Times Newsweekly Community Profiles • Local History • Nightlife • Food Reviews • Neighborhood Events And Memories In the left photo, Ridgewood Artists Coalition founder Emily Heinz (at left) Ridgewood Writers’ Group founder Amy Wilson led last Saturday’s roundtable among local artists and writers at The Spot café. Shown at right are other participants, including (left to right) filmmaker Cody Cardarelli, artist Liana Pom, musician Gabriela Rassi of Silverteeth, artist and RAC founder Heinz and music producer Ted Figwer. (photos: Kelly Marie Mancuso) “I guess the main thing that spurred me to suggest RAC was knowing that this community existed, and also my strong desire to become a part of it and to meet more people in my area,” Heinz explained. “I’m obsessed with art.All art. I love it,” she added, “Everything comes back to art for me. So to know that there were people in this area that I loved so dearly FEATURES who were artists was a major factor for me to want to begin this group.” The creation of these new creative societies reflects the changing Ridgewood cultural landscape. With soaring rents in Manhattan and Brooklyn, Ridgewood is quickly becoming a haven for artists and writers seeking not only affordability, but a greater sense of community as well. Heinz and her boyfriend, filmmaker Cody Cardarelli, were part of this migration. Both Heinz and Cardarelli relocated to Ridgewood nearly six months ago from Manhattan and Bushwick, respectively. “We knew that Ridgewood was somewhere we would inevitably fall in love with,” by Kelly Marie Mancuso Ridgewood is the birthplace of two new creative organizations seeking to unite the growing community of local artists and writers. The Ridgewood Artists Coalition (RAC) and Ridgewood Writers’ Group both held inaugural meetings this month in an effort to forge connections with fellow creative minds. RAC founder Emily Heinz welcomed members to the group’s first meeting last Saturday, Oct. 11 at The Spot café on Madison Street. Heinz, a senior at Parsons School of Design, formed the coalition as a way to bring local, individual artists together in a creative, supportive network. 19 • TIMES, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014 Creative Rebirth In Ridgewood WWrriitteerrss && AArrttiissttss GGaatthheerr TTooggeetthheerr FFoorr RRoouunnddttaabbllee TTaallkk -SEE ARTISTS ON PG. 57- Local Artist Debuts Film An autumn storm couldn’t stop the fun during All Saints Episcopal Church’s annual Pumpkin Festival last Saturday, Oct. 11, along 46th Street between Queens Boulevard and 43rd Avenue in Sunnyside. Street vendors lined the block, and guests found food, games and other entertainment inside the church. (photo: Marcin Zurawicz) TTeellss SSttoorryy OOff PPrroomminneenntt AAccttrreessss by Noah Zuss The Lost Interview with Carlina La Salle, a short film by a Ridgewood-based filmmaker made its debut at the New Filmmakers New York Film Festival last Saturday, Oct. 4. This is the latest project from Robertson Tirado, a Grover Cleveland High School graduate. It explores the fictional life of a prominent German-born actress in the early 20th century. The 18-minute docudrama takes the form of an extended interview with La Salle, similar to the feature-length film, Frost/Nixon, Tirado said. In the short, La Salle discusses her life, and coming to America to begin a career as an actress in the talkies. Tirado wrote, produced and directed the film which stars Amanda Long as La Salle. He made it in his spare hours while working full-time managing a home improvement business, he said. Always interested in filmmaking, Tirado stated he made his first movie when he was 17. To create the black and white piece, Tirado built his own sets, found vintage costumes and paid for the production out of his own pocket He viewed the project as another step in pursuit of a passion for creating film and art, Tirado told the Times Newsweekly. This passion for filmmaking has beckoned Tirado to “learn every aspect of the craft,” he said. “I forced myself to write a script,” he said. “From there the juices started flowing and I just started writing like crazy.” -SEE LASALLE ON PG. 57- Great Pumpkin Festival In Sunnyside
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