Event List

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.

Hybrid Meditation

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

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

In this fun and interactive 40-minute concert, children ages 0-5 and their caregivers will move and sing along with a musician from Little Groove. This is the top voted music class for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in Boston!

How do I listen to an audiobook using Libby or Hoopla? Can I send a picture with a text? How do I pair Bluetooth headphones? What are apps?!

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.

Laptime is recommended for babies ages 0 to 18 months and will feature stories, songs, fingerplays, bouncing rhymes, and puppets.

Join us for Toddler Story Time!

Toddler Story Time is recommended for two and three year olds and their caregivers and will feature stories, singing, playing and more!

Calling all Families! Do you love learning new games but hate reading the directions? Have you wondered about those weird Trash Panda and Gonuts for Donuts games in Youth Services?

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. 

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.