A good retirement community is one that plans plenty for its residents to do. Here at Episcopal Retirement Services, we enjoy doing just that. We’re already hard at work packing the calendar full for June. But, today, now that May is here, it’s time to highlight what seniors living at Deupree House can look forward to this month.

Thursday, May 12

7:30 p.m.

Tonight, in the Event Center, we’ll host a concert by a trio of musicians from the Church of the Redeemer. Enjoy beautiful vocals by Redeemer’s soprano soloist, accompanied by her trumpet-playing husband and a pianist.

Saturday, May 14

1:15 p.m.

Deupree House residents will board the bus to attend the Ensemble Theatre’s production of Violet, based on the short story “The Ugliest Pilgrim,” by celebrated North Carolina author Doris Betts.

This musical follows the story of Violet, a young woman living in the 1960s, who had been horribly disfigured in childhood. Violet takes a bus to Oklahoma, seeking a televangelist she believes can heal her. Along the way, she forms unlikely friendships with her fellow riders, including a young soldier whose love for her reaches past her physical imperfection.

The score features show-stopping anthems with roots in American folk and gospel traditions.

Our Saturday Cinema series entry for this evening will be 2014’s The Theory of Everything, starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones and Tom Prior, and directed by James Marsh.

This biopic focuses on the real-life relationship between famous theoretical astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and his wife. As Hawking’s health begins to decline at age 21 due to the onset of ALS (also known as “Lou Gehrig’s disease), his relationship with his art student future wife Jane Wilde is strengthened and tested.

Wednesday, May 18

Today, residents will board the bus to Music Hall, for our last chance for a tour of Cincinnati’s premier music venue before long-overdue renovation and reconstruction begins.

We’ll learn about Music Hall’s amazing history, from the start of its construction over the sites of a former orphanage and pauper’s cemetery (the building harbors many a reported restless spirit), to its service as the site of the heated 1880 Democratic National Convention and its later grand splendor as the home of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops.

Crowd favorite chair volleyball returns to the Club Room today. Come play with us!

Fridays and Saturdays, May 20-21 and 27-28

The May Festival traces its roots back to the competitive Sängerfests held from the 1840s on by German immigrants in the city’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. The first May Festival was held in 1873; it gradually became an annual event attracting high-caliber choral talent from around the nation.

Sunday, May 22

Tonight, our residents will be dining at the National Exemplar in the East Side’s historic Mariemont Inn. This stylish restaurant has been a Cincinnati eating destination for decades. It serves American-style dishes, plus plates to share, wine and craft beer. Eating well is living well!

Thursday, May 26

Tonight, in the courtyard, we’ll welcome the all-volunteer Jump ‘N’ Jive Big Band, comprised over a dozen professional musicians (trumpets, trombones, saxophones and a full rhythm section, plus vocalists) for a pre-Memorial Day celebration of patriotic music, swing favorites and jazz standards from the 1920s through the 1950s.

Memorial Day, Monday, May 30

This morning, we’ll host a special holiday brunch in the Dining Room. Join us for a special breakfast and lunch menu.

Completing our Memorial Day observance, tonight we will screen a documentary, WWII Memorial: A Testament to Freedom, in the Event Center. This documentary chronicles the efforts advocates took to make sure their dream — a national memorial to the men and women who served in the Second World War — would be completed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Watch as artists try to conceive a fitting homage, construction crews execute their vision and veterans relive their experiences.