Category: Clubs & Classes

Rotary International

Master Gardener offers gardening tips to Sunrise Rotary Club Brianne Spaeth Lyle Larson, a Certified Master Gardener, spoke this week at the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club. He moved to SaddleBrooke after living many years in Vancouver, Washington and the upper Northwest. After working for many years with the landscape of the Northwest, he was in…

Pool Players of the Brooke vs. Sunflower Billards Club

Joe Giammarino The Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) would like to thank Sunflower Billiards Club, Terry Boren, President of the Sunflower’s Billiards Club and their members for the friendly competition and camaraderie. Another big thank you goes out to Dominic Borland and Gary Barlow, captains of the Pool Players of the Brooke Travel Team…

Questers 75th diamond jubilee

The May 10 meeting of the Catalina Timewalkers was a celebration of Questers 75th diamond jubilee! Club members gathered at the SaddleBrooke home of Andrea Boulanger to commemorate this milestone with a Victorian tea party and presentation. Ms. Boulanger led members on a tea party trivia quiz dating back to the early 1600s and invited…

Nonfiction Book Group notice

Kathleen Van Sistine The Nonfiction Book Discussion Group meets at 1:00 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month in the meeting room at the Iris Dewhurst Public Library in Catalina. It is the only nonfiction book group that we are aware of in our geographic area. We attract members from Catalina, Oro Valley and…

SaddleBrooke Computer Club

Dennis Korger When the thermometer hits 100 degrees almost every afternoon, beat the heat in our air-conditioned computer classroom! Still using Windows 7? You may want to learn about Windows 10 by signing up for “Meet Windows 10,” “Personalize Windows 10” or “What’s New in Windows 10.” “What’s new in Google Chrome” examines the world’s…

Republican Club meeting notice

Join us on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at the SaddleBrooke TWO MountainView Ballroom for another informative meeting for Republican Club members and guests. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. and the event will begin at 4:00 p.m. Your Keynote Speaker this month is a club favorite, Barry Webb. Barry has logged a 25-year career as an…

Hikers take on the Santa Ritas

Sandra Sowell The weather was cool and overcast as SaddleBrooke hikers drove down to the trailhead at the end of Madera Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains. On the way, drivers had to negotiate through three separate highway construction sites. But, finally, they reached the trailhead and began the trek up Old Baldy Trail to…

Summertime classes: come in to have fun and avoid the heat

Jeanne O’Meara Below are the classes being offered this summer. Check the Art Classes page at saddlebrookefinearts.org for the most up-to-date schedule and information about each class. Remember, with a membership fee of $20 annually, each class is $10 less. For more information and registration go to the Art Classes page at http://www.saddlebrookefinearts.org. Some classes…

Summer Line Dance Classes with Rebecca

Dr Mark Magdanz It’s been said that “you don’t stop dancing because you’re getting old – you get old because you stop dancing.” There is no excuse for not dancing in SaddleBrooke these days. Maybe there’s no ballet, but most everything else is out there for all to enjoy. Movement with music and socialization has…

SaddleBrooke Winds & Strings double concert week

Saturday, April 6, 2019 was a fun-filled evening at the SaddleBrooke One clubhouse lawn. Under the big tree with the mountains behind the band, the weather held, the sprinklers didn’t come on and the hummingbird was in attendance all through the concert as the band played. What a perfect way to spend an evening. The…