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A Virtual Jazz/Blues Guitar Workshop With King Solomon Hicks

On March 3, 2021March 3, 2021In Les Paul, Music, Upcoming Event, Workshop

The Mahwah Museum, as part of its Les Paul Legacy Series, is excited to present a virtual jazz/blues guitar workshop with guitar virtuoso King Solomon Hicks on Thursday, April 1 from 7:30pm – 9:30pm. The registration fee is $35.00 per person. This is a virtual workshop via Zoom. Beginner, intermediate and advanced players are welcome. Players of all genres will benefit from this workshop.

Les Paul: The Early Years In Waukesha – A Webinar

On February 25, 2021February 15, 2021In Exhibit, Les Paul, Upcoming Event, Virtual Program

Sue Baker will focus on Les Paul growing up in Waukesha, Wisconsin and the creative things he did as he explored playing his guitar and entertaining audiences in and around his hometown. She will share stories of building his first crystal radio and broadcasting from his home.

Mar 22 -Steadfast: Frances Perkins, Champion of Workers’ Rights – A Webinar with Jennifer Merz

On February 19, 2021March 5, 2021In Exhibit, Suffrage, Virtual Event

Jennifer Merz is a local author and illustrator of three children’s books. Her most recent book, Steadfast: Frances Perkins, Champion of Workers’ Rights, is the story of Frances Perkins. Frances Perkins was a young and recent college graduate who was eyewitness to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in 1911.

The Museum is Hiring!

On February 18, 2021February 18, 2021In News

Mahwah Museum Office Assistant (Part-time) $15 per hour, 10 hours per week on avg. The Mahwah Museum seeks a responsible part-time employee to help with office tasks and publicity. The job responsibilities include general office duties (opening/directing mail, filing, checking/forwarding phone messages, keeping track of supplies), updating membership and mailing lists, using PastPerfect and Constant...

Ramapo College Architecture: From Birch Estate to Campus

On January 31, 2021January 31, 2021In Exhibit, Ramapo College, Virtual Program

In a ZOOM meeting on May 3, 2021 at 7:30 pm, Tom Dunn will moderate a program with Richard Roberts about the growth of Ramapo College facilities from a Black Angus cattle ranch to the first-class undergraduate college that it is 50 years later.

Ramapough Lenape Heritage – Archaeology, History & Culture: 10,500 BC to the Present.

On January 27, 2021March 3, 2021In History, Museum Store, Research and Archives

A very good way to learn about Native American history in the Mahwah area is to read noted author Edward Lenik’s most recent book “Ramapough Lenape Heritage - Archaeology, History & Culture: 10,500 BC to the Present.

150th Anniversary of the Mahwah Train Station

On January 26, 2021January 26, 2021In Exhibit, News, Old Station Museum

The Mahwah Museum Board of Trustees announces that the museum will be recognizing and celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Mahwah Train Station in 2021.

March 20 – “Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Ramapo College: A Roast of President George Potter and Faculty”

On January 4, 2021February 18, 2021In Exhibit, Ramapo College, Upcoming Event, Virtual Program

An online Film Screening - In 1981 Ramapo College celebrated its 10th Anniversary with a roast of its first president George Potter. It was a joyous occasion enjoyed by all, especially President George Potter. In addition to President Potter seven faculty were roasted as well.

April 10 – What’s in Your Attic? Sharing Mahwah’s History

On December 28, 2020January 31, 2021In Museum Collections, Research and Archives, Virtual Program

Archives director and Museum president Cathy Moran Hajo will lead a brief discussion of how the museum decides what kinds of artifacts to accept and how they are used for research and exhibits. But we want to share the bulk of the program with you — show us the unique bits of Mahwah history that you have in your house or on your property. Tell us your families stories about it– where did it come from, who saved it, what does it mean to you?

View the webinars – Les Paul’s Recording Innovations with Gene Paul

This Day In History

Business: 1942 The first of the new wartime pennies were received in this area. The Denver and Philadelphia mints had begun production of the new "penny" several weeks earlier. The coins contained was 95% copper and about 5% zinc. They contained only an infinitesimal amount of tin. The old coins contained about 1% tin. The new coins were said to be virtually indistinguishable from the old coins. The mints were also turning out nickel-less nickels made half of silver and half of copper, but these had not been distributed as yet. The older five cent pieces contained about 25% nickel. Both tin and nickel were to be saved for war production. (Later in the war, during 1943 pennies were made of aluminum, since the copper was also needed for the war effort.) (Bristow) (79); 1934 Spring Fever seems to have hit one of Miss Reich's cows. She wandered away from her Darlington Avenue Barn during the night. She was later found at Albert Winter's dairy. She had apparently been seeking bovine companionship. (Bristow) (87)
Charity: 1945 As the second week of the annual Red Cross Fund Drive was drawing to a close, drive Chairman, P. D. Ash of Mahwah announced that two communities had already exceeded their quotas: Fardale and Saddle River. The achievements of these local committees were featured on radio station WEAF's newscaster Don Goddard, who compared their results and those of Scarsdale with the lagging receipts in New York City. Saddle River reached 110% of quota and FArdale achieved 125% of its quota, according to Ash. (Bristow) (76)

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Ramapo College 10th Anniversary Roast of President Potter and Faculty – Online

Steadfast: Frances Perkins, Champion of Workers’ Rights – A Webinar with Jennifer Merz

A Virtual Jazz/Blues Guitar Workshop With King Solomon Hicks

What’s in Your Attic? Sharing Mahwah’s History – A Webinar

Les Paul: The Early Years in Waukesha – A Webinar

April 24 -The History of Palisades Amusement Park – A Webinar with Vince Gargiulo

A Virtual Jazz/Blues Guitar Workshop With King Solomon Hicks

Les Paul: The Early Years In Waukesha – A Webinar

Mar 22 -Steadfast: Frances Perkins, Champion of Workers’ Rights – A Webinar with Jennifer Merz

The Museum is Hiring!

Ramapo College Architecture: From Birch Estate to Campus

Ramapough Lenape Heritage – Archaeology, History & Culture: 10,500 BC to the Present.

150th Anniversary of the Mahwah Train Station

March 20 – “Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Ramapo College: A Roast of President George Potter and Faculty”

April 10 – What’s in Your Attic? Sharing Mahwah’s History

View the webinars – Les Paul’s Recording Innovations with Gene Paul

Ramapo College in the 1970’s: View the Online Programs

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