Hawaii State
Public Library System

• Oahu – Waianae
• Oahu
• October 20, 2018 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
• Books, Storytime (for kids)
• 808-697-7868

Enjoy weekly themed books, songs, and crafts with the whole family. Each week we discuss a new theme and read related stories. A craft based on the theme is also provided. This program is recommended for children in preschool and older but all are welcome. Children must be accompanied by a parent or adult caregiver.

All programs are subject to change. If you require an auxiliary aid or accommodation due to a disability, please contact the library at least 7 days before the program date.

• Oahu – Waianae
• Oahu
• October 20, 2018 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
• Community
• 808-697-7868

Mediation is an informal, confidential process that provides landlords and tenants with the opportunity to talk through their differences with the assistance of an impartial third party (the mediator). Before the situation escalates, the mediator helps landlords and tenants negotiate customized solutions. This process is available at no cost to either party.

The Mediation Center of the Pacific (MCP) will explain how mediation works, and how to access these services to help resolve disputes quickly and cost effectively. No reservations are required. For more information about MCP visit www.mediatehawaii.org.

All programs are subject to change. If you require an auxiliary aid or accommodation due to a disability, please contact the library at least 7 days before the program date.

• Oahu – Waianae
• Oahu
• October 23, 2018 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am
• Storytime (for kids)
• 808-697-7868

Storytime for infants, toddlers, and their caregivers. Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and activities based on early literacy research and the Every Child Ready to Read Program. Learn how talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing help get your child ready to read. This program is intended for children 0 -3 years old. Children must be accompanied by a parent or adult caregiver.

All programs are subject to change. If you require an auxiliary aid or accommodation due to a disability, please contact the library at least 7 days before the program date.

• Oahu – Waianae
• Oahu
• October 24, 2018 @ 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
• Entertainment, Learning
• 808-697-7868

Updated: October 9, 2018

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the October 10th program has been rescheduled to October 24th from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Come and join us for a howling great time.  Players solve puzzles and riddles using clues, hints, and strategy within a given set time limit to unveil the secret plot which is hidden within the room.

Please call the library to sign up or reconfirm.  This event is for ages 13 to 18.

All programs are subject to change.  If you require an auxiliary aid or accommodation due to a disability, please contact the library at least 7 days before the program date.

• Oahu – Waianae
• Oahu
• October 31, 2018 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
• Art, Books, Food and drink, Storytime (for kids)
• 808-697-7868

Start off Halloween with Trick or Treat at Waianae Public library! Follow the treat trail to collect fun non-candy items through out the library.

Little ones can join us in the meeting room for not-so-spooky stories and crafts. Light snacks will also be provided.

All programs are subject to change. If you require an auxiliary aid or accommodation due to a disability, please contact the library at least 7 days before the program date.

Program is suitable for ages 5 and under. Children must be accompanied by a parent or adult caregiver.

• Oahu – Waianae
• Oahu
• November 3, 2018 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
• Learning
• 808-697-7868

What steps can we take to live a LONG and HEALTHY life?

The average lifespan of Americans is about 80 years. With the advancement of medicine and lifestyle changes, it’s getting longer and longer. A 100-year life is not questionable anymore.

The real question is: how can we live a long, but also a healthy, happy and fulfilling life? Learn practical changes you can make in your life to live a life full of vitality, passion and purpose.

Wear socks, comfortable pants and t-shirt for interactive gentle exercises. Wheelchair, walker, and cane user friendly.

This program was reschedule from the original date of August 25.

All programs are subject to change. If you require an auxiliary aid or accommodation due to a disability. please contact the library at least 7 days before the program date.

• Oahu – Waianae
• Oahu
• November 14, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
• Branch book clubs
• 808-697-7868

Join us for a discussion of the dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale by author Margaret Atwood. Originally published in 1985 it won the first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987 as well as many other award. It has been adapted into a film, an opera, and is a currently running TV series. One of the 100 “most-loved” novels listed on PBS’s The Great American Read.

From the PBS Great American Read website:  The Handmaid’s Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its image and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The Handmaid’s Tale is funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and a tour de force.

All programs are subject to change. If you require an auxiliary aid or accommodation due to a disability, please contact the library at least 7 days before the program date.

• Oahu – Waianae
• Oahu
• November 21, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
• Books, Community, Reading programs, Storytime (for kids)
• 808-697-7868

Free books, food, and lucky prize drawings!

At the library’s read aloud nights families will enjoy books read by our special guest readers and community literacy partners. All children in attendance will receive a free book to keep as their own.  Refreshments will also be provided.

Keep the fun going! – Complete a Read Aloud Bingo Card and be entered into the lucky prize drawing for family fun activities.

This recurring program will take place from 6:00-7:30 on:

• September 19
• November 21
• January 16
• March 20
• May 15

Mahalo to our program partners: HECO, Friends of the Library of Hawaii, Read to Me International, and Hawaii Literacy.

All programs are subject to change. If you require an auxiliary aid or accommodation due to a disability, please contact the library at least 7 days before the program date. Program is suitable for ages 5 and under. Children must be accompanied by a parent or adult caregiver.

• Oahu – Waianae
• Oahu
• December 12, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
• Branch book clubs
• 808-697-7868

“In Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller remembers her African childhood with candor and sensitivity. Though it is a diary of an unruly life in an often inhospitable place, it is suffused with Fuller’s endearing ability to find laughter, even when there is little to celebrate. Fuller’s debut is unsentimental and unflinching but always captivating. In wry and sometimes hilarious prose, she stares down disaster and looks back with rage and love at the life of an extraordinary family in an extraordinary time.”     (from Goodread.com)

“This is not a book you read just once, but a tale of terrible beauty to get lost in over and over.”—Newsweek

“By turns mischievous and openhearted, earthy and soaring . . . hair-raising, horrific, and thrilling.”—The New Yorker

All programs are subject to change. If you require an auxiliary aid or accommodation due to a disability, please contact the library at least 7 days before the program date.