Getting back into the routine of school has it advantages and disadvantages for me. There's the rigors of the morning routine, getting the kids out on a timely basis, the struggles of nightly homework (along with the daily plea to play video games), and trying my best to get both children to sleep on time. But of course I am comforted the children are getting structure, the benefit of other caring (hopefully) adults, and the hope they are gaining some sort of knowledge and life experience. I love when they come home with new information and facts, think it's neat that they're building friendships and the beginnings of their own little circle. And anew, I love and appreciate the weekends.
This weekend in Kona, there are plenty of options if you feel like heading out. Starting tonight, the
Donkey Mill Art Center is holding the
1st Annual Emerging Artists Scholarship Fund Raising Event.
Based on a Coney Island carnival-esque theme, this event will include live music by Andrea Lindborg's Pele's Passion & Bump City, bar-b-que, refreshments, photo booth and games. Costumes addressing characters from the historical Coney Island amusement park like Lady Zombie, mermaids, contortionists and other side show characters are optional. Tickets are $15.00 and available at the door. Read more here.
Rio will be playing tonight at the
Queens' Marketplace Movie Under the Stars. This movie was a hit with our children. And not only because they're big fans of
Angry Birds...
Tomorrow, Waikoloa residents don't have to travel far for this special event. The
2nd Annual Wiliwili Festival will be held from 11-6 pm at the
Waikoloa Golf Course on Melia Street. Explore and enjoy Hawaiian music, hula, food, artisans, crafts, and informational vendor booths, as well as a Keiki Zone and a putting contest hosted by the Waikoloa Village Association. This year, the theme is "Living Green", and there will be educational workshops and informational booths on how it "pays to be green" by way of gardening techniques, reuse, recycling and buying local products. Ways to green your home will be featured. Admission is free. The Festival is hosted by
Waikoloa Village Outdoor Circle and
Waikoloa Village Association. Check out
pics from the 2010 festival.
If you stay closer to Kona, check out "
Battle Musubi" from 12-4pm for some entertainment. A musubi making contest, there's professional chef and amateur divisions. There'll be a musubi eating contest for children and adults; prizes, music, games, giveaways. This event is a benefit for
AYSO (American Youth Soccer Organization) soccer of West Hawaii. Time: 12pm - 4pm at
Auto Body Hawaii. Free to the public.
In celebration of the 5th Anniversary of Kona (Hawaii) and Hatukaichi's (Hiroshima, Japan) sister relationship, The
Kona-Hiroshima Peace Festival will be held in Keauhou as the culmination of a series of exchange events occurring in the summer of 2011. This cultural exchange will bring together artists, performers, vendors, schools, civic organizations and businesses in both Hawaii and Japan to create a truly multi-cultural and multi-generational event that celebrates the best in all of us. Live entertainment all day, including Special Guest, Herb Ohta, Jr. with Jon Yamasato. Games, contests, prizes, art auction, displays, crafts and a special selection of Japanese foods, including okonomiyaki, unadon, takikomi rice and ohagi manju. All proceeds will benefit HKK Exchange Event and Aloha for Japan. Time: Noon to 7pm at
Keauhou Shopping Center Courtyard.
Peaman's monthly event is this Sunday at the Kailua Pier at 8 a.m. It's the
Brown Bear Bash and Sunny Sprint. The bash will be a 1⁄3-mile swim and 3.1-mile run/walk and the sprint will cover 200 yards in the water to go with a 1-mile run/walk. The event theme will be bright and sunny clothes or things with bears on them. Find out more about this event, and why there's a theme
here.
Aloha ladies, live strong and love fiercely. Or vice versa.
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