Hawaiʻi State
Public Library System

• July 12, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Culture, Entertainment, Music
• Contact: 808-483-7333

Celebrate our Summer Reading Challenge’s theme of Mele with the Arcadia Seniors playing some live music.  Come hang out with us, listen to a local jam session, and chat about favorite songs.

All ages welcome. If you have been wanting try your hand at playing ukulele, talk to the musicians and you can borrow an ‘ukulele from the library before buying one of your own.

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 12, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Learning
• Contact: 808-483-7333

At 1:00, join artist Rich Rodriguez as he leads a drawing workshop. You’ll learn the basics of how to draw characters (like Stitch, Smurfs, and SpongeBob), using simple shapes. After the workshop, join Rich and the other artists of Comic Jam Hawaii and get your draw on! In this informal social gathering of local artists (professional, aspiring, and hobbyist), participants can have fun and participate where they’re comfortable. Artists do collaborative cartoons, illustrations, and sketches while talking story. All abilities and levels are welcome. Drawings are collected at the end of each session and scanned into their Facebook Group page, Comic Jam Hawaii.

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 16, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 10:30 am
• Categories: Books, Learning, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-483-7333

Celebrate the importance of early literacy and come together to nurture pre-reading skills in your child. Listen to a few stories, enjoy a  magnet activity, and sing a few songs. Take home a take-away craft.

Best for an audience of children ages 3—5 but all are welcome

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 17, 2025 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
• Categories: Entertainment, Music
• Contact: 808-483-7333

It’s not your average Bingo! Instead of Letters and Numbers you’ll be listening to popular songs and marking your cards. If you’re worried you won’t know all of the songs no worries, if you’re listening almost every song will have their song title in the clip we play. We’re playing a fast version so like tic-tac-toe, it’s 3 in a row, with a round of hit all the right notes (all 9 boxes). *Hint* Spotify is allowed if you want to have another tool at your disposal. You are not required to do all of the categories but the following categories will be the different rounds:

• Cassette tape Classics (Local)
• Colors in the titles
• Disney songs
• Gals pop (80s-now)
• Guys pop (80s-now)
• KPop
• Music or Mele in the title
• TV theme songs

Play for snacks and hit all the right notes for some other prizes. Ask the information desk for more information or to sign up, limit 20 players.

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 19, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
• Categories: Entertainment, Learning
• Contact: 808-483-7333

Come and play with different sensory bins and musical instruments as we continue celebrating the summer. Sign up for Summer Reading Challenge if you haven’t already done so or log more reading.

Best for ages 3—8 but all are welcome

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 22, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Learning
• Contact: 808-483-7333

Calling all babies 18 months and below, crawl on in to the library’s meeting room for an hour of play time and socializing with others in your age range. Don’t forget to bring your adult.

Work on developmental skills in an open ended and community setting. It’s unstructured, just come to play!

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 22, 2025 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts
• Contact: 808-483-7333

Join us on Tuesday, July 22 at 2:30 pm to make your own back to school bead bracelet! You can make one for yourself, or you can make one to give to someone. All supplies will be provided.

1. Choose a piece of string.
2. Choose 1 back to school charm and 30 beads.
3. String beads.
4. Measure bracelet around your wrist. Add or subtract beads for a custom fit.
5. Tie off string.

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 23, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 10:30 am
• Categories: Books, Learning, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-483-7333

Celebrate the importance of early literacy and come together to nurture pre-reading skills in your child. Listen to a few stories, enjoy a  magnet activity, and sing a few songs. Take home a take-away craft. Space is limited to 20 children and their accompanying adult, all children must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Best for an audience of children ages 3—5 but all are welcome

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 24, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment, Films & Movies
• Contact: 808-483-7333

Make a tiny Mufasa roar. A bite sized snack with a bit of cheese and crackers.

This program is best for keiki 5+, but younger welcome with adult supervision. All supplies will be provided.

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 24, 2025 @ 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
• Categories: Entertainment, Films & Movies
• Contact: 808-483-7333

“Mufasa: The Lion King” enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending their signature schtick. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of an extraordinary group of misfits searching for their destiny—their bonds will be tested as they work together to evade a threatening and deadly foe. This movie is 118 minutes long and is rated PG.

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.