Hawaiʻi State
Public Library System

• November 2, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Categories: Learning, Reading programs, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-293-8935

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and interactive fun at the library. Storytime is designed for keiki ages 0–5 and their caregivers, and encourages a love of books, language, and early literacy through reading, songs, and playful activities. Older siblings are welcome.

After storytime, stay for open playtime, when keiki can play and socialize together. Toys 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.

• November 3, 2026 @ 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
• Categories: Sports & Fitness
• Contact: 808-293-8935

Community member and educator, Mike Lin will lead YOUNG ME TAI CHI forms with music.

Attendees will learn about this ancient relaxing and strengthening art form by following along with the introductory exercises to experience the physical, mental, and spiritual health benefits of Tai-Chi.

30 minute sessions to be held outside, behind the library.

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.

• November 5, 2026 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Food
• Contact: 808-293-8935

Hawai’i Foodbank will assist interested families or individuals with SNAP questions and applications. Contact 808-954-7893 to make an appointment or email snap@hawaiifoodbank.org.
The outreach table will be available on the first Thursday of the month until December.

All programs are subject to change.  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. 

• November 5, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Community, Culture, Learning, Music
• Contact: 808-293-8935

Join us on the FIRST and THIRD Thursdays for Kūpuna Hour as we partner with Ke Ola Mamo to provide ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi: Hawaiian Language lessons and other Hawaiian cultural activities led by Kumu Gigi “Virginia” Takaki and her daughter La’amea.

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“Aloha Mai Kakou O ʻAnakē Gigi keia, Hula, ‘Ōlelo, ‘Oli, Himeni (Mele)”

Aunty Gigi is a musical force to be reckoned with, specializing in Traditional Hawaiian, Polynesian and island contemporary music. When she’s not strumming her ‘ukulele, guitar, upright bass or electric bass, you’ll find her as a Traditional Hawaiian Cultural Practitioner for Ke Ola Mamo, a Non-Profit Health and Wellness Organization. Aunty Gigi has traveled the world sharing her music and makes it her mission to mentor the next generation in the music industry while sharing the Aloha Spirit wherever she goes.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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.

• November 6, 2026 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
• Categories: Books, Branch book clubs, Culture
• Contact: 808-293-8935

Bamboo Ridge Press’ Donald A. Carreira Ching’s Blood Work and Other Stories won the 2026 Firecracker Award in Fiction.

What we carry. What we inherit. What we leave behind.
Seventeen stories of connection and survival in a place caught between what’s sacred and what’s sold.

On the Windward side of Oʻahu, change moves quick—developers buy up neighborhoods, locals move away, and families struggle to hold on to what remains. Beneath each loss, however, lie quiet acts of resilience that refuse to be forgotten.

Against a backdrop of economic hardship, housing instability, cultural transition, and environmental decline, Donald A. Carreira Ching offers readers a deeply intimate portrait of contemporary Hawai‘i. His characters live in a Hawai‘i far removed from tourist postcards, navigating sorrow, displacement, and the weight of generational trauma. Yet even in these quiet, overlooked corners, they hold fast to the connections that root them in place and community.

With grace and grit, Carreira Ching renders Hawai‘i as few others have, bearing witness to what’s being lost while illuminating what endures: love, memory, and the deep connections between people and place. This collection affirms him as a vital voice in contemporary American fiction and a key contributor to the evolving canon of Hawai‘i literature.

Additional copies of the novel will be available at Kahuku Public and School Library.

A list of the 2026 titles is available upon request. Please attend a meeting and inquire with facilitator.

Recommended for ages 18 and over.

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.

• November 9, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Categories: Learning, Reading programs, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-293-8935

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and interactive fun at the library. Storytime is designed for keiki ages 0–5 and their caregivers, and encourages a love of books, language, and early literacy through reading, songs, and playful activities. Older siblings are welcome.

After storytime, stay for open playtime, when keiki can play and socialize together. Toys 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.

• November 10, 2026 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Music
• Contact: 808-293-8935

Come learn beginner line dances with us! Our seasoned instructor will walk through the dances slowly and give careful instruction. Pop in for a fun night of books, boots, and laughter.

Robbie (they/them) works on eradicating little fire ants and coqui frogs by day. By night, they love line dancing with the LGBTQ+ friendly group Blazing Saddles. Robbie has boot scooted and boogied from Maine to Iowa and from Colorado to California. They can’t wait to share some of their favorite beginner line dances with you!

No experience necessary, all levels welcome. 

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. 

• November 10, 2026 @ 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
• Categories: Sports & Fitness
• Contact: 808-293-8935

Community member and educator, Mike Lin will lead YOUNG ME TAI CHI forms with music.

Attendees will learn about this ancient relaxing and strengthening art form by following along with the introductory exercises to experience the physical, mental, and spiritual health benefits of Tai-Chi.

30 minute sessions to be held outside, behind the library.

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.

• November 12, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Community, Games, Health & Wellness
• Contact: 808-293-8935

Kūpuna of Koʻolauloa are warmly invited to join our twice-monthly Game & Talk Story Gathering.

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.

• November 16, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Categories: Learning, Reading programs, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-293-8935

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and interactive fun at the library. Storytime is designed for keiki ages 0–5 and their caregivers, and encourages a love of books, language, and early literacy through reading, songs, and playful activities. Older siblings are welcome.

After storytime, stay for open playtime, when keiki can play and socialize together. Toys 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.