Louis T Graves Memorial Public Library

MAINE AUTHOR BRUCE ROBERT COFFIN - JUNE 15 @ 2:00 PM
2024-06-15 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
THE PATSY BRAY MAHONEY LECTURE SERIES PRESENTS
Maine Author/Mystery Writer Bruce Robert Coffin will be here on Saturday, June 15 at 2:00 pm to read from his latest novel, The Cardinal’s Curse. This is the second book in the Turner and Mosley Series.

An enigmatic invitation lures tech genius Avery Turner and thrill-seeker Carter Mosley away from their recent groundbreaking discovery of the General’s Gold, offering them a chance to join an expedition on the cutting edge of science. Drawn into the heart of Antarctica, they pursue a legendary shipwreck that is fabled to house the long-lost crown jewels of Norway. As they plunge into the quest, chilling tales of centuries-old curses and an unsolved murder emerge, hinting at connections more profound and perilous than they ever imagined. With a stolen treasure worth millions at stake and the fate of the scientific expedition in question, Carter must complete the most dangerous dive of his life in the harshest conditions on the planet. As suspicious sabotage cripples their equipment and unforeseen dangers intensify, the duo depend on Avery’s innovative technology and their unwavering trust in each other. But amidst the ice, their gravest challenge might become determining friend from foe.
Bruce Robert Coffin is the award-winning author of the Detective Byron Mysteries. Former detective sergeant with more than twenty-seven years in law enforcement, he is the winner of Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion Awards for Best Procedural, and Best Investigator, and the Maine Literary Award for Best Crime Fiction Novel. Bruce was also a finalist for the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel. His short fiction appears in a number of anthologies, including Best American Mystery Stories 2016. [Seven Rivers Publishing]

Copies of the books will also be available for sale and signing after the event. 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.

SUMMER READING PROGRAM ~ READ, RENEW, REPEAT
2024-06-17 03:15 - 16:00
Summer Reading Program
Monday, June 17, 3:15 PM
Pick up the summer flyer, sign up for our summer events, and explore the showcase of new books from toddler to high school. Be sure to check out the butterflies we are raising to release!

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.

BUTTERFLY TOTE
2024-06-18 13:00 - 14:00
Butterfly Tote Bag
Tuesday, June 18, 1 PM
Local artist Marguerite Genest will teach children how to paint a butterfly on a tote bag. This program is for ages eight and up. Pre-registration is required. All supplies provided.

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

AN EVENING WITH AMERICAN AUTHOR, JOURNALIST, AND PROFESSOR PAUL HENDRICKSON - JUNE 20 @ 5:00 PM
2024-06-20 17:00 - 19:30
Author Paul Hendrickson

We are thrilled to welcome celebrated author Paul Hendrickson to our 13th annual Author Event on June 20 at 5:00 PM at the historic Kennebunk River Club Casino, 116 Ocean Avenue in Kennebunkport. Purchase tickets online at Eventbrite.
Paul Hendrickson is an American author, journalist, and professor. His eighth book, Fighting the Night, will be published on May 7, 2024. It is an account of his father flying Black Widow night fighters on Iwo Jima in the last part of World War II. The book will come out on the twenty-first anniversary of his father’s death.
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE!
He is the author of the 2011 New York Times best seller and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost. For the 2004 book Bound for Glory: America in Color 1939-43, Hendrickson wrote the introduction and accompanying text. In 2003, he won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and Its Legacy. His 1996 work about Vietnam, The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War, was a finalist for the National Book Award. He is the recipient of writing fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Lyndhurst Foundation, and the Alicia Patterson Foundation. Before joining the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, Hendrickson was a staff feature writer at the Washington Post from 1977 to 2001.
Hendrickson was born in California but grew up in the Midwest and in a Catholic seminary in the Deep South, where he studied for seven years for the missionary priesthood. This became the subject of his first book, published in 1983: Seminary: A Search. He is also the author of Looking for the Light: The Hidden Life and Art of Marion Post Wolcott, a finalist for the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award.
In 2009, Hendrickson was a joint visiting professor of documentary practice at Duke University and of American studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Hendrickson has degrees in English from St. Louis University and Pennsylvania State University. He is married and has two grown sons and lives with his wife, Cecilia, outside Philadelphia.
“We are honored to have Mr. Hendrickson join us this year,” said Graves Library Executive Director Mary-Lou Boucouvalas. “We are also extremely grateful for the wonderful community support provided by our event sponsors. One hundred percent of the funds raised will support the ongoing operations of the Library.”
This special fundraiser is being underwritten by Spinnaker Trust, along with the Kennebunk River Club, Lupine Books, Allyn and Norma Lamb, Mike and Denise Iafolla, Robert and Marjie Dennis, Mutasia, Billy and Rosemary Shore, John and Mary Mills, Tom and Sarah Vander Schaaff, Kitchen Chicks Catering, the Colony Hotel, Anne and Ken Raynor, Edison Press, Hurlbutt Designs, Schooner Eleanor, SoPo Wine Company, Maine & Vine, and the Wine House on Main.
The ticket price of $75 includes an autographed copy of Fighting the Night. Tickets can be purchased at Graves Library and online through Eventbrite. Call (207) 967-2778 or visit our website at www.graveslibrary.org for more information. Seating is limited.

