Ken Muhlbeier Every winter in upstate New York, the freezing of the local ponds in Elmira would signal the start of another season of neighborhood hockey games for Ron Carpenter and his brothers. Combined with various other sports such as baseball, football, and volleyball, friends and neighbors joined together to enjoy a kind of neighborhood Olympics.…
Cynthia Melito Members of the Stained Glass Club have been creating tissue box covers during the monthly Member’s Class on Thursday evenings. Using a jig, panels of stained glass are soldered together to create the square box that will dress up those boring cardboard tissue boxes! After the square box is put together, a design…
Mike Consentino, Vice President I have, over the last couple of years, watched with envy and awe at some of the projects that people have completed in the Desert Woodcrafters workshop here at Robson Ranch Central Activity Center (CAC). I am amazed at the…
Martha Spillane Last year, we exceeded more than 100 consecutive days without rain, and they’re saying this year we’re going to have another “Nonsoon” year. Gourd Club members are busy at work designing one-of-a-kind thunder gourds in the hopes they might bring about some greatly needed rain. How did it begin? Ron Swank is the original creator of the…
Mary Lou Kaye Join us for a Basic Social Dance class. There’s nothing to memorize, and we’ll focus primarily on the music being played and connection with your partner—It’s dancing reduced to its simplest form. Joining a dance class will be the best decision you make this year. It’s a fun way to get exercise and stay…
Nina Berghausen Diana Madaras’ bold, colorful paintings capture the beauty of the desert in bloom. Explore the local flora and fauna through the eyes of an artist, including prickly pear blooms, wildflowers, and poppies, from July 1 through 31 at Madaras Gallery, located at 3035 N. Swan Road in Tucson. The gallery is open seven days…