Hawaiʻi State
Public Library System

• August 27, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Community, Learning
• Contact: 808-241-3222

Bring your bling game and turn a plain mini notebook into a sparkling masterpiece! On August 13 and August 27, stick, glue, and shine up a mini notebook with gems, sequins, beads and all the glam your heart desires. Your notes have never looked this fabulous!  We provide the notebook and the bling, while supplies last.

• August 27, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts
• Contact: 808-241-3222

Join us for afternoon of fun, freestyle arts and crafts! Let your imagination run wild and create something totally unique.

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.

• September 3, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
• Categories: Community, Health & Wellness
• Contact: 808-241-3222

Motherhood is a journey full of  joys and challenges, and every mom’s experience is unique.  Whether you’re a new mom, working mom, single mom,  step-mom or a mom who is navigating challenging circumstances, this group is here to provide a safe and non-judgmental space to share experiences, seek advice,  and find comfort in a community that understands.  Share your story with us!

This is a kid-free zone to focus on connecting with other moms, so please arrange for child care prior to attending.

For more information please email:

email Mom’s Support Group on Kauai

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.

• September 4, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 10:00 am
• Categories: Books, Reading programs, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-241-3222

Are you a parent or caregiver to a little one, between the ages of 0 to 2 years old?

Bring your tiny reader to a special storytime program at the library just for babies and their caregivers.

Join us for age-appropriate stories, silly songs and rhymes, and top it all off with sensory play time.

It is sure to be fun for our smallest library users and their loved ones!

Recommended for ages 0-2.

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.

• September 4, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
• Categories: Learning, Poetry, Writing
• Contact: 808-241-3222

The First Thursday Memory Catchers is a poetry group dedicated to the art of “memory catching”. This group brings together the importance of memory in poetry and teaches how to use poetry as a memory keeper. All are welcome!

Bring writing materials.  A suggested prompt will kick off the relaxed storytelling or the letter writing format encouraged.

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.

• September 8, 2025 @ 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
• Categories: Books, Community, Poetry, Writing
• Contact: 808-241-3222

Join the Kaua’i Live Poets Society for a relaxed poetry workshop at the Lihue Public Library. Open to new members of all skill levels!

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.

• September 9, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Community
• Contact: 808-241-3222

Coloring can be very stress relieving! Add free coffee and you have a fun afternoon at the library. Open to young adults, adults, and seniors.

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.

• September 10, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
• Categories: Community, Health & Wellness, Learning, Science, Sports & Fitness
• Contact: 808-241-3222

FREE CPR class: there will be a free CPR class at the Lihue Public Library on Wednesday September 10th from 5-630 pm. The class will not offer any type of official certification. Included will be instruction on how to address severe bleeding, a victim of choking, and how to administer naloxone to narcotic overdose victims. The class includes a 30-40 minute presentation followed by CPR and AED instruction on mannequins. To register, contact Arnie Serota at email Arnie Serota or contact Kristen, the Lihue Library Manager. Learn the skills needed to simply save a life when it matters most!

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.

• September 11, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Books, Learning, 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: Squirrels get ready for the Fall! Learn about how squirrels and other animals prepare for hibernation during winter.

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.

• September 17, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Community, 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.

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.