LET'S GO FISHING ~ MAY 21 @ 3:15
2025-05-21 15:15 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Let’s go Fishing!
Wednesday, May 21, from 3:15-4:00 PM
Our beloved fishing pool is back! Join us for everything fishy! Card games, crafts, stories, & more!

The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 207-967-2778 and ask for the Junior Room or visit www.graveslibrary.org.

AUTHOR TALK WITH LOCAL AUTHOR ANDY YOUNG - MAY 21 @ 5:30 PM
2025-05-21 17:30 - 18:30
LIFE IN 600 WORDS BY ANDY YOUNG
Back by popular demand, our friend and author Andy Young will be here at Graves Library on Wednesday, May 21 @ 5:30 pm to read from his new collection of stories, Life in 600 Words.
Mr. Young is a familiar face at Kennebunk High School, where he is in his 24th year as a teacher of English and literacy. Before that, he worked as a play-by-play announcer for several minor-league professional baseball and hockey teams. Young has done everything from digging ditches and washing dishes to selling athletic footwear and Christmas trees (though not at the same time). He and his three children live in Cumberland.
Copies of Andy’s new book will be for sale and signing at the event. Please call the Library for further details 207-967-2778.
The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, Maine.

WINE TASTING & ART RAFFLE ~ MAY 22 @ 5:00 PM
2025-05-22 17:00 - 19:00
Join us on Thursday, May 22 at 5:00 p.m. for a very special wine tasting and unveiling of the art for our raffle fundraiser.

Local wine experts Lani Dietz and Betsy Ross will guide us through the program with ideas, pairings, and educational tidbits of the selected wines from around the globe.

A suggested donation for this program is $30 pp. Please call the Library 207-967-2778 to register; space is limited for this event.
One hundred percent of the proceeds will benefit Graves Library.
You Won’t Want to Miss it!

The print for the raffle is by Gretchen Huber. Gretchen Huber Warren has been exhibiting her work in galleries nationwide for over four decades. She has sold over 950 original pieces to collectors and corporations. She has participated in a wide variety of nationally juried shows. She also licenses her images for reproduction as limited edition prints, calendars, cards, and puzzles. Locally, her work has been displayed at The Wright Gallery in Cape Porpoise since 1986.

Gretchen’s oil paintings showcase an illustrator’s storytelling ability combined with an artist’s eye for composition and beauty. Gretchen’s paintings are distinguished by vibrant colors, striking light effects, and clear lines, giving them immediacy and a sense of presence. She enjoys capturing interesting scenes, whether they are a bucket of flowers, frogs in a pond, or a vintage gas station.

DEATH CAFE - WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 @ 9:00 AM
2025-05-28 09:00 - 10:00
Please join us for our Death Café – Community, Conversation, and Coffee. We will be meeting in the Community Room from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
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.

EVENING BOOK GROUP - MAY 29 @ 5:00 PM
2025-05-29 17:00 - 18:00
Evening Book Group
Join us on Thursday, May 29, at 5:00 p.m. for this month’s book group. The book this month is James by Percival Everett. All are welcome to attend.

Please give us a call at 207-967-2778 for more information on this event and other upcoming reads.

MOVIE NIGHT AT GRAVES LIBRARY - MAY 29 @ 6:45 PM
2025-05-29 18:45 - 20:30
We hope you will join us in the Community Room for our monthly movie night! Bring your family and friends, it’s always a fun time. Enjoy beverages and popcorn. Let us know if you have any questions 207-967-2778.

MAY FURRY TALES
2025-05-30 10:00 - 10:30
Furry Tales Story Time
We are so excited to partner with the Animal Welfare Society of Kennebunk for a very special story time. A coloring craft will follow. Preschoolers and their families explore the exciting world of animals with stories, playtime, crafts, songs, movement, and plenty of animal time. Each visit is a new adventure!

For further information, please call 207-967-2778 and ask for the Junior Department or visit our website at www.graveslibrary.org.

PAINT BY NUMBERS CLUB
2025-06-04 12:15 - 13:30
Paint by Numbers Club
Wednesday, from 12:15-1:30 PM
Join Ms. Terri and work on your own paint by number. Meet some new friends too!

