COMING SOON IN OR AROUND KENDAL ON HUDSON

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November 20: Warner Library Movie Matinee

Amsterdam

Date/Time: Wednesday, November 20, 2-4 pm Location: Warner Public Library, 121 North Broadway, Tarrytown

In the 1930s, 3 friends witness a murder, are framed for it, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history. 

Free

Starring: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington 2022 R 2hr 14m

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November 23 - December 31: Winter Wonderland

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November 29-December 1: Holiday Kick Off at the Hudson River Museum

Date/Times: Friday, November 29-Sunday, December 1, 11am-5pm Location: Various locations 

Celebrate the start of the holiday season at the HRM with a selection of festive programs all weekend. Don’t miss two different Stories from the People of the Longhouse with master storyteller Perry Ground on Friday afternoon and mesmerizing magic shows with Didi Maxx on Saturday. Tour our Gilded Age historic home, which will be decked out for the holidays in Victorian splendor, create your own colorful patterns and clay pendants in art workshops and a holiday ornament in a science workshop, and enjoy planetarium shows for all ages, including a holiday edition of The Sky Tonight at 2pm.

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December 7-8: Lyndhurst Holiday Tea

Dates/Times: December 7 & 8, 11am – 12:30pm & 3 – 4:30pm Location: Lyndhurst Mansion Restoration, 635 South Broadway, Tarrytown

For over a century, several of the families who once called Lyndhurst home, infused the mansion with the magic of the holiday season. Lavishly decorated, Lyndhurst would come alive with holiday dishes gracing the tables as music filled the rooms with the sounds of Christmas.

Inspired by these traditions, the Holiday Tea will celebrate the genre of music that accompanied the families’ gatherings, with a short program highlighting the history of carols and melodies with a special focus on those with seasonal fare references.

Led by Bridget Bray, owner of the Puddings and Biscakes teas and the creator of custom-crafted tea experiences, the Holiday Tea experience promises to capture the spirit of the season, and we invite you to join in the merriment.

Fine teas from the Puddings and Biscakes collection will be offered alongside a selection of holiday sweets that will include scones with jam, clotted cream and seasonal spreads; mince pies, gingerbread cookies, sugar cookies – and figgy pudding.   The Holiday Tea is comprised of a short program, an array of sweet offerings and tea, and will take place within the Carriage House.

Recommended for ages 16 and up.

Check-in at the Welcome Center 15 minutes before the time on your ticket.

All ticket purchases are non-refundable.

Ticket holders do not need to purchase a Daily Grounds Pass, as this event includes access to the grounds.

Tickets and Admission:

General Admission: $85 per person, Ages 16 and older.

To reach Lyndhurst’s Ticket Box Office, please call: 914-303-6838 between 9:30 am- 4:30 pm Thursday – Monday.

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November 17: The Jazz Forum

Ana Fernandez Brazilian Group

Date/Times: Sunday, November 17, 4 and 6pm Location: The Jazz Forum, 1 Dixon Lane, Tarrytown 

With Tina Turner-style energy and Celia Cruz-like joy of performing, Ana Fernandez brings a mastery of all Brazilian music to Tarrytown.

Born in Aracaju and growing up in Sao Paulo, Ana began singing at 9 years old, absorbing the Samba, MPB, Bossa Nova, Xote, Baião, Xaxado, Carimbo, American soul, blues and jazz, forging her own unique style. Now a New Yorker, she's gigged at legendary spots like the Zinc Bar, SOBs' and Cafe Wha.

Tickets: General Admission: $27.25 Child/Student (with ID): $22

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November 23-January 20: Holiday Train Night Show

Holiday Train Shows

Adults 21+: November 23, 29, 30; December 7, 13, 14, 28; January 4, 11, & 18 All Ages: December 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, & 27

Location: New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY  

Enter a winter wonderland unlike any other at the Holiday Train Show, where cherished seasonal traditions find a home in our enchanting train displays, by day . . . or night. The timeless holiday magic of rail travel fills the Garden with nostalgia as model locomotives and trolleys trundle through our picture-perfect outdoor lawn display and bring the Haupt Conservatory to life with the busy sounds of the season. In the warmth of our landmark glasshouse, you’ll find twinkling, plant-based replicas of famed local architecture creating a cityscape in miniature—a meticulously crafted world brimming with the lively energy of New York City during the holidays. 

