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This event is in the "Youth" group.
This event is in the "Grades K - 2" group.
This event is in the "Youth" group.
This event is in the "Grades K - 2" group.
Sep
15
2021
Wed
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Pickup
Age Group:
Youth,
Grades K - 2
Program Type:
Book Club,
Discussion Group
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
4
Details:
The Early Chapter Book Club is designed for independently reading 1st and 2nd graders. This month we will be reading Ellray Jakes Is NOT a Chicken by Sally Warner.
Due to demand, the Early Chapter Book Club kits are available to Portsmo...
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This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.
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This event is in the "All Ages" group.
09/17/2021 @ 9:00am - 10/14/2021 @ 9:00pm
Levenson Room
This event is in the "All Ages" group.
Sep-Oct
2021
09/17/2021 @ 9:00am - 10/14/2021 @ 9:00pm
Levenson Room
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Levenson Room
Age Group:
All Ages
Program Type:
Exhibit,
Art & Culture,
Civics & Community
Details:
Visit Portsmouth Public Library’s Levenson Community room for Racial Unity Team’s exhibit of the results from its third annual Art & Poetry Challenge to New Hampshire and Maine seacoast communities. In response to Amanda Gorman's inaugural poem, ...
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Please check the calendar before you visit. Exhibit will be available for viewing when there is not an event or meeting in progress.
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This event is in the "Adult" group.
Field Beside Library
Closed
This event is in the "Adult" group.
Sep
12
2021
Sun
8:00am - 9:15am
Field Beside Library
Closed
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Field Beside Library
Age Group:
Adult
Program Type:
Workshop,
Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
16
Details:
This fall, Portsmouth Public Library will continue our weekly outdoor yoga class in the field beside the library, every Sunday morning, September 12 – October 10, at 8 AM! Come join the teaching partnership of Sage Clarke and RaeLynn Stackpoole for a...
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This event is in the "Youth" group.
This event is in the "Grades K - 2" group.
This event is in the "Youth" group.
This event is in the "Grades K - 2" group.
Sep
14
2021
Tue
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Pickup
Age Group:
Youth,
Grades K - 2
Program Type:
Book Club,
Activity
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
6
Details:
Blast Off Book Club is our book club for emerging readers in grades K – 2. Currently we are offering Blast Off Book Club to go, with the option for a Zoom meet-up.
Register to reserve a Blast Off Book Club kit, containing this month’s book and a list of related activities. Students are welcome, but not required, to attend a Zoom session the following week to discuss the book and the activities.
Due to demand, Blast Off Book Club kits are currently available for Portsmouth Public Library cardholders only.
This month's title is The Good Egg by Jory Johns! Discussion will be held on Tuesday, September 21 at 4pm!
Please em...
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This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.
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This event is in the "Youth" group.
This event is in the "Baby" group.
Field Beside Library
Closed
This event is in the "Youth" group.
This event is in the "Baby" group.
Sep
15
2021
Wed
9:30am - 10:00am
Field Beside Library
Closed
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Field Beside Library
Age Group:
Youth,
Baby
Program Type:
Story Time
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
1
Details:
Join us this fall for outdoor Lap Time! Lap Time is recommended for babies ages 0 to 18 months and their caregivers. Story time feature stories, singing, playing and more!
Social distancing will be maintained, and anyone over the age of 6 will be ...
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Children under ten (10) years of age must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.
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Reservation
Levenson Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Levenson Room
Purpose of Meeting
Provide theoretical understandings and practical guidance in nonviolent democracy protest and persuasion....
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This event is in the "Youth" group.
This event is in the "Toddler" group.
Field Beside Library
Closed
This event is in the "Youth" group.
This event is in the "Toddler" group.
Sep
15
2021
Wed
10:30am - 11:00am
Field Beside Library
Closed
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Field Beside Library
Age Group:
Youth,
Toddler
Program Type:
Story Time
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
2
Details:
Join us for books, songs, and rhymes at an outdoor story time recommended for two and three year olds and their caregivers.
Social distancing will be maintained, and anyone over the age of 6 will be required to wear a mask while not seated.
Ple...
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Children under ten (10) years of age must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.
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This event is in the "Youth" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Field Beside Library
Closed
This event is in the "Youth" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
Sep
16
2021
Thu
10:30am - 11:00am
Field Beside Library
Closed
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Field Beside Library
Age Group:
Youth,
Preschool
Program Type:
Story Time
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
3
Details:
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes and more under the tent beside the library. This story time is designed for children ages 3-5 and their caregivers. Please register each week you plan to attend during this six-week session? Questions about story ti...
