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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

Please join us for our  Death Café – Community, Conversation, and Coffee. We will be meeting in the Community Room from 9:00 to 10:00 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 Geriatric 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.

HARVEST STORYTIME – FRINKLEPOD FARM

Our friend Flora Brown from Frinklepod Farm will be here on Friday, November 7, at 10:00 am for a special harvest storytime.

Frinklepod Farm is located at 244 Log Cabin Road.  Their mission is to help us eat more plants and feel connected to the land, the farmers, and our community!

DEATH CAFE – WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 AT 9 AM

Please join us for our  Death Café – Community, Conversation, and Coffee. We will be meeting in the Community Room from 9:00 to 10:00 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 Geriatric 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.

AUTHOR KATE FLORA – SEPTEMBER 20 AT 2:00 PM

As part of the Patsy Bray Mahoney Lecture Series, we are pleased to welcome Kate Flora to the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library on Saturday, September 20, at 2:00 p.m. Ms. Flora will read from her latest book, Those Who Chose Evil and talk about the writing process.

Kate Flora’s fascination with the darker side of human nature began in the Maine attorney general’s office, where she encountered everything from deadbeat dads to child abusers to discriminatory employers. This exposure ignited her curiosity about what drives people to cross moral and legal lines. Now the author of twenty-eight books across crime fiction, true crime, memoir, and nonfiction, Flora’s works have earned her a finalist spot for prestigious awards like the Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, and Derringer. She has twice won the Maine Literary Award for crime fiction, taken home the Public Safety Writers Association award for nonfiction, and received lifetime achievement honors from both the New England Crime Bake and the Maine Crime Wave.

As the president of her local chapter of Sisters in Crime and a founder of New England Crime Bake and Maine Crime Wave, Flora plays a significant role in the crime writing community. Her latest works include Teach Her a Lesson, a gripping domestic suspense novel, Burn the Diaries and Run, a political thriller, and Those Who Choose Evil, the ninth installment in her gritty Joe Burgess police procedural series. When she’s not crafting dark, suspenseful stories, she divides her time between Massachusetts and Maine, finding joy in gardening, cooking, and watching the clouds. Learn more at www.kateclarkflora.com

Refreshments will be provided by the Graves Library Snack Team. Copies of the book will be for sale and signing after the program. The Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, Maine. Please call the library at 207-967-2778 with any questions. Additional parking is available at the Fire Department Parking Lot (North Street).

We hope you will join us for this very special afternoon.

 

DEATH CAFE – WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 @ 9:00 AM

Please join us for our  Death Café – Community, Conversation, and Coffee. We will be meeting in the Community Room from 9:00 to 10:00 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 Geriatric 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.

KINDNESS ROCKS – APRIL 23 @ 2:00 PM

We will be painting rocks and writing positive messages for folks to find around town. You may help brighten someone’s day by sharing your special note with a total stranger! This is a fun, creative, and inspirational project suitable for all talent levels. Materials will be provided. Let’s spread some kindness around!

 

 

Pre-registration is required.  Please give us a call at 967-2778.

 

PORTSIDE READERS GO LIVE – SATURDAY, MARCH 15 @ 4:00 PM

Come One, Come All to a “lively” afternoon with the Graves Library Portside Readers.  Several of the group’s members will be here on Saturday, March 15 @ 4:00 pm to read in front of a live audience.

Portside Readers is usually a recorded production and seen on social media and Local TV.  During this special event, you the audience will be able to laugh, cry, and enjoy the presentations of our merry troupe of readers.  A diverse mix of quality stories, poems, tales, essays, drama, songs, and more will be shared.   Readers include Bob Domine, Karen Stathoplos, Nonie Freeman, Paul Beach, Andy Young, and Valerie Reid.  This exceptional group loves the written word and enjoys sharing the joys of reading and listening.  Who does not like to close their eyes and listen to someone reading to them?  We hope you can make it!

If you would like to see some of their previous recordings, click here.

Light refreshments will be served.  Doors open at 3:30 pm.  Please call the Library at 967-2778 if you have any questions about this event.

DEATH CAFE – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 @ 9:00 AM

Please join us for our  Death Café – Community, Conversation, and Coffee. We will be meeting in the Community Room from 9:00 to 10:00 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 Geriatric 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 – WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 @ 9:00 AM

Please join us for our  Death Café – Community, Conversation, and Coffee. We will be meeting in the Community Room from 9:00 to 10:00 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 Geriatric 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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