After dark, our roving Train Conductors welcome you to Holiday Train Nights, and set you on your journey through the warm glow of the Holiday Train Show. Experience the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory like never before, with colorful lighting bringing the holiday spirit under glass. During your visit, you can bop along to holiday classics and Christmas pop favorites sung by performers in our Locomotive Lounge. And with sweet and savory bites, spiked cider cocktails and mocktails, and hands-on gingerbread fun for purchase, the night is made complete with your favorite treats. Whether you’re out on the town with friends for our 21+ nights, or bringing the whole family for an all-ages celebration, make new holiday memories while discovering the magic of New York City’s favorite holiday experience. 

Tickets now on sale! Don’t wait! Tickets sell out fast 

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December 7 & 8: Holiday Thrills & Chills Concert

The Old Mill Singers is a local community chorus with a fabulous and fun annual holiday concert held just up the road from Kendal at Clearview School.

Nell McDonald, Kendal Chorus’s Director, is also the director of the Singers! And resident Lisa Rosenbloom is one of the singers. Practically a Kendal family affair!

Tickets can be purchased at the door or, even more conveniently, by contacting Lisa at x 1924.

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November 15-December 8: Sherlock Holmes: The Brook Street Mysteries

M&M Performing Arts and Red Monkey Theater Group Presents

SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE BROOK STREET MYSTERIES

Dates/Times: Friday-Sunday performances, November 15 – December 8, 5pm and 7:30pm

Location: Lyndhurst Mansion, 635 South Broadway, Tarrytown (Performances in the Grand Picture Gallery)

Tickets on sale now and selling out fast

Adapted from the stories by Arthur Conan Doyle

M&M Performing Arts and Red Monkey Theater Group present a new Sherlock Holmes adventure this fall. Sherlock Holmes and confront two perplexing mysteries at the same Brook Street address, doubling the adventure. Two classic mysteries. “The Adventure of the Resident Patient” and “The Adventure of the Naval Treaty” wind together to present a chilling and confounding web of danger and intrigue.  

You will check in at the Welcome Center at least 15 minutes before the show’s start time.Performances will start in the Carriage House/Welcome Center and move up the hill to the Mansion’s second floor via 25 stairs; it is not handicap accessible. There is no late seating.

The play runs about 80 minutes without an intermission and is appropriate for ages 12 and up.

Parking is free.

For all ticketing questions and issues, please call Lyndhurst’s Ticket Box Office: 914-303-6838 between 9:30 am- 4:30 pm Thursday – Monday. 

Tickets are $49, general admission, non-refundable and non-exchangeable.

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November 17: Stephen Sondheim — An Afternoon of Song and the Story

Photo credit: New York Times

Stephen Sondheim: An Afternoon of Song and Story

Date/Time: Sunday, November 17, 3:00 - 4:30 pm Location: Shames Jewish Community Center, 371 South Broadway, Tarrytown

We are bringing Broadway to The Ark in an unforgettable evening combining history with a musical production! In this special event from the Golden Ticket Series, Broadway legend Jack Viertel provides insight into the life and mind of Stephen Sondheim, one of the modern masters of the American musical. While exploring the background of his iconic songs, you’ll be treated to a performance of his famous works by a quartet of professional singers, accompanied by a live orchestra.

Members: $50 Non-Members: $60

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October 11-May 17, 2025: Sketching Light: Chagall’s Windows for Union Church

Marc Chagall, Studies for three of the eight side windows for Union Church [detail], 1965-66. Watercolor, pencil, paper, and fabric collage. Collection of the Rockefeller Archive Center.

