Barbara Starrett On Sunday, April 23 at 10:00 a.m. at the MountainView Ballroom, SaddleBrooke Freethinkers is proud to present Hate Crimes with Kent Burbank, MSW and Denis Provencher, PhD. The FBI defines hate crimes as a “criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or part by an offender’s bias against a race,…
SaddleBrooke residents Jim and Joanne Fairweather have a most fascinating story to tell of “where they were” on September 11, 2001. Jim was the Aviation Manager for The St. Paul Companies in St. Paul, Minnesota and his wife Joanne was a flight attendant. They were flying former President George Bush, his wife Barbara and Secret…
Punch Howarth A stunning, sometimes explosive, season ending concert in April offers a double dose of Russian, a German masterwork and ends with a Slavic jewel. The concert will welcome guest conductor Anton Shaburov (Sha bur ov) from Russia and fittingly he will open the concert with Russian Sailors Dance by Reinhold Gliere from his…
Jane Gromelski Return to those thrilling years when we were young. Some of us went to the dances and danced, some watched from the sidelines. Bah to that, we can all get on the floor and dance with our own moves—come and have fun with the music of our golden youth! Sip an alcoholic beverage;…
Upcoming FSL author lectures The Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries 2017 author lecture series continues with several exciting events coming this spring. Many SaddleBrooke residents are familiar with Mark Schwartz and his unique expertise regarding military history. On March 16 Mark’s lecture will be about Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Japan’s premier naval strategist, who wanted to avoid…
Pat Tiefenbach Reservations are going fast for the second SaddleBrooke Showcase of Talent on Monday, March 27 at 7:00 p.m. at the Gaslight Music Hall in Oro Valley. Don’t miss all the fun; call 520-529-1000 or visit gaslightmusichall.com to reserve your seats. Half of the $10 admission charge will be donated to SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue…
Jane Gromelski 50s and 60s Sock Hop! March 2, 2017! And April 27. Tickets on sale now! Return to those thrilling years when we were young. Some of us went to the dances and danced, some watched from the sidelines. Bah to that; we can all get on the floor and dance with our own…
Barbara Starrett Climate Change Science and Policy Options will be the topic for the upcoming Freethinkers meeting on Sunday, March 26, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. (with coffee social at 9:30 a.m.) at the HOA 2 MountainView Ballroom. Dr. Lockwood Carlson will discuss climate changes in the last few hundred years and the key roles of…
Meet the instructor Ken Marich The ILR is proud to have Louise Grabell as a faculty member. Louise was born in Brooklyn, New York and spent her youth in Long Island and in Queens. She earned a B.S. degree in Biology (1964) and a Master’s degree in Science Education (1967), both from Queens College. She…
Diana Creighton Seeing art where it is made and talking with the artists is an event any time, but it’s a really memorable experience among the oaks and granite boulders in the Arizona high desert on the north slope of the Catalina Mountains. This year the opportunity comes on April 8 and 9 when Oracle’s…