Category: April 2020

Streaming Subscription Costs Mounting Up?

Nancy McCluskey-Moore and Claire Mather We all love to watch movies and TV series from the comfort of our couch, but the annual cost of streaming services can quickly add up. For example, consider the cost of these popular services: Acorn TV $5.99/month, $71.88/year Amazon Prime Video $12.99/month, $155.88/year Disney Plus $6.99/month, $83.88/year HBO Now $14.99/month, $179.88/year Netflix $8.99-$15.99/month, $107.88-$191.88/year…

SaddleBrooke Singers Welcome Veterans with Song

Monica Gray (Photo by Bob Shay)

Cheri Emahiser It’s going to happen. We will honor our veterans, just not on the date we planned. The DesertView Theater has rescheduled our concert for Friday, November 6 and Sunday, November 8. If you bought tickets for our Lest We Forget concert, expect the DesertView Performing Arts Center to inform you of their cancellation…

Institute of Judaic Services and Studies

Sandy McNabb Our next Shabbat service is Friday, April 24, 2020, at 7 p.m. in the MountainView Country Club (MVCC) Ballroom West. Our services are led by Rabbi Sandy Seltzer and cantorial soloist Sarah Bollt accompanied by Chris Tackett. Sharing Shabbat is a wonderful way to welcome the peace of Shabbat as a community. Oneg…

TGIFriday Dance Party

SBDC dance in the beautiful MountainView Ballroom (Photo by Sheila Honey)

Diana Durham You’re invited! A Fabulous Thank Goodness It’s Friday Dance Party happens on April 17, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the MountainView Ballroom. Start off the weekend swinging and swaying to a great selection of dance tunes. This fun event is sponsored by the SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club (SBDC) and all SaddleBrooke residents…

Sign Up Season for Line Dance is Now

Thursday fun in Level 1 Line Dance was much more fun several weeks ago. We’ll be returning soon but not soon enough.

Dr. Mark Magdanz What happens next? Well, we are planning on dancing in the future and would like you to join us. The calendars are not set and our Mexico vacation is canceled, so everything is fluid, but the series will begin about one week after we get the authorization to return to the facilities.…

Blackett’s Ridge is All About the Views

Back row: Norm Rechkemmer, Linda Eglin, Tom Stafford, Dianna Wilson, Kelly Wilson, and Steve Meyers; front row: Gayle Hosek Spies, Elisabeth Wheeler, Wendy Butler Berns, Missy Rodey, and David Streicher (Photo by Missy Rodey)

Elisabeth Wheeler Blackett’s Ridge Trail, which climbs a prominent ridge that cuts between Sabino and Bear Canyons, is a short, but challengingly steep hike in the Sabino Canyon Recreation Area. Hikers who top the ridge win spectacular views for their efforts. Sights include the Rincon and Santa Rita Mountains to the south, the Tucson Mountains…

Free Dance Classes

Instructors Tom and Mary Borkovec are dancing the Argentine tango. (Photo by Sheila Honey)

Diana Durham In April, you can register for the SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club’s Beginning and Beyond Tango Rumba Fusion dance classes to be held on Wednesdays, May 6, 13, 20, and 27 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Mariposa Room at the DesertView Performing Arts Center. Two of the most romantic and beautiful of the…

Pool Players of the Brooke Recap

(Left to right) Bob Ogle, 1st place; Phelps L'Hommedieu, 3rd place; Julie Ferguson, 6th place and Top Lady; Randy Smith, 2nd place; Steve Searl, 4th place; not shown: Lowell Hegg, 5th place

Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) wants to thank our generous sponsors Leah Kari of Secure Senior Health Solutions and Mike’s Catalina Barber Shop. On Saturday, Feb. 29, the PPB Billiards Club hosted an 8-ball singles tournament in SaddleBrooke One’s Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) billiards room. The format was single game, double elimination. Tournament directors…