Ridgewood Choral 85th Anniversary Concert
Fri, April 26, 2013
Time: 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 South Monroe Street, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
The 85th Anniversary concert will be performed on Friday, April 26,2013 at the West Side Presbyterian Church.
For more info call Debby Goodell at 201-447-2458 or visit www.ridgewoodchoral.com
Embracing Ella — The First Lady of Song
Celebrating Her Birthday in Poetry and Song
RIDGEWOOD – Musicians, poets, fans, and anybody who’s interested or curious, will gather Saturday, April 27, at 1 p.m. at Ridgewood Christian Reformed Church (271 Lincoln Avenue corner of West End Avenue) to celebrate Ella Fitzgerald, the incomparable “First Lady of Song,” upon the 96th anniversary of her birth.
Singer Victoria Warne will lead a jazz combo and perform much-loved Ella hits, and poets Stanley Barkan, Tara Betts, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, and Joe Weil will share poetry. Besides these scheduled performers, there will be an open mic session for poets to offer readings on Ella’s themes of the “great American songbook,” jazz, love, and joy, and drop-in musicians are invited to perform.
A free-will offering to aid a local cause will be taken.
The event follows area poets’ and musicians’ rousing tributes to Woody Guthrie, Fats Domino, and Elvis Presley, held previously at the same church.
As with previous events, a sampling of Ella’s favorite food will be available during the intermission. This time, local Ridgewood food establishments have contributed to the festivities. While Ella supposedly loved all hearty foods, she especially loved pizza. We are pleased that Ridgewood’s own award-winning A Mano has contributed their authentic Neopolitan pizzas. Also, Turkey Meatballs from Muscle Maker Grillwill be shared along with Natalie’s Restaurant providing a tasting of Pasta Natalie.
Any chef, restaurant owner, or food business proprietor interested in participating should call Emily Rose at (973) 473-0368 or e-mailergo.therefore@gmail.com
Fitzgerald (1917-1996), a Virginia native, lacked formal training yet became the most popular female jazz singer in the nation for half a century. During her career she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. As an African-American star, she broke many racial barriers during the Jim Crow era.
Background on personalities who will appear:
Victoria Warne, from Clifton, NJ, is the lead singer and guitarist for the band that carries her name. She will be joined by Damian Cremisio on sax and Andy McDonough on piano. Warne has recorded two CD albums and has performed at the JVC Festival and numerous other venues in the New York area and, most recently, at the International Rory Gallagher Tribute in Scotland. Her collaborators have included Spyro Gyra’s Julio Fernandez and jazz great Billy Eckstine.
Warne and her combo will perform Ella’s first huge hit, “A Tisket A Tasket,” recorded when she was only 21, along with such favorites as “A Fine Romance,” “Moonlight in Vermont,” “Lady be Good,” “It Don’t Mean a Thing,” “The Nearness of You,” and of course “How High the Moon.”
Stanley Barkan is publisher of Cross-Cultural Communications, which has produced 400 works in 55 languages. The latest collections of his poetry are “ABC of Fruits and Vegetables” and the forthcoming “More Mishpochech.”
Tara Betts, a doctoral candidate at Binghamton University, is the author of “Arc and Hue” and a Cave Canem fellow. Her poems have been featured in numerous anthologies and periodicals,
Maria Mazziotti Gillan, from Hawthorne, NJ, directs the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College and the creative writing program at Binghamton University. She won the 2011 Barnes and Noble Writers for Writers award and a 2008 American Book Award.
Joe Weil is a Binghamton University lecturer and the poetry co-editor of “MAGGY” magazine and the incoming fiction editor of “Ragazine.” His poems appeared most recently in the “Saranac Review,” “Paterson Literary Review” and online Best American Poems.
For further information, photos, and interviews, contact Emily Rose. 973.473.0368; ergo.therefore@gmail.com. Photo copyright LOC.
Readers says Planning Board Attorney more inclined to support Valley expansion
Gail Price, the PB attorney, is representing Stop & Shop in Wyckoff in a lawsuit to prevent a neighboring Shop Rite from opening. In the suit, Stop & Shop’s attorney, Gail L. Price, states the proposed free-standing supermarket does not conform to the current zoning and would cause or exacerbate traffic and drainage problems in the area.
