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PROGRAM COMMITTEE

To plan, provide and promote a variety of quality lectures, concerts, trips, movies and special events to suit the interests of Kendal residents. The Program Committee is the coordinating body for resident initiated programs at Kendal. Kendal residents and non-residents who wish to make a presentation or sponsor a presenter should contact the Program Committee Chair with a written description of the proposed program. The Program Committee chair will then consult with the committee to avoid duplication and other potential conflicts of interest or scheduling. Representatives from the following and other subcommittees share their planning by reporting to the Program Committee at the regular monthly meetings.
(Ann Elder chair, Randy Wagner liaison)
Meets the 2nd Monday of each month at 4:00 p.m. in the Green Room

 

 

Big Bus Trips: To provide interesting trips away from Oberlin at a minimum cost. To be self-sustaining. (Inactive)

 

Center for Lifelong Learning (including News & Views): The Oberlin Committee (called Tier 3) is a subcommittee of the Center for Lifelong Learning Curriculum Committee, sponsored by Lorain County Community College and affiliated with Oberlin College and the Elderhostel Institute Network. Our purpose is to plan and offer a variety of continuing education classes which are held in Oberlin, most at Kendal. (Harol Pesuit)
The 2015 Annual Report of this Committee is available here.

 

Conversations with the Community: To provide occasional speakers from the community.

(Anne Elder)
The 2015 Annual Report of this Committee is available here.

 

Foreign and Documentary Films:(Dwight Call)

 

Music: The primary purpose of the KORA Music Committee is to provide quality musical programs performed by students and professors from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, by Kendal residents, and by other soloists and ensembles from the larger community. (Carol Longsworth, Larry Dunn)

Anyone wishing to join the committee should speak with one of the co-chairs.
The 2015 Annual Report of this Committee is available here.

 

Saturday Night Movies: To present entertaining, upbeat non-violent films, usually comedies or comedy dramas, the first Saturday of each month. ( Donna VanRaaphorst, Diana Kahn)

 

Special Events: Coordinates planning for Spring Fling Dance, Fourth of July Parade, Solstice Celebration, Christmas Eve Program, and New Year’s Eve Party. Anne Elder and Committee Members
The 2015 Annual Report of this Committee is available here.

 

Third Thursday Lectures: To invite speakers of interest to Kendal every third Thursday except generally during December and the summer. (Not to be confused with First Thursday Health Lectures.) (Priscilla Steinberg)