Announcements | Portsmouth Athenaeum

Program Series Welcomes Rachel Forrest

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 10, 2019 | Announcements, Events

Wednesday, May 15, 20195:30 p.m.Research Library The 2019 Program Series Scripting the Seacoast with Words, Beauty, Learning and Laughter brings Rachel Forrest, a prolific writer, who, as a journalist, wrote two weekly columns about food and drink for the...

Portsmouth Athenaeum Chamber Music 2019

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

The Portsmouth Athenaeum presents this annual series of chamber music concerts held in historic properties around Portsmouth. The public is invited to four concerts: SUNDAY, JULY 21, 3 p.m. SEBASTIAN BAVERSTAM & CONSTANTINE FINEHOUSE at St. John’s...

A Fabulous Find for the Athenaeum!

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 3, 2019 | Announcements

Just announced for the month of May! The Fabulous Find has partnered with the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Exeter Area Conservancy, and Community Food Pantry as the three recipients for the profits from all the sales of May donations at The Fabulous Find, 139 State Road,...

Rainbow Reflections Exhibit

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 3, 2019 | Announcements, Exhibits

Seacoast LGBT History Project founder Tom Kaufhold can tell you what led to the work that has consumed him the last four years. “It started with me cleaning out my desk,” he said. Inside that desk were documents related to a fight for an Equal Rights...

“New Hampshire Merchant Scrip” Book Signing for Athenæum Proprietor Kevin Lafond

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 2, 2019 | Announcements, Events

Thursday, May 23, 2019 6:00 p.m. New Hampshire Merchant Scrip, Along with a Brief History of Its Use and Biographical Sketches of the Merchants, by Kevin G. Lafond During troubled times, people tended to hoard coins, which were made from silver and gold, to hedge...

Book Signing: “After Emily” by Julie Dobrow

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 2, 2019 | Announcements, Events

Wednesday, May 8, 2019 7 p.m. Research Library Author Julie Dobrow will talk about her new book AFTER EMILY: Two Remarkable Women and the Legacy of America’s Greatest Poet. This critically acclaimed work explores the overlooked history of Emily Dickinson’s sister...