by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 8, 2023 | Announcements, Events
November 30, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library Why do we know so little about David and Amias Thompson of Plymouth, England? And why is the little we know so often wrong? Our first European couple “settled” at Rye, NH in 1623. Within five years the Thompsons...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 2, 2023 | Announcements, Events
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library & Zoom This year’s series concludes on November 15 when Rodney Rowland presents Water Has a Memory: Sea Level Rise, Our Past, Our Future. Strawbery Banke Museum is confronting the impacts of and...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 13, 2023 | Announcements, Events, Performance
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 3 p.m. ASMI TRIO at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 101 Chapel Street, Portsmouth The Altschuler Summer Music Institute develops musicians of all ages through participation in masterclasses, private lessons, and performances with renowned...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 6, 2023 | Announcements, Events
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library & Zoom A long-time student of New England interiors, Jane C. Nylander’s talk on October 18, At Home in Portsmouth, 1750 – 1850 will weave together a host of primary sources to expand our...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 26, 2023 | Announcements, Events, Performance
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 3 p.m. RASA STRING QUARTET at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 101 Chapel Street, Portsmouth Currently in residence at Philips Exeter, Boston-based Rasa String Quartet violinists Maura Shawn Scanlin and Kiyoshi Hayashi, violist Emma Powell, and...
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 21, 2023 | Announcements, Events
Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library A presentation and book signing by Proprietor Nancy R. Hammond, whose new book, The Life and Times of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall, 1748-1808, Poet – Lawyer – Patriot, resurrects a forgotten Portsmouth...