Asbury Park Historical Society

Seasons Readings 2025
2025-12-21 14:00 (America/New_York) | The Stephen Crane House, 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, 07712, United States
For a couple of decades beginning in 2001, Christmas at Asbury Park’s Stephen Crane House (508 4th Avenue) has centered around our “Season’s Readings” program. That tradition ended along with the arrival of the pandemic.
So, this year we would like to present the 20th edition of “Season’s Readings”: a compendium of mostly light-hearted stories, poems, songs, etc. related to the Christmas Season. Barring a snowstorm or pesky nor’easter, we’ve scheduled our literary celebration for Sunday, December 21, the 1st day of winter, at 2 PM.
For those who wish to remain after the literary portion of the afternoon, a screening of our favorite seasonal film: “Jim Henson’s Emmett Otter’s Jug-band Christmas” will follow.
Coffee, soft drinks, cookies and other surprises will be served.
APHS Members may attend gratis. Donations in any amount are welcome.

2025 Annual NYC Holiday Trip**SOLD OUT**
2025-12-14 09:30 - 21:30 | New York City, New York, NY, United States
The Asbury Park & Ocean Grove Historical Societies present their annual NYC Holiday Tour!
1-Day Motorcoach New York City Christmas Lights tour including Rockefeller Center, Chelsea Market, High Line, & Bryant Park.

Lavatory Motorcoach Transportation
Visit Chelsea Market’s Shops & Boutiques– 1 HOUR
Walk the High Line – An elevated rail line transformed into a public park
Visit the Winter Garden’s Hudson Eats Food Court or Le District French Market for lunch on your own. – 1.5 HOURS
Shop Union Square’s Holiday Markets & Eataly – Italian Marketplace offering food counters, groceries, wine & more! – 1 HOUR
Shop Bryant Park’s Outdoor Holiday Bazaar featuring Specialty Shops & Kiosks – 1 HOUR
Leisure time at Rockefeller Center Tree– 1.5 HOURS
Driver Gratuity
Progressive Travel Tour host service

Depart Ocean Grove: 10am
Lunch On Own: 1 – 2:30pm
Depart NYC: 8pm
Return Ocean Grove: 9:30pm

Breakfast snacks & coffee will be served before boarding the bus. Bus will Leave & return to Fireman’s Park on Main Avenue in Ocean Grove Teddy Chomko:
(848) 667-3432

Mischief Night at the Stephen Crane House
2025-10-30 18:30 | The Stephen Crane House, 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, 07712, United States
It’s fascinating to consider the connection between two renowned American authors with such distinct writing styles. The link between Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen Crane was first noted by another literary giant, Willa Cather. At the age of 21, Cather met the 23-year-old Crane in Lincoln, Nebraska, and observed that Crane was carrying a copy of Poe’s short stories. Both Poe and Crane were incredibly prolific, producing a significant body of work during their relatively short lives. Poe passed away at the age of 40 in 1849, while Crane died at the young age of 28, a half-century later.
On “Mischief Night” at the Stephen Crane House, Frank D’Alessandro will continue his tradition of Edgar Allan Poe readings to celebrate both the Halloween season and Stephen Crane’s 154th birthday.
The readings will be two gruesome short stories by Edgar Allan Poe:

