by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Dec 5, 2019 | Events, Manuscripts
Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019 5:30 p.m. Research Library Longtime Athenaeum proprietor J. Dennis Robinson wants to tell you about the “making of” his latest history gift book now available. Instead of a reading, Dennis will present a 30-minute slideshow...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Dec 5, 2019 | Announcements, Events
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 5:30 p.m. Reading Room Proprietor Sarah Hamill will present a book talk and signing for her new memoir When I was a Child in England During World War II in the Reading Room. Attendance is free. PLEASE NOTE: The correct day is Dec. 11 (not...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 8, 2019 | Announcements, Library
Halloween might be over, but we added some treats in the Athenaeum. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the link below to discover the new books now available in the library: October New Books 2019 Share...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 8, 2019 | Announcements, Events
Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019 5:30 p.m. Research Library The 2019 Program Series Scripting the Seacoast with Words, Beauty, Learning and Laughter concludes with John Perrault, balladeer, poet, lawyer and teacher. As a talented musician and former Poet Laureate of...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 1, 2019 | Announcements
In case you missed the latest Athenaeum newsletter, here is the digital version: Fall 2019 If you would like to receive the newsletter in paper form, please consider becoming a member of the Portsmouth Athenaeum. The newsletter is filled with interesting...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 1, 2019 | Announcements, Events
Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Research Library In 2018, the Athenaeum received the photographic collection of prolific, local photographer Douglas J. Armsden (1918-2009). Armsden’s portfolio captured the essence of the mid-20th century Seacoast region of...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 18, 2019 | Announcements, Events
Author Kurt Leland presents Celia Thaxter: Ghosts, Ghouls, and Gurus Tuesday, October 29, 2019 5:30 p.m. Research Library Join us for a special Halloween presentation of lesser known aspects of the life of Portsmouth’s own nineteenth-century poet and artist,...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 11, 2019 | Announcements, Performance
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 3 p.m. at The Dance Hall, Kittery (piano, violin, cello) This fall, the Portsmouth Athenaeum Chamber Music 2019 welcomes the return of Neave Trio, a program of piano trios by four distinguished female composers, spanning the Romantic era through...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 4, 2019 | Announcements, Photographs
By James Smith, Photographic Collections Manager This past Sunday, we shared the above image on social media of the Portsmouth Junior High band, all of whom were unidentified, at the Whipple School on the corner of Summer and State streets, c.1920. [PS2659] On...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 3, 2019 | Announcements, Events
Wednesday, Oct. 16, 20195:30 p.m.Research Library Talented playwrights, actors and puppeteers, Marguerite Matthews & Gregory Gathers have created over fifty original works that have been presented both at their venue, Pontine Theatre, and in hundreds of...
