Helen Daley The Arizona Classic Jazz Festival is taking place Nov. 5 through 8. It will be the first live jazz festival event since March. All the festivities take place at the Crowne Plaza Phoenix-Chandler Golf Resort, a co-sponsor of the event. The festival opens at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5, with “Big” B.A.D.…
William Becker Sun Lakes Community Theatre (SLCT) is presenting Laughter Is the Best Medicine, three hilarious one-act plays about people in a sunny, southwest senior community: Naked Man on the Couch, Hot Pursuit, and Mother’s Day, behind Oakwood Country Club, outside on the grass at the wedding venue. Precautions are being taken: theater-goers will be…
Starla Kramer Members are looking forward to Kim Rosenlof speaking at the Nov. 17 monthly meeting. Kim is a Master Gardener and Immediate Past President of the Tempe Garden Club. Kim spoke to the club about “Seed Harvesting” via Zoom in the spring, and members are looking forward to meeting her in person, with social…
Harry Huckemeyer The month of November is the start of all the good things that happen as we approach the ending of a challenging 2020. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it is a time when friends and family have the opportunity to enjoy many happy moments together, as we prepare for the new year.…
L. Jay McIntyre This month, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and all patriotic Americans are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. We thank the many thousands of veterans who fought in that war, and in the military conflicts since World War II: the Korean Conflict, Vietnam, the Gulf War,…
Peter Meade On Saturday, Nov. 21, at Sun Lakes Country Club between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., the Arizona Patriot Guard Riders and Sun Lakes Rotary Club are hosting an appreciation festival to celebrate veterans. Come out and have a bit of lunch and a drink, while checking out the silent auctions and other veteran…