Hawaiʻi State
Public Library System

• June 30, 2025 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Books, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-693-7050

• July 2, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
• Categories: Books, Learning, Reading programs
• Contact: 808-693-7050

Parents and caregivers are the first education providers during the 0-5 early critical years. The 1000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge is a simple  and fun program that promotes reading to  newborns, infants, and toddlers and encourages parent and child bonding through reading. This challenge is a simple, yet fun approach to establishing strong early literacy skills and helps young children gain the confidence necessary to become strong readers.

The concept is simple: read a book, any book to your child, with the goal of reading 1,000 before kindergarten.  Each participant will receive a special passport and may have their passports “stamped” for each 100 books read.  

Pick up your packet when you register at our Children’s Reference Desk.  Registration will start on Saturday, September 07, 2024.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library Kapolei.

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 2, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
• Categories: Entertainment, Games, Learning
• Contact: 808-693-7050

Get together with family and friends and play some board games! We have classic and new board games to try: Scrabble, Kill Doctor Lucky, Shovel Knight: Dungeon Duels, Reign, and more. There are over 40 board games to choose from–or you can bring your own! Recommended for players aged 6 and above.  All young children must be accompanied by an adult.

All programs are subject to change.  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.

• July 2, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Dance, Entertainment, Music
• Contact: 808-693-7050

This summer we are celebrating mele in our public libraries!

Get ready to dance the night away with your friends in a unique and fun way. Featuring the sounds of DJ Hapa Boy, DJ Tittahbyte, and KTUH’s DJ Maverick and DJ Rhombus, put on your headphones, tune in to the music, and groove to the beats in the stacks. This free in-person event promises to be a night to remember, so don’t miss out! Join us at the Kapolei Public Library for a silent dance party like no other. Keeping it quiet. . . but making it epic.

To participate you will need to provide a State ID that we will hold in exchange for your headset rental. Your ID will be returned once you return the headset. There is no time committment, join us and dance for 15 minutes or the full 2 hours. Once a headset is turned in, another patron will be able to borrow it.

REGISTRATION IS RECOMMENDED—register on EventBrite.

See the event’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for more information on what a silent disco is and how it works.

This event is part of the Summer Reading Challenge’s Concert Series and is brought to you by the Friends of the Library of Hawaiʻi.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or device 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 2, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
• Categories: Branch book clubs
• Contact: 808-693-7050

The Kapolei Book Club will discuss Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horowitz. Please RSVP in advance to Adult Nonfiction reference.

Please be aware that this reading has been rescheduled from its original scheduled date of November 5, 2025.

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 @ 9:00 am - 9:30 am
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-693-7050

• July 7, 2025 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Books, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-693-7050

• July 9, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
• Categories: Books, Learning, Reading programs
• Contact: 808-693-7050

Parents and caregivers are the first education providers during the 0-5 early critical years. The 1000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge is a simple  and fun program that promotes reading to  newborns, infants, and toddlers and encourages parent and child bonding through reading. This challenge is a simple, yet fun approach to establishing strong early literacy skills and helps young children gain the confidence necessary to become strong readers.

The concept is simple: read a book, any book to your child, with the goal of reading 1,000 before kindergarten.  Each participant will receive a special passport and may have their passports “stamped” for each 100 books read.  

Pick up your packet when you register at our Children’s Reference Desk.  Registration will start on Saturday, September 07, 2024.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library Kapolei.

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 9, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Dance, Entertainment, History, Learning, Music
• Contact: 808-693-7050

Celebrate the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge!

Join Cheryl Yoshie Nakasone for an all-ages program exploring the beauty and evolution of Okinawan dance, from classical forms rarely seen today to lively modern and folk styles. The 45-minute event features performances, a sanshin demonstration, and an introduction to kumi wudui, Okinawa’s classical dance drama. The program concludes with Atchame, an interactive dance inviting audience participation in a joyful expression of mutual appreciation.

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.

• July 10, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 9:30 am
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-693-7050