News & Announcements

The Library will be closing at 5pm on 11/25, and closed on 11/26 and 11/27. We will resume normal hours on 11/28.

View our calendar to see additional holiday closings.

Portsmouth Public Library’s building turns twenty this year, and when we think of iconic birthday parties, we think of Bilbo’s birthday in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

This program will be on-line only and will include a brief overview of the script and its history followed by letterform instruction and practice.

Materials will be available for pick-up at the library a week before the event. Registration is required. Zoom link will be sent in your email after registration.

Explore the versatility and range of the guitar—from jazz and classical to flamenco and even the 11-string arch guitar with Brooks Robertson

Whether you're curious, cautious, or somewhere in between, this session will help you leave with a clearer understanding of the opportunities and risks AI presents—and the confidence to navigate them.

Practical Tools to Calm the Nervous System and Interrupt Overthinking Spirals with Anja Schneider

Come join us to learn simple Korean alphabet!

Come join Sage Clarke of Inner Knowing Wellness for a small group introduction to tarot.

A Church Built of Granite: Four Centuries of Faith, Conscience, and Community in a New Hampshire Seaport
with Janet L. Polasky and Kimberly Cloutier Green

Join us for Adventures in Neurodivergent Parenting: Lost in Translation.