New Trip - New York Historical Society

The Trips Committee has announced a new trip, this one scheduled for Wednesday, July 17, to the New York Historical Society, New York.

Participants will be treated to “Hudson Rising: An Environmental Odyssey,” an exploration of 200 years of ecological change and environmental activism along the Hudson River through artifacts, media and Hudson River School paintings plus ways to restore and re-engineer the river as a result of climate change.

Also showing will be exhibitions of “Stonewall 50,” the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising and gay liberation movement; Cole Porter’s 1907 piano on loan from the Waldorf-Astoria; “Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman (1892-1962),” a celebration of African-American culture by a woman who overcame poverty and discrimination to become an influential 20th-century artist; an historic Bible collection; Audubon birds; and Tiffany lamps.

As usual, sign-up for trips must be made in the Trips Book located in the Activities Alcove.

Important Reminder

Not everything we print on the Residents Website is fun or entertaining, so…

Please remember that the second installment of 2019 estimated income taxes (both Federal and State) are due on or before June 17, 2019.

We beseech you get it done on time. It’s embarrassing when the IRS or FBI agents show up at the Front Desk. Sign the check and know that you’re taking one for the team.

Both the Government and your co-residents thank you.

Horticulture Committee

Are you interested in gardening?

If so, come to the next meeting of Kendal’s Horticulture Committee.

The meeting will take place on Friday, June 14 at 2:00 pm in the Administrative Conference Room located near the Robert Fulton Bridge.

If you have any questions, get in touch with either Anna Mae O’Leary or Peter Limburg.

The Court System of New York State

Do you know the difference between Family Court, Criminal Court, and County Court in New York State?

Did you know that New York's Supreme Court is not the state's highest court?

The town of Ossining Judge Michael Tawil and former Westchester Assistant District Attorney Robert Prisco will untangle the intricacies and peculiarities of the New York State court system for you.

This great chance to meet these two top-flight attorneys (without a fee) will take place on Tuesday, June 11th at 3:30 pm in the Private Dining Room. Bring your questions. Non-legal questions? Get in touch with Annette Leyden or Martin Smolin.

A Stellar New Trip : The Frick Museum

The hard-working Trips Committee under the more than able chairperson of Jan Myers announced a new trip.

On Wednesday, July 10, there will be a group visiting The Frick Collection, New York. They will explore this jewel of a museum and its new exhibition on “Tiepolo in Milan,” ceiling frescoes of a palazzo painted in 1730-31 and destroyed by World War II bombing.

These “lost frescoes” are recalled by five preparatory paintings and drawings and by black-and-white photos of the frescoes from 1897 to the late l930s.

Other exhibits feature “Elective Affinities,” contemporary ceramic sculptures of Edmund de Waal installed amid art masterpieces and furnishings in the galleries; “Whistler as a Printmaker,” 15 prints and a pastel; and French Faience.

Sign up for this trip in the Trips Book located in the Activities Alcove.

Monthly Council Meeting and a Special Meeting with Howard Smith and Sean Kelly June 10

The monthly meeting of the Residents Council will be held on Monday, June 10 at its regular time, 2:00 pm.

There is some very good news. Council Chairman Jeff O’Donnell is back from his “medical leave” and will once again be in the chair. His Lone Ranger days with a surgical mask are over, so the assembled multitude will once again see his smiling countenance.

All of us thank Vice Chair Lois Seulowitz for her excellent pinch-hitting while Jeff was on leave.

Immediately following the Residents Council Meeting we will welcome Howard Smith, Chair of the Kendal on Hudson Board, and Sean Kelly, Executive Director of the Kendal Corporation.

All residents are encouraged to attend both meetings.

Harpsicord and Cello at Kendal June 9

On Sunday, June 9 at 3:00 pm, Kendal will welcome Anthony Newman, piano/harpsicord and Guy Fishman, cello in what will be a stellar concert.

Described by Wynton Marsalis as "The High Priest of Bach" and by Time Magazine as "The High Priest of the Harpsichord," Anthony Newman returns to Kendal with a program that includes works by Handel, Beethoven, and Bach.

Newman will be making his second appearance at Kendal. With him will be Guy Fishman, principal cellist of Boston's Handel and Haydn Society. Among Fishman's teachers is Julia Lichten, daughter of Susan Lichten.

Tony Award Winning Songs at Kendal

At 7:30 pm Friday, June 7, in the Gathering Room, Catherine Nesbit, director of the Kendal Chorus, returns with her voice students to entertain us with songs from Tony Award winning shows such as Fiddler on the Roof, Cinderella, Into the Woods, Chess, Hairspray, Flower Drum Song, Children of Eden, and many more!

Come and enjoy the music of Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Stephen Schwartz and George Gershwin.

Included will be a Tony Award Jeopardy contest starring Steven McCormick as Alex Trebek.

The Role of Nutrition

The Health and Wellness and Dining Advisory Committees invite all residents to learn about “Nutrition’s Role in Your Well-Being”.

On Wednesday, June 19 at 7:30 pm in the Gathering Room, Kendal will be fortunate to have Christen Cupples Cooper, Ed.D, RD, the Founding Director of Nutrition Programs at Pace University, Pleasantville, New York for an interesting lecture on the subject.

This is a subject that all of us can benefit from learning more about. Plan to attend.

Churchill in Westchester June 6

June 6 marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the largest multinational invasion during World War II to defeat Nazi Germany. America's most prominent partner in this secret undertaking was Winston Churchill, the wartime Prime Minister of Great Britain.

In 1932, eight years before he emerged on the world stage, Winston Churchill delivered an historic lecture on "The World Crisis" at the newly opened Westchester County Center in White Plains during a two-month U.S. lecture tour.

On Monday evening, June 3, at 7:30 pm in the Gathering Room, author/historian Anthony Czarnecki returns to Kendal to reveal the fascinating story behind Churchill's appearance in Westchester County, what he said to an audience of 1,500 people, and how his remarks came to reshape postwar Europe.

Mr. Czarnecki is a long-time member of the International Churchill Society and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Westchester County Historical Society.