Welcome to the Kendal on Hudson (KoH) Residents Website.  Kendal is a nonprofit continuing care community of friendly, vibrant, and creative people, passionate about life, in a beautiful environment.  The website provides information about life here for residents and interested outsiders.  Content is compiled or produced by residents, under the auspices of the Residents Website Committee with support from the KoH Residents Association Council.

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Kendal Chorus Gave their annual Spring Concert May 20, 2019

Photo by Caroline Persell

Photo by Caroline Persell

All but one are in this photo. Can you tell who’s missing? There’s a video clip of them singing in the Residents Only section.

Cuatro Puntos Chamber Ensemble Playing at Kendal on Hudson May 19, 2019


Sleepy Hollow Leaders Meeting with Kendal on Hudson Residents May 14

From left to right: Sleepy Hollow Village Administrator Anthony Giaccio, Deputy Mayor Glenn Rosenblum, Board members Sam Gonzalez, Rachelle Gebler, and John Leavy, Chief of Police Anthony Bueti, and Mayor Ken Wray.

From left to right: Sleepy Hollow Village Administrator Anthony Giaccio, Deputy Mayor Glenn Rosenblum, Board members Sam Gonzalez, Rachelle Gebler, and John Leavy, Chief of Police Anthony Bueti, and Mayor Ken Wray.


Edie Demas, Executive Director of the Jacob Burns Film Center, Speaking May 13 at Kendal on Hudson

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Tamar Gordon Speaking on “Worlds on Display” The History and Culture of World’s Fairs” at Kendal on Hudson May 6, 2019

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Photos by Caroline Persell

Photos by Caroline Persell

Jennifer Ahn and Ziqing Guo, violin; Devin Moore and Tal McGee, viola; Liav Kerbel and Tzu-Wei Huang, cello Playing at Kendal on Hudson May 5, 2019

Schools Superintendent Christopher Borsari Updating KoH Residents on the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns April 29, 2019

Photo by Caroline Persell

Photo by Caroline Persell

Click here to see the five point Tarrytown Sleepy Hollow “Basics Program” demonstrated with short video clips.

Click here to see the short video by Oscar Pak that Superintendent Borsari wanted to play about the “Peabody Preserve Outdoor Classroom.”

Avery Ensemble Playing at Kendal April 28, 2019

Photos by Arthur Brady

Photos by Arthur Brady

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Professor James Ketterer Speaking about “What I Learned about American Democracy by Working on Elections Overseas” April 17, 2019

Photo by Caroline Persell

Photo by Caroline Persell

Bettijane Sills Speaking April 15, 2019 about her Book Broadway, Balanchine & Beyond: A Memoir

Photo by Arthur Brady

Photo by Arthur Brady

Chris White Speaking April 8, 2019 about “Sparking Dialogue with Essential Nonfiction Films”

Photo by Caroline Persell

Photo by Caroline Persell

Catherine Campbell Nesbit and Julie Majchrzyk, accompanied by Mark Mitchell, Performing “A Song for all Seasons” April 7, 2019

Photo by Arthur Brady

Photo by Arthur Brady

The Quartet which Played Excerpts from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at “A Song for all Seasons” April 7

Kate Branch, viola; Howard Cohen, cello; Jane Parkhouse, violin; and Carol Collins, violinPhoto by Arthur Brady

Kate Branch, viola; Howard Cohen, cello; Jane Parkhouse, violin; and Carol Collins, violin

Photo by Arthur Brady

Steve J. Sherman Presenting “Leonard Bernstein in Photographs” April 1, 2019, a great Talk about Bernstein’s Passionate Involvement in music and life

Photo by Arthur Brady

Photo by Arthur Brady

Christopher Bonanos Speaking March 25 about Arthur Fellig, a Well-known News Photographer from the early 20th Century

Photo by Caroline Persell

Photo by Caroline Persell

“Word on the Hudson with Jim & Jeff” March 21, 2019

Photo by Caroline Persell

Photo by Caroline Persell

Thomas J. Ruller, NYS Archivist, Speaking on “Poets Can Be Soldiers: Remembering New York State’s Role in the Great War” March 18, 2019