Photo by Mick Hales

Date/Time: October 11, 2024-May 17 2025 Open Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, 11 am-3 pm

Location: The Pocantico Center, 200 Lake Road, Tarrytown

“Sketching Light: Chagall’s Windows for Union Church” is a rare opportunity for to explore the creative process of renowned artist Marc Chagall (1887-1985).

In the 1960s, Chagall was commissioned by the Rockefeller family to create a large stained-glass window in memory of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., as well as 8 smaller windows, for Union Church of Pocantico Hills.

Sketching Light features 27 mixed media works on paper from Chagall’s preparatory studies for the project. These works, acquired by David Rockefeller in 1975, will be on public display for the first time since 1978.

Chagall’s first ideas for each window are roughly laid out in pencil or ink sketches. In successive iterations, he adds color with paint, pastel, and collage to create a multi-media maquette.

One of the most renowned modernists of the 20th century, Chagall produced 10,000 works during his 75-year career. Although primarily known as a painter, the artist worked in a wide variety of materials and techniques, devoting himself to stained glass during the final decades of his career. Union Church was Marc Chagall’s first stained glass commission in the United States and remains the only church with Chagall windows in the country.

All visitors must reserve a free timed-entry ticket prior to visiting.

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Starting September 25, continuing 4-8 weeks: Con Edison Gas main replacement on RT 119

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September 20-November 17: The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze

Date/Time: September 20-November 17, times vary by date

Location: Van Cortlandt Manor, 525 S Riverside Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson 

The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze is the Hudson Valley’s most electrifying fall happening! 

Meander through the 18th-century landscape of Van Cortlandt Manor and discover a breathtaking display of more than 7,000 illuminated jack o’ lanterns—all designed and hand-carved on site by a team of talented artisans. Complete with synchronized lighting and an original soundtrack, don’t miss this one-of-a-kind event!

New for 2024:

*Celebrate the 20th year of Blaze with a giant birthday cake and Celebration Arch

*Step into the Gourd & Goblet Tavern, a new VIP experience on the pumpkin trail

*Meet pumpkin-ified classic movie monsters

*Spot the giant Kraken rising from the Croton River

Advance tickets only, no tickets sold on site. Celebrate the 20th year of Blaze with special pricing all season: On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, all tickets after 8pm are just $20!

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End of “Coming Soon” 2024

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Clearwater Chirpers

If you’re unfortunate enough to wind up in Clearwater, try to get assigned to a room with a bird feeder outside your window. A small team led by Annette Leyden keeps the birds well-fed and in competition with each other for the daily Feeding Frenzy. It’s more entertaining than WWE knock-down wrestling!

FDR and Westchester

An amazing lecture awaits us when an outstanding author will talk about a fascinating book Nothing to Fear:  A Look Back at FDR’s 24 Public Appearances in Westchester County.

 On Monday, September 19, at 7:30 pm in the Gathering Room, author/historian Anthony Czarnecki will tell us the story of FDR’s many connections to Westchester County that were uncovered in his recently published research.

Nothing to Fear reveals that FDR was no stranger to the people and places of Westchester County; his special connection to the firefighters in Sleepy Hollow is also explained.

 Mr. Czarnecki, retired Chief of Staff at the Westchester County Correction Department, has long served on the Board of Trustees of the Westchester County Historical Society.

Upcoming Art Show

Kendal will soon have a new Art Show on the Rue des Artistes.

Theme: “The Real and the Imagined” November 8, 2022 to April 18, 2023.

This is the first announcement to let residents and staff know the theme and give them time to prepare their submissions, which may include assemblages, paintings, drawings, fiber arts (not wearable arts), sculpture, photography: whatever hangs on a wall or fits in a case.

Look for details in future issues of Spotlight.

Curators:: Lynn Brady, Ann Holloway & Judy Baker

Play-Reading Group

Something new has been added to Kendal’s cultural life - a Play-Reading Group

Calling All Would-Be Performers! Gwen Moffat, Jeff O’Donnell, and Jon Masters are organizing a play-reading group in which the members will read/perform scenes of their choice.

While individual members may, from time to time, decide to perform their scenes for a larger audience, the group is intended for those who want to just perform/read scenes.

