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Celia Thaxter: Ghosts, Ghouls, and Gurus

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,...

PACM: Neave Trio

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...

Inspiring Update from the Photograph Collection

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 4, 2019 | Announcements, Photographs

By James Smith, Photographic Collections Manager This past Sunday, we shared the above image on social media of the Portsmouth Junior High band, all of whom were unidentified, at the Whipple School on the corner of Summer and State streets, c.1920. [PS2659] On...

2019 Program Series: Pontine Movement Theatre

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 3, 2019 | Announcements, Events

Wednesday, Oct. 16, 20195:30 p.m.Research Library Talented playwrights, actors and puppeteers, Marguerite Matthews & Gregory Gathers have created over fifty original works that have been presented both at their venue, Pontine Theatre, and in hundreds of...

PACM: Omer String Quartet

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 10, 2019 | Announcements, Performance

SUNDAY, SEPT. 22, 3 p.m.at the North Church of Portsmouth (2 Congress St.)(two violins, viola, cello)This September, the Portsmouth Athenaeum Chamber Music 2019 invites you to listen to the Omer String Quartet.The Omer Quartet received rave reviews from New York Times...