Announcements | Portsmouth Athenaeum

Portrait Exhibit Closes Saturday

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 1, 2018 | Announcements, Exhibits

It’s the final two days to see the Portsmouth Athenaeum’s exhibition Painting Portsmouth’s Notables: 1750-1850. Three new faces joined the notables at the half-way point of the exhibition with a special loan from the Newington Historical Society’s Old...

Emily Daggett Smith, Violin & Constantine Finehouse, Piano

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 6, 2018 | Announcements, Performance

Sunday, October 28, 2018 3:00 p.m. New Castle Congregational Church, 65 Main St, New Castle, NH New York-based violinist Emily Daggett Smith, a favorite of Portsmouth audiences, rejoins the Historic Portsmouth Chamber Music 2018 Series this season with pianist...

Rosie’s Mom: Forgotten Women of the First World War

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 5, 2018 | Announcements, Events

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 7:00 p.m. Research Library The 2018 Program Series: “Remembering the Great War, Home and Abroad” continues as Carrie Brown discusses “Rosie’s Mom: Forgotten Women of the First World War.” One hundred years ago, a full...

The Harlem Hellfighters: Powered Differently

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 6, 2018 | Announcements, Events

September 19, 2018 7:00 p.m. Research Library, Portsmouth Athenaeum The 2018 Program Series: “Remembering the Great War, Home and Abroad” returns with L’Merchie Frazier and “The Harlem Hellfighters: Powered Differently.” The contributions of the 369th...

Omer String Quartet

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 6, 2018 | Announcements, Performance

September 23, 2018 3:00 p.m. North Church, 2 Congress Street, Portsmouth The Historic Portsmouth Chamber Music 2018 Series welcomes back the Omer String Quartet who come with a program they will be debuting in New York City and Washington DC next winter. We...

New Books for August 2018

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Aug 29, 2018 | Announcements, Library

You’re going to need a bigger tote! Summer may be winding down (though it doesn’t feel like it right now), but your reading list could be heating up! Here are the new books now available in the library. Click on the link below: August New Books 2018 ...