Clear and Present Danger?: America in a Bipolar World with Gil Barndollar
Friday, Sept. 15, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library Athenaeum member, Portsmouth native, and foreign policy writer Gil Barndollar will offer his thoughts on the war in Ukraine, tensions with China, and international security. Following Gil’s talk, there will...A Little Help from Our Friends
By Tom Hardiman, Keeper & Executive Director If you have not seen the current exhibit in the Randall Gallery, Peace, Love, and Portsmouth, Celebrating the City’s Cultural Renaissance Through the Lens of J. D. Lincoln, you are missing a real treat. Exhibit...Author Janet Polasky Book Talk
Sunday, Sept, 10, 2023 Shaw Research Library FREE We are all too accustomed to political leaders declaring “Our country is full.” The United Nations has tried since the Second World War to assure the inalienable rights of refugees in the face of civil unrest,...Peace, Love & Portsmouth: Celebrating the City’s Cultural Renaissance through the Lens of J. D. Lincoln
If there was a bird’s eye view of Portsmouth’s sea change in the 1970s, it was from Grace Casey’s peacock chair at the River House on Bow Street. The work of the photographer she chose to document the decade is featured in a free exhibit opening Aug....Portsmouth Athenaeum Chamber Music 2023
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 the following four chamber concerts: SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 3 p.m. BALOURDET QUARTET at Kittery Dance...2023 Historic House Plaque Program
The Portsmouth Athenaeum, Portsmouth NH 400, the Friends of the South End and the Citywide Neighborhood Committee are collaborating on a Historic House Plaque Program for 2023. The owners of any house, no matter the age or location in Portsmouth, can research the...Elizabeth Howard in conversation with Author Charles J. Doane
Sunday, June 25, 2023 3 p.m. Sawtelle Reading Room & Zoom Athenaeum Proprietor and host of the “Short Fuse Podcast,” Elizabeth Howard, will bring her literary program to the Sawtelle Reading Room with “Short Fuse Live,” with Charles...Gallery Talk: “Benning Wentworth’s Towns in Vermont and New Hampshire” with John Rule
Saturday, June 24, 2023 11 a.m. Shaw Research Library John Rule speaks on “Benning Wentworth’s Towns in Vermont and New Hampshire” as part of the exhibit “The Wentworth Takeover: How One Family Dominated Portsmouth and New Hampshire...2023 Lecture Series: Before “Live Free or Die”: The Wentworth Oligarchy 1715-1775 with Sandra Rux
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library & Zoom From April through July in our Randall Gallery, the Athenaeum’s Exhibits Committee features the Wentworth family developed by historian Sandra Rux. As a complement to the exhibition, Ms. Rux...Events Calendar
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