Waddler Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Levenson Room
Closed
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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Levenson Room
Age Group: Youth, Baby, Toddler
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 21
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Join us for Waddler Time! This is a story time designed for our mobile young patrons ages 1-3 yrs.  We will do lots of songs, rhymes and dancing.   Please register ONCE for your family group, and let us know how many are in your gro...

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

Spanish Language Discussion Group

10:30am - 11:30am
Hilton Garden Inn Room
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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Discussion Group, Language
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The Spanish Language Discussion Group meets at the Library in the Hilton Garden Inn Room. Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teachers and may have no native speakers. However, the library...

Homeschool Hangout: Mini-Rockets with McAuliffe-Shepherd Planetarium

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Levenson Room
Closed
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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Levenson Room
Age Group: Tween (Grades 6 - 8), Youth, Grades K - 2, Grades 3 - 5
Program Type: Activity, Science & STEAM
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
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In this workshop presented by the McAuliffe-Shepherd Discovery Center, participants will be guided through the engineering challenge of designing a paper rocket. We will explore common aeronautical questions like: how do planes fly and how can rocket...

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

Teen Book Club @ PHS

2:30pm - 3:15pm
Closed
Required
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Teen (Ages 13 - 18)
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
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Come join us for Teen Book Club! Held at the high school during Flex Block, each month we discuss a book we read together and receive a new book to talk about the following month! All high school-level teens are welcome to participate. If you are ...

Shakespeare Discussion Group: The Taming of the Shrew

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room
Open
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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group: Adult, Teen (Ages 13 - 18)
Program Type: Discussion Group, Drama & Music
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Details:
“Seeing too much sadness hath congealed your blood, And melancholy is the nurse of frenzy. Therefore they thought it good you hear a play And frame your mind to mirth and merriment, Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life.” As winter draws to ...

Speculative Fiction Book Club: Dhalgren

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Macleod Room
Open
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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Macleod Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club, Authors & Books
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8
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The library's Speculative Fiction Book Club meets the final Tuesday 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.

Registration is optional - register to receive reminders!

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.

Dhalgren by Samuel Delany Bellona is a city at the dead center of the United States. Something has happened there.... The population has fled. Madmen and criminals wander the streets. Strange portents appear in the cloud-covered sky. Into this dis...