/web/

ANNUAL BIG ISLAND 'UKULELE GUILD SHOW - KAILUA-KONA
The show will feature an exhibit of handmade 'ukulele built by Guild members as well as vintage and "unique" ukes. The Big Island 'Ukulele Guild is a group of 'ukulele builders and enthusiasts from the Big Island of Hawaii that is dedicated to the promotion of 'ukulele building. To be held at Kona Inn Shopping Village, next to the "Just Ukes" store. Friday, 3-8pm, exhibit opens; Saturday, 3-8pm exhibit (6-8pm kanikapila and pupus - bring your 'ukulele!); Sunday, 1-6pm, during the Kokua Kailua Village Stroll. For further information, call 331-2858.

"SMART MOVES" WORKSHOP - KAILUA-KONA PUBLIC LIBRARY
Carla Hannaford, PhD, internationally known biologist, author, and educator, will present a program titled "Smart Moves" from 2-3pm. This experiential presentation will give participants valuable and simple tools to reduce stress and increase creativity, learning and remembrance for a lifetime. Dr. Hannaford will present current scientific research around brain and heart function as well as addressing "learning difficulties" and the importance of music and play in keeping us healthy and growing. Sponsored by Friends of the Libraries, Kona, this program for people of all ages is offered as a community service and is free to the public. For more information, call 331-1781, email folk@folkhawaii.com or visit www.folkhawaii.com

"KALUA YOUR TURKEY" AT AMY B.H. GREENWELL GARDEN - CAPTAIN COOK
Workshop participants will come in to the Garden at 7:30 a.m. to prepare their turkeys and help make the imu (pit) ready. When all the turkeys are ready they will be put into the Garden imu, and the imu will be closed. Participants will return to the Garden in the afternoon to help open the imu and take out their kalua turkey. The exact time for opening the imu will be determined on the day of the workshop, but it should be no later than 5:00 pm. Workshop participants should bring a thawed turkey and a foil roasting pan. At the workshop, they will season the turkey with pa'akai (sea salt), wrap it with ti leaves, and make a wire bundle. Other things may be brought to cook in the imu too - sweet potatoes, breadfruit, taro, etc., so long as it all fits into a single roasting pan. The cost for the Kalua Your Turkey workshop is $20 ($15 for Bishop Museum members). Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is Bishop Museum's native plant arboretum located in Captain Cook, 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona. For more information and registration, call (808) 323-3318 or email agg@bishopmuseum.org

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