Is that not the same argument that opponents to the Valley expansion are using? Unfortunately, I think her interests lie with supporting private entities like Valley and Stop & Shop and she is biased towards them. She seems to be more inclined to support the expansion in this case because as we can see, she makes most of her money from supporting private entities, not as the PB attorney.
Here’s the full article if you care to read:
https://www.northjersey.com/topstories/westwood/Stop__Shop_files_lawsuit_to_block_approval_for_new_Shoprite_in_Westwood.html
-Thed
Ridgewood High School graduate releases CD
Friday, April 19, 2013
BY BETSY MURPHY
CORRESPONDENT
The Ridgewood News
Doug Perkins, RHS 1977 graduate, guitarist and longtime sideman, (“I’ve played on more records than I can remember”) is now front and center – on the cover of his first CD: “Music for Flat-Top Guitar.”
His father, John Perkins, taught German and English at the high school and coached baseball and basketball. His mother, Nancy Zambelli, still very active in the village, taught in Paterson, played tennis with her son at Upper Ridgewood and is now a realtor at Weichert. Acknowledging Doug is “very bright, well-informed,” she could not be happier with the appearance of his first CD.
Doug credits Bert Harmon, at George Washington Middle School, who gave him guitar lessons and “who got me excited about music,” and Mrs. Bennett, from whom he took piano, as influences in his life. As a sophomore in high school, he studied classical guitar, “a great instrument,” he says, “to start with,” though he admits that he was more interested in “sports and carousing” at that time.
A Not-So-New Newcomer
NYT: A Review of Café 37, in Ridgewood, N.J.
By SCOTT VEALE
Published: April 19, 2013
When César Sotomayor, the chef and owner of Café 37, says Ridgewood is “a town for culinary experience,” he knows what he’s talking about. After all, he cut his teeth in the kitchens of Latour and Village Green, two of the classiest spots in a village chockablock with sophisticated dining options.
Mr. Sotomayor, 35, embarked on fruitful stints at both places soon after arriving from Venezuela in 1999, and last June he opened his own small but equally ambitious restaurant nearby, in a small, warmly appointed storefront.
Café 37
37 South Broad Street
Ridgewood
(201) 857-0437
cafe-37.com
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/nyregion/a-review-of-cafe-37-in-ridgewood-nj.html?_r=0
4/20 : New Jersey Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Changing legislation means that New Jersey will soon be offering medical marijuana to patients that suffer from a number of debilitating illnesses. Unlike many of the previous states to offer these services, however, New Jersey medical marijuana dispe nsaries will be run a bit differently. Most details surrounding the new measure seem to indicate that everything about the program will be run with a higher degree of regulation and stricter adherence to guidelines than in previous states.
The New Jersey medical marijuana dispensaries will be set up in three regions – southern, northern, and central to start – with two facilities per region. Medical marijuana will be obtained from these dispensaries by patients with an active ID card registered with the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, or by a designated, registered caregiver, responsible for obtaining and administering medication to the patient.
In the past, New Jersey residents who have had medical marijuana recommended to them by physicians as a viable treatment option for pain management have been unable to legally obtain it. Some have driven outside state lines to achieve relief from their suffering, always worried about the legalities in question.
Though the New Jersey medical marijuana dispensaries will be limited in number at the start, public demand could see their numbers grow. Patients unable to travel long distances to their closest dispensary should write to their local representative, explaining why the law should allow for more dispensaries in a denser allocation.
Unfortunately, many still see medical marijuana as a danger to their neighborhood, mistaking legitimate, legal dispensaries for drug dens on the corner, endangering their children. Education is the only weapon against such misinformation. In reality, the New Jersey medical marijuana dispensaries will be heavily monitored by the DHSS and the Department of Law and Public Safety. Both institutions will be in charge of monitoring the amount of marijuana patients are allowed to obtain from the dispensaries.
