Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • March 16, 2011 Ridgewood Notes ‘Art Counts’ offered during recess The Ridgewood Parks & Recreation Department will offer “Art Counts” with Abrakadoodle during spring recess. This program is for village students in grades kindergarten through grade two. In this mini-art camp students will learn about artists who have enjoyed shaping their art explorations with math. Use of patterns, shapes, and lines will round out the fun. Students will learn about artists Escher, Mondrian, and others. The workshop will be held at the Stable, 259 North Maple Avenue, on Wednesday, April 13 from 9:30 a.m. to noon. This cost is $50 and includes all materials. Register online at www.ridgewoodnj.net/communitypass or in person or by mail at The Stable, 259 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood. Registration forms are on the recreation homepage at www.ridgewoodnj.net. Call (201) 670-5560 for details. Lunchtime Lenten program offered The First Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood will offer a one-hour noontime Lenten program, featuring a soup lunch and a brief traditional worship on March 16 and 23. There will be a short video and discussion about Ray Vanderlaan’s “The Promised Land.” Discussion topics will include the Jordan River, the Promised Land, the violence against Israel’s enemies, “wet feet,” and the murder room. An evening program and service will also be offered on Wednesday, March 23. Coffee and cookies will be served. Discussion topics will include Israel’s prostitute heroine, tithing, Samson, and the Philistines. The church is located at 722 East Ridgewood Avenue. Call (201) 652-2504. All are welcome. OPRC fundraiser at Blue Moon On Monday, March 28, the Blue Moon Mexican Cafés at Boulder Run Shopping Center in Wyckoff and on Kinderkamack Road in Woodcliff Lake, will sponsor Community Night fundraisers to benefit Ridgewood’s Old Paramus Reformed Church. Each restaurant will donate 20 percent of all lunch, dinner, take-out, delivery, or gift card purchases to the church. To participate, present a Blue Moon Community Night flyer from the website BlueMoonMexicanCafe.com. Click on the Community tab, then click Community Nights, and scroll down to Old Paramus Reformed Church. Flyers are also available by calling the church office at (201) 444-5933 weekdays from 9 a.m. to noon. Jay Mankita presents concert, workshop On April 11, songwriter/guitarist Jay Mankita will present a concert and workshop sponsored by the Ridgewood Parks & Recreation. The show for all ages will be held in Ridgewood Village Hall’s Anne Zusy Youth Lounge beginning at 11 a.m. A two-hour songwriting workshop for students in grades four through eight will follow at 1 p.m. An activist for social and environmental justice, Mankita tours in his van, which runs on recycled vegeta- ble oil. He enjoys showing his van to folks after the show and talks about how each one of us can contribute to helping make a better world through small, simple changes. As a songwriter, Mankita combines humorous and serious material, addressing topical issues in an entertaining way. A masterful guitar player, he blends traditional acoustic blues, ragtime, and swing styles with a quirky, original feel. His children’s album, “Eat Like a Rainbow,” a Parents’ Choice award winner, was produced in conjunction with the non-profit New York Coalition for Healthy School Food. The title song also appears on the Putumayo Kids’ release, “Picnic Playground,” heard in over 100 countries around the world. Concert tickets are on sale for $5 at the Stable, 259 North Maple Avenue in Ridgewood. For more information about the concert and workshop, call (201) 670-5560. Adoptive parents invited to class The Ridgewood Community School will present a class for adoptive parents, “What Mom and Dad Need to Know: Adoption through the Eyes of a Child,” on March 16 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood. Nancy Borders, LCSW, a local therapist who specializes in the treatment of adopted children and their families, will discuss what adopted kids think about every day, the questions they have about themselves, and the things they wish their parents knew. For more information, contact the Ridgewood Community School at (201) 670-2777. Saint Patrick’s Day Mass set Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, One Passaic Street in Ridgewood, will offer its 26th Annual Saint Patrick’s Day Mass at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 17. The Mass, sponsored by Knights of Columbus Council 1736, will feature traditional Irish tunes and piper music. A reception will follow in the parish center, where complimentary soda bread, coffee, and tea will be served. Attendees are invited to share their family recipe and bake or bring soda bread for this event. For more information, contact Patty Mullen at (201) 444-1725. Temple celebrates Purim Temple Israel, located at 475 Grove Street in Ridgewood, will celebrate Purim with a series of events. Pre-Purim festivities will begin for the women in the community on Wednesday, March 16, at 7:45 p.m. with the Sisterhood of Vashti’s Feast. There will be belly dancing, massages, storytelling, Middle Eastern treats, wine, and chocolate. Come in costume, hip scarves, harem pants, beads, and bangles. This event is co-sponsored by Temple Israel of Ridgewood’s Sisterhood and the Sisterhood of the Fair Lawn Jewish Center/Congregation B’nai Israel. Admission is free for members of either congregation; $10 for non-members. The Purim celebration will begin March 19 with Mincha (afternoon prayer service) at 7 p.m., the annual Queen Esther Ice Cream Social at 7:30 p.m., the Megillah Reading at 8 p.m., and a costume parade for adults and children. The Megillah will be read by members of the synagogue reading from the Scroll of Esther. Many will be in costume and will participate in the Parade of Costumes with a well known pied-piper from the ancient city of Shushan. Noise makers (groggers, Raashanim) will be provided, but attendees are invited to bring their own. The annual Purim Carnival will follow the 8:30 a.m. Megillah Reading on Sunday, March 20, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the synagogue’s social hall. The wearing of costumes is encouraged for children and adults. The carnival will feature games, prizes, facepainting, and sand art. Special games will be set up for the youngest revelers. Hot dogs will be sold during the carnival. The Purim Carnival is open to the community. Admission is free, but tickets to the booths and for food will be sold at the door. The Sisterhood Gift Shop will be open on Sunday, March 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also on March 20, prospective members are invited to an Open House from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Attendees may meet Rabbi David J. Fine, Cantor Caitlin Bromberg, Rabbi Sharon Litwin, and members of the congregation. For more information, call (201) 444-9320, e-mail office@synagogue.org, or visit www.synagogue.org. Spring into Health benefits Baby Basics Doctors Mary Ann Fiscella and Louise DiGia of Family Chiropractors of Ridgewood will hold their “Spring into Health” fundraiser on March 25 and 26 at their office, 89 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood. The doctors are raising funds for Baby Basics, a division of Children’s Aid and Family Services, in return for chiropractic services. New patients will receive a free chiropractic consultation, examination, and spinal X-rays (if needed) when they make a $15 donation to Baby Basics. The normal value for these services is $225. Baby Basics is a volunteer program that provides free diapers, formula, and other baby essential to low-income families with children who are under two years of age. The program also provides counseling, parental education, a support base, and referrals as needed. In their 22 years of practice, the doctors have supported many community causes. They have held numerous food drives for Social Services of Ridgewood and fundraisers for Shelter Our Sisters in Bergen County. To schedule a “Spring into Health” free first visit and contribute to the Baby Basics drive, call (201) 444-6656. Orchestra to present concert The Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra will present a family concert featuring Russian selections on Friday, March 25 at 8 p.m. at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood. The concert, which is approximately 70 minutes, includes music by Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Liadov, and Rimsky-Korsakov. The orchestra will also accompany violinist Anna Elashvili and cellist Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir in SaintSaens’ tone poem “La Muse et Le Poete.” Elashvili and Thorsteinsdottir are both recent graduates of the Juilliard School, and are internationally known recitalists and chamber musicians. Advance tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors, and $10 for students. Tickets purchased at the door will be $23, $18, and $13, respectively. For more information, call (201) 612-0118 or visit www.ridgewoodsymphony. org. This season’s RSO programs are made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/ Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Market Your Business Through The Villadom TIMES TIMES! ● Newspaper ● Internet ● Fliers & Inserts The Villadom TIMES is 100% mailed to 12 north west Bergen County towns with a total circulation of 56,300, and now you get the exposure of thousands of additional readers online! 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