Bring your sandwich and have lunch with TED in the community room.  Every other week, a few TED talks will be viewed during lunch.  A brief discussion will follow.  For more information, please call the Library at (207) 967-2778.

October 23 – Leadership – In All Forms

TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages.  Please call the Library for a list of upcoming talks.

Join us for some coffee and conversation with Molly Hoadley from No Place Like Home.   This local organization  addresses needs that older adults in our community have identified through our outreach, focus groups, community meetings and consultations.  Today we are offering to help older adults with small chores and maintenance at their homes.

No registration is required.  Light refreshments will be served.

Next Session – Thursday, November 1 at 11:00 am.  Making Sure Your Home is Ready for the Maine Winter (with Habitat for Humanity).

The Evening Book Group meets the last Thursday of every month at 6:00 p.m.  Please join us in the Business Center (First Floor–Side Door).  No registration required (967-2778).  For the month of October, we will be reading Moonglow by Michael Chabon.  Please call the Library if you need to reserve a copy.

Next Meeting : November 29.  The book selected is Beartown by Frederick Backman.

August 30 Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Did you know that you could receive Free Alerts about Town of Kennebunkport Happenings via E-Mail.  For instance—Will the trash be picked up because of the weather? What road will be closed due to construction or tree trimming?  Bridge work?  General Notices? Storm Warmings? Health Classes?  Dog License or Beach Pass Renewal Reminder?   When are my taxes Due?  Is there a Selectmen’s meeting this week?                                               

Have no Fear…Help is Near!   It’s actually at 18 Maine Street.  Please join Arlene McMurray from the Kennebunkport Town Office and Mary-Lou Boucouvalas from Graves Library every Friday from 10:00 to 11:00 am.  We will help you with your computer questions, show you how to Subscribe and Receive Free E-Mail Alerts from the Town of Kennebunkport, copy and paste documents, scan, fax and copy.  Please call the Library for details (967-2778).

We can also help with how to find information—the right information–by searching a reputable, reliable online database system.

Need help with Facebook?  A job search? Download an Audio or E-Book?  Add apps to your portable device?

Computer Issues will be addressed on Fridays from 10:00-11:00 am at Graves Library.  Please join us in the Business Center and learn how to get connected with friends on Facebook, updates from Town Departments, search for tax rebates, lowering your CMP usage, stock market updates, where to live, where to work, where things are happening in Kennebunkport.

Please note–if you cannot make it on Friday, we are always happy to assist during regular Library hours as well.

Please join us on Sunday, October 28 at 2:00 p.m. for a special visit with Maine Author and Game Warden, Paul Doiron. Paul is Editor Emeritus of Down East: The Magazine of Maine, having served as Editor in Chief from 2005 to 2013, before stepping down to write full time. A native of Maine, he attended Yale University, where he graduated with a degree in English, and he holds an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College. He is a former member of the Maine Arts Commission and a current member of the Maine Humanities Council. He is also a Registered Maine Guide specializing in fly fishing and lives on a trout stream in coastal Maine with his wife, Kristen Lindquist.

A supposed hunting accident becomes a dangerously complicated murder investigation in this intricately-plotted new thriller featuring Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch.

A woman has been shot to death by a deer hunter on an island off the coast of Maine. To newly promoted Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch, the case seems open and shut. But as soon as he arrives on remote Maquoit Island he discovers mysteries piling up one on top of the other.  The hunter now claims he didn’t fire the fatal shot and the ballistic evidence proves he’s telling the truth. Bowditch begins to suspect the secretive community might be covering up the identity of whoever killed Ariel Evans. The controversial author was supposedly writing a book about the island’s notorious hermit. So why are there no notes in her rented cottage?

The Pasco Lecture Series is sponsored by the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation, Kennebunk Savings Bank, and the Graves Library Snack Team.  The Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, Maine.  Please call the Library at (207) 967-2778 for information on this event or other upcoming programs.  Light refreshments will be served.