Hawaiʻi State
Public Library System

• June 12, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Books, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-241-3222

Do you have a wiggly, giggly 3 to 5 year old on your hands? Join us for Preschool Storytime as we listen to stories, shake our sillies out as we dance to funny songs and rhymes, and top it all off with a simple craft you can take home with you.

This month’s theme is mele, music! Listen to stories all about the magic of mele and make your own instrument to take home.

This program is recommended for ages 3 to 5 only. See our Baby & Me storytime for younger ages, and our Lego Club for older 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.

• June 16, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
• Categories: Environment, Learning
• Contact: 808-241-3222

Members of the University of Hawaii Master Gardener Program will present a fun and exciting program where you will learn about Hawaii pollinators. Participants will then make their own bee face mask, color in coloring pages that feature flowers and pollinators, and be given a seedling to transplant and take home to start your very own pollinator garden.

Recommended for children ages 6-10. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Registration required. Number of participants is limited. Please register in Lihue Library at the Reference Desk.

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 18, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• Categories: Games, Learning, Science
• Contact: 808-241-3222

Calling all upper elementary and middle school LEGO builders and burgeoning engineers!

Join us at the library for Lihue LEGO Club, where exciting building challenges using LEGO blocks await.

This event is recommended for children ages 8-12.

This month’s building challenge is Build a Musical Instrument! Celebrate mele, our Summer Reading Challenge theme, and create either a replica of an existing musical instrument or use your imagination and create a totally original instrument with a unique sound.

See 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. All programs are subject to change.

• June 24, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
• Categories: Entertainment, Games
• Contact: 808-241-3222

Meet at the library for an afternoon of fun board games fit for any age or skill level!

We have such a big collection of board games. You will find children’s games on the tables in the Children’s Room. Games for teens and young adults in the YA Section and games for adults (think Trivial Pursuit or Scrabble) in the adult reading area.

Bring the whole family, your friends, or make some new friends at this fun come-and-go gaming break 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.

• June 25, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Entertainment
• Contact: 808-241-3222

Magic, Mystery, and Laughs! World famous magician will lead you on a journey of wonder and astonishment.

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 23, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Dance, Entertainment, Learning
• Contact: 808-241-3222

Celebrate the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge!

Without “mele”, there is no hula as the dance form is dictated by the poetry of the mele. Kumu Hula Michael Pili Pang and his performers of Hālau Hula Ka No‘eau will take you on a historical journey of mele; from its foundation of tradition chant, ‘oli, to contemporary hapa haole music. Through their hula they will explore how the poetry generates movement; and the importance of understanding kaona (hidden poetic means) used in the mele and choreography of hula.

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.