Category: November 2019

Abstract art winner

Last night (Nov. 23) Robert Fogel (Quail Creek) received the Ursula Seuss Modern Art Award for ‘Alternate Route’ during the Members Juried Exhibit at the Tubac Center of the Arts. The exhibition will hang until Jan. 5, 2020.

Beach Boys tribute January 13

High Tide – The Beach Boys Tribute will be on Monday, January 13, 2020. A cash bar will open at 6:00 p.m. with showtime at 7:00 p.m. in the Madera Clubhouse Crystal Ballroom. Tickets are $26. This show is produced by TAD Management. High Tide-featured artists at Disneyland, this show is a Beach Boys presentation…

Green Valley Gardeners

The Green Valley Gardeners will feature Mark Sitter, popular expert on cactus and succulents that can be grown in our region, at the Tuesday, Jan. 14 seminar, “Cactus and Succulent”. Come and be enlightened about everything cactus and succulent. Doors open at 9 a.m. with the lecture beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the Madera Clubhouse…

Republican Club hosted Stephen Guschov at recent meeting

Rich Ulery On Friday, Nov. 15, the Quail Creek Republican Club hosted Stephen Guschov, Executive Director of ProEnglish. ProEnglish is the nation’s leading advocate of official English. The organization works through the courts and in the court of public opinion to defend English’s historic role as America’s common, unifying language, and to persuade lawmakers to…

Festive holiday plant know-how

Bonnie Nowicki Poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) are the traditional choice for the Christmas holidays. This plant species is indigenous to Mexico. Its common English name is derived from Joel Poinsett, the first United States Minister to Mexico, who introduced the plant to the U.S. in 1825. Poinsettia’s colorful bracts (modified leaves) brighten up any room in…