by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 23, 2022 | Announcements, Events, Performance
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 3 p.m. MUSIC HAVEN STRING QUARTET at South Church, 292 State Street, Portsmouth Featured in the New York Times and on NPR, and sought after for both their command on the concert stage and their mastery as teachers, Music Haven String Quartet has...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 13, 2022 | Announcements, Library
The new book list is here! Summer may be winding down, but at the Athenaeum, book season is year-round. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the link below to discover the new books now available in the library: August New Books Not a Proprietor or a...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 13, 2022 | Announcements, Events
Portsmouth Athenaeum 2022 Lecture Series Portsmouth, NH: Evolution 1623-2023 The territory of coastal New Hampshire, first inhabited by the Abenaki and other Algonquian languages-speaking nations, was first explored and written about by Martin Pring in 1603....
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 11, 2022 | Announcements, Events, Performance
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 3 p.m. RASA STRING QUARTET at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 101 Chapel Street, Portsmouth Formed in 2019, the Boston-based Rasa String Quartet is quickly emerging as one of New England’s finest ensembles and consists of violinists Maura...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Aug 19, 2022 | Announcements, Events, Performance
SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 3 p.m. NOREE CHAMBER SOLOISTS at Kittery Dance Hall, 7 Walker Street, Kittery The Portsmouth Athenaeum Chamber Music concert series begins with the Noree Chamber Soloists. The Noree Chamber Soloists is a NY-based ensemble that shares a unique...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jul 26, 2022 | Announcements, Exhibits
The works of noted maritime artist and writer George S. Wasson (1855-1932) of Kittery Point will be exhibited in the Randall Gallery beginning Aug. 5. The exhibit is being put together by a group of admirers of Wasson, including Proprietors Wendy Lull and Lauren...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jul 15, 2022 | Announcements, Events, Performance
The Portsmouth Athenaeum presents this annual series of chamber music concerts held in historic properties around Portsmouth. This year, the public is invited to attend four chamber concerts. SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 3 p.m. NOREE CHAMBER SOLOISTS at Kittery Dance Hall, 7...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jul 6, 2022 | Announcements, Library
The new book list is here! Here are some titles to add to your summer reading. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the link below to discover the new books now available in the library: June New Books Not a Proprietor or a Subscriber? Find out how you can...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jul 1, 2022 | Announcements, Manuscripts
Katy Sternberger, Archivist Continued from “Prevent the Spread: A History of Smallpox Inoculation in Eighteenth-Century Portsmouth.” In 1782 amid a smallpox epidemic, doctors Joshua Brackett, Ammi Ruhamah Cutter, Hall Jackson, and John Jackson built a hospital on...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 30, 2022 | Announcements
By Sherry Wood More than a third of the authors in A History of Portsmouth NH in 101 Objects are members of the Portsmouth Athenaeum. The book is “intended as a record of what we value in 2023 on the 400th anniversary of Portsmouth’s settlement, a resource for...