The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 207-967-2778 and ask for the Junior Room or visit www.graveslibrary.org.

LOCAL AUTHOR - ALBERT WAITT - THURSDAY, JUNE 5 @ 6:00 PM
2025-06-05 18:00 - 19:00
We are so thrilled to welcome back local author and friend of Graves Library Albert Waitt on Thursday, June 5 @ 6:00 pm. Mr. Waitt will be reading from his new book Springbrookville, the third in his LT Nichols mystery series. Copies of the book will be for sale and signing after the reading.

The first in the series, The Ruins of Woodman’s Village, was published in 2023, followed by Flood Tide in 2024. Waitt is a graduate of Bates College and the Creative Writing Program at Boston University. His short fiction has appeared in The Literary Review, Third Coast, The Beloit Fiction Journal, Words and Images, and other publications. His first novel, Summer to Fall was published in 2013 by Barrel Fire Press.

The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 207-967-2778 or visit our website at www.graveslibrary.org.

ON THE NIGHTSTAND - BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
2025-06-07 09:00 - 10:00
Please join us for some coffee and conversation. This group will meet in the Dow Room.
Bring a book that is currently being read on your nightstand. 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
2025-06-07 10:00 - 11:00
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 207-967-2778 and ask for the Junior Room or visit www.graveslibrary.org.

JUST HISTORY PROJECT - SATURDAY, JUNE 7 @ 1:00 PM
2025-06-07 13:00 - 14:00
We are pleased to welcome Kennebunk resident Bill Grabin to Graves Library on Saturday, June 7 @ 1:00 pm to give us an overview of the Just History Project Website recently launched by the Brick Store Museum. Mr. Grabin will go through the goals of the JHP website and how to contribute to this ongoing resource.
The Just History Project website, an initiative aimed at uncovering and documenting the often-overlooked histories of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in Kennebunk and the surrounding towns of Wells, Kennebunkport and Arundel, has been launched by the Brick Store Museum. The resulting Just History Database can be found on the Museum’s website at www.brickstoremuseum.org/justhistory. The site intends to tell the stories of individuals who lived in the region before European colonization and through periods of enslavement and oppression.
The project will continue to expand as new information is uncovered, continuously offering a more complete picture of the region’s past. The Museum welcomes contributions regarding individuals that could be added, or related information. The Database includes hundreds of people; as well as a search and index page. Additionally, the website contains a section for research articles that complement and expand on the information included in the database. It is designed to be an educational resource for students, researchers, and community members alike. Work to develop the technology behind the database was supported by a grant from the Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation and additional advisory contributions from the Museum’s community partner BBsquared.
The complex relationships between interconnected groups dramatically shaped this region’s past, and continue to impact us today. Through extensive research now published in the online database, the project has uncovered hundreds of names and stories of people whose lives were previously undocumented or forgotten.
“When I began this project, I did not anticipate how many stories I would uncover and how many of the early settlers of our towns would be involved. I was particularly impacted by the primary source documents that I was able to locate,” said lead researcher Bill Grabin. For more information about the Just History Project or to access the database, please visit www.brickstoremuseum.org/justhistory.
The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, Maine. Parking for this event is available at Consolidated School (Route 9) and the Village Fire Station (North Street). Doors open at 12:30 pm

The above photo is from the New Hampshire Gazette and Historical Chronicle, appearing in the December 30, 1774, January 6, 1775 and January 13, 1775 editions.

GANNY'S GARDEN STORY TIME
2025-06-08 12:30 - 14:00
Join us at Ganny’s Garden at the Trust River Green in Kennebunkport on Sunday, June 8, for a Family Story time in honor of Barbara Bush’s 100th birthday. We will read stories and have fun with different activities, from crafts to photos taken with the Little Blue Truck. Free materials are available for families to take home to continue reading, learning, and playing together. Story times: “Little Blue Truck” at 12:30, “The Day You Begin” at 1:30. This program is a collaboration with the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. This event is part of Kennebunkport’s community birthday celebration of Barbara Bush. Ganny’s Garden is located on the corner of Greene Street and Ocean Avenue, Kennebunkport. For further information, please visit our website at www.graveslibrary.org.

