Words, Earth & Aloha: The Source of Hawaiian Music

Celebrate Summer Reading • Words, Earth & Aloha: The Source of Hawaiian Music

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Tuesday, July 24th @ 3:00pm

Celebrate Summer Reading at the Koloa Public & School Library • Film Screening Event – Words, Earth & Aloha: The Source of Hawaiian Music

Date: July 24

Time: 3pm

Contact: Koloa Public & School Library
808-742-8455

Driving Directions: 3451 Poipu Road, Koloa

In celebration of Hawai’i State Public Library’s Summer Reading and Koloa Plantation Days, Branch Manager Librarian Stephanie Ibbs announces the following event being held at Koloa Public and School Library:

“Words, Earth & Aloha: The Source of Hawaiian Music” is a documentary that explores the profound connection between Hawaiian music, culture, and the natural world.

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Used Book Sale

Used Book Sale

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Tuesday, July 22nd through Thursday July 24th Various Times

Used Book Sale at Koloa Library

Dates:

  • Tuesday, July 22, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

  • Wednesday, July 23, 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

  • Thursday, July 24, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Contact: Koloa Public & School Library
808-742-8455

Driving Directions: 3451 Poipu Road, Koloa

Friends of Koloa Library’s Used Book Sale at Koloa Library’s multi-purpose room.  Bargains and Freebies!

Not a member of The Friends of Kōloa Library? Join the Friends at the Used Book Sale!

Regular Member – $5.00

Sustaining Member – $6.00-$25.00

Life member – $50.00

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Look Back Through the Sugar Era

Look Back Through the Sugar Era

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Thursday, July 24th @ 9.00am

Look Back Through the Sugar Era

Date: Thursday,  July 24

Time: 9am-11am

Admission: FREE — Donations Welcome
Old Koloa Mill
All proceeds benefit Koloa Elementary School
Reservations Required

Contact: 808-245-3678 ext 2542
or email
mduarte@grovefarm.com

Driving Directions: Parking at Koloa Mill

Hosted by Grove Farm

Look Back Through the Sugar Era

Date: Thursday,  July 24

Time: 9am-11am

Admission: FREE — Donations Welcome
Old Koloa Mill
All proceeds benefit Koloa Elementary School
Reservations Required

Contact: 808-245-3678 ext 2542
or email
mduarte@grovefarm.com

Driving Directions: Parking at Koloa Mill

Hosted by Grove Farm

Look Back Through the Sugar Era

Date: Thursday,  July 24

Time: 9am-11am

Admission: FREE — Donations Welcome
Old Koloa Mill
All proceeds benefit Koloa Elementary School
Reservations Required

Contact: 808-245-3678 ext 2542
or email
mduarte@grovefarm.com

Driving Directions: Parking at Koloa Mill

Hosted by Grove Farm

Directions from Google Maps

Reservations required as space is limited, call 808-245-3678 ext 2542 to reserve. Suggested $5 donation to assist Kōloa School. Visit the area where the Hawai‘i sugar industry got started.

Grove Farm will share historical information regarding Kōloa Mill and Allan Smith who served in various leadership positions in the sugar industry and retired as a Senior Vice President for Grove Farm Co. and Jan TenBruggencate who grew up on a pineapple plantation on Molokai and is the author of the books “Lihue Mill: Grinding Cane and Building Community” and “Grove Farm: 150 Years of Stewardship and Innovation,” will be on hand to “talk story” about plantation life.

The tour will encompass a visit to view the exterior of the Kōloa Mill and will include a ride to Waita Reservoir and the Wilcox Tunnel. Reservations required as shuttle seating is limited.

Koloa Plantation Days Sugar Mill History
Koloa Plantation Days History

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Plantation Days Putting Contest

Plantation Days Putting Contest

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Thursday, July 24th @ 2.00pm

Plantation Days Putting Contest

Date: Thursday, July 24

Time: 2pm-4pm

Admission: FREE

Contact: 808-742-8711
poipubaygolf.com

Driving Directions: Poipu Bay Resort Golf Club
2250 Ainako St, Koloa

Hosted by Poipu Bay Golf Course

Plantation Days Putting Contest

Date: Thursday, July 25

Time: 2pm-4pm

Admission: FREE

Contact: 808-742-8711
poipubaygolf.com

Driving Directions: Poipu Bay Resort Golf Club
2250 Ainako St, Koloa

Hosted by Poipu Bay Golf Course

Directions from Google Maps

Fun for keiki and adults, putting on practice greens at Poipu Bay with prizes for best scores. Located adjacent to the Grand Hyatt Kauai.

Koloa Plantation Days Golf Poipu bay

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Historic Sugar Exhibit

Historic Sugar Exhibit

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Sunday July 20th through Friday, July 25th @ 11:00am to 3:00pm

Historic Sugar Exhibit

Date: Sunday, July 20 through Friday, July 25

Time: 11am-3pm

Driving Directions:
The Marketplace at Koloa Village

Directions from Google Maps

Historic Sugar Exhibit Koloa Plantation Days Kauai

The Historic Sugar Exhibit – Plantation Museum, features portraits of plantation life by photographer Carol Ann Davis, along with a century of archival images from the plantation era courtesy of Grove Farm Homestead Museum. The exhibit also includes artifacts from plantation camp life provided by local families and the Grove Farm Homestead Museum.

Volunteers and docents, authors, and historians from the Kauai Historical Society, which was established in 1914, will share Koloa’s cultural traditions, people, and stories of Old Koloa. Grove Farm’s “Long Sugar” and “Sweet Refrain” movies will alternate showings throughout the week. Museum and Book Store open daily from 10am to 2pm through Friday, July 26.

For more information contact
Kauai Historical Society at 808-245-3373.

Koloa Plantation Days Kauai Historical Society

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