For more than 60 years there have been social outlets for the LGBT community in the Seacoast area. We will explore what social outlets and support groups were available to the community through the decades. What was the first social group? What bars were available and where were they located? What groups are still available? About the Presenter Tom Kaufhold founded the Seacoast NH LGBT History Project in 2015 to collect, preserve, and share the artifacts and stories of the LGBTQ community, a community he has been active in since the 1990s. Tom is a retired business systems analyst and resides in Portsmouth with his husband Michael. He enjoys antiquing and spending time with his grandson. Give the library feedback and enter to win a library book bag! This helps us make decisions about library programming and advertising. Fill out a brief Event Feedback Form here: https://forms.gle/uLaj2MrLtenEZmvH7 Want to learn about more upcoming events at the library? Sign up for our monthly newsletter here: https://www.cityofportsmouth.com/library/newsletter

Maine author Michelle Souliere tells creepy local stories from Maine and New Hampshire! At the end of the recording, you'll be absolutely convinced ... there's something in the woods. Michelle is the author of the books Strange Maine and Bigfoot in Maine, and the owner of The Green Hand Bookshop in Portland, ME. https://greenhandbookshop.com/ For more on Bigfoot, visit https://www.bfro.net/ Give the library feedback and enter to win a library book bag! This helps us make decisions about library programming and advertising. Fill out a brief Event Feedback Form here: https://forms.gle/uLaj2MrLtenEZmvH7 Want to learn about more upcoming events at the library? Sign up for our monthly newsletter here: https://www.cityofportsmouth.com/library/newsletter

The Isles of Shoals have long been a source of inspiration and study for artists. Childe Hassam, William Morris Hunt, James E. Butterworth, and Mauritz F. de Haas are among the many known for their paintings of the Isles. Christopher Volpe takes us through a history of painted representations of the Isles of Shoals from the Classical European tradition, through Romanticism, Impressionism, and into contemporaneity. This survey of styles and artists allows a glimpse the Isles of Shoals throughout time while providing a history of American landscape painting tradition. View the slides for this presentation here: https://www.christophervolpe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Picturing-the-Isles-of-Shoals-presentation.pdf About the Presenter Originally from Long Island, Christopher Volpe is an artist, writer, and teacher working and living in New Hampshire. His paintings in tar and gold leaf reference mortality, mysticism, and concern for a world buying and spending its way into unsustainability. His work is collected internationally and held in the permanent collections of Smith College and the Whistler House Museum. Grants and awards include the Saint Botolph Club Foundation, MassMoCA/Assests for Artists, and the NH State Council on the Art Artist Advancement Grant. With degrees from the University of New Hampshire and Stony Brook University, he has taught painting, literature, mythology and the history of art at various colleges and universities. He writes regularly about art and artists online and off. Give the library feedback and enter to win a library book bag! This helps us make decisions about library programming and advertising. Fill out a brief Event Feedback Form here: https://forms.gle/uLaj2MrLtenEZmvH7 Want to learn about more upcoming events at the library? Sign up for our monthly newsletter here: https://www.cityofportsmouth.com/library/newsletter

The New Hampshire Seacoast has a wealth of overlooked history. Some remnants are hidden in plain sight and others are just plain hidden. Meet the minister and early religious founder who was involved in an armed confrontation in Dover with another preacher in 1640. Find out how a one-time high school assistant principal in Rochester became a world-famous business leader and ended up meeting President Grover Cleveland. Discover the story of “ghost” racetracks in Somersworth before they disappear, as well as the “pile of rocks” that stopped a multimillion-dollar building project in Windham. Author Terry Nelson reveals some of New England’s most fascinating history, from Durham and Madbury to North Hampton and Portsmouth. About the Presenter Terry Nelson is a retired Manchester Schools assistant principal. While his entire career has been in the education field, he has always harbored a love for history. Before marrying his wife, Barbara, Terry spent several summers working as a volunteer on archaeological digs in northern England. Later on, Terry and Barbara would take their two sons on family vacations visiting important sites in American history – from Vicksburg to Gettysburg and Fort Mackinaw to the Harry Truman Little White House on Key West. As a result, their sons are now taking their own children to visit historic places. After moving from Michigan to Dover, Terry worked for two years as a special education consultant for the NH Department of Education. This position afforded him the opportunity to visit and serve sixteen southern New Hampshire school districts. Along the way, he ran across many out of the way, little know, historic sites. In his book, Hidden History of the New Hampshire Seacoast, Terry explores and illuminates these little-known places and the stories behind them. Give the library feedback and enter to win a library book bag! This helps us make decisions about library programming and advertising. Fill out a brief Event Feedback Form here: https://forms.gle/uLaj2MrLtenEZmvH7 Want to learn about more upcoming events at the library? Sign up for our monthly newsletter here: https://www.cityofportsmouth.com/library/newsletter