PROGRAM FOR THE EVENING

5:00 PM – 5:45 PM DOORS OPEN PROMPTLY AT 5:00 PM. RECEPTION WITH WINE AND LIGHT REFRESHMENT
5:50 PM – 6:00 PM WELCOME and THANK YOU TO SPONSORS

6:00 PM – 6:10 PM ANNOUNCEMENT OF JOYCE BUTLER STUDENT HISTORY AWARD

6:10 PM – 6:15 PM INTRODUCTION OF PAUL HENDRICKSON

6:15 PM – 7:00 PM INTERVIEW WITH PAUL HENDRICKSON

7:00 PM – 7:30 PM BOOK SIGNING

STAY & PLAY
2024-06-21 10:45 - 11:30, 2024-06-28 10:45 - 11:30, 2024-07-05 10:45 - 11:30, 2024-07-12 10:45 - 11:30, 2024-07-19 10:45 - 11:30, 2024-07-26 10:45 - 11:30, 2024-08-02 10:45 - 11:30
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.

RETIREMENT READINESS
2024-06-26 09:00 - 10:00
Retirement Readiness on Wednesday, June 26, 9 AM
A panel of professionals will discuss Medicare Basics, Financial Health, Physical Health, Real Estate, and Travel. Understanding all the different aspects of retirement, along with good preparation, will ensure that your “Golden Years” are purpose-driven and meaningful and that you leave the legacy you desire.

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.

CANADIAN/MAINE AUTHOR SUSAN D. HANNAFORD - JUNE 26 @ 6:00 PM
2024-06-26 18:00 - 19:30
We are so excited to welcome back Susan Doherty Hannaford for the launch of her third book, Monday Rent Boy. Susan will be here at the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport on Wednesday, June 26 at 6:00 pm. This event is free and open to the public. A reception with light refreshments will follow.

Susan has a Bachelor of Science from Concordia University and studied journalism at Ryerson University where she was recommended for a job at Macleans Magazine. After Macleans, she worked in Paris, France for a digital publishing company, Atex France, freelancing for The International Herald Tribune, La Tribune de Genève, La Suisse, and the Independent in London UK. Back in Canada, she started her own company, On Location Productions, and for 18 years worked in advertising. During that time, she studied creative writing at the University of Toronto, and Concordia University. Susan has numerous volunteer affiliations: the YMCA and the Douglas Institute and was a long-serving board member of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. She was a board member of the Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF) in Montreal, and Nazareth Community, serving men and women with addictions and mental illness. As a committed volunteer, she works with patients suffering from psychosis through Montreal’s Douglas Institute and has done significant research in the area of bipolar illness and paranoid schizophrenia. In Toronto, she created an annual event for the Royal Conservatory of Music, in a sustained effort to raise their endowment to allow all Canadian would-be professional musicians to study on full bursary.
Premise of Monday Rent Boy:
At eight years of age, Arthur Barnes and Ernie Castlefrank find themselves on the same altar boy at St. Nick’s, a situation that readies an unlikely friendship. Father Zipernowski— a pastor referred to as The Zipper, has given both boys a sterling crucifix that marks them as children conditioned to provide sexual favors for clergy members in the counties of Somerset and Avon. As Ernie and Arthur slip into lives of petty degeneracy; dope-smoking thieves who steal from the collection plate, local shops, parked cars, and department stores in nearby Bristol, they laugh off their inner humiliation without ever speaking publicly, or privately about what has been happening in the vestry. Arthur’s book-thieving leads to an unlikely partnership with Marina Phillips, the owner of the town bookshop. He has the chance to reinvent himself as a young book critic with eyes to becoming an English major, a professor, and a scholar. Ernie’s leg-up comes in the form of a pawnshop owner, a man with a desire to profit from the exploitation of children in The Pint Room, a website on the Internet.