The Tell-Tale Heart
The Cask of Amontillado

For those who dare to remain after the readings, there will be a screening of I Married a Witch with Veronica Lake and Fredric March.
Refreshments in keeping with the Halloween season will be provided, along with a birthday cake in honor of Stephen Crane.
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Dark City: A True Crime Walking Tour of Asbury Park
2025-10-25 19:00 - 20:00 | Bradley Park, 1300 Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
The Dark City: True Crime Walking Tour peels back the layers of Asbury Park’s glittering seaside image to reveal its untold underbelly with stories of murder, mystery, and mischief that shaped the city’s past.
“It offers a history of the city that is not frequently shared, the darker side of the city,” tour guide Lesley Schierenbeck said. “This storytelling walk is both unforgettable and impactful.”
Events included in the tour are The Baby Parade Tragedy, when a beloved local tradition took a shocking turn in 1910 and left the city reeling. The Dead Beach tour will take people to the Sunset Avenue beach, just north of Convention Hall. Find out why this is one of the most important and historic sites (and maybe one of the most haunted) in American maritime history.
Interesting facts about the famous Madame Marie’s Boardwalk Fortune-Telling Stand and Mrs. Jay’s Tavern (now the Stone Pony) are on the tour. Along with the story of Indian Bill’s Revenge, a brutal story that roots Asbury Park’s earliest true crime lore in betrayal and blood.
The Asbury Park Historical Society is partnering with History Chick Tours for the special one-night-only True Crime Walking Tour.

One Night Only: Saturday, October 25 at 7 PM • Raindate: October 26th at 7PM
Meeting Point: Bradley Park (Across from Convention Hall, 1300 Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park
Reserve your spot at: www.historychicktours.com

Don’t miss your chance to experience Asbury Park like never before. Spots are limited — sign up today!

20th Annual Art on the Boardwalk in Memory of Founding Artist Ray Sternesky
2025-08-17 09:00 - 17:00 | The Asbury Boardwalk, Between Sunset & 5th Ave., South of Convention Center
In honor of Asbury artist Ray Sternesky who passed away March 2, 2021. Ray donated both his artwork and, with his beloved wife Dolly, time to The Asbury Park Historical Society
The Asbury Park Historical Society invites artists and craftspeople to showcase their work on the Asbury Park Boardwalk
August 17, 2025
Register for the show by August 1, 2025
$100 entry fee for 10’x12’ Space. (You supply tent.)
Set-up Time: 6am (Early set-up recommended. No reserved parking.)
Rain date: August 24, 2025
For more information, contact Teddy Chomko at 848-667-3432.

Puccini's Tosca
2025-08-13 18:30 - 21:00 | The Stephen Crane House, 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, 07712, United States
On Wednesday, August 13th, at the Stephen Crane House (508 4th Avenue) the Asbury Park Historical Society will be screening a filmed 1985 New York Metropolitan Opera production of Puccini’s sublime “Tosca”, with Hildegard Behrens, Placido Domingo, and Cornell MacNeil. Our doors open at 6:30 PM, with the program to start at 7 PM. Donations to the Asbury Park Historical Society are greatly appreciated, although we urge members of the Society to join us gratis. Light refreshments, coffee (and biscotti!) will be provided for the two-hour screening. Come join us for a summer evening of beautiful music, convivial conversation, and fond memories of Madame Era Tognoli!

Book Event: The Bowery A Pictorial History | Illustrated Talk with author David Mulkins
2025-08-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Jersey Shore Arts Center, 66 S. Main St., Ocean Grove, NJ, 07756, United States
Writer Stephen Crane (1871-1900) began his internationally renowned writing career as a newspaper reporter in Asbury Park, N.J. He went on to become a war correspondent, poet, and writer of short stories and novels. His innovative, objective, observational, true- to-life writing style, known as literary Naturalism, or, Impressionism, influenced Ernest Hemingway and other modern writers that followed.
Though best remembered for his war novel The Red Badge of Courage (1895), Crane also wrote several important works set in New York City’s Bowery, including his first novel, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893) about a young woman’s struggle to survive the grating poverty, aloneness and prostitution.
David Mulkins’s The Bowery, a pictorial history, does a deep dive into a world that Stephen Crane once called “the most interesting place in New York.” The city’s oldest street, and first entertainment district, the Bowery was something of an incubator of American popular culture, as well as a famous skid row. It was the stomping ground for gangs, gays, sailors, shopgirls, sporting men, the working class and immigrants. A place like no other.
Special guest: Ramona Baker, ragtime pianist.

