Event List

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

Join us for LEGO Club at PPL! Each week children in grades K-5 are invited to join us in the Levenson Room to create unique LEGO challenges, work on individual projects and have fun with other LEGO loving kids!

The Chinese Language Discussion Group meets online via Zoom. 

A mixed-age storytime for preschool BIGS and their younger littles.  Experience the five elements of literacy development - READ, WRITE, SING, TALK & PLAY through books, music, rhymes, and fingerplays! 

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.

If you want to improve your English, join us at our English Conversation Group! During these weekly meetings, you will practice speaking English with others, improve pronunciation, and build vocabulary while increasing your confidence. 

Come to the library to play Mah Jongg, the ancient Chinese game of tiles on Saturdays from 10:30 AM —12:30 PM!

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.

Portsmouth Public Library is proud to cohost another year of Black Heritage Trail NH's Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talk Series! This series of community dialogues will illuminate the power, poetry, and persistence of African Americ

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

Calling All Middle Schoolers!!!

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.

Waddler Time is designed for our younger toddlers AND caregivers! Mobile 1s and 2s will engage in the five building blocks of literacy (SING, TALK, READ, WRITE AND PLAY) through this interactive storytime! 

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

The Dry by Jane Harper

How do I listen to an audiobook using Libby? 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).

Take English as a Second Language (ESL) Classes in Portsmouth!

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

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 to 8 PM.

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