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Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: March 3–9, 2021
Celebrate Girls’ Day, listen to Hawai‘i musicians, check out a new family-friendly racetrack, trace your family history and more.
March 3, 2021
March 3
The third day of the third month means Girls’ Day in Hawai‘i and a good reason to celebrate the girls and women in your life with mochi or other treats. Our colleagues on the Frolic Hawai‘i team did our homework for us on where to find a tasty and lovely array of goodies to mark this day in a sweet, and often very pink, fashion.
Thursdays, March 4 to May 27, 6 p.m.
The Best Things to Do on O‘ahu in March 2021
In-person events are still up in the air so instead celebrate a few national days with corned beef, canines, empowered comedians and cans of local beer.
February 26, 2021
St. Patrick’s Day
On March 17, 2020, the HONOLULU Magazine team began working from home. One year later, I’m planning yet another quiet celebration at home with a Guinness (I go to Village Bottle Shop for cans and Murphy’s Bar and Grill for a freshly poured pint) and a local restaurant’s version of the classic corned beef and cabbage. Last year, Butcher & Bird had a corned beef sausage with pastrami and rye, 12th Ave Grill boasted a corned beef and lamb shepherd’s pie, Plumeria Beach House (pictured) had a three-course menu and M.A.C. 24/7 added green pancakes. Sláinte!
The Hawaii Public Library system hit a major milestone during the pandemic through it s digital offerings.
Since 2005, residents could access thousands of books and audiobooks through the library s website. When the pandemic hit, libraries across the state were forced to close leading residents to the digital collection. It was the library s best kept secret, said Stacey Aldrich, state librarian. But when the pandemic hit, we significantly expanded our digital collection.
Last week, the library announced one million ebooks were checked out in 2020 an accomplishment only achieved by 101 other libraries worldwide. We ve never searched one million items before. It s the first time we ve ever circulated that many, Aldrich said. I think what it demonstrates is how important access to books was during the pandemic, even if it was digital.
Over 100 Public Libraries Exceed 1 Million Digital Book Checkouts in 2020
Toronto Public Library #1 worldwide for 8th straight year and Los Angeles Public Library retains top spot for US digital libraries
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CLEVELAND, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A record 102 public library systems from around the world empowered readers to borrow over 1 million ebooks and audiobooks from their digital collections in 2020. This represents the most systems ever to reach this milestone through OverDrive, the leading digital reading platform. Contributing factors include increased digital book usage due to the pandemic, elevated interest in social justice titles and BIPOC authors and strong circulation growth for children s and young adult titles because of remote learning.