Museums offering free admission
Kona Historical Society’s programs, the Kona Coffee Living History Farm and the H.N. Greenwell Store Museum, participate every September in the islandwide Big Island Museums Month. All visitors to the society’s programs get free admission during September with proof of membership from a participating museum on the Big Island.
These museums include: Kona Historical Society’s H.N. Greenwell Store Museum, open Monday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 2p.m.; Kona Historical Society’s Kona Coffee Living History Farm, open Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Gardens; Anna Ranch Heritage Center; Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center; Hawaii Museum of Contemporary Art; Hawaii Plantation Museum; Hulihee Palace; Imiloa Astronomy; Lyman Museum &Mission House; Mokupapapa Discovery Center; Pacific Tsunami Museum; The Panaewa Rainforest Zoo &Gardens and Volcano Art Center.
Meditaiton class offered in Waimea
Gavin Harrison will lead “Awakening to the Deepest Truth of Who We Are” from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Waimea Events Salon, 66-1664 Waiaka St., Waimea.
The meeting will include sitting and walking meditation. Groups are nondenominational and open to all. Meditation guidance is offered. Attendees should bring a meditation cushion. Chairs are available. Donations are accepted.
For more information, contact Matilda Tompson at 885-9206, tompsonp001@hawaii.rr.com pr visit gavinharrison.net.
Book clubs meeting in Keauhou
Kona Stories in Keauhou Shopping Center hosts a fiction book club on Tuesday discussing “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared” by Jonas Jonasson. The group meets at 6:30 p.m.
The Sept. 15 travel club will focus on “The Geography of Bliss” by Eric Weiner. It also meets at 6:30.
The nonfiction group will discuss “Glorious Misadventures, Nikolai Rezanov and the Dream of a Russian America” by Owen Matthes beginning at 6 p.m. Sept. 22.
For more information, call Brenda or Joy at 324-0350 or visit konastories.com.
Chamber hosts HEI-NextEra forum in Hilo
The Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce will presenting a forum “It’s all about electricity… The HEI-NextEra Energy Deal” on the pros and cons of the prospective merger between Hawaiian Electric Industries and Florida-based NextEra Energy. The event will be held Wednesday at the Imiloa Astronomy Center’s Moanahoku Hall and will feature a buffet dinner at 5:30 p.m. followed by the moderated forum. Chamber members and the community are invited. Panelists will include: Eris Gleason, president, NextEra Energy Transmission LLC; Jay Ignacio, president, Hawaii Electric Light Co.; Marco Mangelsdorf, co-founder and spokesman, Hawaii Island Energy Cooperative; Mina Morita, former chairman, Hawaii Public Utilities Commission; Jeffrey Ono, consumer advocate, Hawaii Division of Consumer Advocacy; and Will Rolston, energy coordinator, County of Hawaii.
Cost is $35 and pre-registration by Tuesday is required. Contact the Hawaii Island Chamber office at 935-7178 or email admin@hicc.biz.