MONTHLY MOVIE NIGHT AT GRAVES LIBRARY
2023-10-26 18:45 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Monthly Movie Night! Join us for a great night of theater, snacks, and friends on Thursday, October 26 at 6:45 PM in the Community Room.
Join us for our monthly movie night. All are welcome to attend. Bring a buddy to this heartwarming buddy film, The Peanut Butter Falcon. Light refreshments will be served.

Film discussion and informative opportunity. 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.

HALLOWEEN PARADE STORY TIME
2023-10-27 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
Spooktacular Story Time
Wear your costume to this Halloween Parade story time on Friday, October 27 at 10:00 AM. We’ll have a special craft and treats, it’ll be adoraboo! 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 our website at www.graveslibrary.org.

THE AGING BRAIN
2023-10-31 14:00 - 15:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Tuesday, October 31 at 2 PM. The Aging Brain – A talk about ways to stay healthy, reduce risk, and live well with dementia. There will be an overview of “dementia worry” or the anxiety one might have about a dementia diagnosis. Grace Simonson is a medical student on the board of the Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Club at UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine. Susan Wehry is a board-certified geriatric psychiatrist with almost 40 years of experience. She is the director of AgingME, a GWEP, to create a more age-friendly health system. 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.

SCOOBY DOO HALLOWEEN
2023-10-31 15:00 - 17:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Scooby Doo and Mystery Inc
Scooby dooby doo where are you? He’s at the Graves Library with all your treats! Visit Scooby and the gang from 3-5:00 on Halloween for a treat, no tricks. Pose with Scooby and the Mystery Machine for a photo. 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 our website at www.graveslibrary.org.

TRICK OR TREAT AT THE GRAVES
2023-10-31 15:00 - 17:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Trick or Treat at the Graves!
Thursday, October 31, from 3 to 5 PM
A friendly witch, a Sumo Wrestler, and more characters will be giving out treats.

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 our website at www.graveslibrary.org.

POTATO PALS
2023-11-01 13:00 - 13:30 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Potato Pals
New this November, come design your own Potato Pal. How can you participate? Come to the Library, select a potato, take it home, and transform it into a favorite character. Bring it back to the Library to go on display. It’s that easy! Potatoes will be available starting November 1 with spudtacular prizes awarded by November 30. 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.

BLUE ZONES
2023-11-02 09:00 - 10:30 | ME
Blue Zones
Community screening and discussion Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones. Join us to view and discuss a four-part documentary featuring Dan Buettner as he discovers five unique communities where people live long and vibrant lives. Dan Buettner is an explorer and best-selling author who has studied Blue Zones for twenty years. This documentary features five regions across the globe with the highest number of centenarians or people who live to 100. All screenings will be at the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, from 9-10:30 AM.
Wednesday, October 4, “The Journey Begins”
Thursday, October 12, “An Unexpected Discovery”
Wednesday, October 25, “The End of Blue Zones?”
Thursday, November 2, “The Future of Longevity”

JOURNALIST SHANNON MULLEN AND GUEST GOVERNOR JANET MILLS - NOVEMBER 5 - 2:00 PM
2023-11-05 14:00 - 15:30 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
We hope you will join us on Sunday, November 5 at 2:00 p.m. for a very special event. Journalist Shannon Mullen will be here (with a special appearance by Governor Janet Mills) to talk about her book In Other Words, Leadership: How a Young Mother’s Weekly Letters to Her Governor Helped Both Women Brave the First Pandemic Year.

