Category: Clubs & Classes

Welcome to the New Year

Patti Jo Lewis Our Mudslingers pottery club is exploding with new members, new classes, and new tools. Our 2024 board members are Claire Tietje, President; Ladd Lindsay, Vice President; Michelle Kembitzky, Secretary; Patti Jo Lewis, Treasurer; and Rebecca Hilchie, Board Member at Large. They are a great group of potters to take us into the new…

Fun with PanPastels

Erin Newman Come and learn about PanPastels: a new, fun, portable, versatile, erasable, easy-to-use, and very forgiving medium! You will feel you are drawing and painting at the same time! You will learn what they are and the techniques and tools you can use with them. How to use them with other media will also…

Paper Quilling Angels!

Erin Newman On Nov. 9, paper-quilling artist Erin Newman offered another quilling class, this time making paper-quilled angels for the holidays. The house was full with 17 Art Club members! Each student had time to make two angel ornaments using two different quilling techniques: first, using a comb in the quilling, and then the traditional method using…

SBR National Parks Club News

Linda Harvey The La Fiesta de Tumacacori held annually the first weekend of December was a great time for the club to visit Tumacacori National Historic Park, which is south of Tucson. The park is the perfect location for hosting this annual celebration of the cultural heritage of the Santa Cruz Valley. There were local…

It’s New Year’s Resolution Time!

Debora Witten Yes, it is that time of year again! Another opportunity to make this new year the best year ever! It’s a fact that as we age … ugh … we lose a lot of things … like muscle, mass, strength, and function. Muscle mass starts decreasing 3% to 8% per decade after age 30.…

Paper Crafters Club—New Year, New Activities!

Jan Knapp The SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) Paper Crafters Club is looking forward to 2024. The new year will bring lots of new activities to our club, and we look forward to welcoming more members to join us in paper fun! Our yearly membership fee is $20, and we meet every Monday from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Creative Arts building…

Why Not “Give It a Whirl?”

Rebecca Williams How many times have you heard someone say, “Square dancing? Me? Oh no, I can’t dance.” So, how about we ask instead, “Can you move to music?” “Can you walk to music?” Or, how about: “Do you like to have fun with friends, and do you want to make new friends?” Square dancing is…