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2025 PHOTOS OF THE YEAR – PORTLAND PRESS HERALD

Opening Reception for PPH 2025 Photos of the Year

Our opening reception with photographers from the Portland Press Herald is always an amazing event. The photographers will answer your questions and share their fascinating “creation stories,” when some combination of timing, persistence, inspiration, fast action, and sheer luck put them in the right place at the right moment to capture these memorable pictures. Light refreshments will be served. You won’t want to miss it! “Portland Press Herald photographers uncover unexpected moments every day and show us the profound beauty of connection. It is a great privilege to photograph the people of Maine and share their stories.” This exhibit shares some of the best photos from 2025 and will be on display until August 30.

Join us for an opening reception with light refreshments on Thursday, August 6, 5:00-6:30 PM

The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 207-967-2778 or visit www.graveslibrary.org.

 

DEATH CAFE – REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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? A Death Café is a safe and relaxed space to gather with people to discuss topics related to death and dying. The objective is to engage in interesting, thought-provoking, and life-affirming conversations. Please join us for this community conversation. Registration is required.

Facilitated by: Marilyn R. Gugliucci, MA, Ph.D., AGHEF, GSAF, AGSF, NAOMEF, Professor and Director of Geriatrics Education and Research at the University of New England.

Hosted by: Kennebunkport Public Health Department and Graves Library. Please call 207-967-2778 to register. Space is limited.

DEATH CAFE – REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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? A Death Café is a safe and relaxed space to gather with people to discuss topics related to death and dying. The objective is to engage in interesting, thought-provoking, and life-affirming conversations. Please join us for this community conversation. Registration is required.

Facilitated by: Marilyn R. Gugliucci, MA, Ph.D., AGHEF, GSAF, AGSF, NAOMEF, Professor and Director of Geriatrics Education and Research at the University of New England.

Hosted by: Kennebunkport Public Health Department and Graves Library. Please call 207-967-2778 to register. Space is limited.

SECRET GARDENS OF THE KENNEBUNKS – JULY 11 – 10 AM to 3 PM

According to Cicero, “if you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”

Saturday, July 11 

10 AM – 3 PM

BUY TICKETS

 

ONE OF GRAVES LIBRARY’S MOST POPULAR EVENTS—THE SECRET GARDENS OF THE KENNEBUNKS TOUR—PROVIDES RARE ACCESS TO LOCAL GARDENS ON JULY 11 RAIN OR SHINE

Tickets are $60 in advance and $70 on July 11. Buy tickets here.

A detailed map revealing the secret locations of the participating properties will be provided to all ticket holders on the day of the tours at Consolidated School, 25 School Street.

Occurring just every other year, the Secret Gardens of the Kennebunks Tour gives town residents and visitors rare access to seven of the most beautiful local gardens in our lovely coastal town. This year’s event to benefit the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is slated for Saturday, July 11, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

This delightful summer activity is one of the library’s most popular events. Gardens tour participants are treated to a wide variety of garden styles and environments amid lovely natural settings from stately mansions to quaint seaside cottages. Volunteers will be located at each garden to help with questions and where to park.

A special Garden Tour Preview Party for garden owners and sponsors will be held at Mélange Home Shop in Lower Village, Kennebunk on Friday, July 10, from 5-7 PM. Mélange is a unique retail shop created by Paula and Clayton Daher, the mother and son duo of Daher Interior Design. Mélange specializes in globally and locally sourced home furnishings. Wine and hors d’ oeuvres will be served.

Flowers and gardens are part of the Graves Library DNA—Kennebunkport artist Abbott Graves (1859-1936), the father of the library’s namesake, was famously known for his spectacular floral paintings.

The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library, housed in an historic building located near Kennebunkport’s famous Dock Square town center, is a full-service free library whose mission is “to enrich the lives of all we serve.”

All proceeds for this event benefit the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library. Please call us with any questions. (207) 967-2778.

Thank you, Rose, Petal Partner and Peony sponsors! Bill Weidner

 

Thank you, Dahlia and Sunflower sponsors!

Mainely Experiences, Coastal Threads, Ann Field, A Highlanders Garden, Vicky & Mark LaMarre, Cummings, Lamont & McNamee, Azalea Events, Sarah & Tom Vander Schaaff, Lisa Coppola, Ryans Irish Pub, White Barn, Pedros, Connie Dykstra, Tricia Flaherty, Sandi & Brian Lincoln, Marcia Madeira, Sean Morrissey, Cyndi Magill, Robin Ellis, Catherine McLaughlin, Doro Bush Koch, Amelia Dickson, Pat Notman, Gretchen Huber, Susan Lee Warner, Susie Winstanley, Tara Scopelliti

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOVIE NIGHT – May 28

We hope you will join us in the Community Room for our movie night! Bring your family and friends, it’s always a fun time. Enjoy beverages and popcorn. Let us know if you have any questions at 207-967-2778.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOVIE NIGHT – April 30

We hope you will join us in the Community Room for our movie night! Bring your family and friends, it’s always a fun time. Enjoy beverages and popcorn. Let us know if you have any questions at 207-967-2778.

If you would like to know the movie title in advance, please call 207-967-2778 to be added to our movie club list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOVIE NIGHT – March 26

We hope you will join us in the Community Room for our movie night! Bring your family and friends, it’s always a fun time. Enjoy beverages and popcorn. Let us know if you have any questions at 207-967-2778.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOVIE NIGHT – February 26

Come enjoy a romantic, if rainy, day in New York. We hope you will join us in the Community Room for our movie night! Bring your family and friends, it’s always a fun time. Enjoy beverages and popcorn. Let us know if you have any questions at 207-967-2778.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOVIE NIGHT

We hope you will join us in the Community Room for our movie night! Bring your family and friends, it’s always a fun time. Enjoy beverages and popcorn. Let us know if you have any questions at 207-967-2778.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEATH CAFE – REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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? A Death Café is a safe and relaxed space to gather with people to discuss topics related to death and dying. The objective is to engage in interesting, thought-provoking, and life-affirming conversations. Please join us for this community conversation. Registration is required.

Facilitated by: Marilyn R. Gugliucci, MA, Ph.D., AGHEF, GSAF, AGSF, NAOMEF, Professor and Director of Geriatrics Education and Research at the University of New England.

Hosted by: Kennebunkport Public Health Department and Graves Library. Please call 207-967-2778 to register. Space is limited.

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