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Children under ten (10) years of age must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.
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This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Tween & Teen" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Tween & Teen" group.
Sep
18
2021
Sat
10:00am - 12:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group:
Adult,
Tween & Teen
Program Type:
Activity,
Gaming
MAH JONGG EVERY SATURDAY! Learn MAH JONGG, the ancient Chinese game of tiles. It's fast, free, and fun for all ages. Held every Saturday from 10 - Noon. Taught every week at 10:00, takes 15 minutes to learn.
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Children under ten (10) years of age must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.
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This event is in the "Youth" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
This event is in the "Grades K - 2" group.
This event is in the "Grades 3 - 5" group.
This event is in the "Youth" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
This event is in the "Grades K - 2" group.
This event is in the "Grades 3 - 5" group.
Sep
18
2021
Sat
11:00am - 12:00pm
Library Garden
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Library Garden
Age Group:
Youth,
Preschool,
Grades K - 2,
Grades 3 - 5
Program Type:
Activity
Details:
Emerging readers! You are invited to come read to one of our certified reading dogs in the garden. They are amazing, supportive listeners who love being petted and hearing you read any story you'd like!
Register for a 15-minute appointment b...
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Children under ten (10) years of age must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Teen (Ages 13 - 18)" group.
Field Beside Library
Closed
This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Teen (Ages 13 - 18)" group.
Sep
18
2021
Sat
11:00am - 1:00pm
Field Beside Library
Closed
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Field Beside Library
Age Group:
Adult,
Teen (Ages 13 - 18)
Program Type:
Workshop,
Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
6
Details:
Learn to patch a hole in your favorite sweater or other knits with fabric artist Maya Critchfield.
Bring a knit garment with a hole or two (or three or four) and learn how to practice visible mending and show your worn out fall & winter wardro...
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This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Tween & Teen" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Tween & Teen" group.
Sep
15
2021
Wed
12:15pm - 1:00pm
Library Garden
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Library Garden
Age Group:
Adult,
Tween & Teen
Program Type:
Activity,
Workshop,
Health & Wellness
Details:
Our Weekly Meditation will now be hosted outdoors AND online, every Wednesday from 12:15 - 1 PM, weather permitting. Attend in person or via Zoom. Appropriate for all levels of experience.
To see a schedule of teachers, visit cityofportsmouth...
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This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
Sep
17
2021
Fri
12:30pm - 1:15pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group:
Adult
Program Type:
Discussion Group,
Language
Our Language Discussion Groups will now be offered as a hybrid - attend in person or online!
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
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This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
Sep
13
2021
Mon
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
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.
Registration is optional - register to receive reminders!
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.
Winter Sisters by Robin Oliveira
Monday September 13 | 1 PM or 7 PM
New York, 1879: After an epic snow storm ravages the city of Albany, Dr. Mary Sutter, a former civil war surgeon, begins a search for two little girls, the daughters of close f...
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This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
Sep
17
2021
Fri
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group:
Adult
Program Type:
Discussion Group,
Language
Our Language Discussion Groups will now be offered as a hybrid - attend in person or online!
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
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This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
Sep
13
2021
Mon
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group:
Adult
Program Type:
Discussion Group,
Language
Our Language Discussion Groups will now be offered as a hybrid - attend in person or online!
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
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This event is in the "Adult" group.
Hilton Garden Inn Room
Closed
This event is in the "Adult" group.
Sep
14
2021
Tue
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room
Closed
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group:
Adult
Program Type:
Workshop,
Computer
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
1
We offer a number of staff-led, hands-on computer classes, free and open to everyone from the newest beginner to those looking to hone their skills. Computers are provided.
Registration is required, class sizes are limited.
For complete class descriptions, please visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/computer-classes or call the Reference Desk at (603) 766-1720 with questions.
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This event is in the "All Ages" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.
Sep
18
2021
Sat
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Field Beside Library
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Field Beside Library
Age Group:
All Ages
Program Type:
Exhibit,
Special Event
Details:
Visit Portsmouth Public Library’s Levenson Community room for Racial Unity Team’s exhibit of the results from its third annual Art & Poetry Challenge to New Hampshire and Maine seacoast communities. In response to Amanda Gorman's inaugural poem, ...
More Info
Please check the calendar before you visit. Exhibit will be available for viewing when there is not an event or meeting in progress.
