by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 24, 2021 | Announcements, Events
IN-PERSON EVENT Jane C. Nylander, The Best Ever! Parades in New England, 1788-1940 Thursday, December 2, 2021 5:30 p.m. Copley Reading Room (first floor of 1805 Building)Proprietor Jane C. Nylander will give a brief talk in the Sawtelle Reading Room and sign copies of...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 20, 2021 | Announcements, Events
ZOOM DISCUSSION Meredith Hall, Beneficence with Elizabeth Howard Tuesday, November 30, 2021 6 p.m. Proprietor Elizabeth Howard, host of the Short Fuse Podcast, will be in conversation with Meredith Hall on Tuesday, November 30. Meredith Hall grew up on the Seacoast in...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 5, 2021 | Announcements, Events
ZOOM DISCUSSION John Forti, the Heirloom Gardener Thursday, October 14, 2021 7 p.m. These days, we all need some good news and a way to participate in meaningful change. The Heirloom Gardener: Traditional Plants and Skills for the Modern World provides gardeners an...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 13, 2021 | Announcements, Events, Performance
The Portsmouth Athenaeum presents this annual series of chamber music concerts held in historic properties around Portsmouth. This fall, the public is invited to two chamber concerts. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 3 p.m. ASMI CHAMBER ENSEMBLE at St. John’s Episcopal...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Aug 29, 2021 | Announcements, Events
The latest newsletter is here! Find out what’s been happening this summer and what’s still to come at the Athenaeum. Thank you to the contributing writers, editor Sherry Wood, and guest designer Tom Lynch for creating an excellent publication. Click the...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jul 9, 2021 | Announcements, Exhibits
On July 16, the latest Portsmouth Athenaeum exhibit “The Georgian Garden in Print and in Portsmouth” opens, focusing on Europe’s Georgian period of garden design, its most famous gardener designers, the books that disseminated their designs, and the Portsmouth gardens...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 18, 2021 | Announcements, Library
The new books are here! Planting season for your garden AND your mind. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the link below to discover the new books now available in the library: New Books, April 2021 Not a Proprietor or a Subscriber? Find out how you can...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 11, 2021 | Announcements, Events
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MEMBERSHIP LIBRARIES GROUP ZOOM DISCUSSION The Discovery of a Masterpiece! Mallory Mortillaro Thursday, May 27, 2021 5:30 PM While Curator and Archivist Mallory Mortillaro was cataloging the artwork housed inside of the Hartley...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 11, 2021 | Announcements, Events
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MEMBERSHIP LIBRARIES GROUP ZOOM BOOK TALK The Loyalists of Colonial New Hampshire Charles A. Coulombe Sunday, May 23, 2021 3 PM Author Charles A. Coulombe gives a virtual book talk on the theme of “The Loyalists of Colonial New Hampshire,”...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 30, 2021 | Announcements, Library
Review by Research Librarian Katy Sternberger For readers interested in World War II, human relationships, and library history, The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles is a thought-provoking new addition to the historical fiction genre. This is a good read for...
