An Evening with Best-Selling Author William Deresiewicz
Monday, April 9, 2018 7:00 p.m. Mr. Deresiewicz will speak on the value of a broad college experience as opposed to over specialization and too much emphasis on career preparation. He will also speak to the importance of students developing passions and...Tom Carnicelli Poetry Reading and Book Signing
Wednesday, April 4, 2018 7:00 p.m. First-Floor Reading Room Local author Tom Carnicelli reads from his new book Older Guy in the Reading Room. Copies of Tom’s book will be available for purchase. Reservation required. Please call 603-431-2538. Click here...On This Date: 100 Years Ago
The Portsmouth Bridge (also known as the Pile Bridge) was a wooden trestle bridge that carried both highway and railroad traffic across the Piscataqua River from Noble’s Island to Kittery, Maine, in the vicinity of the old/new Sarah Mildred Long Bridge. ...FULL! Atlantic Heights, Portsmouth’s 1918 ’War Village’
The upcoming talk “Atlantic Heights, Portsmouth’s 1918 ‘War Village'” by Richard Candee is now full, and we are no longer accepting names to the waiting list. Please consider signing up for our weekly e-blast to ensure you are not left off the...Hawthorne Exhibit Opening Reception!
Friday, March 16, 2018 5:00-7:00 p.m. Third-Floor Randall Gallery Come to the opening reception for What Hawthorne Read, a traveling exhibit from the Salem Athenaeum in Salem, MA. Curator Elaine von Bruns explores the circulation records and the hundreds of books...Atlantic Heights, Portsmouth’s 1918 ’War Village’
THIS PROGRAM IS NOW FULL! Wednesday, March 21, 2018 Research Library 7:00 p.m. The 2018 Program Series: “Remembering the Great War, Home and Abroad” begins as Richard Candee presents “Atlantic Heights, Portsmouth’s 1918 ’War Village’.” At the beginning of World...2018 Program Lecture Series
Remembering the Great War: Home and Abroad Portsmouth Athenaeum Program Series 2018 March 21 Atlantic Heights, Portsmouth’s 1918 ‘War Village’ with Richard Candee April 18 Flying for America: Granite State Airmen and the War in the Air with Byron...Recital by French Pianist Hélène Papadopoulos
Hélène Papadopoulos Concert St. John’s Church Friday, March 2, 2018 7:30 p.m. Pianist Hélène Papadopoulos [pictured] will perform at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 100 Chapel Street, Portsmouth, NH, as part of her 2018 USA tour. Ms. Papadopoulos performs a...Non-Fiction Book Club
Join the Discussion! The non-fiction book discussion group meets on the second Thursday of each month in the Library Room at 11:45 a.m. Upcoming Titles: March – The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone April – The Man Who Created the Middle East by Christopher...Events Calendar
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