Adult Events
Events
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1 event,Visit the Book Cellar! There are thousands of books to choose from during Library hours. We also have notecards, special books, ball caps, special gift books, coffee mugs, bookmarks, and more. Cookbooks, sports, religion, fiction, biography, history, children’s, classics, health, and more! Looking for the perfect gift idea? Purchase a gift certificate for the book |
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September is Library Card Sign-up Month! Sign up for a new card, refer a friend or update the information on your current card all month long to be entered in a raffle for prizes! The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 207-967-2778 or Calling all Chess players! Bring your own board or use one of ours - Tuesdays, from 2:00 to 4:30 PM in the Dow Room. We hope to get some great matches going and help each other learn this great game. All levels of play are welcome. The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located |
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Are you new to Medicare or need help understanding or changing your current Medicare coverage? Meet with a certified State Health Insurance Assistance Program counselor for free, confidential and unbiased Port Knitters meet on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 3:00 to sit and knit. Members are encouraged to bring any current projects and supplies. This is not a learn-to-knit class. The |
1 event,Board Games! Come join us every Thursday afternoon to play! Board games, including Scrabble, Backgammon, cards, crosswords and more will be available in the Dow Room. Come have a coffee |
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2 events,Calling all Chess players! Bring your own board or use one of ours - Tuesdays, from 2:00 to 4:30 PM in the Dow Room. We hope to get some great |
1 event,Port Knitters meet on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 3:00 to sit and knit. Members are encouraged to bring any current projects and supplies. This is not a learn-to-knit class. The |
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Morning Book Group Still picking the September book. This group meets on the second Thursday of every month at 9:45 in the Dow Room. For further information, please call 207-967-2778. Board Games! Come join us every Thursday afternoon to play! Board games, including Scrabble, Backgammon, cards, crosswords and more will be available in the Dow Room. Come have a coffee |
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Meet the Portland Camera Club Photographers Friday, September 11, at 3-4:30 PM The Portland Camera Club Photographers will be here to answer your questions and share their stories about the new exhibit located in the Business Center. Founded on May 24, 1899, the Portland Camera Club is one of the oldest camera clubs in the |
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WATCH ‘AN EVENING WITH KEN BURNS’ A One-Time-Only Theater-Style Video Showing at the Louis T. Graves Library 2 pm, Saturday, September 12 If you were unable to attend Ken Burns’s live appearance (or want to see it one more time), here’s another chance to experience the words, wit, and wisdom of America’s most iconic |
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1 event,Visit the Book Cellar! There are thousands of books to choose from during Library hours. We also have notecards, special books, ball caps, special gift books, coffee mugs, bookmarks, and more. Cookbooks, sports, religion, fiction, biography, history, children’s, classics, health, and more! Looking for the perfect gift idea? Purchase a gift certificate for the book |
2 events,Calling all Chess players! Bring your own board or use one of ours - Tuesdays, from 2:00 to 4:30 PM in the Dow Room. We hope to get some great matches going and help each other learn this great game. All levels of play are welcome. The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located |
2 events,Port Knitters meet on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 3:00 to sit and knit. Members are encouraged to bring any current projects and supplies. This is not a learn-to-knit class. 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.
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Mandalas with Marguerite Wednesday, September 16, 2026, from 5:30 to 7:00 PM Registration required 207-967-2778 Join us for a special art class with Marguerite Genest, Ed.D., who will teach us how to create our own Mandalas. In ancient Sanskrit, "mandala" means both circle and center. For centuries, creating these incredible pieces of art has |
2 events,Board Games! Come join us every Thursday afternoon to play! Board games, including Scrabble, Backgammon, cards, crosswords and more will be available in the Dow Room. Come have a coffee or cocoa and some fun. The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 207-967-2778 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! The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please |
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1 event,Visit the Book Cellar! There are thousands of books to choose from during Library hours. We also have notecards, special books, ball caps, special gift books, coffee mugs, bookmarks, and |
2 events,Calling all Chess players! Bring your own board or use one of ours - Tuesdays, from 2:00 to 4:30 PM in the Dow Room. We hope to get some great |
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Please join us for our Death Café - Community, Conversation, and Coffee. We will be meeting in the Community Room from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. What is a Death Café? Port Knitters meet on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 3:00 to sit and knit. Members are encouraged to bring any current projects and supplies. This is not a learn-to-knit class. The |
2 events,Board Games! Come join us every Thursday afternoon to play! Board games, including Scrabble, Backgammon, cards, crosswords and more will be available in the Dow Room. Come have a coffee
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THIS EVENT IS WAITLIST ONLY The 2026 Clifford W. Burgess Fall Author Night Author Wally Lamb and Rebecca Eaton September 24, at Vinegar Hill The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public |
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1 event,Visit the Book Cellar! There are thousands of books to choose from during Library hours. We also have notecards, special books, ball caps, special gift books, coffee mugs, bookmarks, and |
2 events,Calling all Chess players! Bring your own board or use one of ours - Tuesdays, from 2:00 to 4:30 PM in the Dow Room. We hope to get some great |
2 events,Port Knitters meet on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 3:00 to sit and knit. Members are encouraged to bring any current projects and supplies. This is not a learn-to-knit class. The Evening Book Group For September, the group is reading "The Correspondent" by Virginia Evans. Please give us a call at 207-967-2778 for more information on this event. |
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DAILY
The Book Cellar. Visit our ongoing book sale Monday through Friday from 9:30 to 5:00 pm and Saturday 9:30-12:30 pm. Titles change constantly. At any time of the year, you can find best sellers in hardcover and paperback, non-fiction, biographies, audiobooks, videos, music CDs, puzzles, and much more. We also have a “rare” books section.
