Sale features books on Hawaiian history
The Hawaiian Historical Society is holding an open house and book sale from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the society’s library reading room on the grounds of the Mission Houses Museum at 560 Kawaiahao St.
New books about Hawaii’s history from local authors and publishers will be sold at special discount prices, and refreshments will be served.
The museum’s gift shop will be open on Saturday, selling the society’s history calendar for 2012.
The evolution of the hula costume is the calendar’s theme, illustrated with photos from the society’s library, starting with an 1836 lithograph of a hula performance through a 1946 photo of musicians and dancers.
The $10 calendar includes significant dates and interesting facts in Hawaii’s history, local holidays and the phases of the moon. It also is available at Native Books/Na Mea Hawai‘i in Ward Warehouse, Bookends in Kailua, Basically Books in Hilo and the Hulihe‘e Palace gift shop in Kailua-Kona.
Call 537-6271 or visit hawaiianhistory.org.
Museum lectures focus on gardening
Bishop Museum will offer a special two-for-one lecture on the ecology of Hawaiian gardening and the use of Hawaiian land divisions from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8 at Atherton Halau.
Artist and landscape designer Leland Miyano will present a lecture titled "The Ecology of Hawaiian Gardening: A Campaign Against Nature Deficit Disorder," while landscape architect Randall Monaghan will present "Hawaiian Culture in the Modern Garden."
Their talks are part of an ongoing educational program called "Traditions of the Pacific," which explores the natural and cultural history of Hawaii and the Pacific.
Miyano will share how he uses his understanding of the ecology of Hawaii to create Hawaiian gardens, and Monaghan will discuss how the Hawaiian land division philosophy was used to create the award-winning garden at ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center on Hawaii island.
The fee is $10, free for members. Call 848-4168 for more information.
Cookie sale benefits church missions
If you’re a cookie "monster," it’ll be worth a trek to Hawaii Kai Saturday for the fifth annual Christmas Cookie Walk at Hawaii Kai Church.
There you’ll find a large assortment of homemade cookies sold at $8 a pound. There will also be a variety of gift baskets and specialty wraps as well as candy and other Christmas goodies to choose from. And when you need a break from the rigors of cookie selection, have a cup of coffee, eggnog or hot apple cider.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the church’s Dan Klein Mission Fund, which sends people across the globe to provide humanitarian aid. In past years teams have traveled to New Orleans to participate in post-Katrina rebuilding and to Macedonia to assist at a women’s health clinic. Klein was a church member who took part in such missions.
The sale runs 9 a.m. to noon at the church, 265 Lunalilo Home Road. Call 395-9494.
