Movie Night at Earl Morgan!
Earl A. Morgan Branch 1841 Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City, NJ
Movie Night at Earl Morgan!
Earl A. Morgan Branch 1841 Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City, NJGarden State Jazz Greats
ZoomJoin Jazz scholar Ben Young as he explores the majesty, style, and genius of New Jersey’s jazz greats. You may already know many of these names, and all of them you should know as each of these innovators has left their indelible imprint on world culture through the incredible African American creation of Jazz. Ben […]
Medicare Made Eazy
Priscilla Gardner Main Library Branch 472 Jersey Ave., Jersey City, NJNo, that's not a typo! Albert Foote visits the library to give an overview of navigating Medicare. Medicare Made Eazy founder Albert Horton Foote knows the importance of planning ahead. After decades of running his own business as an owner of Tavern on Jane in Greenwich Village New York, Horton saw an opportunity to help […]
Garden State Jazz Greats
ZoomJoin Jazz scholar Ben Young as he explores the majesty, style, and genius of New Jersey’s jazz greats. You may already know many of these names, and all of them you should know as each of these innovators has left their indelible imprint on world culture through the incredible African American creation of Jazz. Ben […]
Walking the Old Boonton Line – From Montclair to Jersey City
New Jersey Room - Priscilla Gardner Main Library 472 Jersey Ave., Jersey City, NJThe Old Boonton Line of the Erie Railroad is the proposed route of a paved bike path that will stretch from Montclair to Jersey City. Wheeler Antabanez (Writer, Photographer, Weird NJ Correspondent) walked the rails one last time before the tracks disappear. After reaching the Hudson River Waterfront, Wheeler took to the sky in a […]
Making Jewelry with Ms. Julie
Priscilla Gardner Main Library Branch 472 Jersey Ave., Jersey City, NJMs. Julie Metri, one of our dedicated employees in the Lending Department of the Priscilla Gardner Main Library, has many hobbies she enjoys. One of these is making jewelry. Join her as she shares her techniques for creating beautiful necklaces and bracelets. You will be able to tell friends that you made your own lovely […]
Who Is This Man, Frank Hague?
YouTubeFew names loom as large in Jersey City history as Frank Hague, who served as Mayor for 30 years and was the all-powerful political boss of Hudson County. But despite an outsized public profile, he remains in many ways an enigma. Featuring oral histories recorded in the 1980s and interviews with contemporary scholars, this program […]
Stories of Slavery in NJ – with Rick Geffken
New Jersey Room - Priscilla Gardner Main Library 472 Jersey Ave., Jersey City, NJSlavery was “baked into” New Jersey from its very beginnings. In the 1664-65 Concession and Agreement of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of New Caesarea, or New Jersey, Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret granted prospective colonists 75 acres of land “for every weaker servant, or slave, male or female, exceeding the age […]
Garden State Jazz Greats
ZoomJoin Jazz scholar Ben Young as he explores the majesty, style, and genius of New Jersey’s jazz greats. You may already know many of these names, and all of them you should know as each of these innovators has left their indelible imprint on world culture through the incredible African American creation of Jazz. Ben […]
“The Hague Trail:” Present Day Landmarks of the Legacy of Frank Hague
YouTubeJoin us for a virtual tour of several sites in present-day Jersey City that are tied with the legacy of Jersey City's longest-serving Mayor and political "boss," Frank Hague. Presented in conjunction with the Museum of Jersey City History at the Apple Tree House as part of the upcoming Exhibition on Frank Hague and His […]
Garden State Jazz Greats
ZoomJoin Jazz scholar Ben Young as he explores the majesty, style, and genius of New Jersey’s jazz greats. You may already know many of these names, and all of them you should know as each of these innovators has left their indelible imprint on world culture through the incredible African American creation of Jazz. Ben […]