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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
