Tag: events

SASO fortieth anniversary season

Punch Howarth Members of the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra (SASO), with conductor Linus Lerner, will celebrate 40 years of providing symphonic music, as well as a home for instrumental musicians. Almost all of the new season’s musical selections have been performed by the orchestra during the previous 39 years. Some of the original founding musicians…

2019-20 Kino lecture series

Julie Woodard The 2019-20 Kino lecture series kicks off on Monday, Nov. 18, as Dr. John Klein returns to share his experiences of his latest attempt to summit Mount Everest in a lecture entitled safely back from the death zone. On Feb. 13, 2020, we will learn about retrieving and processing fossils from geologist Jerome Montgomery in…

Let’s get ‘er done!

Dr. Madelaine Paschal Howdy friends! It’s that time of year, that annual event, and it’s rodeo time! And as you already know, October is Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. Patti O’Berry, Arizona’s leading force in the fight against sexual abuse, domestic violence, and human trafficking, would like to invite you to help her stomp out…

8th annual Health and Wellness Fair October 18

Quail Creek’s eighth annual Health and Wellness Fair will be on Friday, Oct. 18, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Madera Clubhouse. Participating local businesses will be on site, along with health care professionals offering testing, samples and lots of information on a wide array products and services that will help make you look and feel your…

MOAA fall luncheon speaker

Peggy McGee Simon Herbert, historical preservation specialist for the historic Canoa Ranch, will be the guest speaker at the Green Valley Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 18, in the Madera Clubhouse Ballroom 3. Simon Herbert has worked for Pima County’s Canoa Ranch as an architectural preservationist and program coordinator since…

Teaching memoir by Quail Creek author

Cheryl Palen Many memoirs have been written about the teaching profession, but they usually are about teachers who are successful in either high-achieving or poverty-ridden inner-city schools. Brant Vickers’ memoir, Chucky’s in Tucson, offers readers a poignant and heartfelt view of what it is like to teach in the sometimes strange, unfamiliar, and almost alien…

Hot Stuff – A Salute to the Music of Donna Summer

Will be on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. A cash bar will be available at 6:00 p.m., with the show starting at 7:00 p.m. in the Madera Clubhouse Crystal Ballroom. Tickets cost $28. This show is produced by Khris Dodge Entertainment. Celebrate the legendary “Queen of Disco” with powerhouse performer Crystal Stark as she, her back-up…