Computer Assistance. Stop by the Library if you need help with printing, scanning, emailing, etc. We can help you with your technology challenges anytime during Library hours.
Walk-In Wireless. Free walk-in wireless access is available during regular hours. To use this service, you must have your own laptop, tablet, or mobile device.
Remote Work Space. Please call us to reserve our private meeting room for job interviews, quiet space, and virtual meetings. (207-967-2778).
WEEKLY
Port Knitters. This drop-in group meets every Wednesday from 1:00-3:00 pm in the Dow Room. Bring your knitting projects, meet up with friends new and old, and share stories. A delightful way to spend an afternoon at the Graves Library.
Senior Yoga. This program is offered on a weekly basis in the Community Room. New sessions start at the beginning of each month. No fee, although a donation is suggested for the certified instructor (Mindy Muse). Maximum class size- 15. Please call the Circulation Desk to register and bring a Yoga mat if you have one.
Chess Club. This drop-in group meets every Tuesday from 2:00-4:00 pm in the Dow Room. Bring your boards, meet up with friends new and old, and share stories.
MONTHLY
Morning Book Discussion Group. This program meets on the second Thursday of every month at 9:45 am in the Dow Room. A variety of books are chosen and a schedule of upcoming books to be discussed is available at the Main Circulation Desk. New members are always welcome.
Evening Book Discussion Group. This program meets on the last Thursday of every month at 5:00 pm in the Business Center. A list for the following year is chosen in December. Copies are available at the circulation desk.
On the Nightstand Book Group. This group meets the first Saturday of every month at 9:00 am in the Dow Room. Participants are encouraged to bring and book talk whatever book is currently on their nightstand. Light refreshments are served.
PATSY BRAY MAHONEY LECTURE SERIES (Formerly Known as the Pasco Lecture Series) – MONTHLY
Library Director Mary-Lou Boucouvalas and former Board member Joshua Bodwell started the series in late 2006 to host an event once a month on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon at 2PM. We are proud to keep these free to the public, yet we pay all of our guest speakers a small honorarium. The series started in part by grants from Kennebunk Savings Bank and the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation. We now have new funding from the Mahoney Family Foundation – hence the name change starting in 2024. Patsy Bray Mahoney grew up in Moncton, New Brunswick where she was a talented tap dancer. She spent summers with her family in the quiet lobstering villages of Hopewell Cape and later, Murray Corner. Patsy graduated from Horton Academy and then went on to Acadia University in Nova Scotia. Pasty was a loving mother and wife with a quiet, gentle disposition and a kind heart. She was a talented athlete and avid tennis player. She enjoyed hooking rugs, sewing quilts, needlepointing, gardening, bird watching and collecting antiques. She died of Alzheimers in 2020. Her husband Paul and family wanted to find a way to honor and remember Patsy. She loved living in Kennebunkport and visiting Graves Library.
Other authors we have hosted include award-winning Maine poets such Wesley McNair, Carl Little, Christopher Robinson, and Stuart Kestenbaum; the best-selling authors Monica Wood and Lily King, Geoffrey Wolff, Gerry Boyle, David Jourdan, Lincoln Paine, Susan Conley; Martha White, Robert Keyes, Cathie Pelletier, Kate Flora, Elizabeth Brundage, Jaed Coffin, Rebecca Charles, Elizabeth Peavy, Simon Van Booy, Katherine Hall Page, Chris Morin, Colin Woodard, George Daughan, Barbara Kent Lawrence, Marjan Kamali, Susan Hannaford, Gigi Georges, Shannon Mullen, Bruce Coffin, Catherine Burns Rudalevige, Carolyn Chute and Ann Clark, Jessica Shattuck, Irene Drago, Bill Roorbach, Sarah Braunstein, Shannon Butler, Jim Nichols, Emily Franklin, Paul Doiron; editor Anita Silvey, book designer Scott Magoon, as well as veritable giants of the literary world like Ann Hood, Ann Beattie; and Andre Dubus III. Some lectures have featured artists Eric Hopkins, Paul Bonneau, Marguerite Robichaux, Richard Dabrowski, Dewitt Hardy, and David Little; photographers Chris Becker, Cig Harvey, and Liam Crotty; short story author Lewis Robinson; and musician/storyteller Harvey Reid. We have also had children’s authors/illustrators Maria Padian, Lyn Smith, Didi Cooper, Chris Van Dusen, Matt Tavares, Cynthia Lord, Lea Wait, Holly Ross, Melissa Sweet, Mitali Perkins and Jamie Hogan.
The event is always followed up with book sales and signings, light refreshments (made by our very own Graves Library Snack Team) and catching up with friends.
Annual Literary Fundraising Events have included Pulitzer Prize Winners Richard Russo, 2011; David McCullough (introduced by Barbara Bush) 2012; Joyce Butler, 2013; David Oshinsky 2014; Douglas Brinkley, 2015; Mark Updegrove, 2016; William Martin, 2017; Nathaniel Philbrick, 2018; Marc Wortman 2019; Lisa Wingate (virtually) 2020; John Grisham (virtually) 2021; David Maraniss, 2022; David Baldacci, 2023, Paul Hendrickson, 2024, and Rick Atkinson, 2025.