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November 2026: Hunger and Homelessness Awareness

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 5, 2026 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica Zaricki Each year the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness sponsor Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week during the week prior to Thanksgiving to educate the public, draw...

October 2026: National Arts & Humanities Month

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 1, 2026 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica Zaricki October marks the largest annual celebration of the arts and humanities in the United States, giving us a wonderful opportunity to reflect on how much these fields enrich our society. What would the world be without music, art,...

September 2026: National Wilderness Month

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 3, 2026 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica Zaricki In 2021, President Joseph R. Biden declared September as National Wilderness Month as a recommitment to the Wilderness Act of 1964, which sought to protect millions of acres of undeveloped federal public land from industrial...

August 2026: Beach Reads

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Aug 4, 2026 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica Zaricki It’s summertime and our thoughts have turned to the beach and, of course, light, distracting summer reads. Please enjoy this selection from our circulating collection featuring mystery, romance, and New Hampshire’s local beaches...

July 2026: The Red Light District

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jul 1, 2026 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica Zaricki This summer and fall the Portsmouth Athenæum presents The Red Light District: Vice in Portsmouth, NH at the Turn of the 20th Century, an exhibit in the Randall Gallery which offers a glimpse at a seedier part of our city’s...

June 2026: Pride Month

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 4, 2026 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica Zaricki On June 28, 1969, the Stonewall Uprising began in New York City as a series of riots and protests that are now considered the catalyst for the modern gay liberation movement. Over the following decades, annual marches...