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Adult Programs
Knit Lits meets every Tuesday, from 3-4:30 in the Williams Reading Room. All fiber artists are welcome.
Cook the Book (program is currently full) meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month in the community room at 5:30. If you would like to be added to the waiting list for this program please ask at the main desk. The group breaks for July and August.
Sam’s Book Club meets on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 5:30 in the community room. On Wednesday, June 5th we are discussing When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine by Monica Wood. There will be no book group in July or August but Monica will be visiting us on July 31st!
Fred Boyle Book Discussion and Signing (6/5 @ 2 pm) Local genealogist Fred Boyle will be here with his new book Early Families of Kennebunkport on Wednesday, June 5th in the Williams Reading Room. Fred will have books available for purchase.
Adventure in Mongolia (6/26 @ 5:30 pm) Join us in the community room as Jessie shares her horseback adventure. In August 2023 Jessie Dowling competed in the Mongol Derby, at over 1,000 kilometers, it's the longest horse race in the world, set across the wide open steppe landscape in Mongolia. Jessie will be giving a presentation on what it was like training for and competing in the race and what it was like staying with nomadic Mongolian herder families along the way.
Mindfulness and Sound Therapy(6/17) with Sarah will be continuing in the community room every third Monday of the Month @5:30. Be advised that this program fills fast, you’ll want to get here by 5:15 to ensure your spot. Doors close at 5:25. Sarah and her Tibetan Singing Bowls will be in the community room! Come with a blanket and dress comfy for this hour long session. We are very excited to have Sarah back!
Music on the Patio returns on Friday, June 28th. Every Friday through September you can find a musical artist on the back patio at noon. You will see old favorites and some new talent in the line-up. The dates and musicians will be posted on the website in June.
Adventure Begins in Your Library our Adult Summer Reading Program begins on June 17th. We are doing a Choose Your Own Adventure style punch card like we’ve done before but this year you’ll be choosing your adventure but picking genre slips from a jar and choosing what you’d like to read. As always, our wonderful librarians will help you choose your perfect book!
Staff Picks
How to Read A Book Monica Wood *Dawn and Lesley
Just for the Summer Abby Jimenez *Dawn
Ernie’s Ark Monica Wood *Dawn
The Hunter’s Daughter Nicola Solvinic *Lesley
A Perilous Undertaking Deanna Raybourn *Sheila
The Stars Too Fondly Emily Hamilton *Kaity
How to ADHD Jessica McCabe *Kaity
The Dead Romantics Ashley Poston *Kaity
We Got the Beat Jenna Miller *Kaity
The Ex Freida McFadden *Nancy
Big Time Ben H. Winters *Sam
The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon *Sam, Dawn and Lesley
Mark Your Calendars…
7/4 Closed for Independence Day
7/11 Drumming Circle
7/15 Mindfulness and Sound Therapy
7/19 Mermaid Lavinia
7/25 Teddy Bear Picnic
7/31 Monica Wood Visit
Fiction Titles
The Busy Body Kemper Donovan
Northwoods Amy Pease
The Bullet Swallower Elizabeth Gonzalez James
The Silence in Her Eyes Armando Lucas Correa
Good Material Dolly Alderton
Leave No Trace A.J. Landau
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