Category: October 2022

Bucks 4 Books Celebration Features CS&M Trio

Barry Swartzberg There’s one party in 2022 you do not want to miss. It’s the Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries (FSL) “Rock n Roll” Bucks 4 Books Celebration on Nov. 30 in the MountainView Ballroom. This fun-filled musical event, the culmination of the 2022 Bucks 4 Books Raffle fundraiser, will include a live drawing for three…

Celebration of Watercolor—October 15

Karen Brungardt It is time again for the Celebration of Watercolor Art Show where several award-winning SaddleBrooke watercolor artists will showcase their original works of art! This one-day event is on Saturday, Oct. 15, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the west end of the MountainView Country Club Ballroom in SaddleBrooke, Ariz. The show…

The Tennis Cabana Is Coming to SaddleBrooke!

Debbie McGeehan Cheri Megli will be bringing her “Tennis Cabana on Wheels” to the SaddleBrooke Tennis Center on Saturday, Nov. 5. Her shop will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tennis racquets, POP paddles, footwear, apparel, and accessories for tennis, POP, and pickleball will be available. This event will afford you the opportunity…

Word of the Month: Luthier and Oud

David Zapatka At a recent Weird Music concert at Stillwell Pianos in Mesa, I was pleasantly surprised to hear a traveling Belgian-Italian guitar duet playing the music of Gurdjieff collaboratively written with Gurdjieff’s musically gifted pupil, Thomas de Hartmann. I have had an appreciation for Gurdjieff’s philosophies since I began reading him in the early ‘70s…

Hats Off to SVSB’s Wizard David Loendorf

Andrea Molberg Mention David Loendorf, who’s retiring from Senior Village at SaddleBrooke’s (SVSB) Board of Directors, and immediately you’ll hear the word wizard—someone with magical powers or so skilled at something it seems like magic. King Arthur had Merlin, Harry Potter had Dumbledore, and SVSB had David Loendorf. David was the originator and designer of the…

October HOA Elections Meetings Open to All

Fran Berman, United SaddleBrooke The November 2022 HOA Boards Elections may be the most important in SaddleBrooke history! There will be three open board seats in SaddleBrooke One and two in SaddleBrooke TWO. If you think it’s time to have new leaders with fresh ideas on the HOA boards, then be sure to attend United…

Italy’s Jews Under the Shadow of the Holocaust

Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers are proud to have Deborah Kaye, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in the French and Italian Department and Judaic Studies at the University of Arizona, speak on “Italy’s Jews under the Shadow of the Holocaust” on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 2 p.m. at the DesertView Theater, with a social at 1:30 p.m. The…

SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network

Save the Dates! Don’t Miss the Fashion Show and Luncheon This year, SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network’s (SBPRN) annual Fashion Show and Luncheon will be held at the SaddleBrooke One clubhouse on Wednesday, Nov. 30, and Thursday, Dec. 1. Doors will open at 9:30 a.m., seating at 11 a.m., with the event starting at 11:30 a.m. Calle…