While New Jersey law will only legalize the sale of medical marijuana to eligible patients within the state, the new legislation will allow a patient who legally purchased marijuana at a dispensary to travel anywhere within the United States without fear of legal ramification, provided they carry their ID card.
https://newjerseymedicalmarijuana.info/new-jersey-medical-marijuana-dispens
New Jersey MMJ Business News:
https://mmjbusinessdaily.com/category/news-by-state/new-jersey/
Boston bombs: Obama lulled America into false confidence over terror threat
The war on terror cannot be fought at an arm’s length – and the attacks on Boston have brought uncertainty back to American streets, writes Peter Foster.
By Peter Foster, US Editor
10:59PM BST 19 Apr 2013
In his State of the Union address to the American people earlier this year, Barack Obama declared that he was “confident” of achieving “our objective of defeating the core of al-Qaeda”.
Although he acknowledged the need to pursue the “remnants” of the terrorist group and its affiliates, the overall message was clear – al-Qaeda was badly degraded, the tides of war were receding and the US was winning this fight that was no longer even officially a war.
The Boston bombings would appear to present a fundamental challenge to that assessment and once again bring the nagging uncertainty of terrorism back on to the American main street.
It is too soon to be absolutely sure the attacks were motivated by jihadist ideology, but the Islamic videos on the website of the older of the two Tsarnaev brothers point very firmly in that direction.
They bring home the complexity of the global Islamist threat and the fact that it cannot be confined to wars in distant lands, or fought at arm’s length using drones, as the Obama administration has quietly yet insistently led America to believe.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/10007190/Boston-bombs-Obama-lulled-America-into-false-confidence-over-terror-threat.html
Ridgewood shares its sorrow with Boston
THURSDAY APRIL 18, 2013, 4:18 PM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The day after the Boston Marathon, Ridgewood resident Gail Kislevitz ran.
She will be running again in the London Marathon this Sunday. At Friday’s race expo in London, she will proudly wear a jersey from the Boston Marathon.
Last Monday’s bombings, she said this week, made her feel “violated” as a runner.
“People spend their entire running careers trying to qualify [for Boston],” she said. “It just makes me want to get out there and run farther and run stronger.”
After the bombings, the instinctive reaction of many Ridgewood residents was to express prayers for the innocent victims and their families and assert a commitment to keep living as they did before.
https://www.northjersey.com/community/203658801_Ridgewood_shares_its_sorrow_with_Boston.html
Local Children’s at Bookends Today
Louisa Luisi Saturday, April 20th @ 9:00am .Local Children’s Author, Louisa Luisi, will sign her new book: Your Best Coaches Bookends Customers who buy Louisa Luisi’s Book can pose with “Mr. Met” for a Free Picture …from 9:00am-10:00am ONLY!
Appearing authors will only autograph books purchased at Bookends and must have valid Bookends Receipt. Availability & pricing for all autographed books subject to change.
Bookends cannot guarantee that the books that are Autographed will always be First Printings. Autographed books purchased at Bookends are non-returnable.
While we try to insure that all customers coming to Bookends’ signings will meet authors and get their books signed, we cannot guarantee that all attendees will meet the author or that all books will be signed. We cannot control inclement weather, author travel schedules or authors who leave prematurely.
Bookends, 211 E. Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 201-445-0726
Mr Met
Annual RBSA Parade is still ON !!–This Saturday April 20th–Starts 9 am from Westside train station
Family Fair and “MLB – Pitch, Hit & Run Competion” …canceled…to be re-scheduled, due to uncertain weather / field conditions.
RBSA Rec & Travel games still ON..look for coaches emails for any changes by 10am Sat morning.
For the Parade, players meet at the west side of railroad station at 8:30am– Parade starts at 9:00 am sharp.
— Each player is asked to bring a ‘non-perishable’ food item to the train station to support Social Services
— National – MLB – ” Pitch, Hit & Run Competition” Registration form and Details
–RE-SCHEDULED–TBD
— RHS Varsity Home Game at Vets 90 scheduled for 11 am– TBD
— Stop by “Bookends” during or after Parade to meet the author, Ridgewood school teacher, Louisa Luisi, and get a signed copy of ” Your Best Coaches” book ! Proceeds benefit RBSA. and see Mr. Met !
Crumbs in Ridgewood Photo by Lydia L
Forget Gold, the Gourmet-Cupcake Market Is Crashing
The icing is coming off America’s cupcake craze.
