Hawaiʻi State
Public Library System

• July 1, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 10:30 am
• Categories: Books, Entertainment, Learning, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-887-6067

Event has been cancelled due to construction.

• July 8, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 10:30 am
• Categories: Books, Entertainment, Learning, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-887-6067

Event has been cancelled due to construction.

• July 9, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Environment, Learning
• Contact: 808-887-6067

Join us for a fun, hands-on event open to nature lovers of all ages! Learn about native plants and how they help our environment while making seed balls using local native seeds, clay, and soil. Once planted, your seed ball will help to grow a healthier, more resilient ecosystem. We provide gloves, so you can get your hands dirty. This  program is free and all materials will be provided.  Presented by the Big Island Invasive Species Committee and the Division of Forestry and Wildlife.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required.
All programs are subject to change. See a schedule of upcoming events on the HSPLS Events Calendar.

• July 10, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Books, Entertainment, Learning, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-887-6067

Event has been cancelled due to construction.

• July 17, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Books, Entertainment, Learning, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-887-6067

Storytime is great fun for keiki and their families! Join us for stories and songs followed by a simple craft or activity. Suitable for children ages 3-5 accompanied by an adult.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change.

• July 22, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 10:30 am
• Categories: Books, Entertainment, Learning, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-887-6067

Join us for a baby lap-sit perfect for ages 0-2! This 20 minute program will feature books and nursery rhymes.

All children must be accompanied by an adult. Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible.  Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required.  All programs are subject to change.

• July 24, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Books, Entertainment, Learning, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-887-6067

Storytime is great fun for keiki and their families! Join us for stories and songs followed by a simple craft or activity. Suitable for children ages 3-5 accompanied by an adult.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change.

• July 26, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Dance, Entertainment, History, Learning
• Contact: 808-887-6067

Celebrate the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge!

Without “mele”, there is no hula as the dance form is dictated by the poetry of the mele. Kumu Hula Michael Pili Pang and his performers of Hālau Hula Ka No‘eau will take you on a historical journey of mele; from its foundation of tradition chant, ‘oli, to contemporary hapa haole music. Through their hula they will explore how the poetry generates movement; and the importance of understanding kaona (hidden poetic means) used in the mele and choreography of hula.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library of Hawai‘i and the 2025 Summer Reading sponsors. This is a production of the University of Hawaii at Mānoa Outreach College’s Statewide Cultural Extension Program with additional funding provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and the University of Hawai‘i.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required.

• July 29, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 10:30 am
• Categories: Books, Entertainment, Learning, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-887-6067

Join us for a baby lap-sit perfect for ages 0-2! This 20 minute program will feature books and nursery rhymes.

All children must be accompanied by an adult. Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible.  Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required.  All programs are subject to change.