Join us Thursday, May 5 at 7pm when Erica Butts is interviewed by Jack Silbert. Erica Butts is a Hoboken-raised singer/songwriter. She attended High Tech High School and is a founding member of the band Rest Ashore, which they describe as a “North NJ Math punk outfit.” Jack Silbert will interview Erica. This is … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Erica Butts, singer/songwriter, talks with Jack Silbert →

  Join us Friday, May 13 at 7:30 pm for an extraordinary evening of 7 dance-themed short films, as the 41st Annual Thomas Edison Film Festival and the Museum present A Celebration of Screen Dance with special guest internationally acclaimed filmmaker and choreographer Marta Renzi. Jane Steuerwald, Executive Director of TEFF,  is your host. Admission … Continue reading Thomas Edison Film Festival with special guest Marta Renzi, acclaimed filmmaker/choreographer →

  The Hoboken Historical Museum is pleased to present a very special family-friendly event. Composers, musicians and instrument inventors Bill Brovold and Jay Kreimer present an instrument-making workshop at Sybil’s Cave Park, on Saturday, May 21 from 2:00 - 3:30pm. Bill and Jay will be bringing all the materials needed to make your own instruments. … Continue reading Family Friendly Instrument-Making Workshop by Bill Brovold & Jay Kreimer at Sybil’s Cave →

The Hoboken Historical Museum is pleased to present “Modern Cave Sounds,” a concert at Sybil’s Cave Park, on Saturday, May 21 at 4:30pm. Internationally acclaimed innovative composers, musicians and instrument inventors Bill Brovold and Jay Kreimer will bring their musical experiment in cave acoustics to Hoboken in a concert open to all. Guests may want … Continue reading “Modern Cave Sounds” Music and Soundscapes by Bill Brovold & Jay Kreimer at Sybil’s Cave →

  Join us Thursday, May 19 at 7pm when Michael Hill is interviewed by Jack Silbert. Michael Hill moved to Hoboken during a sweltering Labor Day weekend in 1981 and has been here ever since. His greatest ambition was to live within walking distance of Maxwell's on 11th and Washington, and he definitely accomplished that. … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Michael Hill, Music Supervisor and longtime resident, talks with Jack Silbert →

Join us on Saturday, June 18 at 4pm for a special event with baseball historian and collector Jonathan Popovich. His recent work on the Elysian Fields of Hoboken was selected as the “Special Presentation for 2022” by the Society for American Baseball Research in Cooperstown, N.Y. and we are thrilled that he will be sharing … Continue reading Baseball at Hoboken’s Elysian Fields, 1845–1865: A Visual History →

Join us online Thursday, June 2 at 7pm as we kick off our PRIDE month with very special guest iconic gay rights activist Randy Wicker, with guest host Hassan Khan. In an article in Vogue UK from 2021, Randy says: “From the beginning, I believed in publicity and discussion as a means to change attitudes." … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Randy Wicker, iconic gay rights activist, with Hassan Khan →

Join us at the Museum on Sunday, June 5 at 1301 Hudson for a full day of LGBTQIA+ programming. From noon until 6, the Hoboken Historical Museum honors and celebrates the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans Queer Intersex and Asexual community, and communities, with 3 special events that take place outdoors in the Shipyard Passageway, and … Continue reading A PRIDE Celebration and Queer Cinema Screening →

  Join us online Thursday, June 9 at 7pm as Hoboken Talks continues our PRIDE-themed month with guest Laurel Knittel (She/They), hosted by the Museum's own Bill Curran. Hoboken resident Laura Knittel (aka Lauran / Defran Knittel) is a veteran LGBTQIA+, and Women's rights activist and community organizer, who has been instrumental in building the … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Laurel Knittel, LGBTQIA+, & Women’s rights activist, with Bill Curran →