FEATURES Our Neighborhood: The Way It Was • Interesting People • Local History • Events Around Town And More 23 • TIMES, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014 Ridgewood Wine Connoisseurs Enjoy Taste Of Grape The Greater Ridgewood Historical Society (GRHS) held a wine tasting event at the Onderdonk House in Ridgewood Saturday, Apr. 5, where oenophiles took part in a sampling of fine spirts. The GRHS holds many events throughout the year at the Vander Ende-Onderdonk House, located at 1820 Flushing Ave. in Ridgewood, the oldest Dutch Colonial stone house in New York City. In the group photo at the event are several GRHS members, including Linda Monte, president, Virginia Comber, director, Peter Comber, treasurer, Steve Monte, vice president, Rein Olvet, director, Richard Asbell, curator and directors Barbara and Bruce Goonan, and Tom and Donna Dowd. (photo: Marcin Zurawicz) Car Lovers Get Motors Running FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @timesnewsweekly City Promotion For Qns. Museum Boss To Run Cultural Affairs Dept. New Cultural Affairs Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl (at left) is pictured with City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer. by Robert Pozarycki The Queens Museum of Art’s long-time executive director was named by Mayor Bill de Blasio as the city’s next Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) commissioner. De Blasio made the announcement Monday afternoon, Apr. 7, during a press conference at the museum in Flushing Meadows- Corona Park which Finkelpearl led for the last 11 years. Prior to joining the Queens Museum, Finkelpearl served as deputy director of the Museum of Modern Art’s P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City and executive director of programs for the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. Finkelpearl previously served a stint as director of the Percent for Art Program for the Department of Cultural Affairs. Joining the agency in 1990, he oversaw a program that operated more than 100 different art projects in the city’s public schools. During his tenure at the Queens -SEE CULTURAL ON PG. 67- The East Coast Car Association (ECCA) held a car show and blood drive Sunday, Apr. 6 in Maspeth Federal Savings bank’s 69th Street parking lot. The ECCA was founded in 1999 to support local causes and raise money for St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children in Bayside. The association is also heavily involved with the Toys for Tots program and are pictured in front of some classic cars. Sunday’s show featured entertainment by the Joe Fuoco Music Center of Glendale and a blood drive. (photo: Marcin Zurawicz)
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