Performance Updates from the Tucson Pops Orchestra

Norma Gentry This week the Board of Directors of the Tucson Pops Orchestra made the difficult decision to cancel the fall season of Music Under the Stars™, which was scheduled to begin on September 6. “With the pandemic still so active in our community, and gathering restrictions placed on public places throughout the city, we…

SBRPA Training Is in Full Swing—for All Levels!

Alastair Stone Even with our 24 courts being used so much, the SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Association (SBRPA) has still found time for training sessions. On Monday mornings, Marti Gasser and Bill Reynolds, and Corine and Keith Sturdivant coach for 1.5 hours; on Thursday evenings, Corine and Keith do it again. Thank you to all of…

Back to the Garden—Ocotillo: Dead or Alive?

Sheilah Britton If you ventured from your shelter in place into Oro Valley or Tucson last spring, you might have seen a glorious array of flowering Ocotillo in the medians of nearly every street you traveled. The slim, un-branched gray spires are covered in thorns and close green leaves and topped with tubular clusters of…

Quilters Support Local Healthcare Workers & Patients

Quilt made by Marsha Webster for St. Mary’s End of Life Ministry.

Linda Eisenhart, Publicity Chair and Kathryn Von Bargen, President Service has always been at the core of the SaddleBrooke Friday Quilters’ group activities and they currently have eight projects that benefit 10 different local groups! This month we are featuring our medical facility beneficiaries. When the call went out in SaddleBrooke for masks, Quilt Club…

SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild

Sunset acrylic

Karen Brungardt Art and Wine Events While many things have had to be postponed or cancelled due to coronavirus, the SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild is resuming art activities with safety protocols in place, and limiting our Art and Wine events to small groups. SaddleBrooke Sunsets continue to be the subject for our next three Art…