The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 207-967-2778 and ask for the Junior Room or visit www.graveslibrary.org.

PORTSIDE READERS PRESENTS - WEEKLY READINGS
2025-06-11 19:00 - 19:30, 2025-06-18 19:00 - 19:30
Who Does Not Like to be Read a Story?
Remember how great it was to be read to as a child? Now you can relive that joyful experience as an adult! Just tune us in and tune out the world for a few minutes of well-chosen words. Graves Library presents a merry band of readers to share a story, maybe some music, or parts of a play each Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm on Facebook, Youtube, and the local cable channel (#1301).

Tune in, sit back, and listen to a diverse mix of quality stories, poems, tales, essays, drama, songs and more by the Portside Readers, a small group of local actors, writers, book club members and a musician who love the written word and want to share the joys of reading and listening. Readers include Steven Price, Val Reid, Bob Danzilo, Karen Stathoplos, Cynthia Graves, Bob Domine, Joe Foster, Bart Weyand, Nancy Viehmann and Pam Thompson.
You are in for a real treat!

MORNING BOOK GROUP
2025-06-12 09:45 - 11:00
Morning Book Group
The group will be discussing Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. This group meets on the second Thursday of every month at 9:45 in the Dow Room. For further information, please call 967-2778.

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

OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE INFORMATIONAL SESSION
2025-06-12 17:30 - 18:30
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Informational Session
We are very excited to welcome members of OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) to Graves Library on Thursday, June 12, at 5:30 PM to give us an overview of the upcoming courses and workshops offered at the University of Southern Maine campus in Portland. These courses are offered to anyone over the age of 50 with a curious mind and an interest in learning just for the joy of it. OLLI at USM is committed to providing its members with a wide variety of stimulating courses, lectures, workshops, and complementary activities in a creative, inclusive environment.

The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 207-967-2778 or visit our website at www.graveslibrary.org.

A DOUBLE EXPOSURE - BOOK LAUNCH - JUNE 17 @ 5:30 PM
2025-06-17 17:30 - 19:00
A “DOUBLE EXPOSURE” – BOOK LAUNCH – JUNE 17 @ 5:30 PM

We are so excited to welcome Bob Dennis and Jim Groleau to Graves Library on Tuesday, June 17 @ 5:30 pm for a special book launch of their joint venture, Cape Porpoise, Portrait of a Maine Fishing Village. Bob and Jim will be here to sell and sign copies of their book that is hitting store shelves now! This 84-page keepsake is filled with 130 color photos of sunrises, sunsets, and seasons. We hope you will join us for this special event!

Bob and Jim are not just good friends. Both began pursuing their passion for photography after successful careers in the business world. After living most of their lives in other New England states, both chose Kennebunkport. Bob Dennis has been active in photography for several decades and has published 25 annual Kennebunkport calendars and several books. Since beginning to show his photos in recent years, Jim Groleau has gained an enthusiastic following for his work and displays his photos in local galleries.

The photographers love shooting all over Kennebunkport and in other parts of Maine but they have a special passion for their hometown of Cape Porpoise. They appreciate and respect the villages’ long and glorious maritime traditions. Whether it is the dazzling sunrises and sunsets, the lobster boats in the harbor, the majesty of Goat Island Light, or the colorful changing of the seasons, Bob and Jim are there to capture the beauty throughout the year.

CHILDREN'S CRAFT ADVENTURE
2025-06-25 14:15 - 15:30
Children’s Craft Adventure on Wednesday, June 25, from 2:15 to 3:15 PM
Decorate your summer reading bag with paint, gems, and stickers. All supplies are provided. All ages welcome; please pre-register.

The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 207-967-2778 or visit our website at www.graveslibrary.org.

EVENING BOOK GROUP - JUNE 26 @ 5:00 PM
2025-06-26 17:00 - 18:00
Evening Book Group
Join us on Thursday, June 26, at 5:00 p.m. for this month’s book group. The book this month is Forgotten on Sunday by Valerie Perrin. All are welcome to attend.

