The Lunch Hour: Portsmouth, 1800 to 1950
Samuel Johnson in his 1755 dictionary defined the word lunch: “as much food as a hand can hold,” in other words a snack. The main meal of the day, dinner, was a hot meal eaten at home with family and apprentices or field hands, at approximately 2pm. For travelers...George S. Wasson, Artist & Author of Kittery Point
The works of noted maritime artist and writer George S. Wasson (1855-1932) of Kittery Point will be exhibited in the Randall Gallery beginning Aug. 5. The exhibit is being put together by a group of admirers of Wasson, including Proprietors Wendy Lull and Lauren...Blooming in the Randall Gallery: “The Georgian Garden in Print and in Portsmouth”
On July 16, the latest Portsmouth Athenaeum exhibit “The Georgian Garden in Print and in Portsmouth” opens, focusing on Europe’s Georgian period of garden design, its most famous gardener designers, the books that disseminated their designs, and the Portsmouth gardens...“By the Bottle or the Barrel” Exhibit Talks
Saturday, Aug. 17, 201911 a.m.Randall Gallery Sandra Rux, co-curator of the exhibit By the Bottle or the Barrel: 400 Years of Brewing in Portsmouth, will give a gallery talk. UPCOMING LECTURES: Thursday, Sept. 5, 20197 p.m.Join both Tad Baker, professor of history at...Events Calendar
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