Hawaii State
Public Library System

• May 20, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:45 pm
• Categories: Community, Entertainment, Films & Movies
• Contact: 808-293-8935

Powered with incredible speed, Sonic The Hedgehog, aka The Blue Blur, embraces his new home on Earth. That is, until he accidentally knocks out the power grid and sparks the attention of super-uncool evil genius Dr. Robotnik. Now it’s super-villain vs. super-sonic in an all-out race across the globe to stop Robotnik from using Sonic’s unique power for world domination.

Rated: PG
Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes

Recommended for children and families.

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.

• May 20, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
• Categories: Sports & Fitness
• Contact: 808-293-8935

Community member and Kahuku High and Intermediate School math teacher, Mike Lin will lead YOUNG ME TAI CHI forms with music.

Attendees will learn about this ancient relaxing and strengthening art form by following along with the introductory exercises to experience the physical, mental, and spiritual health benefits of Tai-Chi.

30 minute sessions to be held outside, behind the library.

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.

• May 20, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Poetry, Writing
• Contact: 808-293-8935

Poetry is a powerful medium for communicating our thoughts, ideas, and emotions. Let your imagination loose and invite your mind’s abstractions to take shape as we explore the work of
famous poets to inspire our own.

Join us in rejoicing all things poetry as we read, write, and share.

Best suited for 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.  See a schedule of upcoming events on the HSPLS Events Calendar.

• May 27, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
• Categories: Sports & Fitness
• Contact: 808-293-8935

Community member and Kahuku High and Intermediate School math teacher, Mike Lin will lead YOUNG ME TAI CHI forms with music.

Attendees will learn about this ancient relaxing and strengthening art form by following along with the introductory exercises to experience the physical, mental, and spiritual health benefits of Tai-Chi.

30 minute sessions to be held outside, behind the library.

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.

• May 27, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Entertainment, Music
• Contact: 808-293-8935

May Shumway’s North Shore Singer’s Company is back for a special spring concert.

Delight in the sounds of spring with Koʻolauloa’s coolest keiki choir.

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.

• May 30, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
• Categories: Books, Branch book clubs
• Contact: 808-293-8935

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

In 1972, workers in Pottstown uncovered a human skeleton during construction—secrets buried for decades in Chicken Hill, a diverse, impoverished neighborhood. Moshe and Chona Ludlow ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, a
neighborhood hub. When authorities sought to institutionalize a deaf Black boy, the community, led by Chona and Nate Timblin, fought to protect him.

The story highlights the hardships faced by marginalized residents and reveals how bigotry and deception harmed the community. Ultimately, McBride shows that love and community are what sustain us.

Please join us and help us decide what to read next!

Recommended for ages 18 and over.

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.

• June 2, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
• Categories: Books, Community, Learning, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-293-8935

Please join us for weekly preschool programming on Monday mornings at 10am to 11:00am.

Storytime – preschool age-appropriate stories read aloud, interactive songs or games and then a craft.

Best suited for children between the ages of 2 and 5.

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.

• June 2, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
• Categories: Computer classes (free!)
• Contact: 808-293-8935

Attend these special two-hour sessions to learn essential basic skills to use computers at 1:30pm to 3:30pm on Monday, June 2nd and Monday, June 9th. Each session will cover different topics, and it is recommended that attendees come to both sessions.

Registration is required. Sign up by calling Kahuku Public and School Library at (808) 293-8935. Limited space, so please call to register as soon as possible.

A partnership of Hawaii State Public Library System and the State of Hawaii’s Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Workforce Development Division. Funding provided by a U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration grant.

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 3, 2025 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
• Categories: Culture, Learning, Music
• Contact: 808-293-8935

Celebrate Summer Reading! Our summer theme is E Heluhelu Kākou: Mele, and Hawaii’s public libraries will be celebrating the power of storytelling through music, chants, and poetry.

Kumu Kamaile works as language instructor for the Ke Kula Kaiapuni ‘O Hau’ula on the North Shore of O’ahu. Well-versed in ‘Ōlelo Hawai’i and the ukulele, she will share some entry-level chords for beginners to learn and joy. Dust off your own ukulele or borrow one of ours and jam with us!

Sponsored by the KEY Project and the Friends of the Library Kahuku (FOLK).

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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.

• June 5, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Community, Culture, Learning, Music
• Contact: 808-293-8935

Join us on the FIRST and THIRD Thursdays for Kūpuna Hour as we partner with Ke Ola Mamo to provide ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi: Hawaiian Language lessons and other Hawaiian cultural activities led by ʻAnakē Gigi “Virginia” Takaki and her daughter La’amea.

“Aloha Mai Kakou O ʻAnakē Gigi keia, Hula, ‘Ōlelo, ‘Oli, Himeni (Mele)”

Aunty Gigi is a musical force to be reckoned with, specializing in Traditional Hawaiian, Polynesian and island contemporary music. When she’s not strumming her ‘ukulele, guitar, upright bass or electric bass, you’ll find her as a Traditional Hawaiian Cultural Practitioner for Ke Ola Mamo, a Non-Profit Health and Wellness Organization. Aunty Gigi has traveled the world sharing her music and makes it her mission to mentor the next generation in the music industry while sharing the Aloha Spirit wherever she goes.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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.