by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 12, 2017 | Announcements, Events
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Fall Lecture Series: Pontine Theatre, “Pretty Halcyon Days: On The Beach with Ogden Nash” 7 p.m. in the Research Library. Ogden Nash, Portsmouth Athenaeum Proprietor, spent his summers on Little Boar’s Head in North...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 5, 2017 | Announcements, Events, Exhibits
Saturday, October 7, 2017 11 a.m. Join Curator Richard Candee to learn how the Athenaeum became what it is today as he focuses on key elements from his exhibit “Treasures of the Athenaeum Part IV: Renewal, Growth, and a Public Research Library, 1980 –...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 20, 2017 | Announcements, Events, Exhibits
The current exhibit “Treasures of the Athenaeum Part IV, 1980-2017: Renewal, Growth & A Public Research Library” opened Sept. 15 in the Randall Gallery at 9 Market Square. Curator, Richard Candee will give a talk on this exhibit on Saturday, October...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 13, 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 Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 13, 2017 | Announcements, Events
On Saturday, September 16th, from 2 to 4 pm, there will be a wonderful opportunity to see Portsmouth the way it was viewed by many of its residents for the city’s first 300 years…from the water. The non-profit Gundalow Company has offered the Portsmouth Athenauem the...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Aug 31, 2017 | Announcements, Manuscripts
In 2016, Roland Goodbody, contract archivist at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, cataloged the NH-Maine border dispute papers of Harrison “Workie” Workman (1919-2007), a Portsmouth resident and lobsterman. MS120 Harrison Workman Border Dispute Papers,...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Aug 29, 2017 | Announcements, Events
Join Author John Lillard Friday, September 8, 2017 for a talk on his new Book Playing War: Wargaming and U.S. Navy Preparations for World War II. The book explores Wargaming at the Naval War College during the 20s and 30s, and how it helped the Navy prepare for the...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Aug 27, 2017 | Announcements, Events
Did an Unseen Woman Really Witness the Signing of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty? New historical research unveiled. . . . Join us to celebrate the anniversary of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty on Saturday, September 2nd with a short talk by author Anne Gordon Perry, whose...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Aug 27, 2017 | Announcements, Exhibits
The last grains of sand are slipping through the hourglass if you wish to see “200 Years of the Portsmouth Athenaeum: Collect, Preserve, Share” at Discover Portsmouth. This exhibit will close at 8 p.m. after Art-Round-Town on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Thank...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | 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...
