Louis T Graves Memorial Public Library

MORNING YOGA WITH KRIYA YOGI, VIRGINIA WILLIAMSON
2024-08-21 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-08-22 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-08-23 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-08-24 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
MORNING YOGA WITH KRIYA YOGI VIRGINIA WILLIAMSON
Yogi Virginia Williamson is returning this summer for morning yoga at the Graves! Please call us to sign up for a session. Classes will also be available via Zoom so friends far and wide can join.
Virginia Williamson (Ginny) is a Kriya Yogi, in the lineage of Paramahansa Yogananda, initiated by Roy Eugene Davis. She has been practicing Yoga for 33 years; teaching in Southwest Florida for 24 years. She teaches traditional, ‘old-school’, Classical Yoga, with emphasis on meditative movements coordinated with the breath. Her instruction accentuates moving from one posture to another in a progressive manner that supports the nervous system while developing strength and relaxation in the rest of the body and calmness in the mind. Ginny is committed to providing an environment wherein the students may learn from an internal perspective. Students are encouraged to practice according to their own physical, mental, and emotional contexts, not by trying to replicate what works for someone else. She holds multiple teaching certifications and has had more than 2200 hours of training, study, and practice.
Call us at 967-2778 or www.graveslibrary.org for more details. If joining virtually, please give us your email so we can provide you with the Zoom link 24 hours prior to the class.
A $15 donation is suggested for morning yoga with Kriya Yogi Virginia Williamson and can be paid to the instructor on the day of the class. www.virginiawillaimson.com

BEAU DALLEO CONCERT - AUGUST 21 @ 6:00 PM
2024-08-21 18:00 - 19:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Beau Dalleo Concert
Join us for some good vibes and live music in the garden at Graves Library Summer Music Series on Wednesday, August 21, at 6 PM. Bring your friends, bring your chair, sit back, tap your feet, and listen to some local beat. Beau Dalleo is a professional guitarist playing songs you know and love! Let’s celebrate summer, our community, and our fondness for talented artists right in our own backyard! A suggested donation of $10 per person would be appreciated.

This event will be held in the community room if it rains. Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library,18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. Parking is available on Maine Street or at Consolidated School. For further information, please call 967-2778 or visit our website at www.graveslibrary.org.

STAY & PLAY
2024-08-23 10:45 - 11:30, 2024-08-30 10:45 - 11:30 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Looking for a fun and educational activity for your kids? A one-hour playtime for children and caregivers to engage in educational toys, promoting socialization and engagement. Try our Puzzle Cubes, View-Master, Coloring Crafts, Photo Booth, I Spy Terrarium, and more! Every Friday from 10:45-11:45.

The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 967-2778 and ask for the Junior Room or visit www.graveslibrary.org.

SAVE OUR SHOREBIRDS - AUGUST 28 @ 9:30 AM
2024-08-28 09:30 - 11:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
We invite you to join us here at Graves Library on Wednesday, August 28th at 9:30 AM for an informative presentation about the shorebirds at Goose Rocks Beach. Emily McCormick, Shorebird Volunteer Coordinator through the Town of Kennebunkport will be here to discuss how we can all help this migratory shorebird species.

This one-hour session will highlight the endangered piping plovers and least terns, their habitats, and the challenges they encounter. Ms. McCormick will discuss the vital conservation efforts in place to protect these birds and learn how we can all help in their preservation. Whether you are a bird lover or simply interested in local wildlife, this presentation is set to offer valuable insights and encourage community participation in the protection of our shorebirds.
For more information about this presentation (and the project in general), please email Emily McCormick at eomcco17@gmail.com or Mary-Lou Boucouvalas at mlbgraves@gmail.com
Light refreshments will be served. Parking available at Consolidated School or the North Street Fire Station. Please call 967-2778 for more information.

EVENING BOOK GROUP
2024-08-29 17:00 - 18:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Evening Book Group
Join us on Thursday, August 29th, for this month’s book group. All are welcome to attend. For August, the group is reading Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane.

