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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.

DEATH CAFE – WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 @ 9:30 AM

Please join us for our  Death Café – Community, Conversation, and Coffee. We will be meeting in the Community Room from 9:30 to 11:10 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.

BOB DENNIS & TOM BRADBURY – DECEMBER 3 @ 4:00 PM

REFLECTIONS AT THE LIBRARY – BOOK SIGNING AND HOMEMADE CLAM CHOWDER

We hope to see you here at the Graves Library for a special Prelude book signing on Tuesday, December 3 at 4:00 pm in the Community Room.  Local favorites, Bob Dennis and Tom Bradbury will discuss and sign copies of their new book Reflections: Four Seasons of Beauty in Kennebunkport, Volume II. The book features 200 photos of Kennebunkport by award-winning photographer Bob Dennis. The photographs are accompanied by thought-provoking quotations selected by Tom Bradbury. Light refreshments will be served. Parking is available along Maine Street, the Fire Station Parking Lot (North Street), and Consolidated School (Route 9).

 

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

DEATH CAFE – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 @ 9:00 AM

Please join us for our  Death Café – Community, Conversation, and Coffee. We will be meeting in the Community Room on Thursday, September 19 from 9:00 to 10:30 am.

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.

CHANGES IN MEDICARE: AN INFORMATIONAL SESSION – SEPTEMBER 26 @ 9:00 AM

Please join us and Karen Vachon on Thursday, September 26 @ 9:00 am in the Community Room to learn about all of the new regulations and changes in Medicare for 2025. The Annual Notice of Change will be hitting your mailbox soon. Come find out what would work best for your budget. Light refreshments will be served. The Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. No registration necessary!

 

Since 2009, Karen Vachon, licensed health insurance agent, in southern Maine has Been helping people who are perplexed, bewildered, dazed, and confused about Medicare. She is bracing for the upcoming Medicare season. The Inflation Reduction Act, coupled with announced big price increases for Medicare Supplement plans, will be delivering negative news to 90% of Medicare beneficiaries this September, when people receive their plan carrier Annual Notice of Change (ANOC’s) in their mailbox. “This is not the year to ignore your ANOC”, says Karen, “it may be dry reading, but it is very important”.  Karen will be speaking to communities around Southern Maine in September and early October. Her informational sessions are informal, allowing people to learn and ask questions. “Changes in Medicare are always concerning, but learning and preparing will make the changes easier.” Her sessions are informational only. Medicare beneficiaries will not be marketed to. No registration or RSVP is necessary. Karen will provide information, tips, and resources to help anyone on Medicare get ready for the Annual Enrollment Period, which runs October 15 through December 7, 2024.

SAVE OUR SHOREBIRDS – AUGUST 28 @ 9:30 AM

We invite you to join us here at Graves Library on Wednesday, August 28th at 9:30 AM for an informative presentation about the shorebirds at Goose Rocks Beach.  Emily McCormick, Shorebird Volunteer Coordinator through the Town of Kennebunkport will be here to discuss how we can all help this migratory shorebird species.

This one-hour session will highlight the endangered piping plovers and least terns, their habitats, and the challenges they encounter.  Ms. McCormick will discuss the vital conservation efforts in place to protect these birds and learn how we can all help in their preservation.  Whether you are a bird lover or simply interested in local wildlife, this presentation is set to offer valuable insights and encourage community participation in the protection of our shorebirds.

For more information about this presentation (and the project in general), please email Emily McCormick at eomcco17@gmail.com or Mary-Lou Boucouvalas at mlbgraves@gmail.com

Light refreshments will be served.  Parking available at Consolidated School or the North Street Fire Station.  Please call 967-2778 for more information.

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