Library

The author of the newly released The Alaska Glacier Dictionary, and Homer local, Naomi Klouda will share a slideshow presentation called Every Glacier is Different. The presentation will include discussion about the importance of Alaska's glacier details, both in history and in future ramifications. The Alaska Glacier Dictionary contains about 700 named glaciers, a collection of glacier essays and a section of answers for frequently asked questions. Klouda will give specific mention of the glaciers of Kachemak Bay.

A Summer Reading event! Join us at the Porcupine Theater for a FREE showing of the 1995 Jumanji, starring Robin Williams.

Saturday, June 28th at 3pm. You can reserve your FREE tickets here, or get them at the door! Concessions available for purchase. 

Drop in to the children's room between 3:30-5 and make something! Supplies such as yarn, paper, beads, paint and more will be provided! For kids of all ages! Parents, please stay with kids under 6. 

Join the Friends of the Library and guest speaker Ted Carter! 

Ted Carter’s Juneteenth presentation will explore the origins and legacy of Juneteenth, a day that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. The presentation will cover key historical moments—including the Emancipation Proclamation, the delayed freedom of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, and the cultural importance of Juneteenth today.

Author Talk with Clark Fair
Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 6:00 - 7:00 pm
HPL Fireside Reading Lounge

Clark Fair and Gary Titus have collaborated on writing and publishing a new book that covers the complex and wide-ranging history of Kenai National Wildlife Refuge cabins. 

Design a LEGO creation related to the Summer Reading Theme: Level Up at Your Library! Use your imaginations to create something that demonstrates the theme! Follow your own ideas, not LEGO instructions! (No LEGO sets, please.)

Bring your creations to the library between Sat. July 19 and Wed. July 23. 

Judging will take place on July 24. Winners will be announced at the End of Summer Reading Party on Saturday July 26. 

Join us at the library to meet Alaska author and storyteller Aurora Hardy, as she shares her historical fiction novel, The Ghost of the Kenai. The novel place in the late 1700s in Alaska on the Kenai River where characters are trying to uncover the mystery of a ghost while Alaska Native and Russian culture ultimately come into conflict. 

It's time to turn in your reading trackers!

Return your trackers to the library front desk by 6pm on Friday, July 25th to have them count for prize giveaways at the party on Saturday.