Name: Exhibit of Original Artwork from Truffle by Local Author and Illustrator, David McPhail
Start: 2023-06-02T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-06-09T15:00:00-04:00
Location: Portsmouth Public Library

Exhibit of Original Artwork from Truffle by Local Author and Illustrator, David McPhail

06/02/2023 @ 12:00pm - 06/09/2023 @ 3:00pm

Levenson Room

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Levenson Room

Age Group: All Ages, Adult, Tween & Teen, Youth, Toddler, Preschool, Grades K - 2, Grades 3 - 5

Program Type: Exhibit, Art & Culture, Authors & Books

Details:

Be one of the first to view the illustrations from the newly released book, Truffle: A Dog and Cat Story written by acclaimed and best-selling local children's book author and illustrator David McPhail. Mr. McPhail's book, Truffle will be releas...

Italian Language Discussion Group

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Online

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Online

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Discussion Group, Language

Details:

The Italian Language Discussion Group will meet online for the winter of 2022-2023. To join online, click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not c...

French Language Discussion Group

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Hilton Garden Inn Room

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Discussion Group, Language

Details:

Our French Language Discussion Group is meeting at the library during the winter of 2022-2023. Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teachers and may have no native speakers. However, ...

Mah Jongg

10:00am - 12:00pm

Hilton Garden Inn Room

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room

Age Group: Adult, Tween & Teen

Program Type: Activity, Gaming

Details:

Come to the library to play Mah Jongg, the ancient Chinese game of tiles on Saturdays from 10 AM —12 PM! The game is fun for all ages, free, fast, and easy to learn. We teach beginners the Tawainese version of Mah Jongg every Saturday at 10:00 AM...

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

LIBRARY CLOSED

All Day

Branches:

Portsmouth Public Library

German Language Discussion Group

2:30pm - 3:30pm

Macleod Room

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Macleod Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Discussion Group, Language

Details:

The German Language Discussion Group will meet in the MacLeod Board Room for the winter of 2022-2023. Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teachers and may have no native speakers. Ho...

Middle School Mondays

3:30pm - 4:30pm

Levenson Room

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Levenson Room

Age Group: Tween (Grades 6 - 8)

Program Type: Activity, Workshop, Art & Culture, Authors & Books, Computer, Crafts, Gaming, Science & STEAM

Details:

Calling All Middle Schoolers!!! Join us every Monday for games, crafts, and other incredibly fun and interesting activities planned JUST FOR YOU!!! Come on over, hang out with your friends, have some fun (and maybe a snack)! Want to see a part...

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.

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

Hilton Garden Inn Room

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Discussion Group, Language

Details:

Details Beginning May 16, 2023, until November 7, 2023, the Spanish Language Discussion Group will meet in person only. Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teachers and may have n...

Drop In Device Help

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Hilton Garden Inn Room

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Workshop, Computer

Details:

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?! Get one-on-one help with these questions and more during our drop in device help time at the library. From...

Teen D&D Club Make-up Session

5:00pm - 7:00pm

Youth Activity Room

Open

Registration

Open

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Youth Activity Room

Age Group: Teen (Ages 13 - 18)

Program Type: Gaming

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 5

Details:

A special make-up session for current D&D Club members. ...

Book Launch Party with Local Author David McPhail

5:30pm - 7:30pm

Levenson Room

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Levenson Room

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Exhibit, Special Event, Authors & Books

Details:

Join us for a special event with local bestselling children's book author and illustrator, David McPhail! Mr. McPhail is launching his next book, Truffle: A Dog and Cat Story, at a Book Launch Party at the Portsmouth Public Library...

Classics Book Club: Anna Karenina, Parts 5-8

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Online

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Online

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Book Club, Authors & Books

Details:

The library's Classics Book Club meets on the first Tuesday of 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.

This book club is currently offered online. Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

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

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, Parts 5 - 8 Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the h...

Weekly Meditation

12:15pm - 1:00pm

Levenson Room

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Levenson Room

Age Group: Adult, Tween & Teen

Program Type: Activity, 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

Hive Mind Media Hangout

3:30pm - 4:15pm

Levenson Room

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Levenson Room

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

Program Type: Activity, Workshop, Discussion Group, Art & Culture, Civics & Community, Drama & Music, Science & STEAM

Details:

Hive Mind is a collaborative media space for middle and high schoolers. Stop by the Levenson Room to watch and make short videos, try new tools, and discuss online trends! Oh, and snacks. We have snacks. The Thursday hangout is designed as a relax...

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 Chinese Language Discussion Group is 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.

Portuguese Language Discussion Group

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Macleod Room

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Macleod Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Discussion Group, Art & Culture

Details:

Join us for our newest language discussion group, Portuguese! This group has recently started meeting in person at the library rather than online via Zoom. Please join us each Thursday at 6 PM upstairs in the MacLeod Board Room! Please ...

Film Screening: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

6:00pm - 8:15pm

Levenson Room

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Levenson Room

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

Program Type: Film

Details:

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2023. Rated PG-13. Runtime 135 minutes. A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wr...

Italian Language Discussion Group

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Online

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Online

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Discussion Group, Language

Details:

The Italian Language Discussion Group will meet online for the winter of 2022-2023. To join online, click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not c...

French Language Discussion Group

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Hilton Garden Inn Room

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Discussion Group, Language

Details:

Our French Language Discussion Group is meeting at the library during the winter of 2022-2023. Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teachers and may have no native speakers. However, ...

Mah Jongg

10:00am - 12:00pm

Hilton Garden Inn Room

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room

Age Group: Adult, Tween & Teen

Program Type: Activity, Gaming

Details:

Come to the library to play Mah Jongg, the ancient Chinese game of tiles on Saturdays from 10 AM —12 PM! The game is fun for all ages, free, fast, and easy to learn. We teach beginners the Tawainese version of Mah Jongg every Saturday at 10:00 AM...

More Info

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

LIBRARY CLOSED

All Day

Branches:

Portsmouth Public Library

Fiction Book Club: Before We Were Yours

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Hilton Garden Inn Room

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Book Club, Authors & Books

Details:

The library's Fiction Book Club meets the second Monday each month at 1 PM and 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.

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.

Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one st...

German Language Discussion Group

2:30pm - 3:30pm

Macleod Room

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Macleod Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Discussion Group, Language

Details:

The German Language Discussion Group will meet in the MacLeod Board Room for the winter of 2022-2023. Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teachers and may have no native speakers. Ho...

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