Hawaiʻi State
Public Library System

• March 18, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 10:45 am
• Categories: Books, Community, Entertainment, Learning, Music, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-889-6655

Join us every Wednesday at 10:00am for a fun-filled storytime! We’ll sing songs, read a few simple stories, then make a craft or do an activity. Great fun for 2 – 5 year-olds and their parents or caregivers. 

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.

• March 18, 2026 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment, Games, Learning
• Contact: 808-889-6655

• March 19, 2026 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
• Categories: Books, Branch book clubs, Community, Entertainment, Learning
• Contact: 808-889-6655

This month’s selection is Black Stallion by Walter Farley.

Read the book and come watch the movie. Short discussion will follow.
Snacks provided!

The book is available to pick up at the library.

Program is for ages 7-12

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.

• March 20, 2026 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Books, Culture, Environment, Learning, Storytime (for kids), Writing
• Contact: 808-889-6655

Come hear “Under the ʻŌhiʻa Tree”—a brand new children’s book about our native forest species—read by local author/illustrator, Erzsi Palko. Written as a rhyming invitation to make your own loving observations of nature, the book visits with our beloved ʻōhiʻa trees in their role as the foundation of Hawaiʻiʻs native forests and introduces our remaining native forest birds, bugs, snails, and a bat!  Make paper “puppet” art and be guided in simple prompts to give voice to your favorite native forest friends.

This workshop will guide you through the process of how the book was written:  listening to nature and creating art inspired by what you hear! Book signing to follow!

More about the presenter:

Born and raised on Oʻahu, Erzsi creates art inspired by listening in nature.  Her artwork has been exhibited at the annual Hawaiʻi Nei Art Show, the Gallery of Great Things in Waimea, and, now, the ʻŌlena Gallery in Hāwī.  With a background in studying plants and teaching science and performing arts, she has authored and illustrated Under the ʻŌhiʻa Tree (published by Bess Press) and a coloring book of rhymes, Enchanting Creatures of Hawaiʻi Island (published by Petroglyph Press).

For info on her art, books & free native species coloring pages please visit:  Erzi Palko webpage and follow her on Instagram at @ohiaanderzsi

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.

• March 23, 2026 @ 5:30 pm - 6:50 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Entertainment, Learning
• Contact: 808-889-6655

Come listen to local historian Boyd Bond talk about the Hawaiian Princes traveling to Europe and the United States.

“In 1849, Kamehameha III sent his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Gerrit P. Judd, on a mission to the United States, Britain and France to secure treaties and other agreements. Dr. Judd suggested the two heirs to the throne, Prince Alexander Liholiho and Prince Lot Kapuaiwa, should accompany him to learn diplomacy and build their awareness of how other countries operated. They would later become Kamehameha IV and V respectively, and their reactions were somewhat different to the experiences they both shared. Come join us as we discuss what those
experiences were.”

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.

• March 24, 2026 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Entertainment, Learning
• Contact: 808-889-6655

Join local author Virginia Fortner for a workshop on writing. For those who want to become, and those who are, writers! Participants choose, sample, and practice aspects of good writing
This session’s topic: “Writing Dialog- Tone”
Submit topics for further sessions.

Interact with those who have never written, published authors, and folks who haven’t yet told their stories.

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.

• March 25, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 10:45 am
• Categories: Books, Community, Entertainment, Learning, Music, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-889-6655

Join us every Wednesday at 10:00am for a fun-filled storytime! We’ll sing songs, read a few simple stories, then make a craft or do an activity. Great fun for 2 – 5 year-olds and their parents or caregivers. 

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.

• March 25, 2026 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment, Games, Learning
• Contact: 808-889-6655

• March 27, 2026 @ 11:30 am - 2:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Entertainment, Learning, Music
• Contact: 808-889-6655

Join us for a family-friendly hip-hop and beatbox performance! Mr. Kneel uses beatbox and rhyme to bring attendees a fun take on literacy and learning!

Mr. Kneel is a professional speaker, emcee, and beatboxer who creates original hip-hop music to help promote children’s social, emotional and cognitive development.

Two performances will be provided: one at 12pm and one at 1pm.

Intended for children ages 5 and up, accompanied by an adult.

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.

• March 27, 2026 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
• Categories: Books, Branch book clubs, Community, Entertainment, Learning
• Contact: 808-889-6655

This month’s selection is Fallen by Lauren Kate.

Read the book and come watch the movie. Short discussion will follow.
Snacks provided!

The book is available to pick up at the library.

Program is for ages 13-18

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.