Photo by Caroline Persell

Photo by Caroline Persell

Nat Brandt Spoke on “The Confederate Plot to Destroy New York City” at Kendal March 11, 2019

Photo by Arthur Brady

Photo by Arthur Brady

Elizabeth Pitcairn, violin and Barbara Podgurski, piano brought five Luzerne Music Center Students to Play at Kendal on Hudson March 10, 2019

Maya Holtham, cello; Angel Guanga, violin; Francisco Verastegui, flute; Joaquin Manuel Estrella, piano; Nicholas Fanara, piano all performed that afternoon.

Maya Holtham, cello; Angel Guanga, violin; Francisco Verastegui, flute; Joaquin Manuel Estrella, piano; Nicholas Fanara, piano all performed that afternoon.

Stephen J. Abraham Speaking about Being an Air Traffic Controller March 4, 2019

Photo by Caroline Persell

Photo by Caroline Persell

Bard College Conservatory of Music at Kendal on Hudson March 3, 2019

Photo by Caroline Persell

Photo by Caroline Persell

Professor Christopher H. Gibbs lectured on Russian composers and Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich in particular, followed by two wonderful performances by Bard Conservatory muscians.

Here’s a clip of them playing Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14.

Playing Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67.

Program by Robin Huffman, “The Artist Who Saves Primates” February 25, 2019

Photo by Caroline Persell

Photo by Caroline Persell

Robin speaking above and one of her amazing paintings of the orphaned primates saved by Ape Action Africa on right.

Photo by Arthur Brady

Photo by Arthur Brady


Jeff O’Donnell and Ann Holloway Giving a Class on DaVinci February 12

Photo by Caroline Persell

Photo by Caroline Persell


Paul E. Olsen Spoke on “How Climate Change and Evolution Conspired to Make Dinosaurs Dominant for 1.36 Million Years,” February 11, 2019

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Photos by Caroline Persell

Photos by Caroline Persell

The Manhattan String Quartet Played Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Mozart, February 10, 2019


Resident Norman J. Sissman Giving “A Brief History of Our Planet Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 60 Minutes” February 4, 2019

Photos by Arthur Brady

Photos by Arthur Brady

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The two books Norman recommended.

Sara Mascia and Char Weigel Speaking on “A Different Take on Local History” February 2, 2019

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Photos by Arthur Brady

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Jeff O’Donnell and Jim Antonucci at the Town Hall Meeting January 30, 2019

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Photos by Arthur Brady

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Kendal and Pace Announce Cooperative Plans January 28, 2019

Sean Kelly, Fran Kelly, Marvin Krislov, and Jim AntonucciPhoto by Caroline Persell

Sean Kelly, Fran Kelly, Marvin Krislov, and Jim Antonucci

Photo by Caroline Persell

For more information click here.


Kendal Resident Gloria Lewit’s Photo in Current Exhibit at Rockefeller Park Art Gallery

Photo by Gloria Lewit

Photo by Gloria Lewit

For more information about the show, click here.

Omni Piano Quartet Concert at Kendal on Hudson January 20, 2019

Video by Caroline Persell

Suzanne Ornstein, violin; Ronald Carbone, viola; David Heiss, cello; and Thomas Schmidt, piano.


Sleepy Hollow Police Benevolent Association, Fire Department, and Ambulance Corps Representatives Discuss their Work and How Kendal Support Helps

Photos by Arthur Brady

Photos by Arthur Brady

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January 14, 2019


Barbara Turk Speaking at Kendal on Hudson about Tarrytown’s Family Y January 7, 2019

Photo by Caroline Persell

Photo by Caroline Persell


Lori Horowitz, violin; Bernard Tamosaitis, cello; and Alan Murray, piano playing Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No 1 in D minor at Kendal on Hudson January 6, 2019

Recent Editions of Kendal View, our Bimonthly Journal

Other issues of Kendal View are in the Creating page of the Community Life section of this website.  Scroll down to the Writing section of that page to see them.


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