Green Street
Tempe Party
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 | 6 - 9 p.m.
Tempe is taking it to the streets – in a big, green way. On
Tuesday, Nov. 10 from 6 to 9 p.m. downtown Tempe is the place to
be for some good, green fun! You can shop Tempe’s carbon-neutral
Community Market, featuring products created by local artists,
growers and crafters; hear some great local musicians and
performers at Music on Mill, celebrating Tempe’s vibrant music
history; or have Drinks and Discussion at one of Tempe’s many
charming restaurants. You can also check out sustainable dog
houses, see a green film, and visit ASU Art Museum’s Defining
Sustainability exhibition – among a variety of other fun,
sustainable activities. Please visit our website
periodically for more updates.
Defining Sustainability Art Exhibit
ASU Art Museum presents, Defining
Sustainability, a series of dynamic and interactive projects
that will come together at the ASU Art Museum and its Ceramics
Research Center to illustrate sustainability ideas. Each
exhibition or project tells a simple story, an artist’s proposal
for green transportation or a designer’s solution for recycled
shade structures, which together convey the complexity of
sustaining life on earth. The diverse projects range in
materials and format, and are installed throughout the ASU Art
Museum to tell stories of environmental, social and cultural
sustainability. Free bus services is available from Mill Ave. to
the ASU Art Museum.
Drinks and Discussions
Enjoy drinks and discussion with an industry expert at one of
Tempe’s many charming restaurants and patio lounges from 7 – 9
p.m. Enter a raffle to win great prizes by giving your
business card at any Drinks and Discussion location.
Increase your odds of winning by visiting all four Drinks and
Discussion locations. Locations include:
o
Studio 5C – 200 E. 5th Street - Discussion topic:
Integration of Sustainable Design in
Moving Towards a Low-Carbon Future
oHouse of Tricks-
114 E. 7th Street - Discussion topic: Think Globally,
Eat Locally
oPho Thang Long – 414 S. Mill Avenue
Desert Doghouse
Showcase
& Auction
Teams of high school students will collaborate
with professionals as they design and construct a sustainable
doghouse. Ten lucky students will be showcasing and
auctioning off their
creations at the Green Street Tempe party. Auction will
take place at 8 p.m. All proceeds benefiting the
Habitat for Humanity.
Green Film Showcase
– Valley Art
Theater, located in downtown Tempe on Mill Avenue, will be
showcasing No Impact Man Nov. 6 through Nov 12.
Showtimes: 2:00 p.m., 4:10 p.m., 6:20 p.m., 8:30 p.m.
Live Music - Music on Mill
Musicians and performers, covering a gamut of
musical genres, will activate the streets and give visitors a
positive, unique experience. Music on Mill is a nod to
Tempe's vibrant music history, and particularly Mill Avenue,
where all of the venues were located that sprouted such bands as
the Gin Blossoms, The Refreshments, Dead Hot Workshop and the
Meat Puppets.
Market
Garden - An important
component to the Market on Mill, the Market Garden is being
created to help offset the carbon footprint of the event
and to providing a central downtown location
where residents and schools can come and learn how to garden in
the desert and how to live more sustainably on their own land or
porch or terrace. It
will initially include micro greens and flowers for local
restaurants and the Market on Mill. Phase 1 of the garden
should be completed by Nov. 10 for the Green Street Tempe Party.
The land proposed for the garden is the southwest corner of 5th
Street and Forest Avenue.
Market on Mill
& Green Scene Tempe’s
first carbon neutral, “green” Market on Mill and Green Scene
will include products created by local artists, growers and
crafters from the greater Tempe community. The Phoenix
Permaculture Guild will be onsite offering classes and
demonstrations held in the MADCAP Theater, and a market booth to
respond to sustainable gardening issues and provide information
on how to “do-it-yourself.”
For more information
about the Green Street event please contact, (480) 858-2215 or
e-mail
tanya_chavez@tempe.gov. Visit
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