Lanterns are a universal symbol of brightness, knowledge and guiding light. They show the way and provide hope in dark places. This year, The Alliance for Greater Good is hosting a Lantern Festival in September. At the gathering at South Mill Pond, participants will float paper lanterns in the pond as a way of encouraging the community to spread kindness, while raising funds for Seacoast Mental Health. The theme of the event is "Illuminating 400 Years of Community Kindness."

We are pleased to invite experienced yoga practitioner, Sage Clarke back to offer free weekly yoga classes from July 11 to  August 29 in the library garden! Join Sage from 6:30 - 7:30 PM every Tuesday for an hour of outdoor, all-levels Yoga.

Wrong about everything: Images of Portsmouth’s North End on the brink of destruction 
Exhibit: August 1st –  August 31st
Artist presentation and reception: Saturday August 12 at 2 PM

Join us to meet the artist, Mark Barnette, who created a collection of cyanotypes of Portsmouth's  North End neighborhood. He will give a short presentation followed by a discussion. Refreshments will be provided. This is a drop-in event. Registration is not required. 

2023. Rated PG-13. Runtime 106 minutes.

Eleven-year-old Margaret moves to a new town and starts to contemplate everything about life, friendship and adolescence. She relies on her mother, Barbara, who offers loving support, and her grandmother, Sylvia, who's coming to terms with finding happiness in the next phase of her life. Questions of identity, one's place in the world, and what brings meaning to life soon brings them closer together than ever before.

Join National Book Award finalist and author/illustrator of over FORTY books for children and teens, Jarrett J. Krosoczka for a special library visit!  Mr. Krosoczka will talk about how he creates comics, provide some cartooning tips and do some live drawing! He will also take questions and sign books for those in attendance! Mr. Krosoczka's published titles include picture books Punk Farm and Peanut Butter and Jellyfish, the Lunch Lady graphic novel series and graphic memoirs Hey, Kiddo and Sunshine.

Seaside Escapes: The Art & Architecture of the New England Coast

From artist colonies to robber baron “summer cottages,” the New England shoreline has inspired countless creative works. This program looks at seascapes by beloved American artists including Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper as well as the over-the-top elegance of Newport, RI summer homes designed for the titans of industry in the nineteenth century. Gloucester's eccentric summer retreat Beauport is also featured.

Wrong about everything: Images of Portsmouth’s North End on the brink of destruction 
Exhibit: August 1st –  August 31st
Artist presentation and reception: Saturday August 12 at 2 PM

This work addresses the impact of urban renewal on a cohesive and diverse working-class neighborhood in Portsmouth, NH and the damage to the cultural fabric of the colonial-era U.S. city in which it was once located.