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This annual art exhibit will feature a wide array of stunning creations showcasing the innovative, inspiring minds of our Visual Arts students from grades K-8. The Portsmouth Public Library will come alive with art from Dondero, Little Harbour, New Franklin and the Portsmouth Middle School. Come feast your eyes on this dazzling display from March 8 through April 21, and don't miss the Artist Reception on Sunday March 9 from 2-4 PM! 

Summer of Soul 
2021. PG-13. 118 minutes.

This music documentary explores and reclaims the legacy of the six-week 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. It features unpublished footage of performances by Nina Simone, B.B. King, Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, and Gladys Knight & the Pips at Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park).

All are welcome. Subtitles are used when possible. Refreshments provided. Registration is not required, just drop in!

Beyond the Bedside: Planning to Care — From Complexity to Clarity: A Workshop and Conversation with Laura Cleminson, founder of the Pre-Dead Social Club. 

Hidden Figures
2016. PG. 127 minutes.

Three brilliant African American women at NASA — Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson — serve as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation's confidence, turned around the Space Race and galvanized the world.