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Friday, September 8, 2000
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There will be prize drawings, martial arts demonstrations, entertainment by the Tzu-Chi Academy children's choir, hula, and vegetarian food and moon cakes for purchase.
The Moon Festival commemorates the mid-autumn, when the full moon -- this year on Wednesday -- is at its brightest. Bean paste and egg yolk-filled moon cakes are eaten in memory of Chang E, who escaped to the moon with her pet rabbit after drinking too much of an elixir of eternal life belonging to her husband.
The event is a fund-raiser for the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded to provide charity, medical treatment and cultural and educational development to low-income families worldwide.
The Hawaii foundation hopes to raise $30,000 from food sales to support its free medical clinic at 333 N. King St. Suite 1018, and find bone marrow donors for three individuals awaiting transplants.
For more information, call 537-2235.
Barnes & Noble: 10 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays; 7 p.m. Fridays; and noon Saturdays and Sundays. Call 737-3323. Borders Waikele, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays. Call 676-6699. Borders Ward Centre, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays and 11 a.m. Saturdays. Call 591-8995. Pearl City Public Library, 10 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. Call 453-6566. Hawaii State Library, 10:30 a.m. Saturdays. Call 586-3510.
Preschool Pals
10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Mililani Public Library, 627-7470. For ages 2-1/2 to 5. Contact the library 5-7 days in advance for a hearing interpreter.
10:30 a.m. Thursdays, Kaimuki Public Library, 733-8422. Designed for ages 2-5.
Noon Saturday, Borders Ward Centre. 4 p.m. Saturday, Borders Waikele. 1 p.m. Sunday, Waldenbooks Ala Moana. 4 p.m. Sunday, Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall.
Bestsellers Reading Group
Borders Waikele; 676-7820
7 p.m. Wednesday. Discussion on "Winter Solstice" by Rosamunde Pilcher.
Book Discussion Group
524-2712
Discussion of "Memoirs of a Geisha" on Tuesday. Sponsored by Kindred Hearts Hawaii, providing activities geared towards singles. $5.
Literature Readers Group
Borders Ward Centre; 591-8995
Meets 7 p.m. second Tuesday of each month.
Moonlight Storytellers
262-2049
7-9 p.m. second Friday of each month. Informal group of storytellers meet and swap tales. Call Vicky Dworkin for topics and locations.
Open mic
Barnes & Noble; 737-3323
Poets and writers are welcome to share their works, 7 p.m. third Friday of each month.
Romance Readers Anonymous
Borders Waikele; 676-6699
6:30 p.m. second Thursday of each month.
Romance Readers Group
Borders, Ward Centre; 591-8995.
Meets 7 p.m. second Thursday of each month.
romance writers of america, aloha chapter
Aina Haina Library; 739-7722
10 a.m. Sunday. Call Sally Sorenson for more information.
Young Authors' Sharing Group
Borders Waikele; 676-6699
Meets 10:30 a.m. second and fourth Wednesday of each month. For children in grades 1-6.