Please give us a call at 967-2778 for more information on this event and other upcoming reads.

WIN THIS PAINTING - A FUNDRAISER FOR GRAVES LIBRARY
2024-09-03 16:00 - 17:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
“This painting, created in the depths of a rainy cold winter still evokes the memory of the beautiful sand, blue skies, and summer clouds of the beach in Maine”. [Artist Ellen Granter] BUY HERE
We are pleased to offer an original oil painting to be raffled off early September, 2024. This 26 x 26 oil on canvas entitled “July Forever” is the creation of New England artist Ellen Granter. It is surrounded by a handmade maple float frame with mahogany splines by Bill Stearns.
To support Graves Library and take a chance on this lovely painting, please stop by Graves Library located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport.
You can also pay directly through our PayPal Account by clicking BUY HERE.
Plug in the amount ($10 or $25) and click the credit card button below to finalize your purchase. The winner is responsible for shipping and handling costs (if applicable).
$10.00 (one chance) or $25.00 (three chances)

Information about the Artist:

Ellen grew up in upstate New York. She received a BA in Political Science and a Masters in Chinese History from the University of Vermont. She studied Mandarin Chinese at Middlebury College, and lived in both Hong Kong and Beijing. She worked in the Boston area as a technical illustrator for biotech, then as a graphic designer for educational publishing. She was accepted into the Copley Society of Art in 2003, and was awarded the John Singleton Copley Award in 2008, and the distinction of Copley Master in 2009. Her artwork is shown in galleries throughout the U.S. and is held in many private and corporate collections. Her mother, Janet Welch, first came to Goose Rocks Beach when she was in High School, as a summer companion for a friend of her mother’s. This began a love affair with the beach, and her parents have been joyously gathering their family there since the mid 1960’s.

We are grateful to Ms. Granter for generously donating this painting valued at $2,400 to benefit Graves Library. Click here for a chance to WIN THIS PAINTING

Additionally: Maine Art Hill in Lower Village, Kennebunk will be showing Ms. Granter’s work at a special exhibit all through July. We invite you to check out additional works by this very talented artist.

LISA MILLS & DON WESSELS CONCERT - SEPTEMBER 4 @ 6:00 PM
2024-09-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Lisa Mills & Don Wessels – September 4 at 6:00 pm
Join us for some good vibes and live music in the garden at Graves Library Music Series. Bring your friends, bring your chair, sit back, tap your feet, and listen to some local beat. Let’s celebrate our community and our fondness for talented artists right in our own backyard! A suggested donation of $10 per person would be appreciated. This event will be held in the community room if it rains. Parking is available on Maine Street or at Consolidated School.

The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 967-2778 or visit our website at www.graveslibrary.org.

ON THE NIGHTSTAND - BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
2024-09-07 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-10-05 09:00 - 10:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Please join us for some coffee and conversation. This group will meet in the Dow Room on the first Saturday of every month.
Bring a book that is on your nightstand currently being read. During the hour, we will share what we are reading and create a list for others to explore. We hope to see you here.

Please call the Library with any questions. (967-2778)

SUPER SATURDAY
2024-09-07 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-10-05 10:00 - 11:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Spend your Saturday morning in the Junior Room at the Library! We’ll have craft to-go, games, puzzles, hands-on stations, and more! And don’t forget to try out the themed Scavenger Hunt for a chance to win a prize.

The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 967-2778 and ask for the Junior Room or visit www.graveslibrary.org.

LOCAL AUTHOR- GEORGE LONGSTRETH, MD - SEPTEMBER 11 @ 5:30 PM
2024-09-11 17:30 - 19:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
We are thrilled to invite Maine Author George Longstreth to Graves Library on Wednesday, September 11 at 5:30 pm. Dr. Longstreth will be here to talk about his latest work Shot Down Over The Soviet Union, A Strategic Air Command Finally Revealed.

