The Music Committee provides Kendal with a great array of exciting musical events.
Residents should mark their calendars for the following concerts:
Sunday Sept. 10 Cassatt String Quartet
Sunday Sept. 17 Ariel Horowitz, violin
In addition, an exciting non-musical presentation is planned.
Sunday Sept. 24 June Ballinger, one woman show: Once in...Never Out
The True Story of a Female Code Breaker During WW II
All Sunday events are at 3:00 pm.
The Election Committee of the Residents Council invites all residents to meet the candidates running for the Council
There will be an opportunity to meet the candidates on Monday, Sept. 11, at 7:30 pm in the Gathering Room.
Candidates this year for six seats are:
Margo Berger
Marilyn Bottjer
Eleanor Bromberg
Muriel Fox
Gisa Indenbaum
Steve Kanfer
Jeff O'Donnell
Art Sadler
Jim Wood
Remember: Election Nights are: Sept. 13 & Sept. 14 - 5:00 to 7:00 pm
It's not exactly like walking on water but the Trips Committee has arranged an excursion to Poughkeepsie so that you can stroll over the world's longest elevated pedestrian bridge.
The Walkway is 212 feet high and 1.28 miles long over the Hudson River. Great views and an exciting experience.
The trip will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 27. Sign up in the Trip Book in the hallway opposite the Computer Room.
There is also space available or a short wait list for:
Wed. Sept. 6 NYC "Do Your Own Thing"
Wed. Sept. 13 New York Botanical Garden (Bronx)
Questions? Get in touch with Jan Myers, Trip Chairperson
Click here for more information on the group, what it does, and the speakers coming.
John Sorice, the Chair and organizer of the Domestic Issues Discussion, announced the dates and subjects for this year's program. There will be five sessions commencing on Oct. 9. They are:
Oct. 9 Saving America's Neglected Infrastructure
Oct. 23 America's Criminal Justice System & Prison Reform
Nov. 6 Can America's Presidential Election System Be Reformed?
Nov. 20 U.S. Tax Policy & Inequality
Dec. 4 The Future of America's Public Education System
All sessions will be held in the Gathering Room from 10:00 am to Noon. Sign-up sheets will be available on Sept. 6 on the shelf opposite the Computer Room. The program will be limited to 35 participants.
Once again, Kendal on Hudson will be entering a team to participate in the Walk to End Alzheimer's.
Cathy DiSomma will be forming the group and taking donations for the Alzheimer's Association.
On Wednesdays, August 23 and September 13, an info and donations table will be staffed in front of the Bistro to sign people up and accept their donation checks.
The three-mile walk will take place on September 24 at SUNY Purchase.
The long-serving and much beloved Health Services Administrator, Karen Harvatin, is retiring.
Kendal will hold a reception in her honor on Thursday, August 31, from 2:30 pm to 4 pm in the Gathering Room.
All residents, staff and families are invited.
The Kendal Library is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Volunteers are there to help you Monday to Friday, 10am-12 noon and 2pm-4pm.
How to Borrow Books from Kendal
• To check on the availability of a book, look on the Kendal Library web site: librarycat.org/lib/2blackcats. Newspapers, magazines and reference books must remain in their locations.
• To borrow a book, fill out a yellow slip and leave it at the desk. Loan period: 60 days.
• To reserve a book, fill out a pink slip.
• To return a book, place in Book Return bin.
Paperbacks and Special Collections are in various locations within Kendal. Books are borrowed on the honor system.
Paperback locations:
Mary Powell 2nd floor near double elevators
3rd floor near double elevators
Clermont 1st floor near elevator
R. Fulton 1st floor near bridge to Mary Powell
Alida 1st floor near elevator
The Hands-Free Way to Borrow books
from the Westchester Library System
You will need a valid library card from a Westchester County library.
• To request a book by phone, call Warner Library at 914 631-7734 and ask for the Reference Librarian. Be sure to let the librarian know you are calling from Kendal so that your book will be put with other books to be picked up by Kendal Transportation.
• To request a book online go to www.warnerlibrary.org click on “Catalog” and follow the prompts. Your password is the last 4 digits of your Kendal phone number.
• Once a week, a Kendal driver will pick up the reserved books from Warner and bring them to the Kendal library. A library volunteer will call to let you know your book has arrived. You may collect it during the times the desk is staffed.
We're running out of superlatives about the kinds of trips available for Kendal residents.
The Trips Committee has just announced that on Wednesday, September 13, there will be an excursion to the NY Botanical Garden in the Bronx to see a major garden exhibition by Dale Chihuly, the renowned glass sculptor.
There will be new, site-specific, hand-blown stained glass sculptures that dazzle with color, light and form at the conservatory, visitor center and arboretum; drawings and paintings in the library.
Wow!
You should also know that there is space available for the August 23 trip to the American Museum of Natural History and the Sept. 6 NYC "Do Your Own Thing" (Metropolitan Museum of Art drop-off) excursion.
Sign-up is in the Trips Book opposite the Computer Room.
The first Fall 2017 Book Discussion will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 18th or Thursday Oct. 19th from 3:00 to 4:30 pm in the Residents Association Office.
Attendance is limited to 12 at each session so, indeed, there will be two sessions. Sign-up sheets will be distributed to cubbies shortly.
The book discussed will be Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha. It is a counter-culture icon, a totem of youth in revolt which was first published in 1922. Sounds exciting!
Questions? Get in touch with the Chair, Lois Seulowitz.
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