May 2025

ArtsAthenaeum 2025 Poetry Reading with Oliver de la Paz
The Portsmouth Athenaeum is delighted to welcome Oliver de la Paz, celebrated poet and educator, for a special reading on Sunday, May 18, at 3:00 [...]

2025 Lecture Series: “A Goodly Place: The Construction and Character of the Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion” offered by John Rule and Adi Rule
NOTE: THIS PROGRAM IS NEARLY FULL. Overlooking the Piscataqua River’s back channel at Little Harbor sits one of Portsmouth’s hidden gems, the Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion. Home [...]

Lawfare in the age of Lincoln: From the battlefield to the court room, Fitz John Porter's long winter of injustice
A talk with esteemed historian William Marvel, author of Radical Sacrifice, The Rise and Ruin of Fitz John Porter. The program will be on the [...]

2025 Current Events Lecture Series: "Tracing Homelands: Israel, Palestine and the Claims of Belonging"
NOTE: This event was originally scheduled for Thursday, April 24, and it is now rescheduled for Friday, May 23. It is also now FREE for [...]

Memorial Concert with Organist Geoffrey Wieting
Join us on Thursday, May 29, at 5:00 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Portsmouth for the annual Memorial Concert, featuring renowned organist Geoffrey [...]
June 2025

Franklin Club
The Junto, also known as the Leather Apron Club, was a club for mutual improvement established in 1727 by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia. The Leather [...]

Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth"
Please join us during Art 'Round Town and see our latest exhibit, “The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth," curated by Proprietor Judy Groppa in the Randall Gallery. [...]

Closing Day for the exhibit "The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth"
Please join us for the last day for the exhibit, “The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth," curated by Proprietor Judy Groppa in the Randall Gallery. To learn [...]

2025 Lecture Series: “Bedrock Gardens: The Journey from a Privacy Sanctuary to a Public Garden” with Jill Nooney
Jill Nooney, the creator of Bedrock Gardens, will talk about the 40-year journey she and her co-creator husband, Bob Munger, have taken to turn their [...]
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Jun
Opening Reception for the exhibit "Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall"
Please join us for the opening reception for our latest exhibit, "Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall," curated by Nancy Hammond in the [...]