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Rooted Play NH at Moharimet School Playground

In 1 week · Sat, Apr 18, 4:00 AM UTC · 603 Kids

Film: Best in Show

In 2 weeks · Thu, Apr 23, 9:30 PM–12:00 AM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

Best in Show 2000. PG-13. 88 minutes. This 'mockumentary' follows five groups and their dogs on the road to the prestigious Mayflower Show.

Stories with Scooter

In 3 weeks · Apr 26 – Jun 21 · 603 Kids

(Recurring: 3 sessions, 2026-04-26 to 2026-06-21)

Outdoor Family Storytime

In 1 week · Sun, Apr 19, 4:00 AM UTC · 603 Kids

Mother's Day Family Vendor Event + Complimentary Mom & Kids Photo

In 1 week · Sat, Apr 18, 4:00 AM UTC · 603 Kids

Reading Dogs - Chloe & Tillie!

In 1 week · Sat, Apr 18, 3:00 PM–4:00 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

Emerging readers! You are invited to come share a book with one of our reading dogs ⁠— first come, first served. This program will be held in the Youth Services area of the library and is open to readers of all ages. Chloe and Tillie are white golden retrievers who love being petted, snuggled and...

Animal Spot-a-thon

In 2 weeks · Tue, Apr 21, 4:00 AM UTC · 603 Kids

Bigs & Littles Story Time

In 1 week · Fri, Apr 17, 2:30 PM–3:00 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

A mixed-age storytime for preschool BIGS and their younger littles. Experience the five elements of literacy development - READ, WRITE, SING, TALK & PLAY through books, music, rhymes, and fingerplays! In case of inclement weather, please call ahead for any changes. Programs will be cancelled if..

Cotton Tails & Long Exhales

In 1 week · Sat, Apr 18, 4:00 AM UTC · 603 Kids

Fiction Book Club: The Cat's Table

In 1 week · Mon, Apr 13, 5:00 PM–6:00 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje Monday April 13 In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the "cat's table" – as far from the Captain's Table as can be – with a ragtag group of "insignificant" adults and two other boys,...

Tour the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard!

In 2 weeks · Wed, Apr 22, 2:00 PM–4:30 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

Have you ever gazed over the river and wondered about the historic Portsmouth Naval Shipyard? Do you have relatives who may have worked there or served on a submarine stationed there for repairs? Have you ever been curious about the naval prison? Would you like to see the Russo-Japanese Peace...

CANCELLED: PPL for Parents presents: The Color-Brave Caregiver

In 1 week · Wed, Apr 15, 10:00 PM–12:00 AM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

How do I help my child learn about race as a parent, educator, and caregiver? How can I build a LOCAL community around color-brave caregiving race as a parent, educator, and caregiver? Introducing EmbraceRace's course -- The Color-Brave Caregiver -a blueprint for raising children who are...

English Conversation Group

In 1 week · Sat, Apr 18, 2:30 PM–3:30 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

If you want to improve your English, join us at our English Conversation Group! During these weekly meetings, you will practice speaking English with others, improve pronunciation, and build vocabulary while increasing your confidence. Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These...

English as a Second Language (ESL) Classes

In 1 week · Tue, Apr 14, 9:30 PM–11:30 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

Take English as a Second Language (ESL) Classes in Portsmouth! Portsmouth Public Library is excited to announce a collaboration of services with Exeter Adult Education to offer FREE beginner and intermediate English (ESL) classes to adults from the Portsmouth Region. Both beginner and...

Ask the Experts: Career & Skills

In 2 weeks · Thu, Apr 23, 4:00 PM–5:00 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

Looking for a career boost or want to explore classes at Great Bay Community College? Our next session features Great Bay Community College and WRNH representatives offering guidance on a tuition-free professional skills course as well as classes and certificates programs offered at GBCC. Learn...

Waddler Time

In 1 week · Tue, Apr 14, 2:30 PM–3:00 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

Waddler Time is designed for our younger toddlers AND caregivers! Mobile 1s and 2s will engage in the five building blocks of literacy (SING, TALK, READ, WRITE AND PLAY) through this interactive storytime! In case of inclement weather, please call ahead for any changes. Programs will be...

