Helen Avery SaddleBrooke residents are invited to join the SaddleBrooke Photography Club as they host award-winning photojournalist Kelly Presnell of the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson. The presentation will take place on Nov. 18 beginning at 1 p.m. in the Sonoran Room, located inside the SaddleBrooke TWO MountainView restaurant area. Presnell joined the Star in 2003, and…
Connie Kotke, Publicity Chair Pastel gives a beautiful, soft texture to any canvas or paper, with myriad colors available through blending and creative techniques. This artistic medium has enjoyed a long history, from Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec to Picasso himself. Now you can take your pastel skills to the next level with monthly mentoring sessions sponsored…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg It is not an organization many people are familiar with. And yet it has been serving millions of veterans of the United States since 1929. Originally named The Retired Officers Association (TROA), in 2003 its named was officially changed to Military Officers Association of America (MOAA). Regarding its mission, the MOAA…
Stuart Watkins Forget Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Bookman’s. Get great books to read or give as gifts right here in the SaddleBrooke Gift Shop. When I was “manning” the gift shop, I noticed my new book, Jerome, Arizona, prominently displayed on the nook reserved for SaddleBrooke authors who offer their books for sale in the…
Judy Saks Dancing, dancing, dancing. That is the main purpose of the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club. It even says so in the mission statement on our website. “The Mission of the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club is to … learn and enjoy the craft of line dance.” Doing all that dancing (which we love to do)…
Dinner and dancing is a kind of ultimate fantasy date, but too often we skip the second part. Things have been looking up, thanks to Dancing with the Stars. Seeing macho football players, average Joes like Jerry Springer, and billionaires adeptly moving around the floor can make men feel liberated to give ballroom dancing a…