Hawaiʻi State
Public Library System

• July 9, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
• Categories: Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-982-4281

Come join us for family storytime.  A fun and engaging opportunity to listen to a few stories.  In addition, foster a love for reading, enhance your imagination and creativity and strengthen literacy skills and cognitive development.  Children will have the chance to participate in a craft activity afterwards.  Materials will be provided.  Suitable for all ages.

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 @ 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Learning
• Contact: 808-982-4281

In partnership with the Gemini Observatory, join us for an adventure in a portable planetarium where we will explore our solar system and galaxy. State-of-the-art projection equipment and software gives viewers a memorable tour of the skies above Hawaiʻi. The tour includes information on constellations, Hawaiian navigational star lines and legends. Suitable for all ages.

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 14, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Community, Environment, Learning
• Contact: 808-982-4281

We are excited to present a free program in collaboration with the State Department of Land & Natural Resources’ Division of Forestry & Wildlife (DLNR-DOFAW), aimed at educating the community about the Forest Reserve System, the Big Island Invasive Species Council, and how to “Plant Pono” for environmental stewardship.

Join us for this interactive 60-minute event, where a DLNR expert from Hawai‘i Island will discuss how to safeguard our environment and address the challenges posed by invasive species. Following the presentation, attendees will have the chance to create their own seed balls to take home, enhancing our local ecosystem’s sustainability.

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 16, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
• Categories: Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-982-4281

Come join us for family storytime.  A fun and engaging opportunity to listen to a few stories.  In addition, foster a love for reading, enhance your imagination and creativity and strengthen literacy skills and cognitive development.  Children will have the chance to participate in a craft activity afterwards.  Materials will be provided.  Suitable for all ages.

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 17, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
• Categories: Learning
• Contact: 808-982-4281

Join us for a seminar, Retirement by Design. Financial advisor, Dawn De Coito will be discussing with you how you can translate your vision for retirement into tangible goals. Whether you are 10 or 40 years from retirement, you’ll learn investment strategies you can use now to help design the retirement you want tomorrow.

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 18, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Entertainment, Films & Movies, History, Learning, Music
• Contact: 808-982-4281

Join us as we celebrate Mele with a free local documentary film screening!

Those Who Came Before: The Musical Journey of Eddie Kamae pays tribute to three remarkable teachers that have guided Eddie Kamae: the great author and translator Mary Kawena Pukui, the “Songwriter of Waipiʻo” Sam Liʻa, and “Aloha Chant” author Pilahi Paki. One by one, they entrusted Eddie with key pieces of Hawaiʻi’s heritage – inspiring him to understand, perform, and pass that heritage on to the children of Hawaiʻi. This 57-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 film 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 21, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Entertainment, Games, Music
• Contact: 808-982-4281

Join us for our Summer Reading Challenge Celebration! We’re wrapping up another successful Summer Reading Challenge and we couldn’t have done it without you! To thank our wonderful community, performers, and supporters, we’re hosting a special celebration at the library.

🎉 Enjoy cake

🎉 Play fun games and redeem tickets for prizes

🎉 Enjoy music and great company

Bring your family and friends and help us celebrate a summer of reading and community spirit! We can’t wait to see you there! A big mahalo to Puainako KTA for generously sponsoring this event!

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 22, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
• Categories: Learning
• Contact: 808-982-4281

Join us for an opportunity to meet Halle, the friendly rescue dog who’s found it’s forever home with Daylynn, the founder of Aloha ‘Ilio Dog Rescue.  Kat from Aloha ‘Ilio Dog Rescue will be at the library to share fun games, a dog-care activity coloring book, and tell heartwarming stories about rescue dogs.  Learn how you can make a difference in the lives of dogs.

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 23, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
• Categories: Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-982-4281

Come join us for family storytime.  A fun and engaging opportunity to listen to a few stories.  In addition, foster a love for reading, enhance your imagination and creativity and strengthen literacy skills and cognitive development.  Children will have the chance to participate in a craft activity afterwards.  Materials will be provided.  Suitable for all ages.

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 24, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
• Categories: Environment, Learning
• Contact: 808-982-4281

In partnership with the East Hawai’i Master Gardeners we will be offering a free hydroponic gardening workshop.  Hydroponic gardening is the practice of growing plants in water with the absence of soil.  You will learn how hydroponic gardening is done.  Participants will receive instructions on how to make an inexpensive and efficient DIY static hydroponic setup at home.  This workshop is keiki friendly (suitable for ages 5 and up).  If interested sign up by calling the library or coming in person.

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.