For more information, please call 967-2778 or visit our website: www.graveslibrary.org

EVENING BOOK GROUP
2024-06-27 17:00 - 18:00
Evening Book Group
Join us on Thursday, June 27th, for this month’s book group. All are welcome to attend. For June, the group is reading Women in White Coats.

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

LEGO BINGO & BUILD
2024-07-02 13:00 - 14:00
Lego Bingo & Build
Bring your imagination for an hour of fun. Imagine, Build, Create! Play bingo and build Legos! Music, snacks, prizes and more.

This program is for elementary-aged students. Please give us a call to register at 967-2778.

2023 THE YEAR IN PHOTOS - PORTLAND PRESS HERALD
2024-07-02 17:00 - 18:30
Portland Press Herald 2023 The Year in Photos
“The best photojournalists carefully observe the world. They notice authentic details and bring them to us in ways we are unable to forget. Photographs can pinpoint what we have in common, what is worth our investment, our hope, our struggle, and our fight.”
Join us for an opening reception with light refreshments on Tuesday, July 2, 5:00-6:30 PM

ON THE NIGHTSTAND - BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
2024-07-06 09:00 - 10:00
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
2024-07-06 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 967-2778 and ask for the Junior Room or visit www.graveslibrary.org.

BUTTERFLY HOUSES
2024-07-11 10:30 - 11:30
Butterfly Houses on Thursday, July 11 at 10:30 AM
Assemble a wooden butterfly house, then decorate it with paint, markers, and stickers. All ages. Pre-registration is required. All supplies provided.

The 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.

SECRET GARDENS OF THE KENNEBUNKS - JULY 13 - 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
2024-07-13 10:00 - 15:00
According to Cicero, “if you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”

Purchase tickets at Consolidated School on Saturday, July 13

We are very pleased to announce that Graves Library’s Secret Gardens of the Kennebunks will be held again on Saturday, July 13, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (rain or shine). Six homeowners have agreed to open their private gardens for this one day only to help raise money for the Library. Tickets are $40 each. “Day-of” tickets will only be available for sale at Consolidated School.
On the day of the event, ticket holders should begin at Kennebunkport Consolidated School, 25 School Street, to pick up their map and any instructions.
A detailed map revealing the secret locations of the six participating properties will be provided to all ticket holders on the day of the tours. Visitors will be treated to a wide variety of garden styles and plant types amid lovely natural settings hidden from view behind stone walls, seaside cottages, and privacy hedges. Volunteers will be located at each garden to help with questions and where to park.
This year, we are also offering a special addition to the tour. If you are looking for a delicious option for lunch, our friends from Texas Grace will be here with their food truck. We encourage you to use the bathrooms and shop at our pop-up garden boutique. Other bathroom options are located behind Alisson’s Restaurant in Dock Square.
All proceeds for this event benefit the Graves Memorial Public Library. Please call us with any questions. (207) 967-2778.

NATURE AS MY MUSE ~ CENTER FOR WILDLIFE
2024-07-18 14:30 - 15:30
Nature is My Muse with the Center for Wildlife
Nature as my muse. The Center for Wildlife will present an hour of wildlife education and art featuring live animals as models. The Center for Wildlife is a private, non-profit conservation medicine and environmental education organization located in Cape Neddick, ME. Pre-registration is required for ages 6+.

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

DANA PEARSON CONCERT
2024-07-18 18:00 - 19:00
Dana Pearson Concert
Join us on Thursday, July 18, at 6 PM. Join us for some good vibes and live music in the garden at Graves Library Summer Music Series. Bring your friends, bring your chair, sit back, tap your feet, and listen to some local beat. Dana is a guitarist and plays a little bit of everything. 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. For further information, please call 967-2778.

