Newark Landmarks

10/21/2026

10/16/2026

https://www.npl.org/treasures-of-the-nj-room-75-years-of-collecting-exhibit-opening/

Treasures of the NJ Room: 75 Years of Collecting–Exhibit Opening
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
6:00 PM
Main Library
Third Floor

Please join us at the Newark Public Library for the opening of this exhibit marking the 75th anniversary of the library’s NJ Room, also known as the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center. To mark this milestone event, we are sharing some of the more interesting, exciting, and visually entertaining items in our collection.

Free and open to the public.
Light refreshment served.

Tuesday, October 27, 2026 6:00 PM Main Library Third Floor Please join us at the Newark Public Library for the opening of this exhibit marking the 75th anniversary of the library’s NJ Room…

10/10/2026

https://www.npl.org/unusual-essex-county-five-short-films-by-wheeler-antabanez/

Unusual Essex County: Five Short Films by Wheeler Antabanez
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
6:00 PM
Newark Public Library
5 Washington Street
Centennial Hall
Second Floor

One Night Only–Free and Open to the Public!

SOMETHING SPOOKY IS HAPPENING AT THE NEWARK PUBLIC LIBRARY

Writer, artist, and videographer Wheeler Antabanez brings an evening of unusual short films to the Newark Public Library, featuring a series of videos exploring some of the more macabre and hard-to-reach corners of Essex County.

The program opens with “River of Death,” which begins as a film about the 2012 lower Passaic River cleanup at the Diamond Alkali site in Newark but quickly takes a dark turn when Wheeler and his wife notice police extracting a dead body from the river.

The program then shifts from the polluted waters of the Passaic to a behind-the-scenes look at Antabanez’s Polaroid adventures, photographing locations including the Livingston Mall, South Orange Pumping Station and Rosedale Cemetery, before descending into the wreckage of the abandoned Orange Memorial Hospital.

From the depths of Orange Memorial Hospital, the program returns to Newark for the story of Proctor’s Palace, the massive double-decker theater on Market Street that has stood abandoned since 1968.

In the feature presentation “Fred Gall vs. the Phantom of the Opera,” Antabanez and professional skateboarder Fred Gall venture into the wreckage of Proctor’s Palace Theater in search of unusual places to film skateboarding. Their exploration eventually leads them to the rooftop, where Gall discovers what may be one of Newark’s most historic skate spots.

Copies of Wheeler’s Polaroid book, “WHEELEROIDZ Vol. 2” will be available to be purchased and signed.

It is rumored that Fred Gall will also be in attendance.

Tuesday, October 20, 2026 6:00 PM Newark Public Library 5 Washington Street Centennial Hall Second Floor One Night Only–Free and Open to the Public! SOMETHING SPOOKY IS HAPPENING AT THE NEWARK PUBLIC…

10/06/2026

Tim Crist's Book Launch and Reception, Newark History Society, October 15, 6 pm, at the Newark Public Library.

09/28/2026

https://www.npl.org/revolutionary-books-colonial-taverns-of-new-jersey/

Online only! Wednesday, September 30, 2026 7:00 PM On Zoom Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/4mspvmp4 Join the Newark Public Library as we mark the USA’s 250th anniversary. Michael C.

09/24/2026

FREE guided trolley bus tours of Newark's historic Forest Hill neighborhood!

October 3 and October 24
To register: [email protected]

09/19/2026

Rededication Ceremony for the First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark Monument at Mount Pleasant Cemetery on Broadway in Newark.

06/08/2026

Revolutionary Talks: How British Colonists became Americans
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
6:00 PM
Main Library
Third Floor

Join the Newark Public Library as we mark the USA’s 250th anniversary.

Speaker: George Robb, Professor Emeritus of History, William Paterson University

This illustrated talk explores how and when British settlers in the thirteen colonies stopped identifying as Britons and began thinking of themselves as “Americans.” What were some of the fundamental differences between British society and colonial society that brought about the transformation?

Light refreshment served.

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 6:00 PM Main Library Third Floor Join the Newark Public Library as we mark the USA’s 250th anniversary. Speaker: George Robb, Professor Emeritus of History…