Instead of Bingo, Senior Housing Brings Opera Singers and Broadway Insiders to Residents
New York senior communities take advantage of the city’s cultural institutions by inviting artists and experts to their facilities.
Peter Kendall Clark, an opera singer, offers a private concert in the lobby of the Watermark at Brooklyn Heights, a senior housing community. Credit...Robert Wright for The New York Times
By Kaya Laterman
July 6, 2021, 6:00 a.m. ET
Enrichment classes are a dime a dozen in retirement facilities, but a crop of high-end senior living communities in New York City is offering next-level workshops, taught by local artists and experts from local museums and cultural institutions.