This trip to the “Vacationland” of Maine — where the state motto is I Lead — offers an inspiring tale of civility and purpose, of doing the right thing and not just surviving, but prevailing.
The first woman to serve as Governor of Maine, Janet Mills, had been in office a year when COVID-19 reached the United States. The recently-widowed 72-year-old wrote in her journal there is “no playbook for a pandemic” as she imposed unprecedented restrictions on her state.
When early support for the governor’s response curdled to rampant opposition, a young mother named Ashirah Knapp sent a letter of support from a remote homestead in the woods of Maine. Ashirah’s handwritten dispatch detailed how the public health emergency was upending her family’s life and livelihood, and she promised to keep writing “every week until we are through this time” to remind the governor how many Mainers supported her despite the disruption.
Ashirah’s letters, with their simple wisdom and striking penmanship, stood out in a flood of correspondence Governor Mills was receiving that ranged in tone from appreciative to furious. They helped keep her grounded as she made wrenching, often unpopular choices.
Shannon A. Mullen weaves from these two women’s letters and the governor’s journal, which were never intended for publication, an intimate and compelling true story that is a celebration of civility and compassion in the face of rancor and of resolve in the face of adversity.
Copies of the book will be for sale. Light refreshments will be served. Doors open at 1:30. Parking available at the Village Fire Station (North Street) and Consolidated School (Route 9). Please call (207) 967-2778 for more information.
Governor Janet Mills:
Janet Trafton Mills is the 75th Governor of Maine and the first woman elected to that office. She was sworn in for her second consecutive term in January 2023 after winning re-election, having earned more votes than any previous Maine governor. She was also the first governor since 1970 to be elected with a majority of the vote, in her case for both terms. Under her leadership during the global COVID-19 pandemic Maine had one of the highest vaccination rates and lowest death rates in the US, as well as one of the strongest economic recoveries among the states. Governor Mills previously served as Maine’s first female Attorney General and its first woman district attorney, as well as in the state’s House of Representatives. She is step-mother to her late husband’s five daughters and a grandmother of five.

Author Shannon Mullen:

Shannon A. Mullen is a journalist, author, screenwriter and film producer, playwright and podcast host. She grew up in the White Mountains and Lakes Region of New Hampshire and studied pre-veterinary medicine at UNH after misinterpreting her love of storytelling, inspired by James Herriot’s books, as an inclination toward animal husbandry. She then earned a graduate degree in broadcast journalism at Boston University. Shannon went on to report for national programs on public radio for two decades, including Marketplace, Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Her print journalism has been published by The New Yorker, The Boston Globe and Boston Magazine, among other outlets. She is also developing multiple projects for the screen and stage through her production company Broad Reach.

TECHNOLOGY CLASS
2023-11-07 11:15 - 11:45 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Tired of feeling overwhelmed by technology? Come to our tiny tech class on Tuesday, September 5 at 11:15 a.m. in the Community Room.
We will cover a small topic leaving plenty of time for questions and practice! In November we will explore online shopping.

For further information, please call 967-2778.

C.A.R.E.S. MONTHLY PRESENTATION
2023-11-09 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
C.A.R.E.S.
Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, Thursday, November 9 at 6 PM. Join us for our monthly discussion with 3 Towns: 1 Community C.A.R.E.S. (Conversation, Advocacy, Resources, Education, Support). C.A.R.E.S. meets the first Thursday of every month at 6:00 p.m. at the Graves Library for a guest speaker presentation, open discussion, and overdose first aid training. Anyone is welcome! For further information, please call 967-2778 or visit our website at www.graveslibrary.org.

YOUR HEALTH MATTERS - LUNCHTIME BOOK GROUP
2023-11-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Your Health Matters Book Club
Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library and the Kennebunkport Public Health Department invite you to participate in a lunchtime book discussion on Prescription for Admission, by Monique Nugent on Tuesday, November 14 at 12 PM. Copies of the book are available at the Library. Not able to read the book before this date? You may still join the discussion. Feel free to bring your lunch. 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.

GIVINGTUESDAY AT GRAVES LIBRARY
2023-11-27 08:00 - 17:00, 2023-11-28 08:00 - 17:00, 2023-11-29 08:00 - 17:00, 2023-11-30 08:00 - 17:00, 2023-12-01 08:00 - 17:00, 2023-12-02 08:00 - 17:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
This Week! Double the impact of your annual gift to Graves Library with a GivingTuesday donation. All gifts will be matched up to $10,000 thanks to a generous offer from friends of the Library. If we can meet this match to raise $20,000 in one week it brings us that much closer to our annual appeal goal of $100,000. So many people (young and old) benefit from your generosity.

