The Treaty of Portsmouth (Portsmouth Peace Treaty)

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Jul 23, 2008
NH State Archives Treaty Exhibit DAILY M-F

Jul 24, 2008
DAILY "An Uncommon Commitment to Peace"

Aug 22, 2008
Dublin Historical Society "TR's Nobel Peace Prize"

Aug 31, 2008
Peace Flag Raising at Green Acre Baha'i School

Sep 05, 2008
"Flags Over Portsmouth" Photo Exhibit
Portsmouth Peace Treaty Bell-ringing

Sep 18, 2008
Beat Night Poetry & Jazz: Portsmouth Peace Treaty

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News and Links

To learn nore, the following books are available, click here to order:

Heroes & Friends: Behind the Scenes of the Treaty of Portsmouth by Michiko Nakanishi

Also available, click here for ordering:

There Are No Victors Here: A Local Perspective on the Treaty of Portsmouth by Peter E. Randall

An Uncommon Commitment to Peace Exhibit Catalogue published by the Japan-America Society of NH

Blessed Are the Peacemakers: The Service of Thanksgiving for the Portsmouth Treaty, September 5, 1905 by Marina Grot Turkevich Naumann

Original 1905 newsreel footage on DVD

Treaty of Portsmouth 1905-2005 book of reproduction historical postcards.

Aug 21, Larry Simon and Jazz Friends
Location: United Methodist Church, 129 Miller Ave., Portsmouth
Presented by Centrix Bank & Trust

Guitarist/Composer Larry Simon, from Brooklyn NY, has worked with many of today's leading jazz, blues and experimental artists. Simon has recorded and toured, both nationally and internationally, with John Zorn, LaMonte Young, David Sanborn, Big Jay McNeely, Lester Bowie, Rosco Gordon, George Coleman, Julius Hemphill, The Skatellites and many others. In New York, Simon also composed for a variety of dance and theatre companies and was active in the downtown experimental music community as Director of the Collective for New Music, a composer-and-performer collaboration group. Simon moved to Portsmouth six years ago and formed his group Larry Simon and Groove Bacteria, which has been performing regularly around New England and won the 2003 Spotlight Award for Best Jazz Act. He also created, organizes and performs with the popular Beat Night series every 3rd Thursday of the month at The Press Room in Portsmouth. A music teacher at Newmarket High School, Simon is also the founder and director of Collective Consciousness, a group of prominent New England musicians committed to developing and performing a repertoire of original compositions and arrangements with a world beat slant on jazz, rock and experimental musical forms.Contact groovebacteria@comcast.net

PROGRAM:

Larry Simon Ensemble "Jazz Drones" featuring: Larry Simon -- Guitar Don Davis -- Sax/flute Mike Barron and Frank Laurino -- Percussion Scip Gallant -- Keys Chris Stambaugh-- Bass

The ensemble performed jazz infused with the sensibilities of the sub-continent of India. This group is made up of some of the finest players in New England, including special guest Don Davis who has worked with Toots and the Maytals, L.L. Cool J., Lee Konitz, John Sebastian and many, many others.