Please give us a call at 207-967-2778 for more information on this event and other upcoming reads.

JUNE FURRY TALES
2025-06-27 10:00 - 10:30

MARY-LOU'S RETIREMENT - OPEN HOUSE - JUNE 28 - 2:00 PM TO 5:00 PM
2025-06-28 14:00 - 17:00

SPARKS ARK - SOLD OUT!
2025-07-01 10:30 - 11:30
Sparks Ark
This event is sold out.
Please check out our other Summer Reading Adventure Programs!

Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 207-967-2778 or visit our website at www.graveslibrary.org.

WIN THIS FRAMED PRINT- A FUNDRAISER FOR GRAVES LIBRARY
2025-07-08 16:00 - 17:00
Win a framed print “Zinnias” by Gretchen Huber Warren, 3 raffle tickets for only $20!

Gretchen Huber Warren’s oil paintings showcase an illustrator’s storytelling ability combined with an artist’s eye for composition and beauty. Her “Zinnias” painting, distinguished by vibrant colors and striking light effects, captures the essence and beauty of a summer day, year-round. Drawing for this framed print will take place at the beginning of July. Tickets are 3 for $20 and are available for purchase at 18 Maine Street in Kennebunkport. All proceeds will go to support the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library.

*The winner is responsible for shipping and handling costs (if applicable).

MORNING BOOK GROUP
2025-07-10 09:45 - 11:00
Morning Book Group
The group will be discussing James by Percival Everett & Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. This group meets on the second Thursday of every month at 9:45 in the Dow Room. For further information, please call 967-2778.

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

AUTHOR STEVE HREHOVCIK ~ JULY 10, 10:30 AM
2025-07-10 10:30 - 11:30
Maine author Steve Hrehovcik will be here to read his book “The Rabbit Said to the Bird” on July 10 from 10:30-11:30 AM. Told in playful verse and brought to life with vivid illustrations, this enchanting story invites readers to imagine what animals might discover—not only about themselves, but maybe even about someone they know. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing.

The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport. For more information call 207-967-2778.

MARK GUNTER, JANET WENTWORTH & MARY KENNEDY CONCERT - JULY 10 AT 6 PM
2025-07-10 18:00 - 19:00
Mark Gunter, Janet Wentworth & Mary Kennedy Concert
Join us for some good vibes and live music in the garden on Thursday, July 10, at 6 PM. Graves Library Summer Music Series. Bring your friends, bring your chair, sit back, tap your feet, and listen to some local beat. Mark, Mary, and Janet are part of a variety of bands in the area playing country blues and jazz with keyboard and vocals. 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. Parking is available on Maine Street or at Consolidated School. Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library,18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 967-2778 or visit our website at www.graveslibrary.org.

PETER BOIE MAGIC SHOW
2025-07-16 10:30 - 11:30
Peter Boie Magic Show
Mind-blowing magic and side-splitting comedy on Wednesday, July 16, at 10:30 AM. Peter first became fascinated with magic at the age of eleven when he stumbled across a magic book at his local library. He now travels around the country performing his award-winning magic that will defy your reality. An award-winning show for “groovy” people of all ages. Pre-registration is required at 207-967-2778.

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

LISA MILLS & DON WESSELS CONCERT - JULY 16 AT 6 PM
2025-07-16 18:00 - 19:00
Lisa Mills & Don Wessels – July 16 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! Lisa Mills and Don Wessels will wow us with duets. 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.

WRITE ON
2025-07-17 15:00 - 16:00
Write about the place where you grew up. The sights, the smells, the sounds. In a short memoir. In a poem or a song.
Write about today. Your worst fear or your greatest hope for the future.
Or… share what you are working on now.
The muse hasn’t visited in a while? Participate by simply listening and sharing your thoughts.
It’s Summer! Let us move forward and WRITE ON!
THURSDAY 3 PM Enjoy putting pen to paper with your thoughts and stories. Join us for a different kind of writing group. We will discuss our findings, share our writing, and learn about our unique inner talents when we meet! Creative writing prompts will be given at the end of each meeting.

The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 207-967-2778 or visit our website at www.graveslibrary.org.
