Canasta: 9 am to noon
Potluck Lunch: noon
Bingo: 1 to 2 pm
Oracle Community Center
685 E American Ave Oracle
Contact: 896-9326 or Susie Cochran at 896-2935

Bridge Club: 12:30 to 4 pm
Oracle Community Center
685 E American Ave Oracle
Contact: 896-9326 or Susie Cochran at 896-2935

Story time for tots, 0-4 years, and their moms: 10 am
Family First Pregnancy Care Center and Family Diaper Bank
1575 W American Ave Suite A Oracle
Contact: Clare at 896-9545 MWF 9:30 - 4:30

Sewing Bee and Tea: 1:30 to 3:30 pm
Oracle Community Center
685 E American Ave Oracle
Contact: 896-9326 or Susie Cochran at 896-2935

Roping Practice: 6-8 pm
77 Arena
Milepost 100 on Highway 77 Oracle
Contact: Lori at 520-465-4115 or Mike 520-906-2755

Mah Jong and Scrabble Club: 9-11 am
Oracle Community Center
685 E American Ave Oracle
Contact: 896-9326 or Susie Cochran at 896-2935

Oracle School Board
Every second Thursday of the month: 6:30 pm
Oracle Ridge School
Contact: School District Office 896-3072

Farmers Market: 9 am - noon
Triangle L Ranch
2805 N Triangle L Ranch Rd Oracle
Contact Sharon Holnback 896-2123

Adobe Art Gallery, Gift Shop, Outdoor Sculpture Path: 11 am - 3 pm
or by appointment. Closed June through August
Triangle L Ranch
2805 N Triangle L Ranch Rd Oracle
Contact Sharon Holnback 896-2123

Biosphere Lecture Series: 2 pm
Lectures given in the Biosphere 2 Visitor Center Theater
Click on Programs, then on Science Saturdays

Acadia Ranch Museum: 1 pm - 5 pm or by appointment
825 Mount Lemmon Road Oracle
Contact 896-9609

Swap Meet
Every second Saturday of the month, 8 am - 2 pm
Village Square parking lot, Oracle
For information or reservation to sell call 896-3533

Gymkhana
Every third Sunday of the month, 9am signup, events start 10am & 11am
77 Arena
Milepost 100 on Hwy 77, Oracle. Take ADOT Oracle Maintenance Yard exit, turn right on dirt road, go west to Arena.
Horseback riding competition: barrels, poles and three events TBA.
Information: Lori 520-465-4115 or Mike 520-906-2755

Art Gallery 1-5 pm Sundays
Rancho Linda Vista
1955 W Linda Vista Rd Oracle
Information: 896-2988

Education: Special Interest Classes in Oracle

Education: Special Interest Classes in Oracle

Old Pueblo Bike Race
Willow Springs Ranch
The race objective is to complete the greatest number of laps in 24 hours between noon Saturday and noon Sunday.
Contact for volunteers: Lynn Perez-Hewitt at lynn@fkcsp.org

Deadline for Application Submissions
Oracle Artist's Studio Tour
Entry forms are available here.
You may show in your own Oracle studio or team up at another location but each artist must send in their own application and pay the $30 fee. You will be listed on the website, printed map and may include a photo. Once you've signed up and paid your entry fee you will receive further instructions.

Third Thursday Speaker Series: Dr. Coralee Thompson
Topic: Her newly released book Healthy Brains, Healthy Children
Oracle Community Center
685 E American Ave Oracle
Dinner served at 5:30, donations requested

Community Garden Meeting
Triangle L Ranch
2805 N Triangle L Ranch Rd Oracle
Contact Sharon Holnback 896-2123
Those interested in creating a community garden at the Triangle L Ranch, please join us.

Education: Special Interest Classes in Oracle

Community Justice Network
Oracle Fire Station
Pinal County Attorney James P. Walsh sponsors these meetings to keep himself informed of needs in the community.

