Saturday, May 25, 2013
The Mahwah Museum announced locals have only one month left to see its most popular exhibit ever.
The most popular Mahwah Museum exhibit of all time is coming to an end. The Museum will close for the summer on June 30, and along with it the ‘Les Paul in Mahwah,’ exhibit, which has been attracting visitors from far and wide since it opened in 2011. The exhibit, which warranted a write-up by the New York Times, and has been the buzz amongst music lovers since it opened, displays many of the artifacts found in the inventor’s township home. It recreates his recording studio, shows early inventions, photographs and videos, and – of course – a collection of Les Paul guitars. Originally planned to have a yearlong run, the exhibit was extended last year to run through June 30, 2013. After that, the exhibit will be downsized to a corner of the …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The tour plans stops at eight locations across the county this Saturday, including the Mahwah Museum.
The Mahwah Museum is one of eight local museums set to take part in the Northwest Bergen History Coalitions third annual History Day. This year, the event will focus on collections of homemade quilts displayed at each of the museums. Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., each site will feature a special exhibit of quilts, coverlets, samplers, and other homemade items from their collections. The museums and historic homes on the tour include: Tickets for admission to all eight sites are $10 a person, children 12 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased through each of the Coalition's historical societies. They will also be on sale at: Those wishing to purchase tickets by mail may do so by sending a request and a self-addressed stamped …
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Tickets are available now, and the guitars will be raffled off at a gala in honor of what would have been the inventor’s 98th birthday
The Mahwah Museum announces a raffle of two guitars autographed by Les Paul, the legendary guitarist and inventor. The winning tickets will be drawn at 9:30 p.m. on June 8, 2013 at the Trustees Pavilion at Ramapo College at a gala celebration of what would have been Les Paul’s 98th birthday. First prize is a White Epiphone Guitar, Les Paul Standard Royal, body autographed by Bucky Pizzarelli, Lou Pallo and others – pick guard autographed by Les Paul, circa 2007. Second prize is an Epiphone Mahogany Guitar, Les Paul Studio, autographed by Lou Pallo, Peter Frampton, Al Caiola and Peter Townshend. Third Prize – Les Paul and Mary Ford 45 rpm record and Gibson Ad, autographed by Les Paul. Raffle tickets are $25 each and can be purchased at the…
Friday, April 5, 2013
Mark your calendars for the upcoming Mahwah Museum event
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Friday, April 5
The following is a release from the Mahwah Museum. On Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. the Mahwah Museum Lecture Series will present the program “Growing Up in the Neighborhoods of Mahwah, 1950-1970: A Panel Discussion and Oral History.” The lecture will take place in the Ramapo Reformed Church Educational Building, 100 Island Rd, Mahwah. Mahwah was an exciting place to live in the baby-boom years that followed World War II. A panel of people who grew up in Mahwah during that period will reminisce and share stories about what it was like. Warren Storms from Fardale, Kathy Rozanski Brewster from Masonicus, John Edwards and Bill Dator from Cragmere/East Mahwah, John Spiech from West Mahwah, Scott (Buhlmeyer) Gordon from the Ramapo …
Thursday, March 21, 2013
The township will celebrate what would have been the inventor's 98th birthday
On Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. the Mahwah Museum is hosting The Les Paul 98th Birthday Gala at The Trustees Pavilion at Ramapo College of New Jersey. The Gala will include live music with Bucky Pizzarelli, Lou Pallo, and the Les Paul Trio, a silent auction of Les Paul memorabilia, and a live auction of Les Paul guitars and other music memorabilia. Wine, hors d’oerves, light fare and birthday cake will be served, and a raffle drawing for two autographed guitars will be held. On Tuesday, April 16, Charles Carreras and Jim Wysocki will give a Gallery Talk “The Genius of Les Paul” The gallery talk will take place in the upstairs gallery of the Mahwah Museum, 201 Franklin Turnpike. Admission is $10. Seating is limited, so …
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Museum is looking for volunteers to help with a new exhibit on the history of Mahwah’s neighborhoods, set to open in September
After a string of highly successful exhibits over the past few years, including Les Paul in Mahwah, a Civil War exhibit and an exhibit on the Nike Missile Base in Mahwah, the township’s Museum is working on its next show. Set to open in September, “The Neighborhoods of Mahwah: 1913 – 2012” plans to document the history of the distinct regions that make up the township – Fardale, Masonicus, East Mahwah, West Mahwah, Stag Hill, Darlington and the Ramapo Valley. The Museum announced this week that it is in need of volunteers to help put together the new exhibit. “Volunteers do historic research, find and collect photographs, design exhibit materials, and help mount the exhibit,” museum officials said in a release. “Painters, carpenters, film …
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Locals can play guitars once owned by the Mahwah inventor at the Museum
Sunday, February 10, 2013
The Mahwah Museum lecture is happening Thursday
If you don’t have a sweetheart to celebrate Valentine’s Day with this year, don’t worry. The Mahwah Museum has an alternative event this Thursday that can get you better acquainted with the Civilian Conservation Corps – a group of young, unmarried men who worked in the first Franklin D. Roosevelt New Deal work program in the 1930's. The museum posted a description of the “Boys of Bergen” lecture, happening at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday, Feb. 14, at the Ramapo Reformed Church: Kathleen Duxbury will present “The Boys of Bergen – Remembering the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Bergen County, NJ” for the Mahwah Museum Lecture Series. The lecture will be held in the Ramapo Reformed Church Educational Building, 100 Island Rd, Mahwah. The …
Monday, January 28, 2013
Show next week is part of the "Les Paul in Mahwah" exhibit
The guitarist credited with bringing longtime Mahwah resident and famed inventor Les Paul out of his self-imposed retirement will be in the township next week sharing stories about the late music man and playing some of the songs they played together at clubs in and around NYC. As part of the Mahwah Museum’s ongoing exhibit “Les Paul in Mahwah,” Bucky Pizzarelli, an Upper Saddle River resident, will perform a tribute to Paul next Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 7:30 p.m. The Museum released the following description of what attendees can expect from Pizzarelli and his student, Ed Laub, at their Gallery Talk next Tuesday: Laub and Pizzarelli will return to the Mahwah Museum on February 5 for a gallery talk in which they will recount stories about their…
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Reservations are suggested for this Gallery Talk event
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Wednesday, January 9
On Tuesday, January 22, Rik Mercaldi will present a Gallery Talk “The Story of the Les Paul Guitars on Display at the Mahwah Museum.” The talk will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the upstairs gallery of the Mahwah Museum. The talk is part of the year-long celebration of “Les Paul in Mahwah,” a tribute to the creative musical genius who lived in Mahwah for over 50 years. Rik Mercaldi, owner of the Strumming Monkey, and an expert on vintage guitars, will discuss the guitars on display in the Les Paul exhibit, which were once owned and prized by Les Paul. Each of these guitars – including Les’s own performance guitar with the Les Paulverizer attached and a model specially made for Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin -- has its own unique story. Rik is a buyer…
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