Born and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, George B. Longstreth, MD earned his medical doctorate from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in 1965. Spending six years in New York City, first in Spanish Harlem, then in Hell’s Kitchen, he lived among many of the characters and events that he now uses in his novels. After a surgical stint in the US Navy, followed by ten years in rural northwest Connecticut, George and his wife Betsy enjoyed an active surgical practice in Fairfield during the 1980s and ’90s. This included on-call rotations to the Emergency Room at near-by Bridgeport Hospital, where an unhealthy sampling of the drug-world underbelly came for urgent care. Betsy and George now live in active retirement in Kennebunkport, Maine, where they are kept busy by family (including 19 grandchildren), friends, unusual characters and happenings, and a dog named Jane.
Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing. The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 967-2778 or visit www.graveslibrary.org.

MORNING BOOK GROUP
2024-09-12 09:45 - 11:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Morning Book Group
In September, the group will be discussing The First Ladies by Marie Benedict. This group meets on the second Thursday of every month at 9:45 in the Dow Room. New members are always welcome. For further information, please call 967-2778.

Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport www.graveslibrary.org.

MAINE ARTIST WADE ZAHARES - SEPTEMBER 14 @ 2:00 PM
2024-09-14 14:00 - 15:30 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 S Main St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, United States
THE PATSY BRAY MAHONEY LECTURE SERIES PRESENTS
We are so excited to invite the very talented Maine Artist Wade Zahares to Graves Library on Saturday, September 14 at 2 PM.
Wade works exclusively in pastels; he is drawn to the intimacy of the chalk and the ease with which he can blend colors. The magic happens in his studio, a converted shed just off his main house. The studio, equipped with 15-foot ceilings and a house gutter to catch all the pastel dust, is set on 5 1/2 acres of farmland in Lyman, Maine, just a few miles from the Kennebunk farm on which he grew up. When Wade needs a break, he goes for a drive to soak up the New England landscape—his biggest inspiration—or tends to his flowers, gardens, and fruit trees. Then he returns to his studio, refreshed and ready to make more magic.
Wade will be here to talk about his work and his passion and demonstrate how he goes about his craft.
Light refreshments will be provided by the Graves Library Snack Team. Please call the Library for more information on this event and the rest of the series (967-2778).
Parking is available along Maine Street, the North Street Fire Station Parking Lot, and Consolidated School (Route 9).
The Graves Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, Maine. Please enter through the white door in the Parking Lot.

DEATH CAFE - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 @ 9:00 AM
2024-09-19 09:00 - 10:30 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Please join us for our Death Café – Community, Conversation, and Coffee. We will be meeting in the Community Room on Thursday, September 19 from 9:00 to 10:30 am.
What is a Death Café? A Death Café is a safe and relaxed space to gather with people to discuss topics related to death and dying. The objective is to engage in interesting, thought-provoking, and life-affirming conversations. Please join us for this community conversation. Registration is required.
Facilitated by: Marilyn R. Gugliucci, MA, Ph.D., AGHEF, GSAF, AGSF, NAOMEF, Professor and Director of Geriatric Education and Research at the University of New England.
Hosted by: Kennebunkport Public Health Department and Graves Library. Please call (207) 967-2778 to register. Space is limited.

CHANGES IN MEDICARE: AN INFORMATIONAL SESSION - SEPTEMBER 26 @ 9:00 AM
2024-09-26 09:00 - 10:30 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Please join us and Karen Vachon on Thursday, September 26 @ 9:00 am in the Community Room to learn about all of the new regulations and changes in Medicare for 2025. The Annual Notice of Change will be hitting your mailbox soon. Come find out what would work best for your budget. Light refreshments will be served. The Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. No registration necessary!