APHS Annual Membership Meeting and Special Program Presentation: "Local Railroads of the New Jersey Shore."
2025-01-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Asbury Park Library, 500 1st Ave., Asbury Park, 07712, United States
The Asbury Park Historical Society is pleased to welcome its members, supporters and the community to its Annual Membership meeting at the Asbury Park Public Library on Thursday, January 16, at 6:30 PM. The Historical Society will discuss its goals for 2025 and opportunities for members to become involved in APHS committees and activities for the upcoming year.
The Historical Society’s evening program will be a special presentation by local historian Bill Elwell, “Local Railroads of the New Jersey Shore.” Elwell is an adjunct Professor of History at Monmouth University and lifelong Jersey Shore resident.
Railroads were the defining factor in creating and shaping the development of the once desolate Jersey Shore beachfront beginning in the 1870s, as a center for everything from day trips to whole summer vacations. Elwell’s work explores railroads and their effects on the Jersey Shore, especially vacationing and commuting, through the lens of railroad-publications like timetables and advertisements.
Elwell is on the Board of the Ocean County Historical Society, a member of the Anthracite Roads Historical Society and West Jersey Chapter of NRHS, formerly worked in historical outreach for Monmouth County, and is proud to help share our common story.
All our welcome to attend the Asbury Park Historical Society annual meeting and program presentation. Light refreshments will be served.

Annual NYC Holiday Trip
2024-12-08 09:30 - 21:00 | New York City, New York, NY, United States
The Asbury Park & Ocean Grove Historical Societies present their annual NYC Holiday Tour!
1-Day Motorcoach New Yourk City Christmas Lights tour including lunch in Little Italy. Plus Rockefeller Center, Chelsea Market, High Line, & Bryant Park.

Lavatory Motorcoach Transportation
3-Course luncheon included in Little Italy
Visit Chelsea Market’s Shops & Boutiques
Walk the High Line – An elevated rail line transformed into a public park
Shop Bryant Park’s Outdoor Holiday Bazaar featuring Specialty Shops & Kiosks
2-Hour Guided “Christmas Lights” Tour Including Macy’s / Herald Square / 5th Avenue
Leisure time at Rockefeller Center Tree
Tax & tip for meal and driver gratuity
Progressive Travel Tour host services

• Depart Ocean Grove: 10am
• Lunch Scheduled: 1:30pm
• Return Ocean Grove: 9pm Teddy Chomko:
(848) 667-3432

Edgar Allan Poe Readings to celebrate the Halloween Season
2024-10-30 18:30 | The Stephen Crane House, 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, 07712, United States
It will be “Mischief Night” at the Stephen Crane House, 508 4th Avenue, Asbury Park on Wednesday, October 30, at 7 PM. We will continue our tradition of Edgar Allan Poe readings to celebrate both the Halloween season and Stephen Crane’s 153rd birthday. It seems strange that two great American authors with such wildly disparate writing styles should be somehow linked. The Poe-Crane connection is due to yet another great American author. It was the 21-year-old Willa Cather who met the 23-year-old Stephen Crane in Lincoln, Nebraska, who first made the connection. According to Cather, Stephen had a copy of Poe’s short stories with him. Both Poe and Crane had such a prolific amount of writing produced in their short lives. Poe died at the age of 40 in 1849; Crane died at age 28 a half century later. We will be reading two gruesome short stories by Mr. Poe: “The Black Cat” and “The Cask of Amontillado”. Both stories involve Poe’s obsession with “immurement”: walled imprisonment as a form of execution. After the readings, we will have refreshments in keeping with the Halloween season and including a birthday cake for Stephen Crane. For those who dare to remain, we will have a screening of “Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Terror” with Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Basil Rathbone.
We invite all members of the Asbury Park Historical Society to join us gratis but encourage non-members to attend with a donation in any amount. Doors open at 6:30 PM with the program to begin at 7 PM. Hope to see you there!

