Page 18 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • April 28, 2010 Ridgewood Notes ‘Brahms, Broadway, and Beyond’ concert set The Women’s Guild of Ridgewood’s Old Paramus Reformed Church invites the public to “Brahms, Broadway, and Beyond,” a program of German art songs, Broadway show-stoppers, arias, and sacred songs. The concert will be held in the church’s barrier-free Education Building at 660 East Glen Avenue at 1:15 p.m. on May 5. Performers will include Casey Molino Dunn, baritone and music director at the Rutherford Congregational Church. Dunn has degrees from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eastman School of Music, and international credits in opera and musical theater. A good-will offering will be accepted. Ridge School hosts Tag Sale Ridge Elementary School, 325 West Ridgewood Avenue, will host a Tag Sale on May 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Excellent quality items to be offered will include furniture and antiques, home goods, electronics, toys, clothing for adults and children, accessories, and more. For more information, call (201) 286-6018. Proceeds from the sale will benefit Ridge Elementary School. July 4 anniversary T-shirts on sale In anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the Ridgewood Fourth of July celebration, which will feature one of the largest fireworks displays in the village’s history, the Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration Committee is offering a limited edition T-shirt. This shirt commemorates the milestone anniversary and gains the wearer entrance to the 2010 celebration on Veterans Field in Ridgewood. Tshirts are priced at $15 each and may be ordered online at www.ridgewoodjuly4th.org. They will also be sold during Ridgewood Sidewalk Sale Days, May 13 through 15 in front of the Little Flower Shoppe at 160 East Ridgewood Avenue. Proceeds from the sale of shirts will help underwrite the village’s largest-ever Fourth of July celebration, which is scheduled for Monday, July 5. West Bergen presents ‘That’s Amoré’ The Friends of West Bergen Mental Healthcare will host “That’s Amoré” at Christ Church, 105 Cottage Place (corner of Franklin Avenue) in Ridgewood on April 30. The evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. with hors d’oeuvres and a wine tasting provided by Carlo Russo’s Wine and Spirit World of Ho-Ho-Kus. Dinner will include pasta, salad, and bread, served by West Bergen’s Chief Executive Officer Michael J. Tozzoli. Other “celebrity” waiters will also be on hand. Tickets are $50 and are tax deductible. Call Chrissie at (201) 444-3550 or e-mail clijoi@westbergen.org. Credit cards are accepted. The evening benefits the West Bergen Center for Children and Youth. West Bergen is a non-profit organization providing a wide range of psychiatric and counseling services for all age groups with various levels of need. For information, call (201) 444-3550. Italian Festival set The Men’s Fellowship of Emmanuel Baptist Church will sponsor an Italian Festival on Saturday, May 1 at 5:30 p.m. in Heritage Hall at the church, 14 Hope Street. The menu will feature a variety of traditional Italian foods, music, and fellowship. Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for children and are available at the church office. Call (201) 444-7300 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Proceeds from the event will support mission projects of the Men’s Fellowship. Valley addresses chronic pain The Valley Hospital Community Health Department will present a free evening program entitled “Pain with a Capital P!” Fifty million people experience chronic pain, but four out of 10 do not get adequate relief. Join Robert Silverman, M.D., medical director of the Pain Management Center at The Valley Hospital to learn new treatment options for pain, including medications, surgery, and other therapeutic modalities. This free 90-minute program will be held on May 4 at 7 p.m. in The Dorothy B. Kraft Center, 15 Essex Road, Paramus. Space is limited. To register, call 1-800-VALLEY 1 (1-800-825-5391) or visit www.valleyhealth.com/events. Earth Day celebration planned The 40 anniversary celebration of Earth Day, sponsored by the Ridgewood Environmental Advisory Committee, will be held Saturday, May 1 (rain date: May 2) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will be held at Memorial Park at Van Neste Square on East Ridgewood Avenue. Earth Day festivities will include refreshments, live music from the Peter Spink Band and Blue Plate Special, and a Green Market Fair. A document shredding truck will be on site between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. All residents are invited to bring up to six cartons of paper for disposal. Proof of residency will be required. Register for “A Billion Acts of Green” by visiting www. EarthDay.net and bring children, friends, and neighbors th to this environmental awareness event. Visit www.ridgewoodreac.com for details. Preschoolers invited to classes This spring, Ridgewood Parks and Recreation will offer three classes for preschool children. Classes are held at The Stable, 259 North Maple Avenue, in Ridgewood. My First Art Class (with guardian), for children ages 20 to42 months, will be offered on Fridays from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m. beginning May 7. Caregivers will join children as they explore painting, drawing, sculpting, and reading, and play art games. Activities are designed to provide opportunities to touch, feel, hear and see while building fine motor skills, language, creativity, and cognitive skills. The $110 fee for the six-week session includes all safe, non-toxic Crayola materials. KidzArt Discover! for children ages three-and-a-half to five years of age will meet on Mondays, from 1 to 2 p.m., beginning May 10. Preschoolers will participate in projects that help them understand and learn to use different media, improve reading readiness, tune-up fine motor coordination, and just have fun while learning to draw. The $95 fee includes the five-week session and all materials. Happy Piano for children ages three through five will begin May 6. Half-hour sessions will be held on Thursdays between the hours of 1 and 3 p.m. Students will learn the basics of music theory and how to play familiar songs on the piano. The class is taught with the use of educational songs, props, and teaching aids, and each child is provided with a keyboard to use in class. The cost is $110 for the sixweek session. An additional materials fee of $35 is charged annually. Register online at www.ridgewoodsports.org or in person or by mail at The Stable, 259 North Maple Avenue. Registration forms are on the recreation homepage at www.ridgewoodnj.net. Call the recreation office at (201) 670-5560 for details. Symphony (continued from page 15) Vista Symphony. Maestro Arkady Leytush expects this concert to be an outstanding finale to the RSO’s season with a few additional surprises for the audience. The May 7 concert will be held at the Benjamin Franklin Middle School, 335 North Van Dien, on the corner with East Glen Avenue in Ridgewood. Tickets purchased in advance are $20 regular admission, $15 for seniors, and $10 for students. Door prices will be $23, $18, and $13. For tickets, call (201) 6120118 visit ridgewoodsymphony.org. 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