by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 8, 2019 | Announcements, Events
Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019 5:30 p.m. Research Library The 2019 Program Series Scripting the Seacoast with Words, Beauty, Learning and Laughter concludes with John Perrault, balladeer, poet, lawyer and teacher. As a talented musician and former Poet Laureate of...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 1, 2019 | Announcements
In case you missed the latest Athenaeum newsletter, here is the digital version: Fall 2019 If you would like to receive the newsletter in paper form, please consider becoming a member of the Portsmouth Athenaeum. The newsletter is filled with interesting...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 1, 2019 | Announcements, Events
Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Research Library In 2018, the Athenaeum received the photographic collection of prolific, local photographer Douglas J. Armsden (1918-2009). Armsden’s portfolio captured the essence of the mid-20th century Seacoast region of...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 18, 2019 | Announcements, Events
Author Kurt Leland presents Celia Thaxter: Ghosts, Ghouls, and Gurus Tuesday, October 29, 2019 5:30 p.m. Research Library Join us for a special Halloween presentation of lesser known aspects of the life of Portsmouth’s own nineteenth-century poet and artist,...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 11, 2019 | Announcements, Performance
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 3 p.m. at The Dance Hall, Kittery (piano, violin, cello) This fall, the Portsmouth Athenaeum Chamber Music 2019 welcomes the return of Neave Trio, a program of piano trios by four distinguished female composers, spanning the Romantic era through...