Giving an art gift certificate this holiday season? Take in Art `Round Town on Jan. 2 as they pick their piece-- or it might take them even longer. No worries-- Art `Round Town is every month!

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🎨 Art Round Town | Friday, Jan. 2 | 5–8 p.m. 🎨

Start the new year with a creative stroll through downtown Portsmouth, NH! From galleries and historic spaces to shops and showrooms, Art Round Town brings the city alive with visual art, conversation, and inspiration.

✨ Participating locations include:
A Pleasant Shoppe LLC Portsmouth NH • Ceres Gallery • 3S Artspace • Kennedy Gallery and Custom Framing • Nahcotta • New Hampshire Art Association • Thornhill Art Gallery • The Gallery at Jimmy`s • Portsmouth Athenaeum • Todd Bonita Gallery - Portsmouth, NH • URBAN | EAD Woodwork Showroom* • Don Gorvett Gallery • 100 Market Gallery

(See anything that needs tweaking? Let us know: jennifer @ portsmouthcollaborative.org)

(plus more — some venues have special hours)

🖼️ Wander, discover, and support Portsmouth’s vibrant arts community.

🙏 Thank you to our Art Round Town sponsors for making this beloved monthly event possible! @meconifinancial @centrus.digital and @kennebunksavings

👉 Find info here: goportsmouthnh.com/art

📍 Downtown Portsmouth, NH
🕔 5–8 p.m.
🎉 Free & open to all

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🎁 Holiday Gift for Downtown Portsmouth! 🚗

Great news! Now through Jan. 1, enjoy 3 hours of FREE parking in the Foundry and Hanover Garages to make holiday shopping, dining, and festive fun even easier!

Parking meters and time limits still apply.
Let’s support our local shops and restaurants this season! 🎄✨

Full release from City of Portsmouth: tinyurl.com/PortsHolidayParking

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🎄 Your Seacoast Weekend Starts Here | Dec. 20–21

These are just the highlights—round it out with ice skating ⛸️, dining 🍽️, and local shopping 🛍️ (plus a last-chance nostalgia stroll at the * @mallatfoxrun ).

p.s. this Third Space exhibit at @3sartspace is intriguing. Have you been?

See MORE at goportsmouthnh.com

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* The mall says: "We`ve got a Christmas Eve 🎄tweak of 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and we`re taking a snooze on Christmas Day. We will bounce back to regular hours on Friday, Dec. 26" (So you can say goodbye after the holidays too-- don`t want to be misleading!)

Time to tell your pup what’s planned for Feb. 7 (and yes, it’s in Portsmouth!)🐾

via the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests:

A Dog`s Walk Through History
Creek Farm

Creek Farm has long been a favorite walk of the Seacoast`s dogs and their humans. Come walk and play together and hear about the companion animals that helped build our local history and culture!

This program is best for social dogs that are confident on lead and recall- as they must be on lead or carried while out on the trails, and some habitat restoration areas are near walking paths!

Date: Saturday, February 7, 2026
Time: 10 a.m. to noon

Register online

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Emily, Matt & Kaity watched Seacoasters go happily home with fresh trees from The Rocks in Bethlehem at their holiday open house. The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests @forestsociety at Creek Farm has so much to offer beyond First Day Hikes and Zentangle (and cool merch). Loved getting to know them!🌲

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Are you ready for this?

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Today`s the day!
(Don`t know where to start? Visit https://www.goportsmouthnh.com/art/ to see all participating galleries and their socials. And we`ll try to tag them all below!)

@apleasantshoppellc
@ceresgallerynh
@3sartspace
@kennedygallery_portsmouth
@nhartassociation
@thornhill_art_gallery
@thegalleryatjimmys
@portsmouthathenaeum
@portsmouthhistoricalsociety Gingerbread House Contest
@toddbonita
@eadwoodwork
@dongorvett_woodcuts
@blackheritagetrailnh
@100marketgallery

See changes needed above? Let us know in the comments! : )

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Oh, Ho, Ho!

Our December newsletter drops today (Wednesday, Dec. 3)!

Sign up here: https://www.goportsmouthnh.com/ (waaaay down toward the very bottom of the page) 🙂👋

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Also: Sneak peek at area theater!

Through Dec. 21, make way at @theseacoastrep for Elf: The Musical. This modern-day holiday classic is sure to make everyone embrace their inner elf. After all, the best way to spread Christmas Cheer is singing loud for all to hear.

And then, from Dec. 3 to 21-- @ogunquitplayhouse brings it all to @musichallnh -- catch Irving Berlin`s White Christmas. The magic of Broadway swings into the historic theater with spectacular dance numbers, nostalgic songs, and a few surprises that are sure to wow you.

Head to the intimate @playersringnh on the edge of Prescott Park for a variety of offerings including What the Dickens: Cold-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge will once again be visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future — but this time, it’s the audience who calls the shots. And A Christmas Carol, runs Dec. 5-28, told Ring-style: surprising, poetic, playful, and deeply human.

At @nhtheatreproject on the West End, NHTP Play Readings for Grown-ups Presents: Miracle on 34th Street Dec 13 and Dec 14.

Plus, head across the Memorial Bridge to Kittery, Maine to catch Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and Then Some!) at @thedancehallkittery , Kittery, a madcap romp through the holiday season on Dec. 5-7. Parental guidance on site.

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🎄✨ Get ready to stroll, shop & celebrate! Join us on Saturday, Dec. 6 from noon to 6 p.m. in downtown Portsmouth for the fun and festive Shop & Stroll event — 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆, which is at 6!🎁🛍️

Spend the afternoon exploring local favorites like:
janegee
Diversions Puzzles & Games - Portsmouth
Alie Jewelry
Maxxology
The DRIPBaR Portsmouth
Kennedy Gallery and Custom Framing
Marathon Sports
Emptio
Prelude
Skordo
Perch + Petal by Bell Farm
Portsmouth Book Nook
3S Artspace
Summerwind Jewelers & Goldsmiths
A Pleasant Shoppe LLC Portsmouth NH
Portsmouth Soap Company
…and many more festive destinations to be added!

✨ Highlights include:

Exclusive in-store specials & giveaways
Free hot cocoa and mulled cider in select locations

The opportunity to kick off holiday shopping in a beautifully festive, walkable setting

🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲

For the first time we are partnering with the 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑬𝒏𝒅 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝑪𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒍! We encourage you to continue strolling and head to Portsmouth`s West End

West End businesses — including

@nestportsmouthnh
@weekenderhouse
@decadesvintageboutique
@seaveysmp
@sweetpeaportsmouth
@treeline_outfitters @papawheeliesbikeshop
@therefillstationnh @portcitymakerspace
@islingtonbottleshoppe @salvage_modern
@pieceocakenh @garysguitarsusa
@shop.rosebud.records

We can`t fit it all!

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