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COFFEE AND CONVERSATION

Join us for some coffee and conversation with Senior Vice President of Penguin Random House Doubleday Books, New York City, New York.  Todd is the author of Little Pieces of Hope, a book that is brimming with the pleasures of life, inspiring listeners to look for and celebrate the good things that surround us!   And January 14th just happens to be Todd’s birthday!  Let’s support his work and celebrate his big day accordingly.  Todd will also share with us pub alerts to look for in 2022.

This will be a Zoom Event.

 

 

Please call the Library to get the link or email the director:  mlbgraves@gmail.com.  Anyone signing up for this event will get a copy of Little Pieces of Hope to keep!

WINE ON-LINE WITH MAINE & VINE

Join us on Thursday, January 20 @ 5:30 pm for a fun hour of tasting, information, and trivia. Local wine gurus, Lani Dietz and Betsy Ross, will guide us through the program with ideas, pairings, and educational tidbits as we sip wines selected by our two experts. This will be a Zoom presentation moderated by Mary-Lou Boucouvalas at Graves Library.
For anyone new to this very popular monthly event, Lani and Betsy choose the pair prior to the event.  Each time, we “experience” wines from a specific country or new varietal.  All participants are encouraged to purchase wine at Maine & Vine in Lower Village, Kennebunk.
Please call the Library (967-2778) to register by Wednesday, January 19 so that we can send you the Zoom link on the day of the event.  We would love to see you!  And you don’t have to worry about driving!

STOP THE SCAMMERS – CYBER SCAMMERS

In celebration of the Public Health Office turning 75 this year, we are teaming up with the nurses to offer monthly discussions on a variety of topics.  For the January 12 session, Candice Simeoni (head of elder crimes) will talk about the tips and tricks of cyber scammers.  Don’t get sucked into this dreadful web of deceit and tomfoolery that is serious business.

To join this program, please click on the ZOOM link provided here:

Time: Jan 12, 2022 09:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83115642749

Meeting ID: 831 1564 2749

Officer Simeoni is an instructor at the Maine Criminal Justice  Academy teaching cadets Elder Crime Investigations and presents around the State of Maine on Older Adult Exploitation.
She has been a law enforcement officer since 2004 and has been featured in many media outlets about the work she is doing in support of our aging nation. Officer Candice Simeoni
has worked on many Elder Exploitation cases, some of which, she will share with you through in hopes to share knowledge so that you or those you know do not fall victim to exploitation
happening right here in our communities. Officer Simeoni will share common scams in the area, talk about the most common perpetrators of Elder Abuse, talk about the York County Elder
Abuse Task Force she founded in 2005 and empower you with ways to help protect yourselves.

This program is sponsored by the Kennebunkport Public Health Office, the Health Council, and Graves Library.

HOLIDAY BOOK SALE EXTRA-VA-GAN-ZA

Join us on Sunday, December 12th from 11:00 to 3:00 for a Holiday Book Sale Extravaganza.  The Book Cellar will be open extended hours to sell gently used, rare, and special holiday books.  All proceeds benefit the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library.

The Book Cellar is filled with cookbooks, craft books, fiction, non-fiction, biography, children’s books, videos, coffee mugs, history books, journals, and much more.  Stop by and shop for high quality, cheap stuff!

WINE ON-LINE WITH MAINE & VINE

Join us on Thursday, December 16 @ 5:30 pm for a fun hour of tasting, information, and trivia. Local wine gurus, Lani Dietz and Betsy Ross, will guide us through the program with ideas, pairings, and educational tidbits as we sip wines selected by our two experts. This will be a Zoom presentation moderated by Mary-Lou Boucouvalas at Graves Library.
For anyone new to this very popular monthly event, Lani and Betsy choose the pair prior to the event.  Each time, we “experience” wines from a specific country or new varietal.  All participants are encouraged to purchase wine at Maine & Vine in Lower Village, Kennebunk.  We are hoping Lani might share some stories of her recent trip to the West Coast!
Please call the Library (967-2778) to register by Wednesday, December 15 so that we can send you the Zoom link on the day of the event.  We would love to see you!  And you don’t have to worry about driving!

STEVE ROSS PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW – DECEMBER 12 @ 11:00 AM

Join us for a open house on Sunday, December 12 from 11:00 to 3:00 featuring the work of Steve (Roscoe) Ross. The Kennebunkport photographer/garbage-guru/handyman and uber-environmentalist seeks to capture a moment or feeling that’s triggered when he strides Gooch’s Beach at sunrise or visits Cape Porpoise harbor at dusk.  

