How to copy iPhoto Events from MacBook to iMac

I have a problem. I own a MacBook and I have iPhoto'08 on it. I also own an iMac and I have iPhoto'09 on it. I use my iMac for ALMOST all my pictures, down loading them from my camera SD card directly into iPhoto'09. The exception to the rule is when I go on holiday and then I use my Macbook. Well I recently returned from a 3 week vacation in Africa with over 2100 new photos contained in 28 new events. I want to copy them into iPhoto'09 on my iMac. I would think this would be an easy "Apple to Apple" thing to do, but after researching it, I am now more confused than ever. Can anyone help me to accomplish this task without loosing metadata, corrupting my files, or re-importing all the pictures one by one?

Thanks Larry, I will try the IPLM if all else fails. Is it a "plugin" type program or is it stand alone software?
It is a stand alone program - iPhoto Library Manager - http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ -
What I did do in the mean time was to copy the iPhoto library from the MacBook to my iMac, in a different folder. This is a temporary step, as I want to be able to have access to all my photos for searches at the same time. Do you know if the library name can be changed to something more descriptive or must it be called iPhoto Library for it to work?
The iPhoto library can have any name - switch between them by depressing the option key and launching iPhoto and using the select library option - or using IPLM which can switch libraries on the fly
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