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North Kohala Public Library
About
Welcome to the North Kohala Public Library! Designed by CDS International, our $7.8 million, 6,000 sq.-ft. “green” library opened on Nov. 8, 2010. In Dec. 2011, we became the first HSPLS library and first state building in Hawai‘i to achieve LEED Gold Certification. Creative and innovative design features including wind and photovoltaic energy systems have helped us save about $1,500 annually on electricity bills.
Upcoming events at this branch
- October 20, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:45 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
First session topic: “Why write?”
Submit topics for further sessions.
Interact with those who have never written, published authors, and folks who haven’t yet told their stories.
Space is limited to 12 participants, please call or visit to RSVP!
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 @ 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.
- October 22, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Categories: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment, Games, Learning
- Contact: 808-889-6655
Come build with Legos at North Kohala Library! Participants can free build whatever they can imagine or collaborate together to build a larger, themed project that the group will vote on at the beginning of the event! LEGO club will meet on the first and third Wednesday of each month from 2:00p – 3:00p.
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 27, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
- Categories: Community, Entertainment, Games, Learning
- Contact: 808-889-6655
Calling teens and adults! Come for a fun night of board games, featuring the cooperative strategy game “Betrayal at The House on The Hill.”
“HAUNTED HOUSE TRAITOR GAME: Players must work together to survive the nightmare…but beware . The house turns one player against the others in this cooperative strategy game”
Other games will also be available to play. Also, feel free to bring your own to share!
Intended for ages 12 and up.
All materials will be provided.
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 29, 2025 @ 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.
- October 29, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Categories: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment, Games, Learning
- Contact: 808-889-6655
Come build with Legos at North Kohala Library! Participants can free build whatever they can imagine or collaborate together to build a larger, themed project that the group will vote on at the beginning of the event! LEGO club will meet on the first and third Wednesday of each month from 2:00p – 3:00p.
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 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
- Categories: Books, Branch book clubs, Community, Entertainment, Learning
- Contact: 808-889-6655
This month’s selection is The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.
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.
- October 31, 2025 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
- Categories: Books, Branch book clubs, Community, Entertainment, Learning
- Contact: 808-889-6655
This month’s selection is Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs.
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.
Hours
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Monday | 12:00PM-4:00PM & 5:00PM-7:00PM - |
| Tuesday | 9:00AM-12:00PM & 1:00PM-4:00PM - |
| Wednesday | 9:00AM-12:00PM & 1:00PM-4:00PM - |
| Thursday | 9:00AM-12:00PM & 1:00PM-4:00PM - |
| Friday | 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Saturday | CLOSED - CLOSED |
| Sunday | CLOSED - CLOSED |
Access
| Parking spots | 18 |
| Parking fee | Free |
| Handicap parking spots | 1 |
| Book drop off | Yes |
| Restrooms | Yes |
Services
| Computers | 11 |
| Magazines | 31 |
| Newspapers | 3 |
| WiFi | Yes |
| Friends' book store | No |
| Free computer classes | No |
| Meeting rooms | No |
| Photocopying | Yes |
| Test proctoring services | Yes |
