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Contact: Melissa Abernathy, 201-656-2240, pr @ hobokenmuseum.org
20160619 – Spring Family Fun Day
Spring Family Fun Day
June 19, 2016 • 12-4pm
Location: Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson St., (201) 656-2240
The Hoboken Museum’s free Spring Family Fun Day is June 19, from 12 – 4 pm. Filled with hands-on activities that stretch the imagination and encourage creativity, the afternoon offers hands-on crafts, games and a fun entertainer for the whole family to enjoy.
This year’s entertainer is the exuberant world-music band, Funikijam. Craft and activity tables include making lunch-bag kites, drinking-straw Pan flutes, paper-plate caterpillars, tissue-paper flowers and Matisse cut-outs.
Free, thanks to family sponsor Macy’s
20160522 – Garden State of Mind
A Garden State of Mind: Hoboken Student Poets
Sunday, May 22, 2016 • 3-5pm
Location: Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson St., (201) 656-2240
On Sunday May 22, the public is invited to the publication party and live reading for “A Garden State of Mind,” the anthology of Hoboken student writing. Our Poet in Residence Danny Shot and Museum Education Curator Razel Solow have been working with students and teachers from five Hoboken schools including Hoboken High School, The Hudson School, Hoboken Charter School, Elysian School and HOLA. The event and anthology are funded by Party with a Purpose. This event is free and open to the public.
Free
20160604 – First Sundays Sinatra Singer
First Sundays Sinatra Singer Series
Saturday, June 4, 2016 • 4pm
Location: Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson St., (201) 656-2240
On the first Sunday of every month, except on June 5, when we’re hosting the annual Secret Garden Tour, the Museum is hosting a series of Sinatra songbook performers to help us celebrate Frank Sinatra’s centennial year. Join us on Saturday, June 4, at 4 pm for this month’s performer, Jack McDade.
Singer, comedian, radio personality are some of the names given to versatile performer, who was Dick Clark’s very first musical guest on American Bandstand in July of 1956 in Philadelphia, PA. Today, he’s still an active and vibrant recording artist and public radio personality who’s in demand for his vocal and comedy performances with audiences of all ages. Jack’s weekly radio show “Singers & Songs” has been a listener favorite for the past five years. His latest CD, “Jack McDade Celebrates 100 Years of Sinatra,” will be available for purchase for $10, a portion of which will be donated to the Museum.
$5 suggested donation.
20160605 – Hoboken Secret Garden Tour
Annual Secret Gardens Tour
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June 5, 2016 • 9am-4pm
Location: Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson St., (201) 656-2240
Hidden behind the row homes and repurposed factories lining Hoboken’s streets are surprisingly lush green spaces that cool our urban heat island and freshen the air we breathe. They reflect the diversity of the city’s inhabitants; past tours have included Japanese Zen gardens, English cottage gardens and even a Moroccan courtyard. Indulge your curiosity and garden fantasies with the annual Hoboken tradition, the 19th Annual Secret Gardens Tour, on Sunday, June 5, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Rain date: June 12.)
This year, 7 – 8 homeowners will share their “secret gardens” and their gardening secrets to support the Museum’s fund-raising efforts, with assistance from the Hoboken Garden Club and the long-time support of our title sponsor, Hufnagel Landscape Design and Construction Group. The Tour includes a wide range of garden designs by both dedicated gardening enthusiasts and professional designers, with clever solutions to such challenging issues as shallow soil and deep shade.
Guided tours depart from the Museum every half hour, and last about two to two-and-a-half hours. Tour groups are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Comfortable shoes and sun protection are advised. Tickets are $25 for HHM members and Hoboken Garden Club members, and for tickets purchased in advance; non-members pay $30 on the day of tour. For advance tickets, click here, or on the Secret Gardens Button at left. You may also stop by 1301 Hudson St., or call the Museum at 201-656-2240. Volunteers are also needed; call the Museum at 201-656-2240 for more information, or email volunteer@hobokenmuseum.org.
Gardening in Hoboken has a rich tradition, as Colonel John Stevens (1749 – 1838), who founded Hoboken, is credited with introducing to America the Chrysanthemum and the Camellia. His gardens were highly regarded as some of the most elaborate and scientifically cultivated of the day.
