April Vitality Programs at Phelps Hospital

For the April 2019 Vitality Calendar, click here.

For the April Breakfast Club information, click here. Topic is “How Genetics Link to Your Risk for Cancer.”

For the Elder Law three-part Series click here.

For the Senior Debate flyer click here. This month’s topic: “The 20th Century was the American Century, the 21st Century will be the Century of China.”

For “Meditation Comes to Phelps Hospital,” click here. There are multiple sessions.

For the Spirituality flyer, click here. This month’s topic: “Keeping Sabbath: Does the Fourth Commandment Matter when there’s never enough time?”

For the “Demystifying Medicare” program flyer, click here.

Two April Concerts

April may bring showers to Sleepy Hollow but Kendal is doing its bit to make spring a wonderful season we all can enjoy. The Music Committee, under co-chairs Fran Kelly and Bert Pepper, have two great concerts lined up.

Sopranos Catherine Nesbit (Kendal Chorus director) and Julie Majchrzyk return for another special presentation, “Songs for the Seasons,” on Sunday, April 7 at 3:00 pm in the Gathering Room.

The program will include a string quartet playing excerpts from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, with Catherine and Julie entertaining us with familiar songs especially chosen for each season.

On Sunday, April 28 the Avery Ensemble (Adriana Jarvis, piano; Steve Larson, viola; Annie Trepanier, violin; and Hans Twitchell, cello) return for their 10th performance at Kendal. This year, the theme is “1919 and Beyond.” Featured will be two 1919 pieces by Paul Hindemith and William Walton, and the more recent and very popular Café Music by Paul Schoenfield, a raucous celebration of music and dance from the 1920s. This concert will also be in the Gathering Room at 3:00 pm.

Efforts for a Dog Park

Through the efforts of Doris Appleby, dog owners at Kendal may soon have a new leash on life (or lack thereof).

In order to apply to the Residents Association for construction of a dog park for the use of KoH dogs only, residents first have to apply to become a committee of the Residents Council. To do this, they need to elect three officers: a Chair, a Secretary to take minutes, and a Treasurer to deal with any financial matters.

If you’re a dog owner and haven’t yet done so, please tour the KoH campus and mark on the maps you’ve been given potentially viable sites for a future dog park. When the weather is good, we might tour together a possible site in the Trail Area across from the cul-de-sac in front of Clermont. We will also review the six other Kendals having dog parks.

A meeting will take place in Doris Appleby’s apartment at 1:30 pm on Monday, March 18. In future, when they are better acquainted, the dogs may be welcome in her apartment—but not just yet, when the humans will have so much to do.

Alone and Together

Life at Kendal presents opportunities to be both autonomous and interdependent. A small group of seven is invited to pursue the theme of “Being Alone and Being Together.” Led by Myron Gordon, this workshop will help participants gain insights into how both capacities can be mobilized in their daily lives.

This workshop is open to all residents, including previous participants. The workshop takes place on Saturday, April 6 from 10:00 until noon in the Administrative Conference Room (ACR). To enroll, please get in touch with Myron Gordon.

Sleepy Hollow Election March 19

This time we can walk all the way to the polling place because it will be here in the Residents Lounge from 6 am until 9 pm on Tuesday, March 19.

There is only one slate on the ballot—probably because there is no opposition. Most people have felt that the Village Board and the Mayor have been doing a good job.

Nevertheless, it is important for us to vote. Politicians do take note of the turnout in every district, and are more likely to pay attention to those areas with large turnouts.

Poets As Soldiers: A Lecture Mar. 18

November 11, 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the end of hostilities in World War I, the Great War. New Yorkers played a major role in the war effort, both in the trenches and at home.

On March 18, Thomas Ruller, NYS Archivist, will discuss New York’s contributions to the war effort, highlighting the stories of several individuals, including the poet Joyce Kilmer, as well as the aftermath of the war and how it affected New York and the lower Hudson Valley region.

Thomas Ruller has served as NYS Archivist since November 2015, having held various positions within the State Archives and the State Education Department since 1988. As an Archivist at the Alabama Department of Archives and History, he visited every county courthouse as part of a team that developed records management guidance for local governments across Alabama. Tom is also proud of his service as a local government historian, serving as the Deputy City Historian for his hometown of Gloversville, NY in the late 1970s through 1983.

Mr. Ruller will talk about “Poets as Soldiers” in the Gathering Room, on Monday March 18, at 7:30 pm All residents are invited.

Kendal Fall Prevention Clinic Mar. 26

Kendal’s Fitness Coordinator Kathy DiSomma recently announced another of her Fall Prevention Clinics on Tuesday, March 26 with a lecture at 10:00 am followed by balance drills at 10:30.

We don’t want residents falling all over themselves to register, but they have to register in person with Cathy.

Broken legs and worse can be avoided by talking to her. Don’t hesitate! Do it ASAP.

Registration closes on March 22.

Guidelines for Artists Submitting Work to the Coming "Mostly Blue and White" Art Show

“MOSTLY BLUE AND WHITE”
April 9, 2019 – October 11, 2019

The curators ask for submission of artwork made by residents and staff; paintings, photographs, collages, assemblages, wearable art, fiber arts and whatever can hang on the wall or fit in a case. Please bring your work to the Art Room on Saturday March 23 between 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm or Sunday March 24 between 10:00 am and 12:00 noon. Maximum: three submissions. The work will be curated over that weekend, and we will let you know if your work has been chosen.

The work is to be picked up Monday, March 25 between 10:00 am and 12:00 noon.

If you are unable to bring your work to the Art Room, give us a call and we will arrange for the work to be either picked up or curated in your apartment. Please remember to put your name, the title, medium (oil, collage, etc.) and your phone and apartment numbers on the back of the work submitted. The work does not have to be framed at this time. Many thanks!

We look forward to seeing your work and showing others the many talents present at Kendal. It should be an interesting show.

Curators: Lynn Brady and
Barbara Gochman

Get To Know...

Kendal’s “Get to Know…” Saturday program will present our residents with an opportunity to get to know another interesting couple (they’re also residents) Michael and Jo-Ann Rapaport. Jo-Ann has authored a couple of books and Michael is an attorney with considerable Jewish background and knowledge.

There is an awful lot more, but you have to come to the Gathering Room on March 16 at 2:00 pm to hear and see them interviewed.

Ariel Horowitz Concert March 17

On March 17 at 3:00 pm violinist Ariel Horowitz and pianist Eri Kang return to Kendal with a concert featuring works by Bach, Beethoven, Ravel, among others.

A brilliant violinist, Ariel Horowitz is a student at the Yale School of Music, having previously studied with Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho at The Juilliard School.  A superb chamber musician, Eri Kang received her masters from The Juilliard School and has served on the faculty of CUNY Brooklyn College.