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FUNDRAISING BOOK LAUNCH Sunday, June 23 at 4:00 p.m.
Please join us at the Colony Hotel June 23 at 4:00 p.m. Tickets for this event are $25.00 and will go on sale here at Graves Library on Thursday, May 23 at 9:00 am. Local Historian and Author Joyce Butler will launch her new book Kennebunkport : the Evolution of an American Town and talk about this wonderful treasure that she has created for the Library to sell. Residents and friends will be able to learn about Kennebunkport from 1603 to 1923 in this exciting, fact-filled chronology. This is Volume I of a two-volume set. Volume II will be due out in December, 2013 and will cover 1924 to the Present.
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Read to a Dog - June 5 @ 1:00
Darwin loves both kids and books. Come share your favorite stories with this mild-mannered, certified beagle. Children of all ages are welcome. Pre-Registration is Required. For Details call us at 967-2778. Early Release Wednesdays.
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Magical Murals Book
From now until June 11, our Magical Murals book is on sale at the Biddeford Savings Bank in Kennebunk. These murals, originally painted by Louis Norton in 1930 for the children of Kennebunkport have been turned into a picture book for you to enjoy with your family. All proceeds benefit the Library. $15.00 (tax included). Supplies are limited.
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PASCO LECTURE SERIES - 2013
Albert Waitt : Summer to Fall (a Debut). Sunday, June 2 at 2:00 p.m. (Read
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Sponsored by : Kennebunk Savings Bank and The Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation
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In Their Own Words : The Navy Fights the War of 1812
Please join us on June 22 at 2:00 p.m. to welcome George W. Emery, Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (Retired).
According to Christopher McKee of the Newberry Library, Chicago, "George W. Emery has for many years been a student of naval history and an astute and assiduous collector of books, manuscripts, and ephemera that document this tradition-forming period in the U.S. Navy's history. In Their Own Words follows the run-up to and the course of the War of 1812 in documents that the author has selected from his larger collection to highlight this central event in the Navy's early story." (Foreword, In Their Own Words.) Light refreshments will follow.
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Evening Book Group
Come to our next meeting on May 30th at 6:30. We will be discussing When We Were the Kennedys by Monica Wood.
This is a beautifully composed snapshot of how a family, a town—and, later, a country—grieves and goes on...The bonds between family members, neighbors, and coworkers, as well as men and their professions, are all explored here with sensitivity and a sweetness that isn’t saccharine." —Library Journal |