20160207 – First Sundays Sinatra Singer
First Sundays Sinatra Singer Series
Sunday, February 7, 2016 • 4pm
Location: Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson St., (201) 656-2240
On the first Sunday of every month, the Museum and the Hoboken Department of Cultural Affairs have teamed up to bring back past Sinatra Idol Contest performers to help us celebrate Frank Sinatra’s centennial year. In February, the Museum is pleased to host a versatile Turkish performer, Serhat Kaner. Learn more about him at www.serhatkaner.com. Admission is a suggested donation of $5, which includes refreshments.
$5 suggested donation.
20160306 – First Sundays Sinatra Singer
First Sundays Sinatra Singer Series
Sunday, March 6, 2016 • 4pm
Location: Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson St., (201) 656-2240
On the first Sunday of every month, the Museum and the Hoboken Department of Cultural Affairs have teamed up to bring back past Sinatra Idol Contest performers to help us celebrate Frank Sinatra’s centennial year. In March, the Museum welcomes Swingadelic frontman John Bauers to croon his favorite hits by Ol’ Blue Eyes.
$5 suggested donation.
20160313-Oral History chapbook-Percontino
Oral History Chapbook Party: Carmine Percontino
March 13, 2016 • 4pm
Location: Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson St., (201) 656-2240
In case you’re wondering about the large wooden box on a table in the walkway by the Museum entrance, mark your calendar for Sunday, March 13, 4 pm, when the Museum will introduce its latest oral history chapbook, “I Imagine My Town Being the Town Inside, Recollections of Carmine Percontino.”
Percontino, who is president of the Monte San Giacomo club in Hoboken, is the skilled artist who created this presepio, a tradition brought over by his uncle from the small mountain village of Monte San Giacomo in Salerno, Italy. His “presepio,” or nativity scene, draws on the local architecture and mountain ranges around Monte San Giacomo, the small mountain village of his family’s roots. The scene is open to view during the Museum’s open hours.
The event is free and all who attend will receive a copy of the booklet. Refreshments will be served. This project was assisted by a grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.
Free
20160403 – First Sundays Sinatra Singer
First Sundays Sinatra Singer Series
Sunday, April 3, 2016 • 4pm
Location: Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson St., (201) 656-2240
On the first Sunday of every month, the Museum and the Hoboken Department of Cultural Affairs have teamed up to bring back past Sinatra Idol Contest performers to help us celebrate Frank Sinatra’s centennial year.
Sunday, April 3, features Gary Troy Simpson, who performs as Simpsinatra! Ol’ green eyes will be performing the American Standards sung by the beloved Frank Sinatra. Aside from being an outstanding singer in his own right, Gary has been the MC and host of Hoboken’s “Sinatra Idol Contest” since its inception ten years ago. He is delighted to return back to where the first contest kicked it off, to do it HIS way.
$5 suggested donation.
20160501 – First Sundays Sinatra Singer
First Sundays Sinatra Singer Series: Tony Corrao
Sunday, May 1, 2016 • 1:45pm
Location: Hoboken Arts & Music Festival, 7th Street Stage, Washington St.
On the first Sunday of every month, the Museum and the Hoboken Department of Cultural Affairs have teamed up to bring back past Sinatra Idol Contest performers to help us celebrate Frank Sinatra’s centennial year.
The Hoboken Arts & Music Festival features music on three stages on Sunday, May 1. Tony Corrao, winner of the 2015 Hoboken Sinatra Idol Contest, will take the 7th Street stage at 1:45 pm to croon some of his favorite Sinatra tunes.
$5 suggested donation.
20160103 – First Sundays Sinatra Singer
First Sundays Sinatra Singer Series: Peter Cafasso
Sunday, January 3, 2016 • 4pm
Location: Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson St., (201) 656-2240
On the first Sunday of every month, the Museum and the Hoboken Department of Cultural Affairs have teamed up to bring back past Sinatra Idol Contest performers to help us celebrate Frank Sinatra’s centennial year.
On Sunday, January 3, our Sinatra Singer is Peter Cafasso, who won the very first Hoboken Sinatra Idol contest in 2007. Born and raised in Hoboken by Rose, a bona fide Sinatra fan among the original bobbysoxers, he learned to sing along with her Sinatra records and has been a successful Sinatra singer since retiring from a long career as a West New York school teacher.
$5 suggested donation.