Please help us decorate our Mitten Tree with handmade or purchased mittens, scarves, and hats until December 18th. The tree is located in the Children’s Room. Please drop off any items you have either on our bench outside or at the front desk. We will carry these items over to the Kennebunkport Public Health Department for distribution in the community.
Thank you so very much for keeping our people warm and comforted through the winter months!
The Evening Book Group usually meets the last Thursday of every month at 5:30 p.m. Because of the holiday (Thanksgiving), we will be meeting one WEEK earlier this month.
Please join us in the Business Center (First Floor–Side Door). No registration required (967-2778). For the month of November, we will be discussing The Library Book by Susan Orlean. Please call the Library if you need to reserve a copy.
Next Meeting : January 30 – At that meeting, any attendee is requested to bring their book pick for the 2020 (February-November) reading list.
Join us for some coffee and conversation with Joe Wolfberg, Professor at the University of New England on Thursday, November 21 at 9:30 am. Professor Wolfberg will discuss different ways to age in a healthful way. No registration is required. Light refreshments will be served.
This program is sponsored by the Graves Memorial Public Library and the Kennebunkport Health Office.
Join us on Saturday, December 14th from 9:30 to 4:00 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!
Please join us on Saturday, December 14th at 1:00 p.m. for a relaxing, joyful free musical performance in our Community Room.
During the second weekend of Christmas Prelude in Kennebunkport, the Village Ringers (under the direction of Jan Filgate) will perform winter songs and holiday favorites. Three and a half octave hand bells and hand chimes create a beautiful tapestry of sound and seasonal favorites.
For more information about this program, please call us at (207) 967-2778.
The Evening Book Group usually meets the last Thursday of every month at 6:00 p.m. Please join us in the Business Center (First Floor–Side Door). No registration required (967-2778). For the month of October, we will be discussing Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver. Please call the Library if you need to reserve a copy.
Next Meeting : November 21 – The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Join us for some coffee and conversation with John Ripton, Chairman of the Kennebunkport Shade Tree Committee on Thursday, October 24 at 9:30 am. John will discuss some of the wonderful things happening in Kennebunkport regarding treatment and preservation of the Town’s historical trees. No registration is required. Light refreshments will be served.
We are thrilled to welcome Maine Author, Didi Cooper and Illustrator/Artist, Holly Ross, to present their new book Before You Were Ours to the Pasco Lecture Series Sunday, September 29, 2019 at 2:00 pm. Copies of the book will be for sale and signing.
Didi Cooper is an author living her best life on the coast of Maine. In love with the town of Kennebunkport, she brings the Earth magic she discovers to everything she does. Didi stumbled unexpectedly into writing both women’s fiction and children’s books at the age of 48. Trained as a teacher and school administrator, Didi earned her doctorate in education in 2016. After 25 years in the field of education, she found herself yearning for a creative outlet; a hobby. She needed a departure from her type A, workaholic personality. She found herself yearning for the coast of Maine, where life was quieter, simpler, and perfectly magical.
Holly Ross is an artist living in Kennebunkport, Maine. She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design and has lived in Maine with her husband and two kids since 1993. She taught photography at Sanford High School and graphic design and drawing at Heartwood College of Art and River Tree Center for the Arts. Currently, you can find Holly at the Seaside Gallery in Lower Village, Kennebunk.
The Pasco Lecture Series is supported by the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation, Kennebunk Savings Bank, and the Graves Library Snack Team.
The Evening Book Group meets the last Thursday of every month at 6:00 p.m. Please join us in the Business Center (First Floor–Side Door). No registration required (967-2778). For the month of September, we will be reading The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe. Please call the Library if you need to reserve a copy.
Next Meeting : October 31 – The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Please join Miss Terri and Miss Stephanie for storytime on Friday, September 20 @10:00 am. Special Guest reader, featuring Maine author, Nicole Holbrook, who will be here to read from her new book, River, the Backpacking Raccoon. Designed for children 5 and young, however, all ages are welcome. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to participate. No registration is required.
For more information, please call the Library at 967-2778. As always, stories, songs, and fun activities.
