Hawaiʻi State
Public Library System

• June 30, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
• Categories: Entertainment, Games
• Contact: 808-668-5844

Join us for a special ʻOhana Game Night! We will have games available for everyone to free play with. Some of the games we will feature are: Uno, Dominoes, Sorry!, Life, Monopoly, Connect 4, Chutes and Ladders, Yahtzee, and more!

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.

• June 30, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
• Categories: Learning, Research, Technology
• Contact: 808-668-5844

Learn about resources, ask questions, and get helpful tips to learn more about your family history. Join our librarian once a month for a short 10-15min resource highlight and then use our library computers or your own device to work on your personal genealogy research.

Genealogy Nights Schedule:

• June 20th 2025 – Getting started
• July 28th, 2025 – Hawaiʻi State Archives
• August 28th, 2025 – Ancestry.com
• September 22nd, 2025 – Newspapers

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 8, 2025 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
• Categories: Entertainment, Games
• Contact: 808-668-5844

Join us as we have free build with LEGOs. Young children must be accompanied by a parent or adult caregiver.

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 11, 2025 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
• Categories: Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-668-5844

Keiki and their ʻohana are invited to join us for our weekly storytime. During storytime, we’ll dive into captivating books, sing songs, dance, and enjoy literacy-based activities. Storytime will end with a make and take craft. This program is suitable for children ages 0-5 and their adult caregivers.

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 14, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Learning, Music
• Contact: 808-668-5844

Bring your lawn chair or hāliʻi and come to listen to the mele of Kuʻuipo Kumukahi as we celebrate the start of this summer’s statewide reading challenge, E Heluhelu Kākou: Mele. Sign up for the reading challenge, enjoy light refreshments and enter to win special raffle prizes.

Monday July, 14th from 5:30pm – 7pm

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 18, 2025 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
• Categories: Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-668-5844

Keiki and their ʻohana are invited to join us for our weekly storytime. During storytime, we’ll dive into captivating books, sing songs, dance, and enjoy literacy-based activities. Storytime will end with a make and take craft. This program is suitable for children ages 0-5 and their adult caregivers.

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 21, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
• Categories: Culture, Entertainment, Films & Movies, History, Learning, Music
• Contact: 808-668-5844

Join us as we celebrate Mele, our 2025 Summer Reading theme, with a free local documentary film screening!

“The History of the Sons of Hawai‘i” is an award-winning documentary that tells the story of the charismatic band that helped launch the Hawaiian cultural renaissance. Spanning forty years of Hawaiʻi’s rich musical tradition, the 80-minute film offers an intimate look at a unique group of performers and composers: their songs, their humor, and their devotion to a sound that continues to convey something essential about the Hawaiian spirit. Suitable for ages 7 and up.

Free documentary copies will be provided at the event, while supplies last.

Mahalo to The Hawaiian Legacy Foundation for generously sponsoring this film screening event and for their gracious donation of film copies.

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. Program schedule is subject to change.

• July 22, 2025 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts
• Contact: 808-668-5844

Join us in making Perler bead crafts. Each month, we’ll explore a new theme and pattern, allowing you to create your unique work of art using Perler beads. These small, heat-fusible beads are perfect for sparking creativity and improving fine motor skills in children. Bring your imagination, and let’s craft together!

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 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Entertainment, Films & Movies, History, Learning, Music
• Contact: 808-668-5844

Join us as we celebrate Mele with a free local documentary film screening!

Li‘a: The Legacy of a Hawaiian Man is an award-winning documentary that celebrates the music and spirit of revered Big Island performer and composer, Sam Liʻa Kalainaina (1881-1975). It is also about a place, Waipi‘o Valley, and a life shaped and nourished by that place. This 74-minute film is suitable for ages 7 and up.

Free documentary copies will be provided, while supplies last.

Mahalo to The Hawaiian Legacy Foundation for generously sponsoring this film screening event and for their gracious donation of film copies.

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. Program schedule is subject to change.

• July 25, 2025 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
• Categories: Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-668-5844

Keiki and their ʻohana are invited to join us for our weekly storytime. During storytime, we’ll dive into captivating books, sing songs, dance, and enjoy literacy-based activities. Storytime will end with a make and take craft. This program is suitable for children ages 0-5 and their adult caregivers.

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.