Art Show Notes

To the Exhibitors of Our Current “Oh, The Places You’ll Go” Art Show, October 15, 2019 to October 16, 2020

Thank you all so much for making our current show such an excellent one. We have received many compliments from residents, staff and visitors.

As our new show starts October 20, the current show has to come down. Please remove your work(s) from the walls in the Rue des Artistes on Friday, October 16 or Saturday, October 17. If you are unable to do so, we will remove the work and leave it in the Art Room so you can pick it up at your leisure.

To the Exhibitors of our New Art Show “Awakening” October 20, 2020 to April 16, 2021

Please bring your work to the Art Room on Saturday, October 17, between 10:00 am and noon or 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm, or on Sunday, October 18, between 10:00 am and noon.

We also want you to know that we have received so much excellent work that we may not be able to hang it all. We will hang as many as space allows. Please make sure that there is a wire on the back of your artwork, since our hanging system can only accommodate wires.

Please put on the back of your submission: (a) your name (b) your apartment number (c) your telephone number (d) the title of your artwork, etc. (e) medium (oil, etc.).

Lynn Brady, Ann Holloway, Judy Baker

Volunteer Community Service Survey

Kendal recently issued a survey asking residents to let it know if they are doing volunteer work in not-for-profit or governmental organizations outside of Kendal.

We thank the many residents who have responded, not only for completing the survey but also for all they do in the community.

If you have not responded, please do so by October 18. If you need another form, contact Harriet Barnett.

Residents are asked to fill out the survey as soon as possible since it will be closed shortly.

The Great Courses

Kendal continues its education program via its internal TV station Channel 1970 with Great Courses.

Museum Masterpieces: The Louvre starts Oct. 17/18 at 3:00 pm. The Louvre is considered the most famous art museum in the world with collections numbering in the millions.

Over six weekends, Professor Richard Brettell will lead us on a tour of the Louvre’s most famous curatorial department, the Department of Paintings, responsible for European paintings from the Middle Ages until the mid-19th century.

Prof. Brettell is the Margaret McDermott Distinguished Professor of Art and Aesthetics at The University of Texas at Dallas. Each lecture is 30 minutes long.

Information will appear in Spotlight in advance of their weekend showing on Channel 1970 from October 17/18 through November 21/22.

Early Voting: More Information

This year voters can vote in person before Election Day, from October 24 through November 1.

There are several Polling locations in our area. The closest to Kendal is at the Joseph G. Caputo Community Center, 95 Broadway, Ossining, NY.

Early voting times:
Saturday, Sunday - 12 noon-5 pm
Monday, Wednesday, Friday - 8 am-4 pm
Tuesday, Thursday - 12 noon-8 pm

If you would like to go to an Early Voting site and have already received an Absentee Ballot, take it with you and show it to them. They will tell you what to do to void the ballot so that you will be able to vote normally by machine.

PLEASE NOTE: The van will take residents to the early voting site in Ossining on Monday, October 26 from 9 am to 3 pm, and another day to be announced. Please sign up at the front desk.

IMPORTANT!! October 24 is the last day to send in absentee ballot applications. Send earlier!!

Early Voting for the November Election

Information has come our way that you may vote early at the Joseph G. Caputo Community Center which is located at 95 Broadway in Ossining. (It's a street off of Highland just after you pass through the main area of town and at the bottom of a hill. There is a landmark bank building on the right and a left turn lane to Broadway. Also a marker for something related to Sing Sing).

The Center will be open for early voting from Saturday, October 24 through Sunday, November 1 from 12 noon to 5 pm. On the 26th, 28th, and 30th, they will be open from 8 am to 4 pm.

Chat with Pamela

Kendal’s CEO Pamela Klapproth will be hosting an In-Person Chat with up to 17 residents on Tuesday, October 13, 9:30 am—10:30 am in the Gathering Room.

With meeting limitations slightly liberalized, Pamela felt that actual face-to-face meetings would now be possible and desirable.

Residents are requested to call Jordan DiPaolo if they would like to sign up.

Space is obviously limited so an early call is suggested.

Information Technology

Interested in Information Technologies (IT)?

If so, you are invited to attend a meeting of the KoH Residents Computer Committee, Friday, October 9, at 3 pm in the Gathering Room.

The Committee helps residents with their computers, tablets, and smartphones; provides and maintains computers and copiers in the Computer Room and KoH Library; helps run Zoom meetings; tries to learn more about digital devices and software, and runs in-person workshops for residents when possible.

Peter Bermas and Caroline Persell are Co-chairs and can be contacted for further information.

Architecture and Columbus, Indiana

Admit it! You always thought that the meaningful architecture in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles set the tone for all cities and suburbs throughout the nation. However, it didn’t for Columbus, Indiana.

The why and the what will be the subject of a Kendal Zoom Webinar: “Columbus, Indiana: How modern architecture has helped shape a small town’s future” on Monday, October 5, at 7:30 pm.

For over 70 years, Columbus, Indiana has been committed to using design to make a better community for all of its citizens. Will Miller, a special friend of Nancy and Hank Schacht, will tell the story of the architecture and its effects on the town, how it has come to both reflect the community’s sense of place and to shape it.

A leader in business, civic revitalization, and philanthropy, Will Miller became the second president of the Wallace Foundation in 2011 and is former chair of Irwin Management, a privately owned investment management firm in Columbus.

He co-chaired Vision 2020, a major civic investment initiative focused on rebuilding Columbus’ city center. He serves on the board of Cummins, Inc. In 2008 he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He holds a BA in English from Yale and an MBA from Stanford.

To attend this Webinar, residents will receive an email from Jeff O’Donnell, Saturday, October 3, inviting them to register. They should click on the link provided and enter first and last names, along with their email address.

Jeff informs us, “When you click Register, a new tab will open in your browser saying click the link below to join the Zoom Webinar. You will be reminded one day before and one hour before the lecture. Please click the link 15 minutes or so before the lecture, which will start at 7:30 pm. Your audio will be automatically muted, and your video will not be shown.”

Give and Take Table Returns

According to organizers Sharry and Art Lukach, “the Give and Take Table is once again in operation. From 9 am Thursday, October 1 until 5 pm Wednesday, October 7, all our treasures will be on show and be yours for the taking. Of course, you are invited to contribute your delightful odds and ends— just remember we can’t display FOOD, CLOTHING, or SHARP OBJECTS.

Please wear your mask, use the hand sanitizer provided, and maintain social distancing. Because the area is narrow and we can’t arrange directional traffic, we must ask you to limit the number of people at the tables to 2 or 3, spaced 6 feet apart. If more people are present, please take a seat at the elevator area and possess your good, kind, souls with patience.

Please keep the line moving, get/give some good stuff, and enjoy the swapping!”

Nancy Gibbs to Speak

Save the Date - Monday, October 26.

Nancy Gibbs, daughter of our Janet Gibbs, returns via Zoom for her third Kendal lecture. The subject will be: “The Perfect Storm that Threatens Democracy”.

Former Managing Editor of TIME magazine, she is an author and commentator on politics and values in the United States. She is currently Lombard Director of the Shorenstein Center at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and also Visiting Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press, Politics, and Public Policy.

The time of the talk will be announced shortly.