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2020 Program Series

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 5, 2020 | Announcements, Events

**CANCELED/POSTPONED Series. We will alert you of a possible make up date for these events. Please check the Calendar of Events for updates to programming.** Portsmouth Athenaeum Program Series 2020 Elections with a New Hampshire Twist This is a...

J. Dennis Robinson Book Talk & Signing

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Dec 5, 2019 | Events, Manuscripts

Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019 5:30 p.m. Research Library Longtime Athenaeum proprietor J. Dennis Robinson wants to tell you about the “making of” his latest history gift book now available. Instead of a reading, Dennis will present a 30-minute slideshow...

Sarah Hamill Memoir

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Dec 5, 2019 | Announcements, Events

Wednesday, December 11, 2019 5:30 p.m. Reading Room Proprietor Sarah Hamill will present a book talk and signing for her new memoir When I was a Child in England During World War II in the Reading Room. Attendance is free. PLEASE NOTE: The correct day is Dec. 11 (not...

2019 Program Series: John Perrault

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...

Armsden Index Transcribe-a-thon!

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...

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,...