BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Portsmouth Historical Society - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://portsmouthhistory.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Portsmouth Historical Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230628T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230628T130000 DTSTAMP:20260609T005618 CREATED:20230616T180936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230616T180940Z UID:10000183-1687953600-1687957200@portsmouthhistory.org SUMMARY:"A Sense of Place" Curator Tour DESCRIPTION:Go behind the scenes with the curator(s) of “A Sense of Place”\nSpend an hour walking through our downstairs exhibition with the experts. Curators and museum staff will highlight behind-the-scenes exhibition creation\, point out favorite items included\, and add further information that just couldn’t fit within or on the walls of our museum.Our curator tours are free with museum admission.Single site admission is $10 general ticket/ $5 discount/ free for members. \n \n Admission and Visit Info URL:https://portsmouthhistory.org/event/a-sense-of-place-curator-tour-june/ LOCATION:Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street\, 10 Middle Street\, Portsmouth\, NH\, 01801\, United States CATEGORIES:Downstairs Exhibtion,Exhibitions Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://portsmouthhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Curator-Tour-628.png GEO:43.075448564665;-70.760680175025 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street 10 Middle Street Portsmouth NH 01801 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Middle Street:geo:-70.760680175025,43.075448564665 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230524T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230524T190000 DTSTAMP:20260609T005618 CREATED:20230413T195137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230508T154205Z UID:10000142-1684949400-1684954800@portsmouthhistory.org SUMMARY:Book Signing: Portsmouth (a novel) DESCRIPTION:Join us for a book signing with author James Polus\nGet a chance to meet and speak with the author of Portsmouth. \nBooks will be available for sale in the gift shop. Admission is free\, no RSVP required. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author:\nOriginally from Upstate New York\, a graduate of Hobart College and Columbia University\, and a former life long employee of IBM\, Polus has an amazing wife and four accomplished children. Serving in senior financial positions afforded him the opportunity to live in England for one year\, followed thereafter by four years in France. He considers himself as a citizen of the world to complement his proud American heritage. \nJame Polus published his first book\, entitled “The Dream of AO” in May 2021\, followed by the sequel\, “Dreams of Lies and Delusions”\, published in 2022. The historical backdrop is the Indus Valley civilization\, circa 1700 BCE. He believes we can reference ancient civilizations to remind us that the timeless themes of love\, courage\, honor and redemption have long competed with treachery\, deceit\, hatred and lust. Professional storytellers perfectly recited long\, epic morality tales\, illustrating for all peoples the lessons for a virtuous life. Battles over dogma\, spiritual beliefs\, and rituals date well before written texts. \nPolus enjoys creative and imaginary fiction using strong characters to espouse his ideas on human purpose and human equality. The motifs of dreaming and oral traditions serve as the backdrop for his writing. Most of his characters practice mindfulness and are skilled in various forms of meditation. As an avid cyclist\, he likes to pedal alone on quiet country roads or traverse along the long ocean stretches\, imagining the lives of his characters.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Buy Portsmouth by James Polus\n \n \n \n \n \n About the Book:\nHistorical fiction comes to New England with the epic novel\, “Portsmouth\,” a classical saga reliving the story of a 1623 fictitious family and twelve successive generations that bring New England seacoast history to life.Memorable characters interact with real-life personalities and historical events that shaped America. From the early Puritans to the Sons of Liberty and the Revolutionary War\, up through the Great Depression and World War II\, the novel brings American notables such as George Washington\, Ona Judge Staines\, Major General Fitz-John Porter\, Frank Jones\, and Celia Thaxter into the reader’s imagination. \n The novel “Portsmouth” celebrates the 400th anniversary of the founding of this historic seaport\, so reminiscent of colonial times URL:https://portsmouthhistory.org/event/book-signing-portsmouth-a-novel/ LOCATION:Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street\, 10 Middle Street\, Portsmouth\, NH\, 01801\, United States CATEGORIES:Downstairs Exhibtion,Upstairs Exhibition,Welcome Center & Museum Shop Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://portsmouthhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Polus-524.png GEO:43.075448564665;-70.760680175025 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street 10 Middle Street Portsmouth NH 01801 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Middle Street:geo:-70.760680175025,43.075448564665 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T190000 DTSTAMP:20260609T005618 CREATED:20230126T174723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230421T201322Z UID:10000129-1684432800-1684436400@portsmouthhistory.org SUMMARY:Treasure from the Isles of Shoals: How New Archaeology is Changing Old History DESCRIPTION:There is treasure here but not the pirate kind. Scientific “digs” on Smuttynose Island are changing New England history. Archaeologist Nathan Hamilton has unearthed 300\,000 artifacts to date on this largely uninhabited rock at the Isles of Shoals. Evidence proves prehistoric Native Americans hunted New Hampshire’s only offshore islands 6\,000 years ago. Hundreds of European fishermen split\, salted\, and dried valuable Atlantic cod here from the 1620s. “King Haley” ruled a survivalist kingdom here before Thomas Laighton struck tourist gold when his family took over the region’s first hotel on Smuttynose. Laighton’s daughter Celia Thaxter spun poetic tales of ghosts and pirates. J. Dennis Robinson\, a longtime Smuttynose steward\, explores the truth behind the romantic legends of Gosport Harbor in this colorful show-and-tell presentation. \nAdmission is free\, pre-registration recommended. \n \n Join the waitlist for Treasure from the Isle of Shoals\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Presenter:\nJ. Dennis