19th Annual Art on the Boardwalk in Memory of Founding Artist Ray Sternesky
2024-08-18 09:00 - 17:00 | The Asbury Boardwalk, Between Sunset & 5th Ave., South of Convention Center
In honor of Asbury artist Ray Sternesky who passed away March 2, 2021. Ray donated both his artwork and, with his beloved wife Dolly, time to The Asbury Park Historical Society
The Asbury Park Historical Society invites artists and craftspeople to showcase their work on the Asbury Park Boardwalk
August 18, 2024
Register for the show by August 1, 2024
$100 entry fee for 10’x12’ Space. (You supply tent.)
Set-up Time: 6am (Early set-up recommended. No reserved parking.)
Rain date: August 25, 2024
For more information, contact Teddy Chomko at 848-667-3432.
Vendor registration is now closed.

APHS Presents: A Crane House Garden of Verses
2024-06-12 18:30 - 21:30 | The Stephen Crane House, 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, 07712, United States
The Asbury Park Historical Society presents A Crane House Garden of Verses, an evening celebrating poetry, essays and writers who articulate the feelings we cannot quite put into words. The evening will cover the works of many renowned favorites, including the venue’s eponymous Stephen Crane himself, Emily Dickinson, Roman poets Ovid and Catullus, Elizabethan poets, Romance poets and today’s modern poems and poets.
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The Green Book | Presentation by Jenny Shaffer
2024-05-16 18:30 | Asbury Park Library, 500 1st Ave., Asbury Park, 07712, United States
During the pre-Civil Rights era, Victor Green published “The Green Book” as a guidebook for African American travelers of places where they would be welcome. Asbury Park and Neptune were popular destinations. Architectural historian Jenny Shaffer, who is part of a team or researchers working on a public website devoted to the study of sites listed in the Green Book to discover their history and support their preservation, will share her research with you.
We invite you to attend The Green Book presentation by Jenny Shaffer on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at the Asbury Park Library, 500 First Ave.

Doors open at 6:30 PM, program at 7:00 PM
Members are free, guests a $10.00 donation.
Complimentary refreshments will be available.

Weekend in Old Monmouth
2024-05-04 10:00 - 17:00 | The Stephen Crane House, 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, 07712, United States
The Stephen Crane House will be among 52 historical sites featured during the Weekend in Old Monmouth. The House, headquarters of the Asbury Park Historical Society, is the first stop on the Seashore route. For an overview of all the sites along 4 different routes, visit https://storymaps.arcgis.com.
You can tour the 1878 house:
Saturday, May 4, 10 – 5
Sunday, May 5, 12 – 5.
Docents will be there to greet you.
This annual event is sponsored by the Monmouth County Historical Commission.

Annual NYC Holiday Trip
2023-12-03 09:30 - 21:00 | New York City, New York, NY, United States
The Asbury Park & Ocean Grove Historical Societies present their annual NYC Holiday Tour!
View spectacular vistas of the NYC skyline from the highest point in the city. Enjoy the SkyPod elevator as it whisks you 102 stories in 47 seconds while viewing the transformation of NYC from unsettled lands to today’s forest of skyscrapers.

Lavatory Motorcoach Transportation
Priority Admission to One World Observatory (Freedom Tower) Located at World Trade Center
3-Course luncheon included in Little Italy
Visit to Bryant Park’s Outdoor Holiday Bazaar featuring specialty shops and kiosks
Leisure time at Rockefeller Center & Tree
Tax & tip for meal and driver gratuity
Progressive Travel Tour host services

• Depart Ocean Grove: 10am
• Lunch Scheduled: 1:30pm
• Return Ocean Grove: 9pm Teddy Chomko:
(848) 667-3432 Download Trip Signup Form

