Join us on Sunday, February 12 at 4pm when HHM’s Poet-in-Residence Danny Shot gathers 4 poets in a celebration of the life and art of, “Richard Bruce Nugent: Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance (and Hoboken).” Admission is free and refreshments will be served. This event can also be viewed LIVE online at "Hoboken Museum." … Continue reading Four poets celebrate Richard Bruce Nugent: Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance (and Hoboken) →

Tickets are $20 and and can be purchased here. Join us on Sunday, February 19 at 4pm for a reading of, “Yuppies Invade My House at Dinnertime.” This hybrid/documentary play was written by Mile Square Theatre's playwright-in-residence Joseph Gallo. It is set in the 1980s and chronicles Hoboken’s gentrification when fires, many of them arson, … Continue reading Reading of the new play, “Yuppies Invade My House at Dinnertime” by Joseph Gallo →

Join us on Sunday, March 5 at 4pm when The Reverend Dr. Elaine Ellis Thomas of All Saints speaks on how Hoboken’s fires inform her ministry. Admission is free and refreshments will be served. This event complements our Main Gallery exhibit, "The Fires: Hoboken 1978-1982." Pastor Elaine began her ministry at All Saints on February … Continue reading Pastor Elaine Ellis – “The Mile Square Cathedral: The Church as Community Healer” →

  Tickets are $15 and can be purchased here. Join us on Saturday, February 25 at 7pm when the Thomas Edison Film Festival (TEFF) and the Hoboken Historical Museum present the 42nd Annual TEFF Hoboken Premiere. The program includes a collection of top award-winning films from the 2023 collection. TEFF Executive Director Jane Steuerwald hosts … Continue reading 42nd Annual TEFF Hoboken Premiere, w/ special guest filmmakers →

  Hoboken Talks broadcasts on the 2nd and last Thursday of each month. Join us online Thursday, February 23 at 7pm when Jack Silbert chats with Rob Harari. Rob has had an extensive career in music production for the recording industry and theater. His is also Program Director and Industry Professor of Music & Technology … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Rob Harari – music producer, composer & educator →

Join us online Friday, February 24 at 6pm when we’ll livestream an Artist Talk with poet Pierce Logan of QWERT Poetry. Danny Shot is the host.  The Museum’s next Upper Gallery exhibit, "From a Yuppie's Typewriter," features Logan’s work, and opens on Sunday, February 26 with a reception at 2pm. Logan says, “All typewritten poems are … Continue reading Artist Talk in advance of our next Upper Gallery exhibit: Pierce Logan of QWERT Poetry with Danny Shot →

In conjunction with our Main Gallery exhibit, “The Fires: Hoboken 1978-1982,” the Museum is pleased to present the work of Pierce Logan of QWERT Poetry in our new Upper Gallery exhibit, "From a Yuppie's Typewriter: Poems from Yuppies, Puppies, and B&R's". The Opening Reception is on Sunday, February 26 from 2 - 5pm. On Friday, … Continue reading Opening Reception for “From a Yuppie’s Typewriter” – poems by Pierce Logan in the Upper Gallery →

Join us online at YouTube or Facebook on Thursday, March 9 at 7pm for the second Hoboken Talks of our third season. Our guest is Pastor Shirley Dennis of “Go Ye Therefore Ministries, Inc.” and she will be interviewed live by guest host La Trenda Ross, the CEO and Founder of Trending Into A New … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Pastor Shirley Dennis with guest host La Trenda Ross →

The Thomas Edison Film Festival (TEFF) and the Hoboken Historical Museum launch the annual on-demand, Women’s HERstory Month Marathon celebrating women, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming filmmakers, with two virtual programs of selected shorts and a “Meet the Filmmakers” talk with Cheri Gaulke, Cheryl Bookout and festival director Jane Steuerwald. Both programs will be available on-demand … Continue reading The Thomas Edison Film Festival -Women’s HERstory Month Marathon →

Join us at the Museum on Sunday, March 12 at 4pm at 1301 Hudson Street, Hoboken NJ, when Janet Ayala speaks on her experience surviving the fire at the Pinter Hotel on April 30, 1982 that killed 13 people including  children.  Christopher López,  exhibit curator of "The Fires: Hoboken 1978-1982"  will be present. Admission is … Continue reading Janet Ayala, “Fires” survivor, with Christopher López →