The Portsmouth Office of the City Clerk and the Portsmouth Public Library invite you to register to vote or update your voter registration for the November 5, 2024 election, at the Portsmouth Public Library!

You may attend on Saturday September 28 from 11 AM until 12:30 PM. 

Voter Registration Requirements:

Bob Marley: One Love.
2024. PG-13. 107 Minutes.

Bob Marley: One Love celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. On the big screen for the first time, discover Bob's powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music.

Registration is not required. Refreshments will be provided. Subtitles are used when possible. All are welcome!

Join Portsmouth Climate Action/Seacoast Climate Action, NH Healthy Climate, and CHICKs (Climate and Health Initiative for Caregivers and Kids) for a community conversation about climate change and its impact on children's health. This monthly discussion series was formed to discuss climate issues and solutions for our community.

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), children, including adolescents under age 18, are often more vulnerable than the general population to the health impacts of climate change.

Though it still serves Portsmouth well today, the Portsmouth Branch of the former Boston & Maine Railroad once connected the Seacoast to Manchester and points beyond. The photography of Richard B. Sanborn and others will illustrate the importance of this link to not only Portsmouth, but also other communities such as Raymond, Epping, and Candia. The 1982 demise of the line between Manchester and Newfields, New Hampshire will be covered as will the modern importance of the remaining trackage.

In conjunction with our lobby exhibit of Louis de Rochemont historic items related to The Whistle at Eaton Falls, the library will screen the locally filmed movie Lost Boundaries. The movie was first released in 1949 and included extras from the Seacoast area.

Join us for some free summer fun at  The New England BIPOC Festival at Strawbery Banke! 

Presented by the library’s Special Collections staff and members of the Ranger Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), these events are free, open to the public, and appropriate for all levels of interest and experience. All levels will learn something new!

It's time to get ready for the Lantern Festival!

The Portsmouth Public Library is proud to partner with the Alliance for Greater Good again this year for a fun, all ages lantern decorating event!  Join us to decorate your own lantern to float at the Portsmouth Lantern Festival on September 28! The Lantern Festival is a family-friendly fundraiser celebrating community kindness. 

Abenaki history has been reduced to near-invisibility as a result of conquest, a conquering culture that placed little value on the Indian experience, and a strategy of self-preservation that required many Abenaki to go "underground," concealing their true identities for generations to avoid discrimination and persecution.