DONATE NOW

GivingTuesday is a global day of giving, celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving.

DONATE NOW to double your gift to Graves Library this holiday season by taking advantage of this generous match offer. You can also participate by sending a check to Graves Library, P.O. Box 391, Kennebunkport, ME 04046.

Thank you for supporting our “small but mighty” public library!

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MAINE AUTHORS FOR LEWISTON - A BOOK SIGNING - NOVEMBER 28 @ 2:30 PM
2023-11-28 14:30 - 17:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Maine Authors for Lewiston – Book Signing

November 28 – 2:30 to 5:00 PM

Maine Authors for Lewiston, an informal group of more than 70 Maine authors, have banded together to support the victims of the recent tragedy in Lewiston. The group has organized a series of 10 book signings, all free and open to the public so that people can purchase books and meet the authors. There will be fiction writers, children’s book authors, non-fiction writers, and poets among the participants.
This is a wonderful opportunity for Maine book lovers to support local authors, and most importantly, to help our fellow Mainers as they begin to heal and recover.
All of the participating authors have agreed to donate all, or most, of their proceeds from these events to help the healing and recovery efforts in Lewiston. All are volunteering because they care.
The authors scheduled to appear at the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library are Bruce Robert Coffin, William Chanler, Irene Drago, Maya Williams, Jean Flahive, Jennifer Lunden, Mike Bove, Susanne Dunlap, Mike Culver, Jennifer Dupree, Brenda Pollock, Skip Simonds, Kate Kearns, Matt Cost, David Florig, Jason Trask, Norma Salway, Robert Spencer, Didi Cooper, Annaliese Jakimides, Barry Somes, Wayne Burton, Maryann Cocca-Leffler…and others!
The Graves Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. Parking is available at the Village Fire Station lot (North Street), Maine Street, and at the Library. We hope to see you here.

THE COMMUNITY GOURMET CARE PACKAGES
2023-12-04 09:30 - 17:00, 2023-12-11 09:30 - 17:00, 2023-12-18 09:30 - 17:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Community Gourmet Care Packages for Elder Community Members
Monday, December 4 – Friday, December 22. The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library in partnership with The Community Gourmet will be collecting food items as part of the Care packages that will be distributed over the holidays. Working with local law enforcement, Southern Maine Agency on Aging, The Center, food pantries, and local churches, these care packages are distributed at no cost to the people receiving them. The Library will also have a card-making station where folks can make custom holiday cards to include in the packages. These packages contain items such as the following: small meals like tuna fish, chicken packets, soup and crackers, macaroni and cheese cups, beef stew, peanut butter and jelly packets, oatmeal, Carnation Instant Breakfast, cereal, dry milk, Belvita cookies, fruit bars, Lorna Doones, Fig Newtons. These items can be placed in the baskets that will be around the holiday tree in the children’s room upstairs at the Library from Monday, December 4 through Friday, December 22. Together we can help our community friends by making food available to them through the love and support of everyone.

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.

TECHNOLOGY CLASS
2023-12-05 11:15 - 11:45 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Tired of feeling overwhelmed by technology? Come to our tiny tech class on Tuesday, December 5 at 11:15 a.m. in the Community Room.
We will cover a small topic leaving plenty of time for questions and practice! In December we will explore the design software Canva.

For further information, please call 967-2778.

PRELUDE FAMILY BINGO
2023-12-05 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
Prelude Bingo
Come and join us Tuesday, December 5 at 5:30 PM in the Community Room for a fun Family Bingo Night with friends. You can win fabulous prizes for each game. 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.

