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A DOUBLE EXPOSURE – BOOK LAUNCH – JUNE 17 @ 5:30 PM

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.

AN EVENING WITH HISTORIAN RICK ATKINSON AND SUSAN SWAIN – JUNE 19 @ 5:00 PM

LOUIS T. GRAVES MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY

~ ANNUAL AUTHOR EVENT ~

JUNE 19 @ 5:00 PM AT THE KENNEBUNK RIVER CLUB

The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library Board of Trustees invites you to an evening with Pulitzer Prize winning author, historian and journalist, Rick Atkinson as he discusses the newest volume in his Revolution Trilogy, The Fate of the Day, with Susan Swain, recently retired co-Chief Executive Officer, President and board member of C-SPAN.

The Annual Summer Author Event will be held Thursday, June 19 at the Kennebunk River Club, 116 Ocean Avenue, Kennebunkport. Doors open at 5:00 PM for cocktails and appetizers with the program beginning promptly at 5:45 PM. As the library’s largest annual fundraiser, the event supports the library’s essential operations and celebrates the community’s commitment to ideas, featuring nationally recognized authors and speakers.

“Rick Atkinson takes his place among the greatest of all historians. This superb second volume in his Revolution Trilogy is that rare narrative that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Familiar characters become dimensional and complicated, new ones burst to life vividly, and the battles and struggles that created our country now have clarity and meaning.” —KEN BURNS

Coinciding with the 250th anniversary of the beginning of America’s war for independence, Atkinson’s THE FATE OF THE DAY: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 is the second volume of his landmark Revolution Trilogy following, The British Are Coming. Atkinson’s brilliant account of the lethal conflict between the Americans and the British offers not only deeply researched and spectacularly dramatic history, but also a new perspective on the demands that a democracy makes on its citizens.

Atkinson has produced a remarkable oeuvre of bestselling history that includes the Liberation Trilogy (the first volume, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942–1943, received the Pulitzer in History), The Long Gray Line, Crusade, In the Company of Soldiers.

Atkinson will be interviewed by Susan Swain, who audiences will recognize from her decades of work with C-SPAN, where she helped launch BookTV and American History TV in addition to holding key responsibilities with day-to-day operations as co-Chief Executive Officer of C-SPAN, the nation’s eighth largest cable television network.

This event has sold out. To be added to the waitlist please call 207-967-2778.

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

Attendees receive a copy of THE FATE OF THE DAY with the purchase of two event tickets, to be given at the event.

Sponsors include: Spinnaker Trust, Kennebunk River Club, the Colony Hotel, Kitchen Chicks Catering, Robert and Marjorie Dennis, Michael and Victoria Donaghy, Allyn and Norma Lamb, Paul Mahoney, Tom and Sarah Vander Schaaff, Maine & Vine, Hurlbutt Designs, Edison Press, Mark and Victoria Lamarre, Tom Stone and Lisa Coppola, Greg and Heather Taggart, Kennebunkport Resort Collection, Homer Family Foundation, William and Cynthia Weidner, Kennebunk Savings Bank, Chris and Terri Stevens, Daytrip Society, and Schooner Eleanor.

MAINE AUTHOR MATT COST – AUGUST 1 @ 5:30 PM

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.

SAVING MONEY ON HOME ENERGY BILLS

Saving Money on Home Energy Bills!

With rising costs in heating and electricity, it’s hard to know the best ways to save energy in the home and stay comfortable in the winter and the summer!  Come learn more about what you can do to save money in your home and be more comfortable year-round, and bring your questions about what options make the most sense and will save the most money!  We’ll also go over the rebates available for Maine homeowners and what additional federal funding will be coming with the recently-passed Inflation Reduction Act.

Colin McCullough is a BPI-certified Home Energy Auditor who has worked for several state energy efficiency programs for 12 years, advising homeowners on the most efficient options for a more affordable, comfortable, and safe home.  He is currently renovating his 110-year-old home in Farmingdale to achieve Net-Zero Energy status.

FMI please call (207) 967-2778.

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

Thursday, February 9 at 9:30 am. In Case of Emergency, What to Expect When You Call for an Ambulance

Presenters Dean Auriemma, KEMS Public Relations and James Stockman, Chair of the KEMS Board of Directors, will provide information on when to call an ambulance, what to expect when it arrives and more.

FMI please call (207) 967-2778.

POLYPHARMACY PROGRAM

Are you aware that if you take five or more medications daily you are at an increased risk of unintentional consequences?  Please join us on Wednesday, March 29 @ 9:00 am in the Community Room for a very important program on Polypharmacy. 

Sydney Springer, Pharm.D., MS, BCPS, BCGP, is an Assistant Professor at the University of New England School of Pharmacy.  She will be here to discuss ways you can prevent the risks of medication consequences and how to become a more informed health consumer. 

This program is hosted by the Kennebunkport Public Health Department and Graves Library.  Light refreshments will be served.