The dessert became a cultural and economic phenomenon over the last decade, with gourmet cupcake shops proliferating across the country, selling increasingly elaborate and expensive concoctions.
The craze hit a high mark in June 2011, when Crumbs Bake Shop Inc., CRMB -12.35% a New York-based chain, debuted on the Nasdaq Stock Market NDAQ -1.19% under the ticker symbol CRMB. Its creations—4″ tall, with fillings such as vanilla custard, caps of butter cream cheese, and decorative flourishes like a whole cookie—can cost $4.50 each.
After trading at more than $13 a share in mid-2011, Crumbs has sunk to $1.70. It dropped 34% last Friday, in the wake of Crumbs saying that sales for the full year would be down by 22% from earlier projections, and the stock slipped further this week.
PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama’s mixed economic record
PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama’s pledges on debt, growth and manufacturing face mixed prospects
By Christopher s. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer | Associated Press
The issue:
The U.S. economy is recovering from the Great Recession but at a modest, uneven pace. Many scars remain visible, particularly an unemployment rate of 7.6 percent. The U.S. has 2.8 million fewer jobs than in December 2007, when the recession began. And average hourly wages have trailed inflation in the past three years.
Meanwhile, the federal budget deficit has ballooned, topping $1 trillion each year in President Barack Obama’s first term. It is forecast to fall to $845 billion this year. Obama faces the challenge of reducing that gap without cutting it so quickly that it slows growth.
https://news.yahoo.com/promises-promises-obamas-mixed-economic-074614065.html
Police remove computer from home of bombing suspects’ sister in Hudson County
Friday, April 19, 2013 Last updated: Friday April 19, 2013, 7:46 PM
BY MONSY ALVARADO, MATTHEW MCGRATH AND LESLIE BRODY
STAFF WRITERS
The Record
The massive investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing took a dramatic turn into northern New Jersey Friday, as federal agents interviewed one of the suspects’ sisters at her West New York apartment and searched for their other sister in Fairview.
About a dozen agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation spent five hours at one sister’s Buchanan Place home in West New York, leaving at about 4 p.m. after questioning her, removing a computer and cell phones. Later, local police hauled away several black plastic bags full of items.
The woman was cooperating with federal investigators, said Michael E. Indri, director of police in West New York. He called her “heartbroken and shocked.”
Indri said she told investigators she had not been in contact with her brothers for some time, but officials took her computer and hand-held devices, like cell phones, to look for past communications. He did not give her name, but public records show a 22-year-old woman by the name of Ailina Tsarnaev at that address, who also goes by Amina.
https://www.northjersey.com/fairview/North_Jersey_woman_says_she_is_sister_of_suspected_bombers.html
Fugitive Boston Marathon bombing suspect apprehended, police say
Friday, April 19, 2013 Last updated: Friday April 19, 2013, 8:56 PM
EILEEN SULLIVAN, KATIE ZEZIMA AND MEGHAN BARR
Associated Press
Boston police have confirmed that 19-year-old college student Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is in custody. The suspect being hunted in the Boston Marathon bombing was in a boat stored in Watertown in a residential area, a law enforcement official said, and police in armored vehicles and tactical gear rushed into the neighborhood.
Shots fired in Mass. as police seek bomb suspect
Apr 19, 8:11 PM (ET)
By EILEEN SULLIVAN, MEGHAN BARR and KATIE ZEZIMA
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) – Gunfire erupted Friday night amid the manhunt for the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, and police in armored vehicles and tactical gear rushed into the Watertown neighborhood in a possible break in the case.
The burst of activity came at the end of a tense day in and around Boston, and less than an hour after police announced that they were scaling back the hunt because they had come up empty-handed following an all-day search that sent thousands of SWAT team officers into the streets and paralyzed the metropolitan area.
Less than an hour after the hail of gunfire, a round of blasts could be heard. A state police spokesman said only that the activity was related to the search for 19-year-old college student Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Boston Mayor Tom Menino told WBZ-TV the suspect was holed up in a boat parked in a backyard. Reporters were being kept away from the scene and a message left for Menino’s spokeswoman wasn’t immediately returned.
https://apnews.myway.com/article/20130420/DA5OTQ9O1.html
