Franklin Club

Portsmouth Athenaeum, 9 Market Square, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USA

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 Apron Club's purpose was to debate questions of morals, politics, and natural philosophy, and to exchange knowledge of business affairs. The Athenaeum's newly formed Franklin Club was created with this […]

New Members Tea

Portsmouth Athenaeum, 9 Market Square, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USA

New, prospective, and current members are invited to this in-person tea hosted in the first-floor Sawtelle Reading Room.

Great Bay Book Group Discussion with author David W. Moore

3S Artspace, 319 Vaughan St, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USA

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the most epic environmental battle in the Seacoast when a small group of passionate people defeated a proposed oil refinery in Great Bay that would have irrevocably changed our region. What can we learn from this story to help us confront today’s environmental threats? Please join the Great Bay-Piscataqua Waterkeeper […]

ArtsAthenaeum Concert “The Like Minds Ensemble”

Portsmouth Athenaeum, 9 Market Square, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USA

The Portsmouth Athenaeum Chamber Music presents an ArtsAtheneaum Concert featuring the UNH-based trio, "The Like Minds Ensemble" with Peggy Vagts, flute; Margaret Herlehy, oboe; and Janet Polk, bassoon. This free concert will be on the first-floor Sawtelle Reading Room at the Athenaeum. Space is very limited. To reserve your seat(s), please call (603) 431-2538.

Franklin Club

Portsmouth Athenaeum, 9 Market Square, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USA

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 Apron Club's purpose was to debate questions of morals, politics, and natural philosophy, and to exchange knowledge of business affairs. The Athenaeum's newly formed Franklin Club was created with this […]

Rain for the Sahel and Sahara

Portsmouth Athenaeum, 9 Market Square, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USA

A conversation with Proprietors John Lamson andLou Salome about the work of Rainfor the Sahel and Sahara, a local non-profit that benefits women and childrenin Niger. John and his wife Lee are being honored by Rain for their support. Discussion begins at 5:30 in the first-floor Sawtelle Reading Room. Space is very limited. To reserve your seat(s), please […]