Category: Generals

Hear the SaddleBrooke Singers and a Professional Jazz Artist!

Cheri A. Emahiser Daniel Slipetsky, Jr., is known as “Sly” and as a terrifically talented professional jazz artist. Sly will accompany the SaddleBrooke Singers on piano for their Dec. 10 holiday performance titled “A Christmas Odyssey.” You don’t want to miss this musical experience taking place on Saturday evening at the DesertView Performance Art Center.…

Save the Date: November 15

The MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association (MPWGA) annual golf tournament fundraiser “Take a Swing at Cancer” will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Registration will be open through Oct. 30 with sign-up forms available at the MountainView and Preserve golf shops in SaddleBrooke. This is a “just for fun” golf event. Handicaps are not required, and…

Christmas Carols—From Whence Did They Come?

The Community Church of SaddleBrooke invites you, your friends, and neighbors to attend our 18th Advent celebration. This is a very special tradition and is a wonderful way of celebrating the start of the Christmas season. This year’s Advent luncheon will be held on Friday, Dec. 2, at the MountainView Ballroom. Doors will open at…

Mental Health Focus—Coping with Depression

Do you know how to recognize the signs and symptoms of depression? Do you know how to help someone who is experiencing depression? Are you experiencing depression and need help to find resources? Come join us at Santa Catalina Catholic Church, 14380 N. Oracle Road. The same program will be presented twice, so feel free…

Mountain Shadows Church Celebrates 25 Years

Rev. Rachel Srubas In 1997 a handful of faithful residents of SaddleBrooke and the environs established a worshiping fellowship that became Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church. On Sunday, Oct. 30, Mountain Shadows will celebrate 25 years as a congregation “centered in Christ, caring for community.” All are welcome to join the celebration, which will begin at…

Senior Village at SaddleBrooke – Neighbors helping Neighbors

Free Piano Performances Senior Village is hosting a series of free piano performances for the entire SaddleBrooke community. The piano matinee is the idea of the Senior Village Friendly Contact team who create social activities, birthday parties, game days, and more for Senior Village members interested in more interaction with others. The team wanted to…

We All Have Skin in the Game

TJ Duffy SaddleBrooke residents and guests can make a significant contribution to the fight against skin cancer by attending, bidding, and donating at the Skin Cancer Research Fundraiser Silent Auction on Nov. 13. The University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC)/Skin Cancer Institute (SCI) (nationally recognized for advances in skin cancer research), the SaddleBrooke Tennis Club…

‘Gardening for Hummingbirds in the Desert’ October 19

Sheilah Britton, Pinal County Master Gardener Your SaddleBrooke/SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners invite you to attend an in-person presentation with Carianne Funnicelli on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 1 p.m., entitled “Gardening for Hummingbirds in the Desert.” Ms. Funnicelli will be speaking in the La Mesa/La Montana Rooms at La Hacienda in SaddleBrooke Ranch. Do you enjoy…

Western Pulp Fiction Featured in FSL November Lecture

Nancy McCluskey-Moore On Thursday, Nov. 10, at 4 p.m. in the DesertView Theater, Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries (FSL) will host the third in its 2022-23 lecture series. Steve Renzi will present “Western Pulp Fiction.” Pulp fiction magazines sold for a dime, and in the 1920s to 1950s they filled American newsstands. Nobody admitted that they…

Calling All Woodworkers

Mark Erickson and Jay Rosenlof We all know that there is not a woodworking facility in SaddleBrooke—or is there? There is as much or more woodworking equipment in many garages in SaddleBrooke than in most cabinet shops. I know there is part of one in my garage. As woodcarvers, we have many people visit us…