Hawaiʻi State
Public Library System

• October 18, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
• Categories: Arts & Crafts
• Contact: 808-988-0459

They’re everywhere, behind the trees, underneath the bed, in the paintings. Boo! Come over to our programming room and make your own ghost paintings!

You are welcome to print your own paintings as canvas, but there will be printed paintings provided and acrylic pens. Paintings are from the National Gallery of Art and in public domain.

RSVP required. Program is for teens only, Grade 6 to 12. Please sign up below on our website. There are 15 slots available for the program.

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.

• October 20, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am
• Categories: Dance, Learning
• Contact: 808-988-0459

Parents, come enjoy the tried and true benefits of Joseph Pilates’s exercises, dance, or gentle yoga, while kids play, or participate!  Bring a mat and a few shareable toys to entertain keiki, and prepare to strengthen, stretch and destress in a relaxed, family-friendly environment.

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.

• October 21, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-988-0459

Please join us for a fun-filled morning where we read books, sing and dance. This storytime is aimed at ages 3-5, but all ages are welcome. All children must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Hope to 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.

• October 22, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
• Categories: Books, Community
• Contact: 808-988-0459

Come joins us for the reading and launch of Bamboo Ridge Journal of Hawaiʻi Literature and Arts issue #128. Local authors will read their work at Manoa Public Library. Please join us for this free program!

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.

• October 25, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Categories: Entertainment, Films & Movies
• Contact: 808-988-0459

College student Theresa “Tree” Gelbman did not expect to be in a time loop, one where the day restarts the moment she is murdered. Can she figure out who the killer is before time catches up to her? Find out in Happy Death Day!

Runtime is approximately 96 minutes. Rated PG-13. Recommended for teens. Children under 8 must be accompanied by parent/caregiver.

You are welcome to bring a small snack and bottled water to enjoy during the screening.

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. 

• October 27, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am
• Categories: Dance, Learning
• Contact: 808-988-0459

Parents, come enjoy the tried and true benefits of Joseph Pilates’s exercises, dance, or gentle yoga, while kids play, or participate!  Bring a mat and a few shareable toys to entertain keiki, and prepare to strengthen, stretch and destress in a relaxed, family-friendly environment.

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.

• October 28, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-988-0459

Please join us for a fun-filled morning where we read books, sing and dance. This storytime is aimed at ages 3-5, but all ages are welcome. All children must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Hope to 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.

• October 30, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
• Categories: Entertainment, Films & Movies
• Contact: 808-988-0459

Come join us in our final movie for the spooky season. Haunted Mansion is a reboot adaptation that follows a group of people who stumble into a mansion that’s quite like no other, one where the previous inhabitants, some who are ghastly, lingers and haunts the halls.

We will also be holding a costume contest, come dressed in your costume and vote for the top favorite and a runner-up. Winners will earn a prize!

Runtime is approximately 122 minutes. Rated PG-13. Recommended for teens. Children under 8 must be accompanied by parent/caregiver.

You are welcome to bring a small snack and bottled water to enjoy during the screening.

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. 

• November 1, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
• Categories: Arts & Crafts
• Contact: 808-988-0459

Want to learn how to crochet for the season or relearn the skill? Join the Mānoa Public Library’s YA Librarian for a beginner’s workshop on the craft. Learn basic information on crochet, how to start a project, stitches and finish the last loop.

Supplies will be provided but you are welcome to bring your own yarn and crochet hook.

RSVP required. Program is for teens and adults. Please sign up below on our website. There are 8 slots available for the program.

Supplies purchased thanks to the Friends of the Library of Hawai’i and the Friends of the Mānoa Library.

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.

• November 4, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-988-0459

Please join us for a fun-filled morning where we read books, sing and dance. This storytime is aimed at ages 3-5, but all ages are welcome. All children must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Hope to 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.