Spanish Language Discussion Group

10:30am - 12:00pm
Online
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Discussion Group, Language

Our Language Discussion Groups will now be offered as a hybrid - attend in person or online!

Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teacher and may have no native speakers. However, the library has many resources for language learning—ask us today!

For more information about all our Language Discussion Groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/languagediscussiongroups.

Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

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This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.

Blast Off Book Club Pick-up

11:00am - 5:00pm
Pickup
Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Pickup
Age Group: Youth, Grades K - 2
Program Type: Book Club, Activity
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Details:

Blast Off Book Club is our book club for emerging readers in grades K – 2. Currently we are offering Blast Off Book Club to go, with the option for a Zoom meet-up.

Register to reserve a Blast Off Book Club kit, containing this month’s book and a list of related activities. Students are welcome, but not required, to attend a Zoom session the following week to discuss the book and the activities.

Due to demand, Blast Off Book Club kits are currently available for Portsmouth Public Library cardholders only. The activity and discussion guide is available for all to download. Please email Katharine at kegatcomb@cityofportsmouth.com with any ques...

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This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.

Adult Take & Makes

11:00am - 7:00pm
Pickup
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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Pickup
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Activity, Crafts
Details:
Feeling crafty? PPL will be offering take and make kits for ADULTS once a month throughout the spring. Drop by the library on the third Monday or Tuesday of the month to pick up your kit! These kits will include all necessary materials and instructio...

Teen D&D

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Library Garden
Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Library Garden
Age Group: Tween & Teen, Teen (Ages 13 - 18)
Program Type: Activity, Gaming
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Details:
ADVENTURE AWAITS!! Do you play Dungeons and Dragons or wish you did? Are you interested in a biweekly sword-swinging, magic missile-firing roleplay journey into the hearts of mystical worlds? Have you ever wanted to be just a little evil and steal...

Local History: Cold War Portsmouth

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Online
Closed
Required
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Presentation, Film, Civics & Community, History
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 398
Details:
Join Portsmouth Public Library for the city’s premiere viewing of a 16-minute audio-visual tour of Portsmouth during the 1950s! Portsmouth as we know it today came into being during the Cold War, a forty-year period of international tension and th...

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This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.

LGBTQ Book Club

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Online
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club, Authors & Books
Details:

The library's LGBTQ Book Club meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 PM. This book discussion is for those who identify as LGBTQ, or who simply want to learn more about LGBTQ stories, narratives and experiences. All are welcome.

Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout with a library card.

No registration required.

This club will be held in hybrid format. Come in person at the library, or attend online! Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

For more book groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/book-discussion-groups.

Maurice by E.M. Forster Copies of this title will be available for checkout with a library card. Place a hold online or by calling us at 427-1540. Set in the elegant Edwardian world of Cambridge undergraduate life, this story by a master noveli...

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This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.