If you would like to be part of the group, please join us at 7:30 pm, Tuesday, September 13, in the Gathering Room.

Sleepy Hollow Cultural Event September 17

Transportation will be provided to the Cultural Festival on Saturday, September 17 where the Village of Sleepy Hollow will celebrate its residents’ many countries of origin with an annual event in Kingsland Point Park.

Featuring music and dance on two stages, an art exhibit (including works by Kendal artists), and foods and crafts from many lands, this is a very special day. Look for more details on bulletin boards and at the front desk.

Kendal on Hudson is a major sponsor of the event, and is offering van service leaving Kendal at 11:30, 12:15, and 1:00, with return-trip pickups at 12:45, 1:30 and 2:30. Sign up at the Front Desk in the Cultural Festival Transportation notebook.

Saturday Opera

On Saturday, September 17, Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello will be shown in a production by Franco Zeffirelli for the Metropolitan Opera from the 1978/79 season. 

The principals are Jon Vickers in one of his greatest roles as Otello, Renata Scotto as Desdemona, and Cornell MacNeill as Iago. James Levine conducts the Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus.

Otello will be shown in the Gathering Room at 1:00 pm.

Lecture September 12: Women, Wisdom, and Ecosystem Leadership

On September 12 there will be an important program in the Gathering Room at 7:30 pm when Antoinette Klatzsky will talk about: “Wisdom, Women, and Ecosystem Leadership”

Women in business have established new norms across business and philanthropy, in part due to the way women lead.

Antoinette Klatzky, a longtime leader in the Eileen Fisher ecosystem, will share her perspective on women’s leadership, the wisdom the business world has been gaining from it, and how philanthropy is changing to support people and the planet. 

 Ms. Klatzky serves as Eileen Fisher Leadership Institute’s Co-Creator and Executive Director as well as the Host, Facilitator, and Co-Producer of “Women Together.”  She holds a BA from Bucknell University.

All are invited to attend.

New Trip Announced

Kendal’s Trips Committee announced a new trip, this one to the Newington-Cropsey Foundation on Wednesday, October 12.

We will visit the home and studio of artist Jasper Cropsey and the Newington-Cropsey Foundation’s art gallery in nearby Hastings-on-Hudson. Jasper R. Cropsey (1823-1900) was one of the 19th-century artists in the Hudson River School of Painters. This group of artists, which included Frederic Church, Thomas Cole, Asher Durand, and others, were inspired by the scenery of the Hudson River Valley.

They created the first paintings of the American landscape in a new Romantic style. These artists also traveled to Europe and painted a variety of other settings and themes.

After many years in Europe, Cropsey purchased a house in Hastings-on-Hudson in 1885 where he lived and worked for 15 years until his death.

The Newington-Cropsey Foundation was started in 1977 to preserve and display Cropsey’s home and paintings. The Cropsey Homestead “Ever Rest,” built in the 1830s in the Carpenter Gothic style, is on the National Register of Historic Homes. Some furnishings were designed by Cropsey; other pieces are European and Asian. The house has been maintained as it was in the Cropsey family’s time.

The Cropsey Gallery, built in 1994, housed in a Gothic Revival building with an ornate rotunda, offers temporary exhibits and art shows. There will be tours of both the house and the gallery, with lunch at Maud’s Tavern in between.

Discussion Group Returns

Kendal’s Discussion Group Returns After Labor Day.

Kendal’s Thursday Morning Contemporary Issues Discussion Group (CIDG) returns on Zoom on September 8 after a two-week “vacation”.

On the 8th, former National Public Radio Germany correspondent and former American Jewish Committee Berlin Director Deidre Berger will be CIDG’s Lead Discussant for an hour session which starts at 10:00 am. Ms. Berger will address “Europe at a Crossroads”.

All Residents are invited to join. If you have not previously participated, you’re invited to contact Eugene DuBow who will see that you receive a Zoom invitation. It will be coming to you on Thursday morning at 9:30 am. The serious discussion begins at 10:00 am.