July 2019
SACRED STONE, SACRED WATER – JULY 15 @ 6:00 PM
Please join us on Monday, July 15 at 6:00 pm for a presentation, reading, and book signing with local artist, Jennifer Comeau. Ms. Comeau's poems are included in this anthology, Sacred Stone, Sacred Water : Women Writers and Artists Encounter Ireland. This incredible anthology is an elegant and intimate collection evoking Ireland's wild beauty and deep soul through the work of fourteen American women writers and artists who journeyed to three renowned parts of Ireland. Beautifully woven in image and…
Find out more »SECRET GARDENS OF KENNEBUNKPORT – A FUNDRAISER FOR GRAVES LIBRARY
According to Cicero, "if you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." We are very pleased to announce that Graves Library is launching its First Annual Secret Gardens of Kennebunkport tour on Saturday, July 20, 2019 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm (rain or shine). Eight homeowners have agreed to open their private gardens for this one day only to help raise money for the Library. Tickets are $40 each and they can be purchased in…
Find out more »October 2019
PASCO LECTURE SERIES – NYT BEST-SELLING AUTHOR – ANN HOOD
We are over the moon about having Author Ann Hood join us for a Pasco Lecture on Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 2:00 pm. Ms. Hood will be here to read from her new book Kitchen Yarns : Notes on Life, Love and Food. If you don't know anything about Ann Hood, here is a snipit from her biography: A Rhode Island native, I was born in West Warwick and spent high school working as a Marsha Jordan Girl, modeling…
Find out more »November 2019
PASCO LECTURE SERIES – MARJAN KAMALI
We are thrilled to invite Author Marjan Kamali to Graves Library for a Pasco Lecture on Sunday, November 3rd at 2:00 pm. Marjan Kamali, born in Turkey to Iranian parents, spent her childhood in Kenya, Germany, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. She studied English Literature at UC Berkeley and received her MBA from Columbia University and her MFA from New York University. Her work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in two anthologies: Tremors and Let Me…
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