Jane Gromelski Partners Western Dance Club has a lot of dancing fun scheduled for the upcoming year. The club has Western Dances scheduled in 2016 in the MountainView Ballroom; Monday, December 5 with Wild Ride and a New Year’s Eve dance on December 31 with Branded Duo. We will have a cash bar and M&Ms…
Tammy Bearden The SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild is pleased to present a new series of free lectures in partnership with the University of Arizona Museum of Art during January, February and March. Kicking off the series will be a presentation entitled Twisting Traditions in Sculpture and will be held on Wednesday, January 4, 2017, from…
Karen Schickedanz Become a SaddleBrooke sleuth and help solve a delightful and hilariously funny mystery by attending a performance of Eat, Drink and Be Deadly! The whodunit will be presented in a dinner theater format on February 19 and 20 at HOA 2 and February 26 and 27 at HOA 1 by SaddleBrooke’s new acting group,…
Patty Elliott What do SaddleBrooke and Splendido have in common on a Friday night? Other than being home to retirees of a variety of ages, both offer happy hours and opportunities for socialization with friends. The same holds true for the folks from Resurrection Church at SaddleBrooke. On Friday, November 4 two patio parties were…
Pat Smith Once again, the recipe books of famous French chefs, Julia Child and Jacques Pepin, were removed from the pantry by dozens of SaddleBrooke Francophiles and poured through for unique dishes to serve at our annual Progressive Dinner, honoring the talents of these two world class culinary artists. This particular event also honors our…
Intriguing lineup of courses offered Leigh Leuthold Why not expand your horizons this winter and learn something new? The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) is offering an enticing lineup of courses. These courses are designed specifically for active retirees and are taught by resident experts. Most classes are four to six weeks in length…
Tom Barnwell The Spanish Culture Club of SaddleBrooke (SCC) is a culture club, not a language club. It is composed of a group of social and intellectually curious Brookers that seek to expand their knowledge of Latin culture within the Old Pueblo and beyond. This is accomplished through monthly meetings that include speakers and tapas…
LaVerne Kyriss Research, study, documentation and thoroughness are highly disciplined practices that Teri Garner used during her career as a speech pathologist and special education program specialist. They’re also approaches Garner has transferred to her new-found pursuit of art. On bookshelves in her welcome and inviting studio are found neatly-labeled binders full of carefully documented…
The SaddleBrooke Quilt Club (Friday Quilters) presented donation checks to two organizations in November. The first was the Oracle Schools Foundation whose primary mission is to provide preschool scholarships to three and four year olds who would not otherwise be able to receive this critical good start to their education. These students will eventually attend…
The ILR is proud to introduce Mike Carran. He is relatively new to the ILR Board of Directors; however, he has been an Instructor and is now the Chairman of the Curriculum Development Committee. Mike was born in Iowa City, Iowa where he attended high school. From there he went to the University of Texas…