Artist Reception Michael Campione
Rancho Linda Vista Gallery
825 Mt Lemmon Rd Oracle
Artwork on exhibit February 26 to March 29, 2010

Community Garden Meeting
Triangle L Ranch
2805 N Triangle L Ranch Rd Oracle
Contact Sharon Holnback 896-2123
Help to build a community garden at the Triangle L Ranch.

Forest Fuel Mechanical Removal Project by USDA Forest Service
Location - Coronado National Forest near Cody Loop Road

Democratic Club Meeting
Oracle Fire Station
1475 W American Ave Oracle
Contact: Linda Kadlecek: yolindak@msn.com
Topics include Update on Health Care and Environmental bills in congress

Third Thursday Speaker Series: Lynn Eggleston and Paula Jensen
Topic: Sierra Oaks School and Teaching the Whole Child
Oracle Community Center
685 E American Ave Oracle
Dinner served at 5:30, donations requested

A Brief History of Ranching by Jim Turner
Acadia Ranch Museum
825 Mt Lemmon Rd Oracle
Attendance is free. Refreshments served. Donations welcome and appreciated.

Blacksmithing Demonstration by Michael Sobrado and John Krueger
Arizona Artists Blacksmith Association
Triangle L Ranch
2805 N Triangle L Ranch Rd Oracle
Contact Sharon Holnback 896-2123
Cost: Saturday - $15 for non-AABA members. Sunday - free. Saturday and Sunday will be hands on. You will not only see the demos each day, but get to practice what you have seen. On each day, both Michael and John are going to let you try a hand at what you have seen. There will be plenty of stations to work at.
Also on Sunday, a demonstration of encaustic painting by Sherrie Posternak at noon.

Artists' Reception "Mind Your Own Beeswax"
A group show of 11 Tucson artists working in Encaustic
Triangle L Ranch
2805 N Triangle L Ranch Rd Oracle
Contact Sharon Holnback 896-2123
Exhibition dates March 4 - May 1, 2010
Join us for refreshments and to meet the artists

Eleven artists with diverse approaches to this ancient medium. Each participant handles the combination of beeswax and damar resin in a unique way --2D or 3D-- combined with oil paint, transfers, art papers, and cloth -- painted, collaged, carved or sculpted. The 11 Tucson artists have lifelong pursuits of art in oil painting, ceramics, fiber arts, graphic design, printmaking, photography, mosaics and teaching.

Arizona Copper: Past / Present / Future
A field trip led by Geologist Bob Scarborough
Starting point: Circle K at Rockliffe Drive
Cost: $30 ($25 for Historical Society members)
Field trip must be paid in advance. Bring your own water and lunch.
Information: leave message at 896-9609, or email oraclehistoricalsociety@gmail.com
The field trip will feature Hayden Smelter, the Ray Mine Overlook and other points of interest in between.

Education: Special Interest Classes in Oracle

Third Thursday Speaker Series: Building the Oracle Community Center
Oracle Community Center
685 E American Ave Oracle
Dinner served at 5:30, donations requested

18th Annual Oracle Artist's Studio Tour
More than 60 artists and artisans will present their classic, contemporary, clever, and collectible works at home studios, galleries, and historic-site venues in this well-known artist community on Hwy 77, northeast of Tucson (mile marker 100). The tour is free. Self-guiding maps and full artist listings are available at the Tour Welcome Center, 1880 American Ave, and at www.oraclestudiotour.com

A wide selection of quality art, from whimsical to classic, functional to decorative, large and small will be featured. Visitors will find wall art in oil, watercolor, pastels, colored pencil, ink, acrylic, and encaustic; photographs and prints; silver and gold jewelry with natural stones and beads; metal and rock sculpture and garden art; claywork, pottery, porcelain, raku, and other ceramic arts; quilting and other fabric arts; paper mache and other paper arts; gourd art; wood carving, painting and furniture; and rammed earth.

Oracle Oaks Festival

Spring Run Car Show
Oracle's Annual Oracle Spring Run Car Show features a spectacular parade of historic and unusual cars. Free to the public. Proceeds are donated to the Oracle Historical Society.

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Triangle L Ranch
2805 N Triangle L Ranch Rd Oracle
Contact Sharon Holnback 896-2123