Lee Asbell Artists throughout southern Arizona join together to offer the public a unique opportunity to visit their studios once a year as part of the Tubac Center for the Arts Open Studio and Art Sale weekend. In Quail Creek, the beautiful Arts and Technology Center will once again be the location for eleven talented…
Join fellow Anglophiles on a small group, four-star tour of some of England’s “best-kept-secret” destinations. Spend a festival day at Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey). Tour homes and gardens of authors who have penned some of the world’s best literature: Austen, Bronte, Churchill, Kipling, Potter, Ruskin, Wolfe, Wordsworth. Travel on a luxury motor coach through the…
Maryellen Farmer Fifteen lucky Quail Creekers will tour the Big Room at Kartchner Caverns on Wednesday, March 20. While the Throne Room is visited more often, the Big Room tour is available only part of the year because, from April through September, it serves as a “nursery” for cave bats (Myotis velifer). When the bats…
Maddy Paschal Hands of a Friend Foundation and Genesis House Shelter for domestic violence victims, is rounding up the whole ‘dern’ gang for their once-a-year ‘fun’raiser and want you to be part of it, podner! It’s gonna be held at the Desert Diamond Casino in the BIG BALLROOM! If it’s western, we’ll have it there…prairie…
The Quail Creek Cool Car Club is pleased to be sponsoring its fourth annual Car and Motorcycle Show. The date and time for the show is Sunday, April 7 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Quail Creek Clubhouse parking lot. Each year the car show committee chooses a local charity to support with…
On February 26, the Quail Creek Computer Club held its monthly meeting and presentation which was open to all QC residents. Over 60 people attended. After a short business meeting consisting of a brief review of last month’s activities and a treasurer’s report, Chuck Gorley presented a talk on Smart Home Automation. Our homes…
Doug and Dinah Shumway enjoy the live music at the second dance of the Quail Creek Country Club Dancers held on February 19 in the Madera Clubhouse Ballroom. A third dance is scheduled for Wednesday, March 13. Stay tuned. Plans are underway for dances in the 2019/20 season.
Jerry G. Bryant On February 6, somewhere north of the Pima County line heading up State Route 79, the blustery, cold and wet morning yielded to clearing skies and sunshine. Spirits in our Cool Car caravan lifted. Three hours after leaving Quail Creek and one pit stop later, we arrived at the Gold Canyon Golf…
Joyce Shumate TRIPS program to Kitt Peak’s Night Sky Observing Program will be on Saturday, May 4. A clear night on Kitt Peak is not to be missed or soon forgotten. The nation’s observatory was built here for its dark, frequently clear skies and you will share those views. This four-hour program is an introduction…
Chris Erickson and Peggy McGee Valley Assistance Services (VAS) sends its thanks to the residents of Quail Creek who were involved in the many facets of making Empty Bowls 2019 a huge success. Over 500 people attended the event held at Valley Presbyterian Church. Twenty-two restaurants, including the Grill, provide the delicious soups for the…