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Cycle the Arts event fun for entire family
Contact: Susan Conklu, transportation planner, 480-312-2308
Cycle the Arts event fun for entire family
Participate in other Valley Bike Month events too!
Hop on your bike and get an up close, personal look at Scottsdale’s public art at the 7th Annual Scottsdale Cycle the Arts event Sunday, April 1, starting near the entrance to the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA).
It’s free and fun for the entire family. Learn fun and interesting facts about each public art piece along a guided seven-mile route from artists and knowledgeable speakers including Arizona artists Mary Lucking and Erin Sotak, as well as international artist Ilan Averbuch. Event includes four major stops with a water and facilities break.
Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. with small groups of riders departing at 9 a.m. For your safety, helmets are required. After your ride:
• Enjoy FREE admission to SMoCA as part of Bike to SMoCA Day
• Stay for the Sunday A’Fair in the Scottsdale Civic Center for the Performing Arts featuring Sonoran Jazz from 12 to 1:30 p.m. and Sugahbeat from 2 to 4 p.m. with an afternoon art tour of public art sculptures at 3 p.m.
• View 100+ Journals exhibit at Civic Center Library at 1 p.m.
• Visit http://www.scottsdalepublicartblog.org/cycle-the-arts.html for more information.
Other events this month:
• Mayor and City Council Breakfast on April 12 – Join Mayor Lane, City Council and Transportation Department and learn more about transportation, including Scottsdale bikeways system and hear from four ambitious women about their cross country bicycle trek benefiting bicycle safety advocacy efforts and safe routes. The breakfast will be held at 8 a.m. Thursday, April 12 at Indian School Park, 4289 N. Hayden Road, Ramada #7.
• Bike to Work Day is April 18 - Leave your car behind and take the scenic route to work on your bike! Two groups will be departing from Scottsdale at around 7:45 a.m. from Mountain View and Vista del Camino parks along Indian Bend Wash to downtown Scottsdale. For more information, visit: www.scottsdaleaz.gov/topics/transportation.
• Valley Metro Great Chase on April 29 - Join Valley Metro and the Arizona Diamondbacks for a bike expo and safety rodeo, self-guided bike rides and a baseball game on April 29. The event will feature complimentary bike parking, children’s activities, vendors, refreshments, prize drawings and more! To ride with the Scottsdale group, meet at 9 a.m. at Scottsdale Stadium, 7408 E. Osborn Road. Register for Great Bike Chase early. To purchase discounted game tickets, click here. Use promo code: bikemonth.
For more valley wide Bike Month events visit: http://www.valleymetro.org/bike_month/events/.
Cycle the Arts is presented by the City of Scottsdale Transportation Department and the Scottsdale Cultural Council. For more information, go to www.scottsdaleaz.gov/topics/transportation.
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