Hawaiʻi State
Public Library System

• July 16, 2025 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Learning
• Contact: 808-241-3222

Teens!  Take a break @ A/C chilled Lihue Public Library.

Capture the lazy vibes of summer and get creative with our super cute Summer Sloth craft!

Make your own laid-back sloth to hang out with all summer long.  Supplies and help provided – just bring your imagination and some chill vibes!

• July 16, 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 challenge focuses on building the skyscraper of your dreams! Will your tower be the tallest? Come try your skills at Lego Club!

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.

• July 17, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
• Categories: Causes, Community, Environment, Learning
• Contact: 808-241-3222

Celebrate the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge!

2025 has been proclaimed the Year of Our Community Forests in Hawai‘i! To celebrate, public libraries are partnering with the State Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Forestry & Wildlife (DLNR-DOFAW) and other environmental organizations to offer a free educational and interactive program for all ages.

This one-hour event begins with a tree mele or ‘oli, includes a brief presentation on community forests, and will end with an engaging activity that highlights the importance of forest stewardship across our islands.

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 @ 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.

• July 29, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
• Categories: Community, 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.

• July 30, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Learning
• 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.