Kendal on Hudson Oral History Project and Marketing Video

The Kendal on Hudson Oral History Project and Marketing Video is ready for viewing.

The hour-long program scheduled for April 10 was canceled because of COVID.

We were going to tell you that the video was created as an offshoot of the Archives and Oral History Project for use as a marketing tool for potential residents. We were going to tell you about Sound & Story, the non-profit organization devoted to building community memory, which conducted the oral history interviews and extracted the most heartfelt and enticing bits to create a video worthy of KoH ( www.soundandstory.org ).

The project took the better part of 2021 and now comprises more than 200 gigabytes of text and video, housed at multiple sites to keep it secure. We hoped to convey the value of this material to KoH residents, to scholars studying the evolution of senior living, to local historical societies, and as a rich source for a hoped-for written history of Kendal on Hudson.

Now the video is up on YouTube via the Kendal on Hudson website. To view the 10-minute video, go to Kendal’s home page by clicking here and scroll down to click on the blue Watch Video button.

With sincere thanks to all who participated in this project! Fran Kelly, Edward Kasinec, and Gretchen Engler, KOH Archives and Oral History Project members.

Kendal's Co-Pilot Program

Kendal’s Co-Pilot Program is planning to start operations on June 1. There are still some vacancies on the schedule for residents who want to help with this vital program.

Please join the team that offers a companion to Independent Living residents going to the Phelps Emergency Room. Being on call once or twice a month ensures that we all have this valuable resource available to us when needed. It’s a small commitment. And a big reward. Forgive us if we ask twice. We do our best to keep track but, at the same time, are trying hard to cover all the days and nights of the month. If no one has approached you, call one of us. It will be greatly appreciated.

Contact Lillian Hess (days ), Jane Hart (nights), or Gretchen Engler (overall).

Together we are rebuilding the legendary Co-Pilots, supporting each other, day and night.

Trips: May 12 NYC

A New Trip to NYC is planned.

On Thursday, May 12, New York City “Do
Your Own Thing,” our most popular trip,
returns on a new day of the week.

Drop-off is at the Metropolitan Museum which is now closed on Wednesday.

Short Wait List

Saturday, May 21 – Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Met Opera HD Live, City Center Cinema, White Plains.

Do sign up if you want to see Lucia; there are often last-minute cancellations.

The Trips Book is at the Front Desk. List of Met operas in HD in White Plains is in the back of the book.

Saturday Opera Program Resumes

We are resuming our opera DVD presentations on April 23 with John Corigliani’s The Ghosts of Versailles.

The title roles in the Metropolitan Opera’s premiere performance are sung by Teresa Stratas, Håkan Hagegård, Renée Fleming, Graham Clark, Gino Quilico, and Marilyn Horne. The work was directed by Colin Davis and conducted by James Levine.

Saturday at 1 pm in the Gathering Room

Transportation News

“HELP! PLEASE FEED ME!” begs the Transportation Comment Box.

“It’s been two weeks that I’ve been sitting on the front desk by the sign-up books for transportation — and I’m starving. Won’t you please stop by and offer me some tasty comments and ideas to chew on?”

Our trusty drivers take us many places— to medical appointments, shopping malls and trains, with other destinations possible from time to time. We hope that one more driver might expand the options. But we need you to tell us: Where would you like to go? And when? What times of day? Weekdays or Saturdays? Going solo or with friends?

The members of our Transportation Advisory Committee will be reaching out to talk to you. And don’t forget to feed that hungry Comment Box before it disappears on April 30.

For questions, please call Ellen, Briana, or Anne White

Wednesday Art Classes to Continue

At 3 pm in the Art Room:

Final Collage/Assemblage class
April 20

Continue to incorporate disparate materials – use texturing techniques to enhance color and form.

New Series: Reproduction
April 27
Learn the art of relief printing – reproduce your own artwork using styrofoam and ballpoint pen.

May 4
Produce greeting cards or notepaper using relief printing techniques

May 11
Explore rubber-stamping – design on paper using repetitive motifs to create pattern.

May 18
Printing with a variety of media and methods – work toward a finished piece.

Registration is required for each class. Contact Gretchen Engler.

Tommy Mesa and Students to Perform

On Sunday, April 24, at 3 pm, Tommy Mesa, cello professor at the SUNY-Purchase Conservatory of Music since the fall of 2021, will present some of his students in a recital in the Gathering Room.

Mesa, who has performed at Kendal a number of times, is a doctoral candidate at the Manhattan School of Music. One of his teachers was Julia Lichten, daughter of Susan Lichten and thus the connection between Mesa and Kendal began. Needless to say, it has thrived.

“Lincoln’s Cabinet and the Civil War” April 18

Our April 18 Program will take place in the Gathering Room at 7:30 pm. We’re getting back to normal

Roger Lowenstein, son of Helen Lowenstein, returns to Kendal to discuss his highly acclaimed new book Ways and Means —Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War -- a revelatory financial investigation into how Lincoln and his administration used the funding of the Civil War as the catalyst to centralize the government and accomplish the most far-reaching reform in the country’s history.

Lowenstein, a Cornell University graduate, reported for the Wall Street Journal for more than a decade, including two years writing its “Heard on the Street” column. His work has appeared in numerous publications. His books include the New York Times bestsellers Buffett, When Genius Failed, and The End of Wall Street, and the critically acclaimed Origins of the Crash, While America Aged, and America’s Bank.

Copies of Ways and Means will be available for purchase @$25 each.

Kendal Trips Program

The Trips Committee announced a New Trip to take place on Wednesday, May 4: Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY.

Exhibitions on view:

 Constant Carnival: The Haas Brothers in Context: ”History of the carnivalesque from the 16th century to the present.”

 Elena Grajek: Overdramatic: “Works that play with pareidolia, the human tendency to see an object or meaning where there is none.”

 Jeila Gueramian: Let’s Step Inside: “Magical environment full of whimsical creatures handcrafted from recycled textiles.”

A tour is scheduled, followed by lunch at Whitlock.

The Trips Book is at the Front Desk.

Getting Ready For Kendal's New Art Show

A Note to the Exhibitors of the New Art Show “Kendal Kaleidoscope” from April 26 to October 18, 2022:

 Please bring your work to the Art Room on Saturday, April 23, between 10 am and noon, or between 1 pm and 3 pm.

We want you to know that we have received so many excellent works that we may not have the space to hand them all. We will hang as many as space allows.

 Please make sure to attach a wire to the back of your artwork as 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) title of your work

(e) medium (oil, watercolor, etc.)

Curators: Lynn Brady, Ann Holloway, & Judy Baker.