Poets' Workshop Group

In 3 weeks · Sat, Apr 25, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

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...

Grades K/1 Book Club

In 1 week · Tue, Apr 14, 7:30 PM–8:15 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

OUR LAST BOOK CLUB OF THE YEAR! We will celebrate Poetry month with this illustrated poem of Emily Dickinson– Hope is the Thing with Feathers! This book club is not intended to teach literacy but simply build a love of books and libraries! It is ok if participants need caregiver support to read...

Film: Springsteen : Deliver Me From Nowhere

In 1 week · Thu, Apr 16, 9:30 PM–12:00 AM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

Springsteen : Deliver Me From Nowhere 2025. PG-13. 119 minutes. "Deliver Me from Nowhere" chronicles the making of Bruce Springsteen's 1982 "Nebraska" album. Recorded on a 4-track recorder in Springsteen's New Jersey bedroom, the album marked a pivotal time in his life and is considered one of his..

Toddler Time

In 1 week · Thu, Apr 16, 2:30 PM–3:00 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

Toddler Story Time is recommended for two and three year olds and their caregivers and will feature stories, singing, puppets, playing and more! In case of inclement weather, please call ahead for any changes. Programs will be cancelled if the Portsmouth schools are closed or delayed for weather.

Grades 2/3 Book Club

In 2 weeks · Tue, Apr 21, 7:30 PM–8:15 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

Hank Zipzer is just an ordinary kid. He is very excited to be in the school play! But all is not easy when it comes to the audition time! This book club is not intended to teach literacy but simply build a love of books and libraries! It is ok if participants need caregiver support to read the...

Middle School Mondays

In 1 week · Mon, Apr 13, 7:30 PM–8:30 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

Calling All Middle Schoolers!!! Join us every Monday for our Middle School unwind space. We'll have snacks, space for you and your friends to hang out and chat, game, craft, and more! Or just come in, pop on your headphones, and relax after a long day at school! We will have a variety of board and..

CANCELLED Italian Language Discussion Group

In 1 week · Fri, Apr 17, 4:15 PM–5:15 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

This Italian Language Discussion Group meets at the library and online via Zoom part of the year. Please note each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teachers and may have no native speakers. However, the library has many resources for language learning—ask...

Mah Jongg

In 1 week · Sat, Apr 18, 2:30 PM–4:30 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

Come to the library to play Mah Jongg, the ancient Chinese game of tiles on Saturdays from 10:30 AM —12:30 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 10:30 AM. It only takes 15 minutes to learn, and then..

Weekly Meditation

In 1 week · Mon, Apr 13, 10:00 PM–10:45 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

Each week, we hold two sessions of meditation, led by experienced staff and volunteer instructors. Mondays 6 – 6:45 PM Wednesdays 12:15 – 1 PM Learn a variety of styles in a welcoming format! Open to all ages and all levels of experience. Drop in any time! Weekly meditation at the library is hybrid.

German Language Discussion Group

In 1 week · Mon, Apr 13, 6:30 PM–8:00 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

The German Language Discussion Group meets at the library in the Hilton Garden Inn Room. Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teachers and may have no native speakers. However, the library has many resources for language learning—ask us...

World Affairs Discussion Group

In 1 week · Mon, Apr 13, 8:00 PM–9:00 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

Are you fascinated by international affairs and the world of foreign policy? If so, please join our online World Affairs Discussion group. This program is offered online via Zoom. Register to receive weekly topics and readings, and access to the discussions. To register, please contact our...

Chinese Language Discussion Group

In 1 week · Thu, Apr 16, 9:00 PM–10:00 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

The Chinese Language Discussion Group meets online via Zoom. Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teachers and may have no native speakers. However, the library has many resources for language learning—ask us today! Click this link to...

Spanish Language Discussion Group

In 1 week · Tue, Apr 14, 2:30 PM–3:30 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

The Spanish Language Discussion Group meets at the Library in the Hilton Garden Inn Room. Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teachers and may have no native speakers. However, the library has many resources for language learning—ask us...

