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Business startup workshop canceled

Business startup workshop canceled

The Hawaii Small Business Development Center has canceled the “How to Start a Business in Hawaii” workshop that was scheduled for Wednesday at the North Hawaii Education and Research Center in Honokaa.

For more information, call 327-3680 or visit hisbdc.org.

Seniors meeting Wednesday morning

The Kailua-Kona Seniors will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hale Halawai in Kailua-Kona. The group will discuss the upcoming agenda.

For more information, call Bev at 325-6993 or Claire at 756-5352.

Cancer support group meets Thursday

All cancer support group You’ll Never Walk Alone meets from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Thursday. Cancer survivors and co-survivors are invited to attend the free meeting; light refreshments are served.

For more information and directions to the meeting site, call Michele Robinson at 333-5328.

Friends of Parker library meets Thursday

The Friends of Thelma Parker Memorial Library will hold its quarterly meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday in the library conference room. President Libby Dingeldein will chair the meeting, which is open to all library patrons. To add an item to the agenda, call her at 721-5431 or email libbyd@hawaii.rr.com. The meeting begins with light refreshments.

The organization supports the library financially and by volunteering. The group recently had 11 little sofas in the children’s area reupholstered.

For more information, call Arlene Block at 885-4753 or 895-5086.

Film explores ‘architecture of life’

April is Architecture Month in Hawaii. The Hawaii Island Section of the Honolulu Chapter of the American Institute of Architects invites the public to free screenings of “Biophilic Design: The Architecture of Life.”

Directed by Stephen R. Kellert and Bill Finnegan, the hourlong film explores this innovative design trend, exploring the evolution and origins of architecture in search of the architecture of life. The style of design connects people and nature, to build hospitals where patients heal faster, schools where children’s test scores are higher, offices where workers are more productive, and communities where people know more of their neighbors and families thrive.

The film will be presented at 7 p.m. Friday in the Hualalai Conference Room at the W.M. Keck Observatory Headquarters, Waimea. A screening is also slated at 6 p.m. April 25 at the Donkey Mill Art Center, 78-6670 Mamalahoa Highway, Holualoa.

To register and for more information about this and other Architecture Month events, visit aiahonolulu.org.

Buddhist scholarships deadline is Friday

The Hilo Buddhist Friendship Society, Hoyukai, affiliated with the Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin, announces two $1,000 scholarships.

Scholarships have been awarded annually for more than 60 years; 2013 graduates who are active members of any Honpa Hongwanji temple on Hawaii Island are eligible to apply. Applications are available from every temple office, minister or online at hilobetsuin.org. Students may attend any accredited college or university in the United States.

Completed applications must be postmarked by Friday.

Earth Fair set
for Friday in Hilo

Hawaii Community College presents the 25th annual Earth Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at the Manono Campus in Hilo.

The free public event features educational activities, with more than 50 exhibits, giveaways, dancing and music, celebrating the Earth and the environment.

Entertainment and presentations include hula by Unukupukupu and Kua O Ka La Public Charter School; a trash fashion show; music by Ras Sparrow, Bill Rodrigues-Kaiwa and Positive Motion; and Jesse Law’s “The Life Cycle of a Plastic Bottle.”

The event is open for school field trips from 9 a.m. to noon.

For more information, visit hawaii.hawaii.edu/eday; contact event coordinator Roberta Brashear-Kaulfers at 966-7002 or breasher@hawaii.edu; or volunteer coordinator Claudia Wilcox-Boucher at 895-4457. Exhibitors may contact Graceson Ghen at 934-2780 or graceson@hawaii.edu.