The Fall 2016 ISHRA newsletter is now published and available on the newsletter page. If you didn’t receive a copy in the mail, make sure your dues are up to date. See you on November 1 at our Fall meeting!

Please join us November 1, 2016 at 6:30 pm at the Portsmouth Public Library for a presentation by Hal Weeks, “A Virtual Walk Around Appledore Island with Childe Hassam“.

Hal Weeks is a marine ecologist and New England native, and has a long-term affiliation with Appledore Island and the Shoals Marine Laboratory. Lots of rock-hopping while studying Appledore’s tidepools gave him great familiarity with the island’s rocks, and served as the foundation for a pet project to locate the sites of many Childe Hassam paintings. This led to his contributing to the exhibition “American Impressionist: Childe Hassam and the Isles of Shoals” that is at the Peabody-Essex Museum in Salem MA through November 6th.

The April 12  7:00 p.m. meeting will not be at the 3SArts Building.  It will now take place at the Discover Portsmouth Center! 

ISLES OF SHOALS TALK WILL EXPLORE IMPACT OF RISING SEAS

With the forecast of rising sea levels in the news on the Seacoast, archaeologist Peter Leach will talk about 7,000 years ago, the time that one could walk from the mainland to the Isles of Shoals, and how ecosystems and human populations have responded since then to rising sea level.

Leach will explain his research along the New Hampshire coast, including the drowned forest at Odiorne Point. He will show how archaeological data can be used to help assess the future impacts of sea level rise and how people and ecosystems might react. Leach is a doctoral student at the University of Connecticut, specializing in submerged prehistoric archaeology, and has conducted ground-penetrating radar surveys on four continents.

His free talk (sponsored by the Isles of Shoals Historical and Research Association, ISHRA), is on April 12. Doors will open at 6:30 pm for the 7:00 pm event at Discover Portsmouth.

Discover Portsmouth
10 Middle Street
Portsmouth NH 03801
603.436.8433

DIRECTIONS

From the north: I-95 south, Exit 7 to downtown historic Portsmouth, turn left at the end of the exit onto Market Street. Go through 3 sets of lights on Market Street, get in the right lane to take a slight right turn on Russell Street, past the Sheraton on your left, then turn right onto Deer Street. Turn left at the light onto Maplewood. At the second set of lights (at Congress and Islington St.) Discover Portsmouth will be on your right across the intersection.

From the south: I-95 North to Exit 7 to downtown historic Portsmouth. Turn right at the end of the exit ramp onto Market Street. Follow directions above from there.

Parking in Portsmouth

The closest 2 lots to Discover Portsmouth are the Bridge Street lot and the Worth lot. The Bridge Street lot is directly across Islington Street from the Center. The Worth lot is on Maplewood behind the Portsmouth Health Food Store.