POLAR EXPRESS AFTERNOON
2023-12-06 15:00 - 17:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Polar Express Afternoon
Family holiday movie, wear your jammies, we’ll drink cocoa, have treats, and a favor to take home. Wednesday, December 6 at 3 PM.

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.

HOLIDAY BOOK & ART SALE
2023-12-07 17:00 - 19:00 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Holiday Book & Art Sale
Stroll on down to the Graves Library on Maine Street in Kennebunkport for your holiday shopping Thursday, December 7 at 5 PM. The Book Cellar is well stocked with new and gently used books, puzzles, note cards, mugs, hats, CDs and more. You are sure to find the perfect gift for that swap, host or hostess, or that lover of all things Kennebunkport – the 2-volume set of the History of Kennebunkport, by local resident and historian, Joyce Butler.

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.

MONTHLY MOVIE NIGHT AT GRAVES LIBRARY
2023-12-07 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 on Thursday, December 7 at 6:45 PM in the Community Room.
Join us for our monthly movie night. All are welcome to attend. We’ll watch a holiday classic with Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire Light refreshments will be served.

Film discussion and informative opportunity. 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.

COOKIE DECORATING STORY TIME
2023-12-08 10:00 - 10:30 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Cookie Decorating Story Time
Let’s decorate a holiday cookie. Friday, December 8 at 10 AM. All supplies provided.

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.

POP UP BOOK SIGNING - JENNA BUSH HAGER AND BARBARA BUSH - DECEMBER 9 @ 10:00 AM
2023-12-09 10:00 - 11:30 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
We hope you will join us on Saturday, December 9 @ 10:00 am for a very special event. Twin sisters Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush will be here at the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, Maine and home of the “Book Cellar” to sign copies of their new book Love Comes First.
This newest book is a celebration of growing families. In the story, two sisters wish upon a star for a sibling. Not only does their wish come true, but they also get a new baby cousin. Although the wish doesn’t turn out exactly the way the sisters imagined, they soon learn that love conquers all.

This program is free and open to the public. Copies of the book will be for sale and signing. Pre-Registration is Required. Please call (207) 967-2778 to be added to the list. Parking available at the Village Fire Station (North Street) and Consolidated School (Route 9).
Jenna Bush Hager:
An American news personality, author, and journalist. She is the co-host of Today with Hoda & Jenna, the fourth hour of NBC’s morning news program Today. After her father’s presidency, Hager became an author, an editor-at-large for Southern Living magazine, and a television personality on NBC, being featured most prominently as a member of The Today Show as a correspondent, contributor and co-host.
Barbara Pierce Bush:
An American activist. She is Vice President, Social Impact for the NBA and co-founded the nonprofit Global Health Corps, an organization that has mobilized more than one thousand young leaders to solve some of the world’s biggest global health challenges.

The fraternal twins are the daughters of the 43rd U.S. President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush. They are also the granddaughters of the 41st U.S. President George H. W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush, great-granddaughters of former U.S. Senator Prescott Bush, nieces of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and first cousins of former Land Commissioner of Texas, George P. Bush.

HAPPY RETIREMENT WITH HAL HANNAFORD
2023-12-13 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
Happy Retirement with Hal Hannaford
Wednesday, December 13 at 10 AM. Retirement is a misunderstood concept. In fact, it is a counterproductive term. After all, one should never retire from life! We don’t retire, we do something else! After 31 years leading a traditional boys’ schools as a progressive educator, Hal left the profession in 2020. Over all those years, he came to understand the conditions required in order to ensure the last fifth of life is one of true fulfillment and happiness. This workshop focuses on the five foundations required to reach that lofty goal. It is a challenge, we need to start young, but it is never too late. A South Coast Senior College Class offered for free.

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.

FURRY TALES
2023-12-15 10:00 - 10:30 | Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
Furry Tales Story Time Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, Friday, December 15 at 10 AM. We are so excited to partner with the Animal Welfare Society of Kennebunk for a very special story time featuring animals. 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 967-2778 or visit our website at www.graveslibrary.org.
