Hawaiʻi State
Public Library System

• September 29, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 10:30 am
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Books, Community, Learning, Reading programs, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Join us every Tuesday morning for a sweet and simple storytime that helps build early literacy skills! Each week we’ll focus on a new letter, using stories, songs, and crafts to reinforce learning and make new friends.

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 schedules are subject to change.

• September 30, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Entertainment, Games, Learning
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Ever wanted to learn mahjong, but all your friends are already experts, with no time to teach you? Join us for a beginner-friendly group that will help you learn learn the basics. Every Wednesday until further notice.

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.

• October 1, 2026 - October 31, 2026
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Community, Culture, Entertainment
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Through the month of October, pick up your kit and join the Tiny Art Show party! Kits include a 3 x 3 canvas, paint set, and brush, although you are welcome to submit art in any other medium, so long as it fits the “tiny” criteria (no larger than 3 x 3 x 3). All ages are invited to participate. Pieces will be displayed during our 3rd annual Tiny Art showcase in November. This is not a competition; we just want to see what you create! Kits are available while supplies last, and are sponsored by Friends of the Libraries, Hamakua.

• October 6, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 10:30 am
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Books, Community, Learning, Reading programs, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Join us every Tuesday morning for a sweet and simple storytime that helps build early literacy skills! Each week we’ll focus on a new letter, using stories, songs, and crafts to reinforce learning and make new friends.

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 schedules are subject to change.

• October 7, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Entertainment, Games, Learning
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Ever wanted to learn mahjong, but all your friends are already experts, with no time to teach you? Join us for a beginner-friendly group that will help you learn learn the basics. Every Wednesday until further notice.

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.

• October 8, 2026 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• Categories: Books, Branch book clubs, Community, Learning
• Contact: 808-775-8881

This month’s Book Club pick is Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo. Winner of the 2019 Booker Prize, this kaleidoscopic novel rings with the voices of 12 Black Britons from various parts of society. Written in a poetry-adjacent style, Girl, Woman, Other, deposits the reader into the stream of consciousness of a variety of minds, allowing them to gain many new perspectives on life.

Copies of the book are available at the library’s circulation desk. All books are chosen by members of the group.

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.

• October 12, 2026 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
• Categories: Causes, Community, Food
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Need help getting signed up for SNAP benefits? A specialist from Hawaii Island Food Basket will be here on the library lanai every month to help you with your application, and to provide education about other Food Basket programs. Stop by and say hi!

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.

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• October 13, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 10:30 am
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Books, Community, Learning, Reading programs, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Join us every Tuesday morning for a sweet and simple storytime that helps build early literacy skills! Each week we’ll focus on a new letter, using stories, songs, and crafts to reinforce learning and make new friends.

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 schedules are subject to change.

• October 14, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Entertainment, Games, Learning
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Ever wanted to learn mahjong, but all your friends are already experts, with no time to teach you? Join us for a beginner-friendly group that will help you learn learn the basics. Every Wednesday until further notice.

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.

• October 15, 2026 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Books, Community, Learning, Photography, Poetry, Writing
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Are you curious about zines? Zines (short for magazines) are DIY publications that anyone can create. They’re a fun way to share your creative ideas with the world, and are easy to reproduce for distribution using our library copier (copying costs will be covered during the event). Work on your ideas, bring a favorite zine to share, and browse our zine collection for inspiration. All supplies (collage materials, paper, pens/pencils) will be provided, but feel free to bring in your own if you like. This event is geared towards teens and adults.

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.