Readings from Edgar Allan Poe dedicated to Tom Chesek
2023-10-26 18:30 | The Stephen Crane House, 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, 07712, United States
The program on Thursday, October 26th at the Stephen Crane House in Asbury Park will be dedicated to Tom Chesek, the former curator of the Crane House and organizer of all the programs there, who died suddenly earlier this year. The evening will include readings of “The Tell-Tale Heart” (1843), “Annabel Lee” (1849), Poe’s most famous poem, “The Raven” (1845), and a screening of a film based upon a Poe story: “The Premature Burial”. We will end the evening with light refreshments. Typically, we have not asked for donations, but for this event we are asking for a minimum of $10. Half of all the money collected will be given to the Asbury Park Historical Society and the other half will go to the Asbury Park Museum with Kay Harris as its president. Tom was very passionate about the success of that endeavor. Asbury Park’s Stephen Crane House is at 508 Fourth Avenue. Doors open at 6:00 PM and the program begins at 6:30 PM.

18th Annual Art on the Boardwalk in Memory of Founding Artist Ray Sternesky
2023-08-20 09:00 - 17:00 | The Asbury Boardwalk, Between Sunset & 5th Ave., South of Convention Center
In honor of Asbury artist Ray Sternesky who passed away March 2, 2021. Ray donated both his artwork and, with his beloved wife Dolly, time to The Asbury Park Historical Society
The Asbury Park Historical Society invites artists and craftspeople to showcase their work on the Asbury Park Boardwalk
August 20, 2023
Register for the show by August 1, 2023
$100 entry fee for 10’x12’ Space. (You supply tent.)
Set-up Time: 6am (Early set-up recommended. No reserved parking.)
Rain date: August 27, 2023
For more information, contact Teddy Chomko at 848-667-3432.
Click the button below to download the artist registration form.

Readings From Asbury Park
2023-06-14 19:00 - 21:00 | The Stephen Crane House, 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, 07712, United States
A “Readings from Asbury Park” program, in which a diverse group of voices from the contemporary city scene pay homage to Asbury-connected authors, journalists, songwriters and poets of bygone eras. Presented by the AP Historical Society as part of the inaugural North 2 Shore Festival, this event brings together such celebrated wordsmiths as acclaimed author Daniel Wolff (Fourth Of July, Asbury Park), award-winning novelist Wallace Stroby, playwright Marjorie Conn, and numerous chroniclers of the contemporary cityscape, all sharing their own words, while paying tribute to such vintage voices as Pulitzer-winning poet Margaret Widdemer, West Side activist Rev. J.F. Robinson, VOGUE editor Edna Woolman Chase, legendary broadcaster Lowell Thomas, and, of course, Stephen Crane!

A Special Women's History Month Tribute: Margaret Widdemer
2023-03-26 14:30 - 17:00 | The Stephen Crane House, 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, 07712, United States
Women’s History Month in Asbury Park is a time to celebrate the legacy of Margaret Widdemer… wait, what, WHO? The popular novelist and poet of the early 20th century was a friend to the famous and infamous; an early winner of the Pulitzer Prize… and a proud daughter of Asbury Park, the community that played a major role in her novels and short fiction. On Sunday, March 26, the APHS welcomes Professor Stanley Blair of Monmouth University back to The Stephen Crane House, for a special tribute to this often overlooked “lady of letters” that explores her amazingly deep connections to “The Park” and surrounding towns. Featured in the 3:00 p.m. program will be film clips from a woman-directed silent screen adaptation of one of Widdemer’s novels, and a reading from the author’s words by actor Sandra “Sam” Lavallee McLaughlin. It’s a tie-in to “Trailblazing Women of Asbury Park,” the Asbury Park Museum’s “pop-up” exhibit currently on display the AP Public Library… as well as a great opportunity to get acquainted with (and learn some fascinating things about) “The Dream Lady” of The Park, The Grove, and The Lake. Crane House doors open at 2:30 p.m. for the 3 p.m. program, with complimentary refreshments served, and a suggested donation of $10 taken at the door.