French Language Discussion Group

In 1 week · Fri, Apr 17, 5:30 PM–7:00 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

The French Language Discussion Group meets at the library. Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teachers and may have no native speakers. However, the library has many resources for language learning—ask us today! More Info For information.

Film: The Librarians

In 3 weeks · Sat, Apr 25, 7:00 PM–8:30 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

The Librarians 2025. 98 minutes. As we start National Library Week, we’re taking a moment to celebrate the librarians who transform our lives and keep our communities strong. Librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy and our First Amendment Rights. As they well know,...

Nonfiction Book Club: Slow Noodles

In 2 weeks · Mon, Apr 20, 4:00 PM–5:00 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

Slow Noodles by Chantha Nguon Monday April 20 Chantha Nguon recounts her life as a Cambodia refugee who lost everything and everyone – her house, her country, her parents, her siblings, her friends – everything but the memories of her mother's kitchen, the tastes and aromas of the foods her mother..

Environmental Writing Workshop

In 3 weeks · Sun, Apr 26, 6:30 PM–8:30 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

Have you ever wondered if "nature writing" can only come from the wilderness, or if it can also be found in the heartbeat of our cities and the stories of our daily lives? Whether you are just beginning to write, or whether you have years of experience, this two-hour workshop will seek to broaden...

Italian Language Discussion Group

In 3 weeks · Fri, Apr 24, 4:15 PM–5:15 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

This Italian Language Discussion Group meets at the library and online via Zoom part of the year. Please note each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teachers and may have no native speakers. However, the library has many resources for language learning—ask...

Baby Laptime Story Time

In 1 week · Wed, Apr 15, 2:30 PM–3:00 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

Laptime is recommended for babies ages 0 to 18 months and will feature stories, songs, fingerplays, bouncing rhymes, and puppets. Laptime is designed to engage babies and caregivers and provide social interaction while encouraging early literacy skills including talking, singing, reading and...

Creative Writing Group I

In 2 weeks · Wed, Apr 22, 10:00 PM–12:00 AM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

The Portsmouth Public Library hosts Creative Writing Group I, which meets both in person at the library and online via Zoom two Wednesdays a month from 6 to 8 PM. Writers of all genres are invited to attend and share their work in a congenial and sensitive environment! This group is for folks who..

We Craft

In 1 week · Fri, Apr 17, 9:00 PM–10:30 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

We craft, ewe craft, we all craft together! Join library staff and fellow crafters on the third Friday of each month from 5 - 6:30 PM for an after-hours, drop-in, open crafting time. All crafts and experience levels welcome, from knitting and crochet to rug hooking and drawing, beginners to master..

Drop-In Device Help

In 2 weeks · Tue, Apr 21, 6:00 PM–7:30 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

How do I listen to an audiobook using Libby? 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 library digital services to Microsoft and Macs, all questions.

Lego Club

In 1 week · Thu, Apr 16, 7:30 PM–8:30 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

Join us for LEGO Club at PPL! Each week children in grades K-5 are invited to join us in the Levenson Room to create unique LEGO challenges, work on individual projects and have fun with other LEGO loving kids! Challenges may include building marble mazes, things that float, ziplines and more! ...

Middle School Book Club

In 1 week · Mon, Apr 13, 7:30 PM–8:30 PM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

Students in grades 6-8 are invited to meet with other readers to talk books and trivia! This month is a choose your own adventure! The only criteria is that the book you pick has to have some connection to the 90's. Could be 1890's, 1990s, or even 1790s if you can find something! Be prepared to...

Creative Writing Group II

In 1 week · Wed, Apr 15, 10:00 PM–12:00 AM UTC · Portsmouth Public Library

The Portsmouth Public Library invites you to join Creative Writing Group II which meets in person at the library and online via Zoom, on the first and third Wednesdays of the month from 6 to 8 PM. Writers of all genres are invited to attend and share their work in a congenial and sensitive...