Hawaiʻi State
Public Library System

• June 30, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Entertainment, Films & Movies, History, Learning, Music
• Contact: 808-775-8881

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 DVD and CD 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 1, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Community, Music, Reading programs, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Rhythm is a key building block of literacy, so let’s get clapping, rhyming, and singing! Join us every Tuesday in June and July for a fun musical storytime aimed at ages 0-5 and their caregivers. We’ll sing a few songs, read a few stories, make a craft, and play with toys.

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 of 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change. 

• July 2, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Entertainment, Games, Learning
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Bring your friends for a fun tabletop escape room type game! Test your information literacy skills by solving these fun puzzles. Each week will be a different challenge. We’ll have 2 sessions, one starting at 2pm and one at 3pm. Recommended for ages 12 & up.

Euphorigen Investigation: For years a supplement called “Euphorigen” has been used by the very wealthy to boost brain activity, which the Government now wants to introduce into the public water supply. A prominent scientist has recorded a statement about whether or not the claims are to be believed. Track down whatever information you can on Euphorigen to uncover the truth and spread the word!

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 3, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm
• Categories: Culture, Entertainment, History, Learning, Music
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Celebrate the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge!

Like a mele told through rhythm and motion, Japanese taiko drumming captures emotion and imagery without words. The Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble brings this ancient art to life—depicting scenes of galloping archers, blooming flowers, and lively festivals through powerful drumming and expressive movement. Led by taiko master Kenny Endo, this free 45-minute performance blends cultural tradition with innovative artistry for an unforgettable storytelling experience. Suitable for all ages.

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.

Photo credit: Toyo Miyatake Studio

• July 8, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Community, Music, Reading programs, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Rhythm is a key building block of literacy, so let’s get clapping, rhyming, and singing! Join us every Tuesday in June and July for a fun musical storytime aimed at ages 0-5 and their caregivers. We’ll sing a few songs, read a few stories, make a craft, and play with toys.

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 of 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change. 

• July 9, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Games, Learning
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Bring your friends for a fun tabletop escape room type game! Test your information literacy skills by solving these fun puzzles. Each week will be a different challenge. We’ll have 2 sessions, one starting at 2pm and one at 3pm. Recommended for ages 12 & up.

Galaxy Challenge: PLANET5 is a popular new K-pop group. You’ve just become a new fan and a friend is passing along lots of information about the mistreatment of your favorite band member, and with a new fan campaign to protest launching in less than an hour, you have to track down whatever information you can to uncover the truth and spread the word!

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 10, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• Categories: Books, Branch book clubs, Community
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Please join our book club for a discussion of The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra, the first in a charming, joyful crime series set in 1920s Bangalore, featuring sari-wearing detective Kaveri and her husband Ramu. Clever, headstrong Kaveri resigned herself to a quiet life; all that changes the night a party at the Century Club turns into a murder scene. Kaveri soon finds that sleuthing in a sari isn’t as hard as it seems when you have a talent for math, a head for logic, and a doctor for a husband… and she’s going to need them all as the case leads her deeper into a hotbed of danger, sedition, and intrigue in Bangalore’s darkest alleyways.

Copies of the book are available at Honokaa Library’s circulation desk. All books we read are chosen by members of the group. At this meeting, the club will be choosing the next six months of books, so please bring your suggestions! 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.

• July 11, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Community
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Art Friday returns! Join us every Friday in June and July to try a new project, get a little messy, and make some art. All ages welcome.

Circular Weaving: Try a fun, kid-friendly form of weaving! We will use looms made of popsicle sticks and lots of different colors of yarn to make small round textiles inspired by the God’s eyes used in many indigenous American traditions.

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 15, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Community, Music, Reading programs, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Rhythm is a key building block of literacy, so let’s get clapping, rhyming, and singing! Join us every Tuesday in June and July for a fun musical storytime aimed at ages 0-5 and their caregivers. We’ll sing a few songs, read a few stories, make a craft, and play with toys.

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 of 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change. 

• July 16, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Entertainment, Games, Learning
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Bring your friends for a fun tabletop escape room type game! Test your information literacy skills by solving these fun puzzles. Each week will be a different challenge. We’ll have 2 sessions, one starting at 2pm and one at 3pm. Recommended for ages 12 & up.

Bo$$BabyKoin Challenge: For the past decade Galen Terry has amassed a considerable fortune by pitching a variety of products to his millions of followers. His latest is a new digital currency, Bo$$BabyKoin. Your friend is a huge fan of Terry, and he has convinced his parents to convert their savings into Bo$$BabyKoin, but he’s starting to have second thoughts. Track down whatever information you can to uncover the truth and spread the word!

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.