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March 2024

Fri 1

Children's Literature Hawaii's 2024 Writing and Art Contests

Youth Art & Writing Contests

March 1, 2024

Hawaii - Kailua-Kona 75-138 Hualalai Rd, Kailua-Kona, HI, United States

Happening now through March 30, 2024 during library hours! Are you a budding writer or artist? Have a cool idea to draw a new cover […]

Thu 7

First Thursday Memory Catchers

March 7, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Kauai - Lihue 4344 Hardy St, Lihue, HI, United States

Join Kauai Author Dawn Fraser Kawahara in the Lihue Library Conference Room on the first Thursday of every month from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm […]

Mon 18

Hawaii's State Poet Laureate Brandy Nalani McDougall

CANCELLED: Poetry Writing Workshop with Brandy Nālani McDougall

March 18, 2024 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Maui - Wailuku 251 S High St, Wailuku, HI, United States

Kula born and raised, Hawai`i State Poet Laureate Brandy Nālani McDougall sees poetry as a way to heal. Share your own story of Maui with […]

Wed 20

Hawai'i Poet Laureate, Brandy Nālani McDougall

CANCELLED: Poetry Workshop with Hawaiʻi Poet Laureate Brandy Nālani McDougall

March 20, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Maui - Makawao 1159 Makawao Ave, Makawao, HI, United States

CANCELLED Writing and healing are two things we are often taught to do alone, but we are more resilient, more imaginative, and more hopeful when […]

April 2024

Thu 4

First Thursday Memory Catchers

April 4, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Kauai - Lihue 4344 Hardy St, Lihue, HI, United States

Join Kauai Author Dawn Fraser Kawahara in the Lihue Library Conference Room on the first Thursday of every month from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm […]

Tue 16

blackout poetry using a page from The Great Gatsby

Blackout Poetry Contest

April 16, 2024

Hawaii - Kailua-Kona 75-138 Hualalai Rd, Kailua-Kona, HI, United States

Tweens & Teens! April is National Poetry Month! Create your own blackout poetry for a chance to win a gift card! Blackout poetry is taking […]

Tue 16

Meditation Illumination: Shakuhachi Soundscapes with Haiku Reflection

April 16, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Oahu - Salt Lake-Moanalua 3225 Salt Lake Blvd, Honolulu, HI, United States

Celebrate National Haiku Day with renowned poet & bamboo flutist Katsumi Takemoto. Katsumi has cultivated an approach to meditation by following the waves of sound. […]

Wed 24

Poetry Month: Teen Haiku Challenge

April 24, 2024 - April 26, 2024

Kauai - Lihue 4344 Hardy St, Lihue, HI, United States

For Poetry Month 2024, Lihue Public Library is hosting a Teen Haiku Challenge. Pick up entry forms at Lihue Public Library. Submissions accepted at Lihue […]

Tue 30