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BY MAX PARROTT
MPARROTT@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
Nowadays in Ridgewood is
about to give the dancers of
Queens a spring in their step.
The venue and taproom will
reopen its seasonal beer garden
seven days a week starting today,
May 9, featuring a long list of new
attractions like hammocks, an
outside location for their craft
beer pop-up, a new menu, natural
wine options and sculpture
installations.
The warm weather will also
bring the return of Mister Sunday,
the all-ages daytime dance party
in the garden. The inaugural
party will be May 12 for Mother’s
Day, and all moms who arrive
with their families will get in for
free. Resident DJs Justin Carter
and Eamon Harkin will host the
event all summer, along with
special guests that include Theo
Parrish, Soul Summit, Octo Octa,
Honcho, Optimo, Josey Rebelle,
among others.
The new outdoor food menu
of the backyard food truck will
offer roasted pork shoulder,
chicken leg confi t sandwiches and
vegetarian options like hummus
wraps, cabbage salad and grilled
corn. It will also off er ice cream,
watermelon and dog treats.
New booze options will include
a taproom from Evil Twin
Brewing and natural wines from
Bauer estate in Boston, Mass
and Austrian red wines from
Meinklang.
On weekends, the garden will
get extra food options, including
Republic of Booza, Williamsburg’s
stretchy Eastern Mediterraneaninspired
ice cream stand, and
the Casino Italian hot dog, a
reincarnation of the cult-classic
sandwich from Trenton, New
Jersey.
Each Saturday, the backyard
will also host a barbecue and
ping pong tournament, with
dry-rubbed pork ribs and oak-
and sugar-maple-smoked beef
brisket.
On select weeknights, the
indoor venue will host Body Music
Therapy sessions, a fusion of
kundalini yoga, guided meditation
and music. The fi rst one on May 14
will focus on the Virgo moon.
Glendale honor students give big
St. Margaret Mary Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society Photo provided by Sacred Heart Catholic Academy
BY MAX PARROTT
MPARROTT@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
The St. Margaret Mary Chapter
of the National Junior Honor
Society at Sacred Heart Catholic
Academy in Glendale raised a total of
$800 for Food for the Poor through the
chapter’s honor society project.
Food for the Poor’s Operation
Starfish project encourages
encourages families to donate 50
cents or more to impoverished
families in the Caribbean and Latin
America. The 28 NJHS members
put small daily donations into their
collection boxes.
Food for the Poor is a charitable
organization devoted to redistributing
donations from churches in developed
countries to poverty-stricken
countries.
In 2018, it raised $953,123,654 in
total for its programs and activities,
according to its fi nancial statement.
In addition to raising money for the
organization, the St. Margaret Mary
students also created Easter cards
for retired clergy at The Immaculate
Conception Center in Douglaston;
sponsored April’s hospitality
Sunday at Sacred Heart Church for
the community; launched a Reading
Buddies club; worked as tutors in
the Peer Tutoring club; helped at the
lenten soup supper; supported the
local Knights Of Columbus blood
drive; worked at the school’s fl ower
sales; and supported Breakfast with
the Easter Bunny.
Kids code at Glendale’s P.S. 113
The Barclays Digital Eagles hosted a “Code Playground” for children at P.S./I.S. 113 in Glendale on May 6. As
noted, volunteers taught four classes of fi fth-graders about coding and the potential for coding careers in the
future. Volunteers walked around and helped students follow directions on coding their own game. Shown
above are some of the students with Barclays Citizenship Coordinator Alyssa Nieves.
Photo courtesy of Kerrie Hansen
Nowadays
opens its
outdoor
season
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