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175 Parrott Avenue, Portsmouth NH 03801
(603) 427-1540

Monday – Thursday: 9 AM – 9 PM
Friday: 9 AM – 5:30 PM
Saturday: 9 AM – 5 PM
Sunday (September - May): 1 PM – 5 PM

Sunday (June - August): CLOSED

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Spec Fic Book Club: Never Let Me Go, Tuesday October 29

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.

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

Medicare Basics, Tuesday October 29

Do you have questions about Medicare?  Not sure about the best plan for you?  This lively, informative class will help you understand the basics of Medicare in relatable, easy-to-understand language.  It will also help you better understand your options and provide tools that will be valuable in determining the plan best suited to your needs in time for the Annual Enrollment Period (October 15th through December 7th).  

Registration is optional. By registering, you will receive an email reminder. 

Shakespeare Discussion Group: Julius Caesar, Tuesday October 29

How now good friends? Dost thou seek a monthly passtime to broaden the mind and entice the senses? Look no further than Shakespearean Discussion Group! Enjoy the selected play of the month in the way ‘twas presented: to the masses! Pick up a video recording of the play to view at your leisure, and then join us on the last Tuesday of the month at 4 PM to discuss your experience with The Bard’s work.

Poets' Workshop Group, Saturday October 26

Poets are invited to join our new Poets' Workshop Group! This community of poets will share their work in a friendly and sensitive environment, explore others' work, write, reflect, revise, and publish!

This group is for folks willing to commit to writing, reading others' work, providing helpful feedback to the other writers, and attending most meetings. The goal is to create a consistent, supportive group for sharing your work.

The group meets twice a month on the second and fourth Saturdays from 11:30 AM - 1 PM in the Macleod Board Room.

Button Up Energy Efficiency Workshop, Wednesday October 23

Button Up Workshop is an hour-long presentation that will teach you ways to improve your home's energy efficiency.
The instructors will discuss energy-saving tips and NHSaves energy efficiency programs. Learn about saving electricity, insulation, and air sealing, energy audit and weatherization programs, rebates on electric and gas appliances, and other incentives from NH’s energy utilities. New Hampshire residents who want to use energy wisely and save money will find the information very useful.

Registration is required.

Local History: Ku Klux Klan in NE in the 1920's, Tuesday October 22

Most New Englanders think of the Ku Klux Klan as a Southern institution targeting mainly African-Americans. But in the 1920s the Klan was nationwide and enjoyed strong support in the North and West, as well as the South. In addition to people of color, the 1920s Klan also targeted Catholics, Jews, immigrants, and organized labor. In his presentation, author David Vermette will explore the history of the so-called “Second Klan” of the 1920s focusing especially on the Klan’s New England chapters.