Spanish Language Discussion Group

10:30am - 11:30am
Hilton Garden Inn Room
Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Discussion Group, Language
Details:
Beginning in November 2022, this Language Discussion Group will meet in the library and online for the fall and winter.  To join online, click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC Please note that each group is vo...

Preschool Story Time

1:00pm - 1:30pm
Levenson Room
Open
Required
Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Levenson Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Story Time, Authors & Books
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Details:
Preschool Story Time is back at a NEW TIME! Join us for stories, music, dancing and friendship. We will be meeting inside and space is limited so please register for EACH date you would like to attend.   This program is specifically designe...

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Children under ten (10) years of age must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.

Drop-In Device Help

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room
Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Workshop, Computer
Details:
How do I listen to an audiobook using Libby or Hoopla? Send a text with a picture? Pair Bluetooth headphones? What are apps?! Get one-on-one help with these questions and more during our drop-in device help time at the library. From library digita...

Middle School Book Club

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Activity Room
Open
Required
Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Tween & Teen, Tween (Grades 6 - 8)
Program Type: Book Club, Discussion Group
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Details:
Middle School Book Club meets every month. This month’s book is The Benefits of Being An Octopus Registration is required for this event and books will be available to pick up at the library ahead of time. Please register here and email Lucia w...

Classics Book Club: The Pillow Book

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

The library's Classics Book Club meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 7 PM. 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 person at the library.

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

The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon Tuesday December 6 | 7 PM Written by the court gentlewoman Sei Shonagon, ostensibly for her own amusement, The Pillow Book offers a fascinating exploration of life among the nobility at the height of the Heian pe...

Local History: The Convoys of the North Atlantic

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Levenson Room
Open
Required
Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Levenson Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Presentation, History
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 37
Details:
The struggle for control of the North Atlantic was the longest single campaign of the entire war. Spanning from September 1939 until May of 1945 when Germany surrendered, the Atlantic was the scene of constant clashes between the U-boats of the Krieg...