This week, the Mililani Public Library is celebrating 26 years of service! In recognition of this we thought we’d catch up on our Library Tour posts and send something out about their branch. There will be all kinds of festivities going on throughout the week so if you find yourself in the area stop by […]
Earlier this week we mentioned that McCully-Moiliili Library will be hosting a mini-con (miniature Comic-Con) this weekend. If you haven’t seen the announcement, click here for more details. We thought we’d take this opportunity to catch up on our Library Tour and write-up a little something about this unique branch. The Building McCully-Moiliili is one […]
National Library Week is coming to a close and hopefully you’ve enjoyed our visits to Waikiki-Kapahulu, Pearl City, Hawaii Kai, Wahiawa and Kalihi-Palama as much as we have. If you missed them, go check them out! This is our last library write up for a little while (don’t worry we’ll continue our library tour in […]
I used to travel to Kalihi a lot as a kid. My mom’s best friend lived there, in a snug shared house where I had a bunch of calabash cousins to play with. So now, even though I’m usually driving through Kalihi instead of to it, I still have fond memories of the neighborhood and people. I […]
Wahiawa is an interesting place, a small cross-roads community tucked between Mililani and North Shore, and neighboring one of the largest US Army Installations in the West. It’s kind of a two-street-town with the majority of its stores and eateries off of California Road. They look like they’ve been there forever. I’ll have to admit, Alex […]
In honor of National Library Week we are finally bringing back the Hawaii Public Library Tour that we began in 2009. I will be kicking things off by talking about a quaint little library on the edge of Waikiki. Location-wise, it’s an interesting place—on the corner of Kapahulu and Ala Wai Boulevard stands the Waikiki-Kapahulu […]
“Libraries are the heart of their communities.” – American Library Association (ALA) It’s National Library Week, a time to celebrate the contributions of libraries, librarians and library workers in schools, campuses and communities nationwide. There are a great number of resources on the ALA web page for National Library Week and I recommend that you […]
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Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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