"An Afternoon of Springwood Ave. Songs & Stories" starring Al Holmes
2023-02-13 14:30 - 2023-02-26 18:30 | The Stephen Crane House, 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, 07712, United States
For Black History Month, the APHS teams with the Asbury Park African-American Music Project (AP-AMP) for “An Afternoon of Springwood Ave. Songs & Stories” at the Crane House on Sunday, February 26, starring West Side legend Al Holmes! The Harlem-raised singer/ songwriter/ guitarist will be sharing some of his favorite songs, as well as his thoughts on his adopted city of Asbury Park, his mentors and musical collaborators, and his special relationship with the Turf Club, the landmark nightspot that he gigged at through the decades…and to which he returned when AP-AMP brought live music and positive vibes back to that Springwood Avenue site. AP-AMP will also screen short videos on the history of the Turf Club, the Springwood scene, and the people who made music history there. Doors open at 2:30 pm for the 3 pm program, and seating is limited…so make advance reservations ($25) at EventBrite, or pay at the door ($30, cash or card)…and catch Mr. Al Holmes in his first foray to our historic turf! (photo by Connie Freestone)

ASBURY PARK & ME & Crane's House, Perfect Together!
2023-01-08 14:30 - 17:00 | The Stephen Crane House, 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, 07712, United States
It’s an honest to goodness US premiere, of a work that debuted at the UK’s 2022 Brighton Fringe Festival! On Sunday, January 8, 2023, the APHS teams up with the annual Light of Day Winterfest to present JAMES DALTON in his songs-and-stories solo stage piece, ASBURY PARK & ME! The “storyteller guy, song man, front man, radio personality and actor” brings decades of his experiences in the music business on the Asbury Circuit (and the world beyond) to the stage of The Stephen Crane House, in a 3:00 pm performance dedicated to the Light of Day Foundation’s ongoing mission to promote awareness of and research in Parkinson’s and other neuromuscular diseases. Soundtracked with originals and covers of songs associated with Dalton’s scene contemporaries, the “part coming of age, part insider tell-all” will resonate with anybody who’s ever made or enjoyed music on the Jersey Shore! Doors open at 2:30 pm, with limited-seating reservations ($15) available HERE.

The Traveling Literary Theatre Troupe presents A Christmas Carol at The Stephen Crane House
2022-12-11 14:30 - 17:00 | The Stephen Crane House, 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, 07712, United States
“Decrease the surplus population!” snarled a certain notorious miser of literary renown…and when the Crane House presents our holiday-themed entertainment for 2022, we’ll be taking old Scrooge’s word at face value. Produced and presented by the Traveling Literary Theatre troupe, A CHRISTMAS CAROL finds a trio of professional actors performing ALL of the roles in the classic Dickens tale, in costume, and in a 3 pm program for which a suggested donation of cash ($10) and/or a new unwrapped toy will benefit the all-new Kiwanis Club of Asbury Park and its revived town-wide Toy Drive. Doors open at 2:30 pm, with complimentary refreshments served…so come in from the cold; enjoy an acclaimed adaptation of a Yuletide tradition, and join us in helping to brighten the holiday for the children of our city!

** SOLD OUT** 2022 NYC Tour & Radio City “Christmas Spectacular”
2022-12-04 10:00 - 21:30 | New York City, New York, NY, United States
TOUR FEATURES

Lavatory Motorcoach Transportation
Visit Bryant Park’s outdoor holiday bazaar featuring Specialty shops & kiosks
Reserved orchestra seating for the 5pm Radio City “Christmas Spectacular” featuring the World-Famous “Rockettes”
Leisure time foe shopping & dining and visiting the “Tree” at Rockefeller Center
Progressive Travel Tour Host Services

ITINERARY
Depart Ocean Grove | 10AM
Show Time | 5PM
Return Ocean Grove | 9:30PM COST
$195 Per Person FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CALL
Teddy Chomko: 848-667-3432 Click Here to Sign Up by Mail