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This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
Sep
12
2021
Sun
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Field Beside Library
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Field Beside Library
Age Group:
Adult
Program Type:
Performance,
Drama & Music
Details:
Outdoor Guitar Sundays: Live Guitar Performances
at Portsmouth Public Library & Portsmouth Music and Arts Center
This popular series from Portsmouth Public Library and PMAC (Portsmouth Music and Arts Center) is back! Guitar Sundays will conti...
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This event is in the "Tween & Teen" group.
This event is in the "Tween (Grades 6 - 8)" group.
Field Beside Library
Closed
This event is in the "Tween & Teen" group.
This event is in the "Tween (Grades 6 - 8)" group.
Sep
14
2021
Tue
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Field Beside Library
Closed
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Field Beside Library
Age Group:
Tween & Teen,
Tween (Grades 6 - 8)
Program Type:
Activity,
Art & Culture,
Gaming
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
10
Details:
Middle school students are invited to join Youth Services staff under the tent after school each Tuesday for games and crafts! Each week will feature a new activity including board games, terrarium building, house planter painting and more!
Please...
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This event is in the "Youth" group.
This event is in the "Grades 3 - 5" group.
Field Beside Library
Closed
This event is in the "Youth" group.
This event is in the "Grades 3 - 5" group.
Sep
13
2021
Mon
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Field Beside Library
Closed
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Field Beside Library
Age Group:
Youth,
Grades 3 - 5
Program Type:
Book Club,
Authors & Books
Registration Required
Seats Remaining:
7
Details:
Students in grades 3 and 4 are invited to join this book club. This month's book will be The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney. Students can pick up the book at the library ahead of time and then join us for a fun conversation about it!&...
This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
Sep
13
2021
Mon
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
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.
More Info
This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.
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This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
Sep
16
2021
Thu
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group:
Adult
Program Type:
Discussion Group,
Language
Our Language Discussion Groups will now be offered as a hybrid - attend in person or online!
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.
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This event is in the "Youth" group.
This event is in the "Baby" group.
This event is in the "Toddler" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
This event is in the "Grades K - 2" group.
This event is in the "Grades 3 - 5" group.
This event is in the "Youth" group.
This event is in the "Baby" group.
This event is in the "Toddler" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
This event is in the "Grades K - 2" group.
This event is in the "Grades 3 - 5" group.
Sep
13
2021
Mon
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Online
Age Group:
Youth,
Baby,
Toddler,
Preschool,
Grades K - 2,
Grades 3 - 5
Program Type:
Story Time,
Authors & Books
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Put on your comfiest pajamas and join us on Zoom for stories, songs, and rhymes. This story time is for children of all ages.
Registration is required. Please register to receive the Zoom link by email.
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This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
Sep
16
2021
Thu
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Online
Age Group:
Adult
Program Type:
Workshop,
Civics & Community
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Details:
ONLINE Standing Up to Racism Workshop
Thursdays September 9, 16, 23 & 30
6:30 – 8:30 PM
What does it mean to be an ally? How can we help dismantle systemic, anti-black racism?
In this 4-week, online workshop with Anne Romney, we will look...
More Info
This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.
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This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
Sep
13
2021
Mon
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
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.
Registration is optional - register to receive reminders!
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.
Winter Sisters by Robin Oliveira
Monday September 13 | 1 PM or 7 PM
New York, 1879: After an epic snow storm ravages the city of Albany, Dr. Mary Sutter, a former civil war surgeon, begins a search for two little girls, the daughters of close f...
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This event is in the "Teen (Ages 13 - 18)" group.
This event is in the "Teen (Ages 13 - 18)" group.
Sep
14
2021
Tue
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Field Beside Library
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Field Beside Library
Age Group:
Teen (Ages 13 - 18)
Program Type:
Civics & Community
Details:
Join us for our first meeting of the school year!!
Teen Advisory Board (TAB) is a group of teens who meet monthly to plan teen library programs and more. This month we will be meeting outdoors under the tent in the field between us and the Middle ...
This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
Sep
14
2021
Tue
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch:
Portsmouth Public Library
Room:
Online
Age Group:
Adult
Program Type:
History
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Details:
Culinary Legacies: How Portsmouth’s Iconic Restaurants and Historic Foodways Created Today’s Vibrant Culinary Scene
We love to talk about “the old days” in Portsmouth and for many, those conversations turn to the city’s iconic restaurants. We fond...
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This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.
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