by Patty Kosowicz | Aug 8, 2017 | Performance
August 17, 2017 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. “Pink Decisions The Experiential Series” Part 2, a multi-media performance about expanding horizons featuring poet Matthew Army and artist Nathaniel Purdy will take place starting at 6 p.m. in the Reading Room. The...
by Patty Kosowicz | Jul 13, 2017 | Announcements, Events
Please join us for The Twenty-Fifth Annual Portsmouth Athenaeum Pot Luck Picnic! All Proprietors, Subscribers, Friends and their spouses, partners and friends are welcome. It will be held Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 5:30 pm under the tent, rain or shine. The Seacoast...
by Patty Kosowicz | Jun 22, 2017 | Exhibits
The opening of our new exhibit, Part III of Treasures of the Athenaeum, “The Somnolent Years” will be on Friday, July 7, 2017, in the Randall Gallery. This is the feature of Art Around Town in the Gallery from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. While the 20th century...
by Patty Kosowicz | Aug 8, 2017 | Performance
Sunday, September 17, 2017 HPCM presents Jose Lezcano with String Ensemble at the South Church in Portsmouth Guitarist Jose Lezcano, violinist Jennifer Elowitch and members of the Portland Chamber Music Festival team up to play a program of music for guitar and...
by Patty Kosowicz | Jul 6, 2017 | Library
Fiction: Jews Queers Germans: A Novel By: Martin Duberman Salt Houses By: Hala Alyan Scribbled in the Dark: Poems By: Charles Simic Trajectory By: Richard Russo The Weight of Ink By: Rachel Kadish Nonfiction: American Idea of Home: ...
by Patty Kosowicz | Jun 29, 2017 | Performance
Sunday, July 9, 2017 Central4 Piano Quartet at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Portsmouth, N.H. 3 p.m. This year’s program begins with Frank Bridge’s lush and romantic Phantasy in F# minor described by Benjamin Britten as “Brahms happily...
by James | Jun 22, 2017 | Announcements
Huzzah! Researchers, rejoice! The Athenaeum’s Search Catalog is back online and better than before with a new design and improved functionality. Search the Athenaeum’s entire collection or narrow your focus to include only books, objects, manuscripts or...
by Patty Kosowicz | Jun 22, 2017 | Announcements
Please note that the Portsmouth Athenaeum will be closed for the 4th of July Holiday. Share...
by Patty Kosowicz | Jun 22, 2017 | Exhibits
Saturday, June 24, 2017, will be the last day to view our current exhibit “High Hopes and Ambitious Plans”, which is Part II of the series “Treasures of the Athenaeum”. The exhibit will be open from 10 am to 4 pm in the Randall Gallery. Share...
by Patty Kosowicz | Jun 13, 2017 | Announcements
Tuesday, June 13, 2017 Please note that due to a hardware failure the Athenaeum’s online catalog will be unavailable for approximately another week. For research assistance, please call (603) 431-2538 or stop by the Athenaeum during open hours. We apologize for...
