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 Ongoing Programs at the Portsmouth Public Library
2013 Adult Fiction Book Discussion Titles
For a list of what we read earlier in 2012 and past years, click here.
2013 Adult Nonfiction Book Discussion Titles
Discussion will take place at 7pm in the Hilton Garden Inn Room.
Featured Programs at the Portsmouth Public Library
- SMART (Sustainably Made ART) Show, May '13
 Throughout the month of May, the library will be hosting SMART, the Sustainably Made ART Show. The show features work by local artists created from recycled and natural materials. These pieces, in all medium, are shown throughout the first floor of the library.
Working in a variety of formats, styles and with materials at hand, artists have taken the ordinary, the overlooked, the “junk” that we produce each and every day and asked us to consider the extra-ordinary that can be created from them. Some of the artists have selected material from the natural world and are using these shapes and forms in a way that enhances awareness and understanding of their native beauty.
Thirty local and New England artists have contributed over 70 pieces, ranging from garments made of unusual materials to welded machinery parts transformed into fantasy creatures. The show challenges the community to think about what gets thrown away or overlooked and to encourage everyone to see beauty and possibility in everyday objects.
- Spring Cinema Series
Our Spring Cinema Series continues on April 18th. All movies begin at 6:30pm with the expection of Life of Pi which will start at 1:30pm. All movies are shown in the Levenson Room.
April 16th: Lincoln - 150 minutes
 Rated PG13. Meryl Streep is Julia Child and Amy Adams is Julie Powell in writer-director Nora Ephron’s adaptation of two bestselling memoirs: Powell’s Julie & Julia and My Life in France, by Julia Child with... Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, and Sally Field. As the Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
Read reviews at IMDB and RottenTomatoes.com. If you like Lincoln, you might like Che, Schindler's List and Downfall.
May 2nd : Silver Linings Playbook
- 120 minutes
May 11th at 1:30pm : Life of Pi - 127 minutes
 Rated PG. Life of Pi A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger. Directed by Oscer winnner Ang Lee. Based on the book by Yann Martel.
Read reviews at IMDB and RottenTomatoes.com.
May 16th : Diana Vreeland: Eye Has to Travel - 92 minutes
 Rated R. Diana Vreeland: Eye has to Travel For decades, Diana Vreeland was one of the leading authorities in fashion through eccentric self-taught skill and a bold stylistic audacity. This film guides you through this fashion pioneer's long career from her youth in Paris until she became a leading magazine fashion columnist and editor. .
Read reviews at IMDB and RottenTomatoes.com.
- Senior Fraud Detection & Prevention Workshop
- Strathspey and Reel Society, Thur., May 23rd, 7pm
- Whaleback Environmental Film Festival, May 9th
- Drop-In Chess, Every Saturday, 10-4
- Sit 'n Stitch Group
Adult Book Discussion Titles
2012
2009-2010
2008-2009
2007-2008
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