Portsmouth BIPOC Festival + Stiletto Strut

Morning, people of Portsmouth! Jason Claffey here with a brand-new issue of the Portsmouth Daily.

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First, today's weather:

Partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 76 Low: 60.

Here are the top stories in Portsmouth today:

1. Slam Ready: What Teen Poet Laureates of New Hampshire Are Up To (InDepthNH.org)
2. Leading Latinos discuss diversity, BIPOC festival held in Portsmouth (WMUR Manchester)
3. Stiletto Strut a Success for Big Brothers Big Sisters of NH (Seacoast Current)
4. Seacoast ArtSpot is Portsmouth’s newest Arts Studio (Seacoastonline.com)

Today in Portsmouth:

• Classes Begin (4:30 PM)
• Teen Reading Buddies Meeting - Langdon Library (6:30 PM)
• C&C Kickoff- New England Branch (Seacoast) - Int'l Assoc. of Admin. Professionals (7:30 PM)

Portsmouth Patch Notebook

• Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire: "The Portsmouth Herald has a great article about this weekend's upcoming BIPOC fest! Check it out, and make sure to stop by the BHTNH table and say hi to our wonderful volunteers! https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2021/09/23..." (Facebook)
• Prescott Park Arts Festival: "What an incredible season back on the Prescott Park Arts Festival stage! Thank you to our sponsors, our People for the Park, our members and everyone that made a gate donation or a reservation. Your support ensures that the Festival cont..." (Facebook)
• Strawbery Banke Museum: "The Jewish holiday of Sukkot celebrates not only the fall harvest but pays tribute to the 40 years the Israelites spent wandering the desert. During Sukkot, temporary structures called sukkahs are built and used as a place to share meals..." (Facebook)
• Friends in Action: "Who is going to the zoom dance party tonight!? 6:00pm on the Friends in Action zoom! Next stop... in person social October 8th!" (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Public Library (NH): "We love it when you write us notes 💙 Reminder to check under your car seat for that pesky missing book…. The good news? We don’t charge late fees! 🤗 #LostBooks #HandwrittenNotes #LibraryLife #PortsmouthNH #SeacoastNH" (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival: "The schedule is up, the links are live, and we’re ready to roll! See you tomorrow! Cheers & Safe Journeys" (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival: "The YouTube Stream aboard Dashing Wave is all set up and ready to roll tomorrow morning! Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channe... Saturday 10-4:30 Saturday 7–9:30: https..." (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "Celebrating Portsmouth Pride in October? Why not! Join us Saturday, October 9 https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2021/09/23/portsmouth-pride-returning-citys-downtown-2021/5826962001/" (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "It's the first Sunday of Fall 2021 and we're on the search for the BEST apple cider donut. Help us out. Who has the best? #HappyFallYall #BestAppleCiderDonut #AppleCiderDonut" (Facebook)
• Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire: "Warner marks history, the conversation and more ... - https://mailchi.mp/blackheritagetrailnh.org/newsletter2743050-2897772" (Facebook)

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— Jason Claffey

About me: I grew up in Massachusetts outside Boston and started my journalism career at 19 when I earned an internship in the sports department of The Boston Globe. I graduated from Boston University in 2007 and became a reporter at Foster's Daily Democrat in New Hampshire before joining Patch in 2010. I've covered three New Hampshire primaries and won awards for environmental reporting and Sunday staff excellence from the New England Newspaper & Press Association.

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Portsmouth Daily? You can contact me at jason.claffey@patch.com.