Born in Montreal, Roscoe has been mesmerized by photography since childhood.  He was a young model at Max Sauer Studios and later joined photography groups in the city to hone his craft.  One summer during his 20s, he stuffed a Canon AE1 into his backpack and discovered that “Europe was the perfect place to play around with photography.”  Even today, he still treasures his hundreds of Kodachrome slides of schooners, forests, gardens and people.

The Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport.  Please call 967-2778 for more details.  Parking Available – Maine Street and Consolidated School.  We are grateful to the generosity of Kennebunk Beach Realty for sponsoring this Exhibit!  One-half of all items sold will benefit Graves Library.

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS – ONLINE AUCTION (11/30/21 through 12/12/21)

 

 

The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library will be hosting an on-line auction during Kennebunkport Christmas Prelude to help with budget shortfalls due to canceled events earlier this year.  “Home for the Holidays” consists of book-themed baskets that will be for sale through 32auctions.com/HOMEFOR21.  If you are looking for a gift for the holidays, stay-at-home nights, or a treat for yourself, sign on to the auction site (November 30 THROUGH December 12) and start bidding.  Twenty-Eight baskets are being designed and donated by friends of the Library, which means that 100 percent of the sales will directly benefit the Library.  We are especially grateful to Elizabeth and Richard Conrad for donating almost all of the handmade baskets, stoneware, and wood products made by artisans all over New England.  A few choices to consider:  Fireside Fun, Farm to Table, Holiday Dreams (for boys and girls), a Movie Premier Night, and many, many more.  Please feel free to call us at (207) 967-2778 for more details.

Once the auction closes (8:00 pm on December 12), you will be notified if your bid was the highest and we will make arrangements for pick up, shipping, etc.  Some perishables will need to be added prior to pick up for freshest content.  We hope you will find the perfect basket for you!

 

www.32auctions.com/HOMEFOR21

EVENING BOOK GROUP

The Evening Book Group  meets the last Thursday of every month at 5:00 p.m.   Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, this month, the group will meet on November 18.

We will be discussing Interior Chinatown written by Charles Yu.

 

Here is what folks are saying about Interior Chinatown: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • From the infinitely inventive author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, a deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play.

“One of the funniest books of the year…. A delicious, ambitious Hollywood satire.” —The Washington Post

Willis Wu doesn’t perceive himself as the protagonist in his own life: he’s merely Generic Asian Man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son, but always he is relegated to a prop. Yet every day, he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. He’s a bit player here, too, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy—the most respected role that anyone who looks like him can attain. Or is it?  After stumbling into the spotlight, Willis finds himself launched into a wider world than he’s ever known, discovering not only the secret history of Chinatown, but the buried legacy of his own family. Infinitely inventive and deeply personal, exploring the themes of pop culture, assimilation, and immigration—Interior Chinatown is Charles Yu’s most moving, daring, and masterful novel yet.

Source: Publisher

 

 

WINE ON-LINE WITH MAINE & VINE

Join us on Thursday, November 4 @ 5:30 pm for a fun hour of tasting, information, and trivia. Local wine gurus, Lani Dietz and Betsy Ross, will guide us through the program with ideas, pairings, and educational tidbits as we sip wines selected by our two experts. This will be a Zoom presentation moderated by Mary-Lou Boucouvalas at Graves Library.
For anyone new to this very popular monthly event, Lani and Betsy choose the pair prior to the event.  Each time, we “experience” wines from a specific country or new varietal.  All participants are encouraged to purchase wine at Maine & Vine in Lower Village, Kennebunk.  We are hoping Lani might share some stories of her recent trip to the West Coast!
Please call the Library (967-2778) to register by Wednesday, November 3 so that we can send you the Zoom link on the day of the event.  We would love to see you!  And you don’t have to worry about driving!
If you enjoy programs like this one, we would appreciate you consideration in making a $10 donation to the Graves Library.  To do this, visit the HOME PAGE of this website (graveslibrary.org).  Look for the green button on the top right that says “DONATE”.  That will link you to our  Support Page.  At the bottom left you will see the link to our PayPal Account where you can make your $10 donation for this event.  As always, we appreciate your support.

EVENING BOOK GROUP

The Evening Book Group  meets the last Thursday of every month at 4:30 p.m.   This month, the group will meet on October 28.   If the weather is perfect, we will consider meeting outside of the Library in the garden.  If not, we will be in the Community Room.

We will be discussing The Mystery of Mrs. Christie written by Marie Benedict.

 

 

 

 

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