Hawaiʻi State
Public Library System

• August 28, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment, Learning
• Contact: 808-733-8488

Join us for Family Craft Time! Parents, Grandparents, and or caregivers together with your sweet young ones have an opportunity to do something fun and different together. Come with nothing, leave with something special to display or give away as a gift.  Best part is working together and making new memories.

Appropriate for families of all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

• August 28, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts
• Contact: 808-733-8488

Join this crafters’ circle to connect with fiber-loving community members. If you enjoy crochet, knitting, macramé, needlepoint, embroidery, felting and more, this club is for you! Enjoy the opportunity to work on your own project, receive and lend assistance, and nurture your creativity while building community!

This club will set up on the rug near the Children’s Fiction area, so it’s easier to keep an eye on any little ones that join you on your excursion.

Facilitated by lovely volunteer Andrea, this will be a weekly club starting June 5th.

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.

• September 2, 2025
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment, Science
• Contact: 808-733-8488

We love LEGO! Join us and build something for us to display around the library.

LEGOs will be out all day long for our building hands.

We also have a box of Duplo for little hands, ages 1.5+

Fun for ALL ages!

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.

• September 2, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Music, Reading programs, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-733-8488

Join us at Waikīkī-Kapahulu Library for our Sort of Traditional StoryTime! Our YA Librarian Kylee, comes to us from Kaimuki Public Library where she became well-known for her StoryTime. Thus, despite her current focus in the Young Adult sphere, she is kindly reprising her renowned storytime. There will be books, songs, bubbles and coloring!

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.

• September 3, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Community, Computer classes (free!), Learning, Research, Technology, Writing
• Contact: 808-733-8488

Skill Builders: Library & Research is a hands-on program designed for homeschooling families who want to develop strong academic skills in a supportive library setting. This program will be taught by Ms. Pukahi, a former Elementary School Librarian Teacher.

Participants will:

• Learn how to navigate the library catalog and digital databases.
• Practice locating reliable and age-appropriate sources.
• Develop strategies for evaluating and organizing information.
• Gain experience writing clear, structured research papers.
• Create presentations using Google Slides.
• Share their work with library friends, building confidence in public speaking and peer learning.

Students may borrow a library Chrome book or bring their own devices for research, writing, and presentations. Parents will appreciate the structured skill-building, while students will enjoy the creativity and teamwork of presenting what they’ve learned.

This program provides a supportive environment where homeschoolers can explore their curiosity, build essential academic skills, and celebrate their learning with a community of peers.

Appropriate for school ages elementary to high school.

• September 3, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
• Categories: Entertainment, Music
• Contact: 808-733-8488

Make some music (or at least noise) with Kylee!

Learn about music notes and octaves, play fun songs, and enjoy the magic of boom whackers.

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.

• September 4, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts
• Contact: 808-733-8488

Join this crafters’ circle to connect with fiber-loving community members. If you enjoy crochet, knitting, macramé, needlepoint, embroidery, felting and more, this club is for you! Enjoy the opportunity to work on your own project, receive and lend assistance, and nurture your creativity while building community!

This club will set up on the rug near the Children’s Fiction area, so it’s easier to keep an eye on any little ones that join you on your excursion.

Facilitated by lovely volunteer Andrea, this will be a weekly club starting June 5th.

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.

• September 5, 2025 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment, Games, Learning, Science
• Contact: 808-733-8488

Calling all LEGO Builders! Are you up for a challenge? Work alone or with a partner. You will get:

• A bag of random LEGOs
• 1 hour
• A specific task to accomplish 

Our Library community will vote on the best build.

Can you do it?

Appropriate for elementary school ages and up.

• September 6, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Books, Branch book clubs, Reading programs, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-733-8488

“After nourishment, shelter, and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
— Phillip Pullman

Just because you know how to read, does not mean that the magic of having others read to you is lessened! YA Librarian Kylee will read a chapter (or so) of a book each week and then do a related craft. It’s like Story time but for middle school and high school students.

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 in advance of the event are encouraged, but not required. Program schedule is subject to change.

• September 6, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
• Categories: Learning, Writing
• Contact: 808-733-8488

Did you NOT learn to write in cursive? Come in for a lesson or a refresher! Instruction in basic cursive handwriting for all ages.

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 in advance of the event are encouraged, but not required. Program schedule is subject to change.