Unalaska Public Library

In this episode of "Island Interviews," Librarian Karen Kresh discusses the library’s summer activities, including a reading program for all ages and day events like mini golf and tea time.

The Unalaska Public Library held its first-ever Filipino Story Time in early February. The goal is to help Filipino children living on the island connect more with their roots.

In this episode of “Island Interviews,” Russel Laforteza, who leads the reading program, explains how the new story time could help Filipino children on the island gain a deeper connection with their cultural heritage.

On this episode of "Island Interviews," Librarian Karen Kresh discusses online services like Kanopy and Libby provided by the Unalaska Public Library.

In this episode of "Island Interviews," author Ray Hudson joins the show. Hudson lived in Unalaska from 1964 to 1991. He taught at Unalaska City School and has written many books about Unalaska and the Aleutians, and is perhaps best known for the 1998 Unalaska classic, “Moments Rightly Placed: An Aleutian Memoir.”

In this episode of "Island Interviews," author Ray Hudson joins the show. Hudson lived in Unalaska from 1964 to 1991. He taught at Unalaska City School and has written many books about Unalaska and the Aleutians, and is perhaps best known for the 1998 Unalaska classic, “Moments Rightly Placed: An Aleutian Memoir.”

Unalaska recently hosted a visit from “Bill,” a dollar bill who is traveling by mail to visit small, rural libraries in all 50 United States.

Three-year-old Remy walked into the newly-renovated Unalaska Public Library earlier this month, hand-in-hand with his dad Carlos Tayag, his library card hanging from a carabiner across his chest. He approached the desk — his eyes just above the countertop — and handed a form to the librarian, titles of different children’s books scribbled on the gridded white sheet. Library staff greeted him with a paper certificate and a medal on a sparkling gold ribbon that read “1,000 books before kindergarten.”

Crowds of Unalaskans gathered Sunday to celebrate the grand opening of the newly expanded Unalaska Public Library. “It’s an investment by the community in itself, really,” said City Librarian Karen Kresh. “And a statement of confidence in the future of this community — that we’re still going to be here for the next 25 years."

The Unalaska Public Library will reopen this weekend, more than a year after it closed for a long-awaited renovation and expansion. The library will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening celebration Sunday, April 30, from 1 to 3 p.m.