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Join the Lihue Live Poets Society for a relaxed poetry workshop at the Lihue Public Library. Open to new members of all skill levels! Anyone ...
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The First Thursday Memory Catchers is a poetry group dedicated to the art of “memory catching”. This group brings together the importance of memory in ...
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Bring your lawn chair or hāliʻi and come to listen to the mele of Kuʻuipo Kumukahi as we celebrate the start of this summer’s statewide ...
Read More Mele on the Library Lawn

Are you a parent or caregiver to a little one, between the ages of 0 to 2 years old? Bring your tiny reader to a ...
Read More Baby & Me Lapsit Storytime

Join us as we celebrate Mele with a free local documentary film screening! Li‘a: The Legacy of a Hawaiian Man is an award-winning documentary that ...
Read More Film Screening | Li‘a: The Legacy of a Hawaiian Man

Join us as we celebrate Mele, our 2025 Summer Reading theme, with a free local documentary film screening! “The History of the Sons of Hawai‘i” ...
Read More Film Screening | The History of the Sons of Hawai‘i

Get ready for a musical game of elimination. Players move around chairs while music plays, and when the music stops, they must sit. The player ...
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Get ready to get tap out a rhythm with bottle cap castanets. Supplies will be provided; limit one pair per person while supplies last. Recommended ...
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Every 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month, visit the Kailua-Kona Public Library to meet with a Legal Aid Society of Hawaiʻi representative. The representative ...
Read More Legal Aid Society of Hawaiʻi: Outreach Services for the Community

Are you a Scrabble champion? Have you never played before, but would like to try? Then come and join our new Scrabble Club! The Club ...
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