Name: World Affairs Discussion Group
Start: 2022-05-23T16:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-05-23T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Connect on Zoom!

World Affairs Discussion Group

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Online

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Online

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Discussion Group, World Affairs

Are you fascinated by international affairs and the world of foreign policy? If so, please join our World Affairs Discussion group.

This program is offered online at the moment. Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

Where do we get our possible topics and a set of suggested articles from each week? From the World Affairs Council of America's Weekly World News Update webpage.

For more information, contact our director, ccfriese@cityofportsmouth.com.

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This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.

Spanish Language Discussion Group

10:30am - 11:30am

Online

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Online

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Discussion Group, Language

Our Language Discussion Groups are online only at this time.

Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teacher and may have no native speakers. However, the library has many resources for language learning—ask us today!

For more information about all our Language Discussion Groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/languagediscussiongroups.

Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

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Anyone over the age of 6 will be required to wear a face mask to enter the library, and at all times while in the building. That shall not include any person with a medical condition or disability that prevents wearing a mask or other face covering.

Teen Advisory Board Meeting

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Levenson Room

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Levenson Room

Age Group: Tween & Teen, Teen (Ages 13 - 18)

Program Type: Activity, Civics & Community

Details:

Teen Advisory Board (TAB) is a group of teens who meet monthly to plan teen library programs and more.

We always welcome new members! TAB is open to teens ages 13 and up.

To sign up, email Andrew at awhouldsworth@cityofportsmouth.com.

This month we will celebrate our graduating seniors, finalize our efforts for the summer reading program, and bask in the glorious forthcoming summer energy we all need and DESERVE!! ...

Weekly Meditation

12:15pm - 1:00pm

Levenson Room

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Levenson Room

Age Group: Adult, Tween & Teen

Program Type: Activity, Workshop, Health & Wellness

Our Weekly Meditation will now be hosted in the Levenson Room AND online, every Wednesday from 12:15 - 1 PM! Attend in person or via Zoom. Appropriate for all levels of experience.

See our current schedule of teachers, or find out more about our volunteer instructors, at cityofportsmouth.com/library/weekly-meditation.

No registration required. Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

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Anyone over the age of 6 will be required to wear a face mask to enter the library, and at all times while in the building. That shall not include any person with a medical condition or disability that prevents wearing a mask or other face covering.

May Early Chapter Book Club Discussion

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Field Beside Library

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Field Beside Library

Age Group: Youth, Grades K - 2

Program Type: Book Club, Discussion Group

Details:

The Early Chapter Book Club is designed for independently reading 1st and 2nd graders. This month we will be reading The Last Firehawk by Katrina Charman. Perodia is threatened by Thorn, a powerful vulture, who is using magic to...

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

Anyone over the age of 6 will be required to wear a face mask to enter the library, and at all times while in the building. That shall not include any person with a medical condition or disability that prevents wearing a mask or other face covering.

Outdoor Middle School Art Night

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Library Garden

Open

Registration

Open

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Library Garden

Age Group: Tween & Teen, Tween (Grades 6 - 8), Teen (Ages 13 - 18)

Program Type: Art & Culture, Crafts

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 4

Details:

Calling all middle school artists! Join us for the May installment of our popular Art Night series! This month we will be exploring clay. Drawing inspiration from a project at Little Harbour School, we are going to make MONSTER FACES!!! Kits of su...

Talking About Death Won't Kill You...

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Levenson Room

Open

Registration

Open

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Levenson Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Workshop, Health & Wellness

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 28

Details:

Talking About Death Won’t Kill You... And May Help You Live More Joyfully This series, co-hosted by New Hampshire Alliance for End of Life Options, Brookhaven Hospice of NH, and Portsmouth Public Library, will focus on the profound to the practic...

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This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.

Chinese Language Discussion Group

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Online

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Online

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Discussion Group, Language

Our Language Discussion Groups are online only at this time.

Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teacher and may have no native speakers. However, the library has many resources for language learning—ask us today!

For more information about all our Language Discussion Groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/languagediscussiongroups.

Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

More Info

This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.

Italian Language Discussion Group

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Online

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Online

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Discussion Group, Language

Our Language Discussion Groups are online only at this time.

Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teacher and may have no native speakers. However, the library has many resources for language learning—ask us today!

For more information about all our Language Discussion Groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/languagediscussiongroups.

Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

More Info

This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.

French Language Discussion Group

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Online

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Online

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Discussion Group, Language

Our Language Discussion Groups are online only at this time.

Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teacher and may have no native speakers. However, the library has many resources for language learning—ask us today!

For more information about all our Language Discussion Groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/languagediscussiongroups.

Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

More Info

This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.

LIBRARY CLOSED

All Day

Branches:

Portsmouth Public Library

Description:

The library will not offer any programs or services on Saturday, May 29, 2022. ...

LIBRARY CLOSED

All Day

Branches:

Portsmouth Public Library

Description:

The library will not offer any programs or services. ...

LIBRARY CLOSED

All Day

Branches:

Portsmouth Public Library

Description:

The library will not offer any programs or services on Monday, May 30, 2022. ...

Spanish Language Discussion Group

10:30am - 11:30am

Online

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Online

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Discussion Group, Language

Our Language Discussion Groups are online only at this time.

Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teacher and may have no native speakers. However, the library has many resources for language learning—ask us today!

For more information about all our Language Discussion Groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/languagediscussiongroups.

Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

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Anyone over the age of 6 will be required to wear a face mask to enter the library, and at all times while in the building. That shall not include any person with a medical condition or disability that prevents wearing a mask or other face covering.

CANCELLED Grades 4 & 5 Book Club

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Field Beside Library

Cancelled

Registration

Cancelled

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Field Beside Library

Age Group: Youth, Grades 3 - 5

Program Type: Book Club, Authors & Books

Details:

Students in grades 4 and 5 are invited to join this book club IN PERSON! This month's book will be Lintang and the Pirate Queen by Tamara Ross. Lintang is an island girl who longs for daring and danger. When she meets the feared pirate C...

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Anyone over the age of 6 will be required to wear a face mask to enter the library, and at all times while in the building. That shall not include any person with a medical condition or disability that prevents wearing a mask or other face covering.

Shakespeare Discussion Group: Henry IV

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Online

Closed

Registration

Closed

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Online

Age Group: Adult, Teen (Ages 13 - 18)

Program Type: Discussion Group, Drama & Music

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: Unlimited

Details:

Hail patrons! Why, hast thou heard? Shakespearean discussion group shall meet, not once, but twice in the merry month of May, to discuss not one play, but two! Thou hath heard me correct, fair fellows, we shall be discussing Henry IV! Join us virtual...

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This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.

Teen D&D

5:00pm - 7:00pm

Levenson Room

Registration

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Levenson Room

Age Group: Tween & Teen, Teen (Ages 13 - 18)

Program Type: Activity, Gaming

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 8

Details:

ADVENTURE AWAITS!! Do you play Dungeons and Dragons or wish you did? Are you interested in a biweekly sword-swinging, magic missile-firing roleplay journey into the hearts of mystical worlds? Have you ever wanted to be just a little evil and steal...

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Anyone over the age of 6 will be required to wear a face mask to enter the library, and at all times while in the building. That shall not include any person with a medical condition or disability that prevents wearing a mask or other face covering.

Speculative Fiction Book Club: In Other Lands

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Off Site

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Off Site

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Book Club, Authors & Books

Details:

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.

No registration required.

Throughout the summer, this book club will be held at Earth Eagle Brewings in Portsmouth.

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

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan Tuesday May 31 | 7 PM The Borderlands aren’t like anywhere else. Don’t try to smuggle a phone or any other piece of technology over the wall that marks the Border — unless you enjoy a fireworks display in your...

Weekly Meditation

12:15pm - 1:00pm

Levenson Room

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Levenson Room

Age Group: Adult, Tween & Teen

Program Type: Activity, Workshop, Health & Wellness

Our Weekly Meditation will now be hosted in the Levenson Room AND online, every Wednesday from 12:15 - 1 PM! Attend in person or via Zoom. Appropriate for all levels of experience.

See our current schedule of teachers, or find out more about our volunteer instructors, at cityofportsmouth.com/library/weekly-meditation.

No registration required. Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

More Info

Anyone over the age of 6 will be required to wear a face mask to enter the library, and at all times while in the building. That shall not include any person with a medical condition or disability that prevents wearing a mask or other face covering.

Chinese Language Discussion Group

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Online

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Online

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Discussion Group, Language

Our Language Discussion Groups are online only at this time.

Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teacher and may have no native speakers. However, the library has many resources for language learning—ask us today!

For more information about all our Language Discussion Groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/languagediscussiongroups.

Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

More Info

This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.

Italian Language Discussion Group

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Online

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Online

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Discussion Group, Language

Our Language Discussion Groups are online only at this time.

Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teacher and may have no native speakers. However, the library has many resources for language learning—ask us today!

For more information about all our Language Discussion Groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/languagediscussiongroups.

Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

More Info

This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.

French Language Discussion Group

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Online

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Online

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Discussion Group, Language

Our Language Discussion Groups are online only at this time.

Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teacher and may have no native speakers. However, the library has many resources for language learning—ask us today!

For more information about all our Language Discussion Groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/languagediscussiongroups.

Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

More Info

This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.

Portsmouth Public Library at Farmers' Market!

8:00am - 12:00pm

Off Site

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Off Site

Age Group: All Ages, Adult, Tween & Teen, Tween (Grades 6 - 8), Teen (Ages 13 - 18), Youth, Baby, Toddler, Preschool, Grades K - 2, Grades 3 - 5

Program Type: Special Event, Civics & Community

Details:

The library will have a booth at one Portsmouth Farmers Market per month, May through October! Find some free books and library information, or just stop by and say hi ...

Reading Dogs - Chloe & Tillie!

10:00am - 11:00am

Library Garden

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Library Garden

Age Group: Tween & Teen, Youth

Program Type: Activity

Details:

Emerging readers! Read to one of our certified reading dogs in the garden or sunroom each Saturday morning! ...

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

Anyone over the age of 6 will be required to wear a face mask to enter the library, and at all times while in the building. That shall not include any person with a medical condition or disability that prevents wearing a mask or other face covering.

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