The Villadom Times Weekly Newspaper Online-Sept 29, 2010 Issue

Ridgewood Notes Fall Festival planned Ridgewood’s 33rd Annual Fabulous Fall Festival will be held Oct. 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Graydon Pool parking lot, 259 North Maple Avenue. Rain date: Oct. 9. The Graydon Pool parking lot will be turned into a giant festival featuring fall crafts, jewelry, toys, handmade items, pocketbooks, and much more. Food will be served, and there will be a Giant Bake Sale. The large children’s section will include bounces, pony rides, face painting, games, and live entertainment featuring Tony Christopher. This year’s organization host is The Cooperative Nursery School at Ridgewood. Admission is free. For more information, call (201) 998-1144. ‘Wild, Wild West’ comes to Ridgewood Ridgewood Parks and Recreation and Abrakadoodle will offer “Wild, Wild West,” a special art program, Nov. 3 through 5. This three-day art camp will be held at the Stable, 259 North Maple Avenue, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Participants in kindergarten through grade three will create cowboy boots inspired by Karen McCray, design outlaw posters, and learn about totem poles and teepees. The cost of this program is $155 and all materials will be provided. Register online at ridgewoodnj.net/communitypass 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 at (201) 670-5560 for details. Learn to cope with stress Our Lady of Mount Carmel MOMs Group will meet Oct. 6 at 9:30 a.m. in the parish center. Paula Metzger will present “Coping Positively with Stress.” Child care will be provided. Visit www.olmcmoms.org for information. HILT plans October activities Highlights in Leisure Time will meet Oct. 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dessert will be served. On Oct. 21, HILT will travel to an Oktoberfest at the Crystal Brook Mountain Brauhaus Resort in Round Top, September 29, 2010 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 11 New York. Often called a little Bavaria nestled in the 100 Dayton Street, Ridgewood at 4 p.m. Catskills, this unique resort has become the entertainment center of the German-American community from all corWomen’s Sukkot program offered ners of the U.S. and Europe. A family-style German menu Storyteller Pamela Grant of Temple Israel and JCC in of sauerbraten, wurst platters, and wiener schnitzel with all Ridgewood will relate a tale associated with the autumn the trimmings will be served. Entertainment will be ongoharvest festival of Sukkot for “Sisters in the Sukkah.” This ing throughout the afternoon with sing-alongs and music free program is sponsored by the Sisterhood of Temple for dancing. Israel and will take place Sept. 28 at 7:30 p.m. RefreshBoarding will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Graydon Pool ments will be provided and all are welcome. parking lot. The bus will depart at 9:45 a.m. will return at Located at 475 Grove Street in Ridgewood, Temple approximately 5 p.m. The cost is $35 or HILT members; Israel and JCC is an egalitarian Conservative syna$40 for non-members. gogue. For more information, call (201) 444-9320, e-mail Ridgewood residents who are age 55 and older are office@synagogue.org, or visit www.synagogue.org. invited to join HILT, a senior organization under the auspices of the Ridgewood Department of Parks and RecreArtist to address Women’s Guild ation. Monthly meetings include entertainment and/or informational presentations followed by refreshments. Mohamed Khalil will share his story as an artist, disAnnual membership dues are $15. For more information, play a gallery of his artwork, and then turn bits and pieces call (201) 670-5600. of found objects into a sculpture at the Oct. 6 meeting of the Women’s Guild of Ridgewood. The meeting will be Jeffrey and Bossy Frog to entertain held at the Old Paramus Reformed Church at 1:15 p.m. The Jeffrey and Bossy Frog from The Bossy Frog Band will public is invited. A freewill offering will be appreciated. present their award-winning music on Nov. 4. Children are The event will be held in the church’s barrier-free Educainvited to dance and sing along as Jeffrey plays his banjo tion Building at 660 East Glen Avenue at Route 17 South. and guitar and Bossy Frog joins in with silly antics and For more information, call (201) 444-5933. funny dance moves. The program will begin at 11 a.m. in the Annie Zusy Youth Center at Ridgewood Village Hall, 131 North Maple Avenue. This program, which is suitable for preschool and young elementary school children, is sponsored by Ridgewood Parks and Recreation. For a preview, visit www.Bossyfrog. com. Admission is $5 for children ages two and up. Seating is limited; purchase tickets early. Tickets are available at the recreation office at the Stable, 259 North Maple Avenue, Best Shoe Repair weekdays between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. For addiby (201) Magazine tional information, call (201) 670-5560. “If the shoe ﬁts, REPAIR IT!” It’s time to protect & weatherproof your fall favorites! �� Disabilities Awareness Week marked ACCESS Ridgewood of the Ridgewood Community Access Network and Ridgewood’s interfaith religious leaders invite the public to an Oct. 3 Interfaith Worship Service that will mark Disabilities Awareness Week. The service will be held at the Ridgewood United Methodist Church, 25 Years in Shoe Repair �� Hours: Tues-Fri �� Closed Mon �� 8:30-5:30, Sat 8:30-4:oo, ��