by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 1, 2023 | Announcements, Events
Thursday, June 15, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library Science educator and Proprietor Dr. Fred Schubert will give a talk on “Advances in Understanding and Treating Disease in the 19th Century with Lessons That Still Resonate.” In 1800, the world...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 17, 2023 | Announcements, Events, Library
Thursday, May 25, 2023 5: 30 p.m. Sawtelle Reading Room Join Peter Randall, publisher and photographer, in conversation with author Tom Curren about his new book All Join Hands: Dudley Laufman & the New England Country Dance Tradition. All Join Hands is a...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 5, 2023 | Announcements, Events
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library In her talk May 17 on An Abundance of Cod: Fueling the New World, Ann Beattie will take you a step back in time to the early 17th century when Europeans began to sail to the New World and carry home tales...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 5, 2023 | Announcements
Friday, May 12 5 p.m. Sawtelle Reading Room Join us for our Athenaeum Memorial Concert as we remember Proprietors who passed in 2022. Proprietor Mike Blair, Irish tenor, and Joe Prendergast, well-known guitarist, will perform, and Bill Wieting will present the...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 21, 2023 | Announcements
The latest newsletter is here! Find out what’s been happening this spring at the Athenaeum and what’s still to come during Portsmouth’s 400th celebration. Thank you to editor Sherry Wood, designer Tom Lynch, and the contributing writers for creating...