Michael W. Mello Program Room
Cribbage for Beginners
Now is your chance to improve your skill at cribbage! Join experienced cribbage player Carol at Portsmouth Free Public Library and play with others, newcomers and more experienced players alike. We'll provide the boards and cards, you provide the fun. This card game uses strategy and decision-making abilities and has roots dating back to the 1600's. Registration is requested.
Tech Updates
Room reserved for staff for Tech updates
Tech Updates
Room reserved for staff for Tech updates.
Circles and Silence: The Opioid Epidemic
To help support and honor the Portsmouth Prevention Coalition Wellness Week, we ask you to join us in a presentation by David Neil, the Violent Crime Prevention and Community Outreach Coordinator from the United State's Attorney's Office. A short film will be shown called Circles and Silence, an overview of the epidemic will be presented, and multiple speakers will be present to talk about their experiences. A question and answer session will follow.
The Library’s 125th Anniversary with Jim Garman
In celebration of the Portsmouth Free Public Library’s 125th Anniversary, Town Historian Jim Garman will talk about the Library’s long history.
Cribbage for Beginners
Now is your chance to improve your skill at cribbage! Join experienced cribbage player Carol at Portsmouth Free Public Library and play with others, newcomers and more experienced players alike. We'll provide the boards and cards, you provide the fun. This card game uses strategy and decision-making abilities and has roots dating back to the 1600's. Registration is requested.
Cribbage
Second meeting for the new cribbage players.
Painting Class with John Irwin
This class is full!
STEM Week: 4th and 5th Grade
STEM Week Day 4 for 4th and 5th Graders! Our theme is... OIL SPILLS! Register now to read about real oil spills and their impact on the environment, experiment cleaning up a mock oil spill, and then learn about we can prevent oil spills from happening and how you can help!
Registration is required and open now! ALL PATRONS OVER THE AGE OF 2 MUST WEAR A MASK! Spaces are limited.