Page 2 THE VILLADOM TIMES II & IV • November 21, 2012 Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the deadline for the Nov. 28 edition of Villadom TIMES will be Tuesday, Nov. 20 at noon. Press releases and photographs must be received by that deadline. The staff wishes our readers a safe and enjoyable holiday! Early deadline notice Villadom Happenings Veterans invited to Thanksgiving Tribute The Bergen Highlands Methodist Church of Upper Saddle River will host a nondenominational Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, Nov. 25. This 11 a.m. service is specifically for returned Afghan and Iraqi vets and their families who reside in Bergen and Rockland counties. The service will be followed by light refreshments and an invitation to participate in the church’s job club to assist any of the veterans who are seeking employment. The community is invited to join this service of thanks. The Bergen Highlands United Methodist Church is located at 318 West Saddle River Road in Upper Saddle River. For more information, visit http://www.gbgm-umc.org/bergenhighlandsumc. Advent Directed Retreat offered The Church of the Presentation in Upper Saddle River and Saint Paul’s Parish in Ramsey are offering an Advent Directed Retreat to members of the community who wish to deepen their life of prayer, but cannot get away for a retreat. This program allows participants to perform retreat activities at home. During the week of Dec. 1 through 8, a team of experienced religious and lay spiritual directors will provide individual spiritual direction for interested people in a “retreat” they can experience at home. The retreat will begin and end with group meetings on Saturdays, Dec. 1 and 8 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Gathering Room at Church of the Presentation, 271 West Saddle River Road in Upper Saddle River. From Monday through Friday, each person making the retreat will meet with a spiritual director for a 30-minute session each day. Participants are required to commit to pray for approximately one half hour each day of the retreat, and to meet with their spiritual director. There is not charge to participate, but a freewill offering may be made at the concluding group meeting. Individuals who have made this retreat in the past are encouraged to join for another session. For more information, or to register, call Ruth Harrison at (551) 427-7440 or Miriam Leiser at (201) 825-0853 by Nov. 28. RCB to present world premiere The Ridgewood Concert Band will continue its 30th Tie-dyed Tallitot Zoe Greenwald and her seventh grade class created their own tallit at The Gerrard Berman Day School, Solomon Schechter of North Jersey. Under the tutelage of Head of School Rabbi Ellen Bernhardt (pictured with Zoe) and Rabbi Yaakov Traiger, the unique art project began in Rabbinics class. Students studied tallit construction, tied their own knots and made the aterah. They also learned the proper use and care of a tallit. Anniversary Season with “Music Electric” on Dec. 7. The concert program will include varied selections including “Holiday Fanfare Medley” (J. Stephenson) and the world premiere of “X-ING for Electric Viola and Concert Band” by Martha Mooke. Mooke, an award-winning performer and composer, will also serve as the guest soloist for the piece. Frank Battisti, conductor emeritus of the New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, as guest conductor. The Emerson High School Band will open with a prelude performance at 7:30 p.m., and the RCB program will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults, and $15 for seniors. Student tickets are $7. Tickets may be purchased online at www. ridgewoodband.org or at the door. The concert will be held at West Side Presbyterian Church located at 6 South Monroe Street in Ridgewood. Tuesday Painters set Winter Show The Tuesday Painters will hold a Winter Show from Dec. 1 through Jan. 4 at the Louis Bay 2nd Library in Hawthorne located at 345 Lafayette Avenue in Hawthorne. On display will be over 50 paintings in watercolors, oils, pencil, ink, charcoals, and pastels. The works that will be displayed will feature varied compositions and media, and will range from the abstract to realism. Organized by the former students of renowned watercolorist Billie Samuelson, the Tuesday Painters is a cooperative venture of 25 local artists who enjoy painting together. (continued on page 22)