TMT panel discussion to air on television
Na Leo TV will broadcast live a panel discussion on the Thirty Meter Telescope.
The show will air at 6 p.m. Thursday on Channel 53 and will stream at naleo.tv and on Facebook Live at @naleotv. The show will be rebroadcast on the Na Leo TV Channels and will be available on video on demand at www.naleo.tv.
Kealakekua library shows free movie
The Kealakekua Public Library will present a movie screening of Disney’s live action film, Beauty and the Beast. The movie starts at 1 p.m.
Info: 323-7585.
PFLAG parade, events planned
PFLAG Kona/Big Island, in partnership with Friends of the Children of West Hawaii, Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation, The Edible World Institute, My Bar Kona, the West Hawaii Community Health Center, 4Good Enterprises, and Paint in Hawaii, invites the community for Haaheo a me Kuikahi 2017, a celebration of pride and unity.
The event will include an art extravaganza Friday night. Presale tickets are $30. A pride parade is planned Saturday morning and a pride night party is planned Saturday night at My Bar Kona.
Info: www.pflagkonabigisland.org.
Two Zen classes planned at Daifukuji
Daifukuji Soto Mission will offer a free class, Zen Meditation from 9-9:30 a.m. Saturday. Preregistration is required.
The practice is an essential part of Zen training and, together with keeping the Buddhist precepts, leads to the “goalless goal” of awakening. Daifukuji Temple is at 79-7241 Mamalahoa Highway in Honalo, next to Teshima’s Restaurant.
Registration: 322-3524, daifukuji.org.
Palm Society plans East Hawaii garden tours
Hawaii Island Palm Society has planned its summer tours of private palm gardens. This year all the gardens are in East Hawaii’s Leilani Estates.
The first tour will be on Saturday. It is a two-acre garden with more than 70 species of palms along with varieties of vireyas, orchids, ti, heliconia and other tropicals.
The second tour, on July 15, is a five-acre lushly landscaped garden with more than 5,000 mature palms. This is a garden rarely open to public tours.
The final tour of the season is of another iconic East Hawaii palm garden. An October date is being scheduled.
All tours begin at 1 p.m.
Hawaii Island Palm Society invites nonmembers to the tours. There is a $ 10 per person fee to attend each tour. Or attendees may join the palm society for $15 for two adults in a household and enjoy all the tours for the price of an annual membership.
Visit hawaiiislandpalmsociety.com. Info and reservations: Bob Gibbens, 333-5626.
Music, poetry and spiritual discourse planned
Rumi and the Inner Music, a free program of live music, poetry and spiritual discourse is planned at 7 p.m. Saturday at the New Thought Center of Hawaii in Kealakekua.
Snacks and refreshments are offered.
The event is sponsored by Know Thyself as Soul Foundation, Hawaii, www.knowthyself.org
Info: Gerti, 281-3879.
Father’s Day meal supports Habitat for Humanity
Privateer’s Cove is holding a five-course meal on Sunday for Father’s Day to benefit Habitat for Humanity West Hawaii. Habitat’s Home Builders Program will receive $10 from every ticket sold.
The menu will feature Guinness and whiskey pulled pork sliders, homemade lasagna and chocolate beer-rum-isu.
Tickets are $60. There are 80 tickets available from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the restaurant, 74-5565 Luhia St.
Info: www.habitatwesthawaii.org/events.
Humane Society program receives grant
The Windermere Foundation has awarded Hawaii Island Humane Society a $2,000 grant to be used toward its New Leash on Life program. Each time a home is purchased or sold using a Windermere agent, a portion of the commission goes into the Windermere Foundation fund to benefit low-income and homeless families in their communities.
“Our New Leash on Life program helps teens develop compassion and increased self-esteem through their bonding with a canine friend,” said Donna Whitaker, Hawaii Island Humane Society executive director.
The New Leash on Life program affords teens who are in foster care or temporary housing a safe and fun outlet to spend time with shelter animals. Teens have the opportunity to socialize with the animals and learn basic dog obedience training. Teens gain a skill and the pets become more adoptable.