Outside riders: Kurt McMillen, Tom Kruse, Paul Frederickson, Gary Nix, Rick Zabinski, Dan Hoshino, Curt Kooiker, Ray Malaski, Jim Doyle; not pictured: John Roberts (photo by Marty Herbert) Wanda Ross…
Artist’s impression of an Eclipsing Binary (Credit: European Southern Observatory) Sam Miller The SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club is pleased to host Father Christopher Corbally, an astronomer with the Vatican Observatory…
A recent summer SBDC dance class (photo by Wanda Ross) Watched any Dancing with the Stars episodes? Then you have probably seen rumba. Remember Johnny (Patrick Swayze) in Dirty Dancing? “Time…
Movin’ to the music Introduction to Ballroom: Rumba and Tango Judy Saks The SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club (SBDC) is pleased to continue our Introduction to Ballroom classes. These classes are…
The gals (left to right): Lyn Moreno, Allison Lehman, Stacy Olson, Shawne Cryderman, Wendy WeinbergThe guys (left to right): Steve Willer, Larry John, Jim Spiegel, Mark Randall Julie Adamen The…
The speaker at our March 6 meeting will be Janice S. Blackhurst who will be presenting “Genealogy Gems in U.S. Probate Records: Wills, Estate Inventories and Sales, Distributions, and Guardianships.” The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. in the Coyote Room at SaddleBrooke One. Janice S. Blackhurst has over 40 years of research experience and…
Michelle Wiklund The Thrill of Thrifting (The Hunt) and Styling (Décor)! There’s no question about it—the secondhand market is currently experiencing a golden age. Estate sales (popular in SaddleBrooke), flea markets, and thrift stores are bustling with activity as buyers seek wanted décor treasures or to add to their personal collections. But thrifting is also…
The speaker at the SaddleBrooke Computer Club meeting on March 17 will be Dian Lineback, and her topic will be “New iPhone/iPad Tips and Tricks.” The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. at the DesertView Theater. No matter how long you’ve used an iPhone, there are always new (or new to you) features to discover.…
Judy Saks Let’s start with a question: Is graphic art “fine art”? Yes, a short definition (taken from Wikipedia) states: “A category of fine art, graphic art covers a broad range of visual artistic expression, typically two-dimensional graphics, i.e., produced on a flat surface ….” Join us as we discuss the life and works of…
We meet on the second Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. to noon at the Arts & Crafts Activity Center at SaddleBrooke One, Room 4, to share information, get new ideas and names of doctors, and listen to speakers dealing with various matters affecting us. Many publications are available for you to take home…
At our meeting on Feb. 6 at the DesertView Theater, our speaker, Sharon B. Megdal, PhD, compared and contrasted the Wicked Water Problems facing both Arizona and Israel, two desert locations. She highlighted new technologies being developed in Israel that offer potential solutions to Arizona’s water problems. Dr. Megdal bridges the academic, practitioner, and civil…