Since 2009, Karen Vachon, licensed health insurance agent, in southern Maine has Been helping people who are perplexed, bewildered, dazed, and confused about Medicare. She is bracing for the upcoming Medicare season. The Inflation Reduction Act, coupled with announced big price increases for Medicare Supplement plans, will be delivering negative news to 90% of Medicare beneficiaries this September, when people receive their plan carrier Annual Notice of Change (ANOC’s) in their mailbox. “This is not the year to ignore your ANOC”, says Karen, “it may be dry reading, but it is very important”. Karen will be speaking to communities around Southern Maine in September and early October. Her informational sessions are informal, allowing people to learn and ask questions. “Changes in Medicare are always concerning, but learning and preparing will make the changes easier.” Her sessions are informational only. Medicare beneficiaries will not be marketed to. No registration or RSVP is necessary. Karen will provide information, tips, and resources to help anyone on Medicare get ready for the Annual Enrollment Period, which runs October 15 through December 7, 2024.

EVENING BOOK GROUP - SEPTEMBER 26 @ 5:00 PM
2024-09-26 17:00 - 18:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Evening Book Group
Join us on Thursday, September 26th, for this month’s book group. All are welcome to attend. For September, the group is reading The Measure by Nikki Erlick.

Please give us a call at 967-2778 for more information on this event and other upcoming reads.

MOVIE NIGHT AT GRAVES LIBRARY - SEPTEMBER 26 AT 6:45 PM
2024-09-26 18:45 - 20:30 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Monthly Movie Night! Join us for a great night of theater, snacks, and friends in the Community Room.
One night a month, the Library’s Community Room will transform into a movie theater. Meet up with your friends, and snack on some popcorn!

SPECIAL STORY TIME - JOE THE FIREFIGHTER
2024-10-04 10:00 - 11:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Please join Miss Terri for story time on Friday, October 4 at 10:00 a.m. Guest reader Firefighter Joe has a special story for you! Join us to celebrate Fire Safety Week at Graves Library.
Stories, songs, and fun activities. All ages are welcome.

For more information, please call the Library at 967-2778.

MAINE AUTHOR IRENE DRAGO - OCTOBER 5 @ 2:00 PM
2024-10-05 14:00 - 15:30 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 S Main St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, United States
THE PATSY BRAY MAHONEY LECTURE SERIES PRESENTS
Maine Author Irene Drago will be here at the Graves Library on Saturday, October 5 at 2:00 pm to talk about her passion for writing and the sea.
Born in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge, Irene M. Drago developed a keen interest in every kind of watercraft at an early age. Before moving to Maine, she worked for the Defense Department as a Russian analyst, earned a Master of Arts degree in Spanish language and literature, and taught at the high school and college level. Her debut novel, Daughters of Long Reach, was a 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner, First Novel and led to a sequel, The Maine Point. More recently, Lavinia Wren and the Sailmakers is a 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist, Regional Fiction. If Drago isn’t penning a story, you’re apt to find her giving a shipyard tour at Maine Maritime Museum or leading a creative writing workshop. But in fair weather, there’s a good chance you’ll find her piloting her Maritime Skiff on Casco Bay.

Copies of Ms. Drago’s books will be available for sale and signing after the discussion.
Light refreshments will be provided by the Graves Library Snack Team. Please call the Library for more information on this event and the rest of the series (967-2778). Parking is available along Maine Street, the North Street Fire Station Parking Lot, and Consolidated School (Route 9).
The Graves Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, Maine. Please enter through the white door in the Parking Lot.

2 TOPIC CLASS WITH LOU SALOME
2024-10-08 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-10-15 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-10-22 12:00 - 14:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
TOPIC 1. American society in the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s through the eyes of Number 42, Jackie Robinson. The core of this class is baseball in New York City and the United States during those three decades, but the story is as much about American society and American history, as it is about baseball.
Noon to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, October 8 Graves Library