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

MAINE CHILDREN'S AUTHOR ~ JENNIFER COMEAU
2024-07-24 10:30 - 11:30
Author Jennifer Comeau Wednesday, July 24 at 10:30 AM
Maine author Jennifer Comeau is joining us to read her book “The Inside of ME”, a rhyming story that connects the natural world through a child’s eyes. 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 and ask for the Junior Room or visit www.graveslibrary.org.

EVENING BOOK GROUP
2024-07-25 17:00 - 18:00
Evening Book Group
Join us on Thursday, July 25th, for this month’s book group. All are welcome to attend. For July, the group is reading The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen.

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

AUTHOR DIANE MADDEN
2024-07-26 14:00 - 15:00
Author Diane Madden on Friday, July 26 at 2 PM.
Maine author Diane Madden will be here to read her book “The Story of Neeps and Tattie”, which is about two tortoises that were rescued near the shore of Loch Ness. Come learn all about turtles and tortoises. 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 and ask for the Junior Room or visit www.graveslibrary.org.

NATIVE SEED POPS
2024-07-30 14:00 - 15:00
Create seed pops with Native Maine Wildflowers. When conditions are right, seed pops break down and sprout into plants. Fun for all ages. For further information, please call 967-2778 and ask for the Junior Room.

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

AUTHOR BEN BARROWMAN ~ PARMESAN PIG
2024-08-01 10:30 - 11:30
Author Ben Barrowman on Thursday, August 1 at 10:30 AM.
Parmesan Pig is back! Listen to the latest story in the series. Young readers will learn how to distinguish facts from opinions in enjoyable ways. Copies of the books 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 and ask for the Junior Room or visit www.graveslibrary.org.

MAINE AUTHOR MATT COST - AUGUST 1 @ 5:30 PM
2024-08-01 17:30 - 18:30
BOOK LAUNCH OF CITY GONE ASKEW – AUGUST 1st @ 5:30 PM

We hope you will join us for the launch of Maine Author Matt Cost’s newest book here at the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport on Thursday, August 1 at 5:30 pm. Cost’s talk will feature his latest release in the Brooklyn 8 Ballo PI Series City Gone Askew. Cost is the highly acclaimed, award-winning author of the Mainely Mystery series. The first book in that series, Mainely Power, was selected as the Maine Humanities Council Read ME Fiction Book of 2020. I Am Cuba: Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution was his first traditionally published novel.

Matt Cost was a history major at Trinity College. He owned a mystery bookstore, a video store, and a gym, before serving a ten-year sentence as a junior high school teacher. In 2014 he was released and began writing. And that’s what he does. He writes histories and mysteries. Cost now lives in Brunswick, Maine, with his wife, Harper. There are four grown children: Brittany, Pearson, Miranda, and Ryan. A chocolate Lab and a basset hound round out the mix. He now spends his days at the computer, writing.

Copies of the book will be for sale and signing after the discussion. For more information, please give us a call at 967-2778.

LISA MILLS, JIM O'NEIL, and BYON YEATTS CONCERT
2024-08-07 18:00 - 19:00
Lisa Mills, Jim O’Neil, and Byon Yeatts Concert on Wednesday, August 7 at 6 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. Lisa Mills, Jim O’Neil, and Byon Yeatts sing 3-part harmonies of hits from the ‘60s through the turn of the century, plus a few 21st-century songs now qualifying as oldies. You’ll enjoy bluesy originals to cookin’ covers from Sinatra to Sting, Jobin to Adele, and Muddy to Drake. 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.

AUTHOR VISIT WITH MAUREEN LEE AND JENNIFER COOLEY
2024-08-08 13:00 - 14:00
We are very excited to host local authors Maureen Lee and Jennifer Cooley, to read from their latest children’s book in their A Puppy in Maine series, on Thursday, August 8 @ 1:00 in the Community Room. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing. Please call 967-2778 to register for this program.
Maureen Lee is a primary care physician who first fell in love with Maine while attending medical school in Biddeford, Maine, at the University of New England. She enjoys reading and traveling in her home state, as well as making time for bird-watching, hiking, photography, and painting.
Jennifer Cooley is a teacher in Kennebunk, Maine. Raised in Maine, she received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in education from Cedarville University in Ohio. Jenny loves to read, paint, travel, and go on adventures with Summer.
Summer is a fun-loving Golden Retriever pup who loves living in Maine and spending most of her time at outside. Some of her favorite hobbies include jumping in the waves at the ocean, spying on the neighbors, and stealing socks.
