Tucson Digital Arts Community

Please join us at La Cocina on June 24th at 6 pm for Happy Hour and, as always, bring a friend. Introductions and announcements will take place at 7, with a Mexican buffet available afterward. See www.oldtownartisans.com for directions and please enter the courtyard from Washington Street.

Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up for a drink at informal sessions around the world known as Green Drinks.

We have a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government and business. Come along and you’ll be made welcome. It’s a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there’s always a different crowd.

These events are very simple and unstructured. Come and visit with people interested in all things green.

View the Twitvite event page.

We’re having another get-together at Sertinos Cafe‎, and all are welcome.

This is a social event, but feel free to bring your laptop if you have a project or cool app to share with us.

When:
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
7pm to 9pm

Where:
Sertinos Cafe
8898 E Tanque Verde Rd
Tucson, AZ 85749 (map)
(520) 760-0651

Startup Drinks is a simple concept: startup culture in cities around the world gathers around a bar to have a pint and discuss what they are working on, what they need help with and what they can do for each other.

The Tucson version of this group meets on the last Tuesday of every month.

When: Tuesday, June 30th beginning at 7 pm

Where: Creative Slice (115 E. Broadway Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85701) map it

BYOB/Snacks

Where: Joel D. Valdez Main Library, Lower Level Meeting Room, 101 N. Stone Avenue, Tucson, AZ

When: Thursday, June 25, 2009 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Presented by Career Services Unlimited.

Increasingly, self-employment is an attractive option to many at midlife. Learn if you have what it takes to be self-employed and whether your idea is feasible. Create a development plan and explore your customer base and how to reach it. Learn to network in Tucson and the options for getting started, including franchising or purchasing an existing business. This is a Fit for Life 50+ program. It is made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Arizona Department of Library, Archives and Public records.

Additional information:
For those attending the program a two hour free parking validation is available for the garage directly below the library. All are invited to bring their lunches for these free programs.

When: June 20, 2009 , Doors Open 6:30 pm, Screening 7 pm

Where: Tucson, AZ | The UA School of Art Building Room 312. (Park Ave Garage is the closest parking lot.)

Cost: $5 AIGA members; $7 non-members

For many, Milton Glaser is the personification of American graphic design. Best known for co-founding New York Magazine and the enduring I ♥ NY campaign, the full breadth of Glaser’s remarkable artistic output is revealed in this documentary portrait, MILTON GLASER: TO INFORM AND DELIGHT. From newspapers and magazine designs, to interior spaces, logos, and brand identities, to his celebrated prints, drawings, posters and paintings, the documentary offers audiences a much richer appreciation for one of the great modern renaissance men.

Artfully directed by first time filmmaker Wendy Keys, the film glances into everyday moments of Glaser’s personal life and captures his immense warmth, humanity and the boundless depth of his intelligence and creativity.

Purchase tickets for the Tucson showing here >>

For questions or comments contact: programs@arizona.aiga.org.

The June TDAC meet-up with include a presentation by Sony Online Entertainment on Video Game Design.  This meet-up will be located at ITT Tech with food and drink provided.

When: June 18th, 2009 7pm-9:30pm

Where: ITT Technical Institute, Tucson Campus, 1455 West River Road, Tucson, Arizona 85704
The building is on the south side of River Rd. just west of La Canada.

What: Video Game Design

Who: Sony Online Entertainment and ITT-Tech Students will be presenting and demonstrating their work.

Why: For industry and social networking as well as mutual learning.

Door prizes will be available Thursday night, including $75 to Gamestop, $50 to Best Buy, and $25 to HiFalutin (nice steakhouse)

Event Agenda:

• 7pm Refreshments, socializing and networking
• 7:30pm Presentation on Video Game Design
• 8pm Q & A Session
• 8:30pm Closing announcements followed by student game demos, refreshments, socializing and networking
• 9:30pm Finish meeting

Please email or call Dan Burke for more info.
dburke2@itt-tech.edu
520-982-1163