Author Paul Auster at The Crane House
2022-11-20 15:00 - 18:00 | The Stephen Crane House, 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, 07712, United States
Celebrated novelist and filmmaker Paul Auster visits the Crane House on Sunday afternoon, November 20, for a very special event in observance of the 151st anniversary of Stephen Crane’s birth. Auster will read from and discuss BURNING BOY, his acclaimed study of Crane’s life and work, here in the seaside resort cottage where the future creator of the classic novel THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE first endeavored to find his writer’s voice. Presented in partnership with our friends at the member-owned Asbury Book Co-Op, the 3:00 pm program will also include a meet and greet/ signing session with the Brooklyn-based author of The New York Trilogy, The Music of Chance, and numerous other works of fiction and nonfiction.
Seating is limited and masks are required for this event at The Stephen Crane House (508 Fourth Avenue in AP), with donations accepted for the nonprofit Society to Protect Journalists, and advance tickets ($30; includes paperback signing copy of BURNING BOY) available on Eventbrite.

The Arbutus Theater of the Air is BACK on the air!
2022-11-06 14:30 - 18:00 | The Stephen Crane House, 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, 07712, United States
It’s Stephen Crane’s birthday week…and The Arbutus Theater of the Air is BACK on the air, as the historic Crane House hosts an encore presentation of THE RELUCTANT VOYAGERS! Inspired by young Stephen’s summers in Asbury Park, our “radio play” adaptation of the author’s most comical short story features a live cast of actors, selections from Crane’s published poetry, and lots of laughs in its tale of two vacationing city slickers who embark upon an unexpected nautical misadventure just off the Jersey Shore. Celebrate the 151st birthday of the “Red Badge of Courage” storyteller on Sunday, November 6, inside his onetime residence at 508 Fourth Avenue! The 3:00 pm program also features a screening of “Sir, I Exist!,” our recently produced video on Crane’s life and career, with doors opening at 2:30 pm, and a free-will donation taken at the door to help support the community programs of the Asbury Park Historical Society.
Call 732-361-0189 for additional info!

Film Screening: "6:45" with Director Craig Singer
2022-10-23 15:00 - 18:00 | The Stephen Crane House, 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, 07712, United States
The Horror Church movie club is in the House on Sunday, October 23, when we join Jeff Lundenberger of Asbury Park’s Showroom Cinemas in welcoming producer-director Craig Singer for a matinee screening of his 2021 festival fright-film “6:45.” The Disney exec turned indie filmmaker returns to the Stephen Crane House (508 Fourth Avenue in AP) to discuss the making of his latest feature, a “timeloop of terror” scenario filmed at numerous familiar locations around Asbury Park and Ocean Grove (and featuring a supporting cast that includes rapper Remy Ma and boxing champ Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini), in an exclusive area showing that’s just in time for the season of shivers on the Shore. Seating is limited for the 3:00 pm program, with a $10 donation accepted at the door to help fund the Asbury Park Arts Council’s “APin3 Film Challenge” and their support for locally based independent filmmaking.
Call 732-361-0189 for additional info…and watch out for the Shadow Man!

Art on the Boardwalk in Memory of Ray Sternesky
2022-08-21 09:00 - 17:00 | The Asbury Boardwalk, Between Sunset & 5th Ave., South of Convention Center
In honor of Asbury artist Ray Sternesky who passed away March 2, 2021. Ray donated both his artwork and, with his beloved wife Dolly, time to The Asbury Park Historical Society
APHS welcomes all artists working in Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Charcoal, Pastel, Photography, Sculpture, and Arts & Crafts to apply!
Register for the show by August 1, 2022
$100 entry fee for 10’x12’ Space. (You supply tent.)
Set-up Time: 8am (Sorry, no early set-ups or reserved parking.)
Raindate: August 28, 2022
For more information, or to reserve a spot, please click here or contact Teddy Chomko at 848-667-3432.