Topic 2: Afghanistan — all you didn’t know about the country and the longest war in United States history. I’ll tell that story from personal experience and Afghanistan’s history, complete with a burqa (burka), a Taliban turban, and a Tajik-style Pakul (hat), each of which you can touch and wear.
noon to 2 Tuesdays — October 15, 22 and 29 Graves Library
Your Instructor: Lou Salome
Lou is the author of “Violence, Veils and Bloodlines: Reporting from War zones in Europe, Asia and Africa”. He earned a BS from the College of the Holy Cross and a MA from Boston College. He is a retired COX Newspapers reporter who has covered the conflicts in Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Middle East.
Online registration is required; please visit: https://south-coast-senior-college.coursestorm.com/course/2-topics-jackie-robinson-the-longest-war-in-us-history-the-logest-war
or call South Coast Senior College at 274-3105.
The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 967-2778 or visit our website at www.graveslibrary.org.

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9 @ 9:00 AM
2024-10-09 09:00 - 10:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
We invite you to join us on Wednesday, October 9th at 9:00 am for our inaugural “Community Connections” session. This hour will feature coffee and conversation with Town Clerk Tracey O’Roak at Graves Library. Tracey will discuss the upcoming election in an informal setting. Come meet Kennebunkport’s Town Clerk and gain insight into the voting process. Light refreshments will be provided!
Following this event, each month will bring a new member of our Town’s government to share updates and essential information. For further details about Community Connections, please contact the Library at 967-2778. The Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport.

MORNING BOOK GROUP
2024-10-10 09:45 - 11:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Morning Book Group
In October, the group will be discussing When We Were the Kennedys by Monica Wood. This group meets on the second Thursday of every month at 9:45 in the Dow Room. New members are always welcome. For further information, please call 967-2778.

Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport www.graveslibrary.org.

RICHARD RUSSO AND TOM PERROTTA @ VINEGAR HILL - OCTOBER 16 @ 5 PM
2024-10-16 17:00 - 20:00 | Vinegar Hill Music Theater, 53 Old Post Road, Arundel, Maine 04046, 53 Old Post Road, Arundel, ME, 04046, United States
RICHARD RUSSO AND TOM PERROTTA

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2024
Vinegar Hill Music Theater, 53 Old Post Road, Arundel
Reserved seat admission ticket is $50-$60
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A (cash bar) cocktail hour and book sales will start at 5 PM followed by an intimate conversation with award-winning authors at 6:30 pm.
Graves Library is thrilled to welcome acclaimed author Richard Russo back to the Vinegar Hill stage. He will be joined by bestselling author Tom Perrotta for an evening of lively conversation on October 16 at 5:00 PM. Reserved seating tickets are on sale now at vinhillmusic.com for $50-$60.
Join us for food and drinks before the show in the outdoor garden prior to the event.
The night’s food truck is Vintage Dogs – featuring a spread of specialty hot dogs (including vegan ones!), sandwiches, and fries!
Print: A Bookstore will be selling a variety of the authors’ works during the first hour of the event.
Book signing with authors following the event.
Tom Perrotta is the bestselling author of ten works of fiction, including “Election” and “Little Children”, both of which were made into Oscar-nominated films, and “The Leftovers” and “Mrs. Fletcher”, which were adapted into critically acclaimed HBO series. His other books include “Bad Haircut”, “The Wishbones”, “Joe College”, “The Abstinence Teacher”, “Nine Inches”, and his newest, “Tracy Flick Can’t Win”. Perrotta lives outside Boston.
Richard Russo is the author of ten acclaimed novels, including “Everybody’s Fool” and “That Old Cape Magic”; two collections of stories; and the memoir “Elsewhere”. In 2002, he received the Pulitzer Prize for “Empire Falls”, which, like “Nobody’s Fool”, was adapted into a multiple-award-winning miniseries; in 2017, he received France’s Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine. His novel, “Somebody’s Fool” was released in July 2023.
Graves Memorial Library thanks Vinegar Hill Music Theatre for their continued generosity in sponsoring this event.
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre is located at: 53 Old Post Road, Arundel, Maine 04046, Tel: 207-985-5552. The proceeds of all tickets sold benefit the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library.
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