KENNEBUNK – Singing historian Monica Grabin will present “Facing the Facts of My Family Tree:  History Not Really for Singing,” at the Brick Store Museum’s September Third Thursday Talk at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21 in the Museum’s Program Center.

Audience participation in the discussion is encouraged and welcomed. 

While most of us find genealogy fascinating, not everything in our family stories is noble and uplifting. Monica Grabin, who was born in New York, has lived in New England for 45 years and in Kennebunk for 32.

Her family, however, is not from the Northeast, and has roots stretching through some of the most iconic events in American history. The research she and her husband, Bill, have done into her origins has uncovered numerous stories which are part of a bitter legacy.

This talk will take a look at history that many of us would rather not discuss, but which we must face squarely, via a very personal journey on her family tree.  

Third Thursday Talks are free to Museum Members, and $5 per person for general admission at the door.

Following Monica Grabin, the final 2017 Third Thursday Talk will feature guest speakers from the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor to speak on Indigenous First Nations history and de-colonizing our nation’s museums on Thursday, Oct. 19.

The Third Thursday Talks are generously supported by the Maine Humanities Council. 

The Brick Store Museum is at 117 Main St. in Kennebunk’s historic district.  For more than 80 years, the museum has been dedicated to preserving and exhibiting the region’s cultural and artistic heritage. 

Its galleries and research archives are open to the public year-round from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays; until 8 p.m. on Wednesdays; from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays; and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays.

Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors, $3 for children ages 6 to 16, and $20 for families.

For information, visit www.brickstoremuseum.org or call 985-4802.