Songwriters at the Crane House: George Wirth, Regina Goldy, & Jonathan Tea
2022-05-15 14:30 - 17:30 | The Stephen Crane House, 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, 07712, United States
They’re back! On Sunday, May 15, the APHS plays host to an afternoon of acoustic song and story, in an intimate SONGWRITERS AT THE CRANE HOUSE session. Presented in partnership with the nonprofit Musicians on a Mission, the 3pm program finds the folks behind the long-running “Words & Music” and “Rosie’s Café” house concert series returning to our in-house Lecture Room performance space for the first time since January 2020. Join veteran Shore singer-songwriter GEORGE WIRTH plus guest artists REGINA GOLDY and JONATHAN TEA as they share the backstories of some of their own favorite compositions over two sets, with complimentary refreshments (including those legendary meatballs!) served during intermission.
Doors open at 2:30 pm for the 3:00 show, with attendees asked to mask up inside the theatre, with limited-capacity admission ($20 per person) reserved exclusively in advance via https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/rosiescafeconcerts.
Please use the option “Send money to friends and family” to avoid fees — and indicate your name and CRANE HOUSE in the note section, to ensure that all funds collected are dedicated to the programs of the Asbury Park Historical Society and Musicians on a Mission. Reserve Your Spot

2021 New York City Christmas Lights Tour
2021-12-05 10:00 - 21:00 | New York City, New York, NY, United States
TOUR FEATURES

Lavatory Motorcoach Transportation
Visit Bryant Park’s outdoor holiday bazaar featuring Specialty shops & kiosks
3 Course luncheon included in Little Italy
Progressive Travel Tour Host Services

2-hours guided “Christmas Lights’ tour | Tour Highlights: Greenwich Village / Macy’s / Herald Square / 5th & 6th Ave. Holiday window displays / St. Patrick’s
Leisure Time at Rockefeller Center Tree
Tax & Tips for meal, driver & Guide

ITINERARY
Depart Ocean Grove | 10AM
Lunch Scheduled | 1:30PM
Return Ocean Grove | 9PM COST
$125 Per Person FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CALL
Teddy Chomko: 848-667-3432 Click Here to Sign Up by Mail

The Stephen Crane House Presents: Cora & Stevie: Heaven & Hell
2021-11-07 14:30 - 18:00 | The Stephen Crane House, 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, 07712, United States
She was a business owner, war correspondent, world traveler, socialite, and scandal queen… an author, a “Madam,” and one of the most unforgettable American women of her day. But if you asked CORA TAYLOR CRANE what she’d like to be called, she’d prefer to be known as the common-law “wife” of Stephen Crane. On Sunday, November 7 — in honor of the 150th birthday of the world-famous writer who got his start in Asbury Park — the Stephen Crane House presents the premiere of CORA & STEVIE: HEAVEN AND HELL, a new one-woman show written by and starring MARJORIE CONN.
Produced by the Asbury Park Historical Society, and made possible in part by a grant from Monmouth Arts, “Cora & Stevie” will go up at 3:00 p.m., inside the house where young Crane composed his first short story, and began his career in earnest as a cub reporter for his brother Townley’s locally based news service. As the first theatrical offering to be hosted at the Crane
House since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the event will observe precautionary measures for the safety of the audience, with attendees asked to show proof of vaccination (or recent negative test result) upon entry, and all guests asked to wear a mask while inside the performance space. Attendance will be limited to a maximum of 20 people, and complimentary light refreshments will be served in the house’s reception area at the conclusion of each performance.
Doors open at 2:30 p.m. for the 3:00 performance of “Cora & Stevie: Heaven and Hell.” Admission is with a suggested donation of $10 at the door, and attendees can reserve seating by calling 732-361-0189. Help us welcome the remarkable Cora Crane to Asbury Park, as we re-open our doors to public arts events — follow the Stephen Crane House on Facebook, or watch this space for more exciting happenings in the weeks and months to come, at the headquarters of the Asbury Park Historical Society.
