Event List

The Portsmouth Public Library invites you to join Creative Writing Group II which meets in person at the library and online via Zoom, on the first and third Wednesdays of the month from 6:30 to 8:30 PM.

Open sensory play for our youngest patrons! This first-come, first-served program is recommended for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers. Join us outside!

Escape Room: The Library of Shadows
Grades 6-12 | 60 Minutes | Registration Required

The Chinese Language Discussion Group meets online via Zoom. 

Have you considered starting your own genealogy blog to share your stories from a family line or of a particular ancestor? Sharing your family history writing on an online platform can be both fun and easy to do!

Put on your comfiest pajamas, grab your favorite stuffie and meet Miss Gretyl in the sun room for pajama story time!  This story time is geared toward children ages 2-5 and will feature bedtime stories, songs, rhymes and more!  Registrat

The Portsmouth Public Library hosts Creative Writing Group III which meets both in person at the library and online via Zoom.

This Italian Language Discussion Group meets at the library and online via Zoom part of the year.
 

The French Language Discussion Group meets at the library.

We’re so excited to be part of Seacoast Science Center’s FREE Nature @ Nite Program! This program is from 4-6 PM on the third Friday of each month, and is held at Seacoast Science Center in Rye. Activities about S.T.E.A.M.

We craft, ewe craft, we all craft together! Join library staff and fellow crafters on the third Friday of each month from 5 - 6:30 PM for an after-hours, drop-in, open crafting time.

If you want to improve your English, join us at our new English Conversation Group!

Emerging readers! You are invited to come share a book with one of our reading dogs ⁠— first come, first served. This program will be held in the Youth Services area of the library and is open to readers of all ages.

Come to the library to play Mah Jongg, the ancient Chinese game of tiles on Saturdays from 10 AM —12 PM!

Africa is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent by

The German Language Discussion Group meets at the library in the Hilton Garden Inn Room.  

Are you fascinated by international affairs and the world of foreign policy? If so, please join our online World Affairs Discussion group. This program is offered online via Zoom.

Not every animal has a butt, but for those that do, there is an almost infinite variety of ways in which their butts can surprise! Yes … there is a remarkable number of super powers built into the butts of the world!

Hybrid Meditation

Our Weekly Meditation is now offered on Monday evenings as well as Wednesday afternoon.

Carol and her Crew of puppets enjoy performing a fun show with a variety of stories to make you laugh and smile and maybe give you something to think about as well as songs to sit back and enjoy!

The Spanish Language Discussion Group meets at the Library in the Hilton Garden Inn Room.

It's that time of the year again!

Our ever-popular Babysitting Course is here!

Signups Required - online (you only need to sign up for the first day).

Sage Clarke is back this summer to offer free weekly yoga classes on Tuesday evenings! Join us on Tuesdays from June 17 to September 16 from 6:30-7:30 PM for an hour of outdoor, all-levels yoga in the library garden behind the library.