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Friday: 9 AM – 5:30 PM
Saturday: 9 AM – 5 PM
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Film Screening: A Haunting in Venice, Thursday Dec 14

2023. PG-13. 103 minutes.

In post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to once again uncover the killer.

Refreshments will be served. Subtitles are shown whenever possible. 

Registration is not required. Just drop into the Levenson Community Room!

Portsmouth Historic Plaque Program Research Session, Sunday Dec 10

The Portsmouth Athenaeum, Portsmouth NH 400, the Friends of the South End and the Citywide Neighborhood Committee have been collaborating on a Historic House Plaque Program.

The owners of any house, no matter the age or location in Portsmouth, can research the origins of their home and complete the application for approval to install a plaque that has been pre-approved by the City’s Historic District Commission.

1623: The Untold Story of New Hampshire’s Founding Family, Thursday Dec 7

Presented by J. Dennis Robinson

Why do we know so little about David and Amias Thompson of Plymouth, England? And why is the little we know so often wrong? Our first European couple “settled” at Rye, NH in 1623. Within five years the Thompsons had abandoned their fishing and trading outpost and disappeared from Granite State history. Popular author J. Dennis Robinson explores the era, unearths the facts, and debunks the myths of our rocky 400-year-old origin tale. 

The Planner Society Presents: Looking Back Looking Forward!, Wednesday Dec 6

As we enter the last month of the year, taking time to pause and reflect on 2023 will help us prepare and plan with intention.

Come join the Planner Society to curate your own Year End Review, using reflection questions to help you evaluate 2023 and make choices about the new year.

The Planner Society is an online gathering of folks who are enthusiastic about planners, journals, snail mail, stationery, pens, & more. We also have experts present on some topics that may be of interest to the planner community in our Planner Society Presents Series.

Guitar Sundays featuring Catherine O'Kelly at the PPL, Sunday Dec 3

Join us on Sunday December 3rd at 3 PM in the Portsmouth Public Library's Levenson Community Room for a fantastic free classical guitar performance by Catherine O'Kelly. Catherine O’Kelly is a classical guitarist who performs throughout New England as a soloist and a chamber musician. She performs regularly as part of the concert series for The Shirley Meeting House in Shirley, MA.  In June 2020, she founded and directed the Online Guitar Festival, providing performance opportunities, master classes, composition classes, and songwriting classes to guitarists of all ages and levels.