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Summer Art Classes Continue at Montage
Ongoing Classes through September    

The Montage summer art classes continue this month with Art Matters: Learning to Talk about Art and the weekly Painting Fearlessly with Watercolors. For Art Matters, attendees are invited at no cost, to look at art in new perspectives taught by the Montage Member Artists.  While in Painting Fearlessly, artist Kathryn Tartaglia teaches the basics of using watercolors.  As an added bonus, each participant in Painting Fearlessly will receive a $5 gift card to La Bocca Urban Pizzeria and Wine Bar with registration sign up.  Also, mark your August calendar as artist Matt Sterbenz will share his skills with oil paints in Oil Slick.  Come prepared to learn and have some fun.

Ongoing Class: July 1- September 30, 2012 (Every Sunday) 
Painting Fearlessly with Watercolors with Kathryn Tartaglia
$140 for 4 weeks (pro-rated price available)
1:00pm to 4:00pm 

Receive a $5 La Bocca gift card with registration

July 12, 2012
Art Matters: Learning to Talk about Art
This class will be centered on the pieces featured in the Montage Gallery, and hosted by the member artists from Montage Studio.  This class will teach viewers to understand and interpret art in new ways.
FREE

6:30pm to 8:30pm

August 23, 2012
Oil Slick with Matt Sterbenz
Montage artist Matt will demonstrate the art of oil slicking and talk about their work on display in the gallery.
Time 7:00pm to 8:30pm  

Also in the Gallery...   

Ken Howell, Tempe business owner and winner of Paint Out Tempe,will have his work on display in the Montage Gallery starting this month. His pieces will be shown with selected artist's work from our next Gallery Show "Straight from My Studio." The pieces will be on display for viewers and to purchase July 7 through August 4, 2012. An artist reception will be held on July 19, to celebrate these artists.

 

For more information visit millavenue.com 

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TriSports Tempe- 222 S Mill Ave, Tempe, AZ 85281

Now, athletes may buy their triathlon gear at the same place that hosts most of the marathons and triathlons in the valley, the Mill Avenue District.  TriSports is open for business at the Tempe Gateway building, located just north of 3rd Street and Mill Avenue.  This athletic gear shop specializes in clothing, accessories and equipment created for triathletes, by triathletes.

Rita's Ice - 740 South Mill Avenue Ste 110, Tempe, AZ 85281

Mill Avenue District's newest frozen treat retreat, Rita's has opened its doors at Centerpoint on Mill.  The franchise specializes in Italian Ice and Frozen Custard.  Located conveniently by Mellow Mushroom at 7th Street and Mill Avenue, Rita's is the perfect place for an after dinner treat.

SourceOneDental.com - 699 S Mill Ave, Ste 106, Tempe, AZ 85281

SourceOne has located their headquarters to an office space at the Brickyard on Mill.  The company is the dental profession's first enterprise-level e-commerce site that only sells the products of manufacturers that sell direct.

Events in Downtown Tempe     

Sunday Jul 1 2012

This ongoing watercolor class is taught by Kathryn Tartaglia and occurs every Sunday. Each participant will receive a $5 gift card to La Bocca Urban Pizzeria and Winebar when they sign up.  

'Go local' by supporting as many locally owned businesses as possible. Join the thousands of consumers and hundreds of businesses who participate in this statewide celebration of the local and independent businesses that are the backbone of the Arizona economy.

The #1 singing talent show in Tempe! Contestants will perform with a live band. Industry professionals will be hand throughout the competition to critique and mentor contestants. Grand Prize is $1,000 in cash, recording studio time and more.

Enjoy an all-American cookout and watch Tempe's fireworks from the cool greens of Rolling Hills Golf Course.  

Kiwanis Club of Tempe 61st Annual Fireworks Spectacular will present the best fireworks show in the Valley shot from Mill Avenue Bridge. The spectacular family night Fireworks Show will be choreographed to patriotic and classical music.

Fun, fireworks, food, cash prizes and tons of gear from The Heavy Pedal and Red Bull is what you can expect from this timed trial bike race. The format will be individual time trial, approximately 3.5 mi in Tempe.

'Go local' by supporting as many locally owned businesses as possible. Join the thousands of consumers and hundreds of businesses who participate in this statewide celebration of the local and independent businesses that are the backbone of the Arizona economy.

This ongoing watercolor class is taught by Kathryn Tartaglia and occurs every Sunday. Each participant will receive a $5 gift card to La Bocca Urban Pizzeria and Winebar when they sign up.

Give Blood, Win a Car! Donate blood at the Saving Arizona Blood Drive Event and be automatically entered to win a 2012 VW Beetle, courtesy of your Valley Volkswagen Dealers.

Montage member artists will be at the gallery to discuss the importance of studying art. This is a family friendly event. Bring the kids, a blanket, and your imagination. No fee, donations accepted.

For the 14th year, the ASU Art Museum is putting on Family Fun Day as a part of the refreshing summer exhibition. It includes a large art party for children that will bring a variety of theme-related hands-on art projects, free refreshments, entertainment, as well as educational booths.

Bully Mammoth is Tempe's best and only sketch comedy group.

Witness the insanity at Tempe Center for the Arts.

This ongoing watercolor class is taught by Kathryn Tartaglia and occurs every Sunday. Each participant will receive a $5 gift card to La Bocca Urban Pizzeria and Winebar when they sign up.

Sense of Purpose Music presents the CRYSTAL project in a multi-media musical evening. CRYSTAL performs music that speaks to hope and possibilities and inspires people to move beyond their boundaries into outer and inner space. It is a musical performance that is woven into a seamless sequence of sound, emotion and spatial imagery.

Who will make it to the Finals? Find out The Tempe Idol Semi-Finals! Tempe Idol at Tempe Center for the Arts, in conjunction with The Great American Talent Search, is looking for the newest singing sensation. Contestants compete at each show, working with a live band in front of an enthusiastic crowd, to pursue their dreams of performing.  

Check out all Downtown Tempe events at millavenue.com/events