Robinson has published over a dozen books and 3\,000 articles on history focused primarily on the seacoast region. He is the author of richly illustrated books on the Isles of Shoals\, Strawbery Banke Museum\, Wentworth by the Sea Hotel\, and Privateer Lynx. His new award-winning hardcover\, Music Hall\, tracks the 400-year evolution of the performing arts in Portsmouth. His first novel\, Point of Graves\, is a character driven “history mystery” that explores Black history in New Hampshire’s only seaport. He is currently completing a history of New Castle\, a provocative study of the first NH settlement in 1623\, and a comic book history of Portsmouth for kids with children’s book illustrator Robert Squier. His work can be seen at jdennisrobinson.com online. \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is made possible by a grant from New Hampshire Humanities URL:https://portsmouthhistory.org/event/treasure-from-the-isles-of-shoals/ LOCATION:Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street\, 10 Middle Street\, Portsmouth\, NH\, 01801\, United States CATEGORIES:Downstairs Exhibtion,Exhibitions Programs,Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://portsmouthhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/518-Lecture-Shoals.jpg GEO:43.075448564665;-70.760680175025 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street 10 Middle Street Portsmouth NH 01801 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Middle Street:geo:-70.760680175025,43.075448564665 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230413T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230413T190000 DTSTAMP:20260609T005619 CREATED:20230126T172256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230421T201358Z UID:10000127-1681408800-1681412400@portsmouthhistory.org SUMMARY:Family\, Memory\, Place: Writing Family Stories for Our Community DESCRIPTION:What family stories do you carry with you? What story do you tell over and over? What landscape do you cherish the most? One of the deepest human instincts is to tell our life stories\, to figure out who we are and what it means to be human. This interactive workshop led by Maura MacNeil explores how the landscapes of our lives shape the stories that we tell. Participants explore the themes of family\, memory\, and place through sample narratives and a series of short writing exercises\, gaining a deeper awareness of how their stories can preserve personal\, generational\, and communal history. \nAdmission is free\, pre-registration recommended. \n \n Register for Family\, Memory\, Place\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Presenter:\nMaura MacNeil is a writer\, editor\, and teacher. She is the author of the poetry collections: A History of Water (Finishing Line Press)\, Lost Houses (Kelsay Books)\, and This Last Place (Dancing Girl Press). Her poetry\, prose\, and critical writing has been published and anthologized in numerous publications over the past three decades including: Penning the Pandemic: An Anthology of Creative Writing from the Beginning of the Covid Era; Mud Chronicles: A New England Anthology; Poet Showcase: An Anthology of New Hampshire Poets; and Voices from the Frost Place Volume II. For over two decades she has taught writing at New England College in Henniker\, New Hampshire. \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is made possible by a grant from New Hampshire Humanities URL:https://portsmouthhistory.org/event/workshop-family-memory-place/ LOCATION:Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street\, 10 Middle Street\, Portsmouth\, NH\, 01801\, United States CATEGORIES:Downstairs Exhibtion,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://portsmouthhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/4_13-Workshop-Family-Memory-Place.png GEO:43.075448564665;-70.760680175025 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street 10 Middle Street Portsmouth NH 01801 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Middle Street:geo:-70.760680175025,43.075448564665 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230412T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230412T130000 DTSTAMP:20260609T005619 CREATED:20230321T195340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230421T201341Z UID:10000136-1681300800-1681304400@portsmouthhistory.org SUMMARY:"A Sense of Place" Curator Tour DESCRIPTION:Go behind the scenes with the curator(s) of “A Sense of Place”\nSpend an hour walking through our downstairs exhibition with the experts. Curators and museum staff will highlight behind-the-scenes exhibition creation\, point out favorite items included\, and add further information that just couldn’t fit within or on the walls of our museum. \n\nOur curator tours are free with museum admission. URL:https://portsmouthhistory.org/event/a-sense-of-place-curator-tour/ LOCATION:Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street\, 10 Middle Street\, Portsmouth\, NH\, 01801\, United States CATEGORIES:Downstairs Exhibtion,Exhibitions Programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://portsmouthhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Curator-Tour.png GEO:43.075448564665;-70.760680175025 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street 10 Middle Street Portsmouth NH 01801 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Middle Street:geo:-70.760680175025,43.075448564665 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230406T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230406T193000 DTSTAMP:20260609T005619 CREATED:20230309T164234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230421T201351Z UID:10000133-1680802200-1680809400@portsmouthhistory.org SUMMARY:Spring Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate our new exhibitions!\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP to the Spring Opening Reception URL:https://portsmouthhistory.org/event/opening-reception-2023/ LOCATION:Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street\, 10 Middle Street\, Portsmouth\, NH\, 01801\, United States CATEGORIES:Downstairs Exhibtion,Exhibitions Programs,Upstairs Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://portsmouthhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Spring-Opening-Reception.png GEO:43.075448564665;-70.760680175025 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Portsmouth Historical Society at 10 Middle Street 10 Middle Street Portsmouth NH 01801 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=10 Middle Street:geo:-70.760680175025,43.075448564665 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR