diff --git a/samples/ControlCatalog/Pages/ContextMenuPage.xaml.cs b/samples/ControlCatalog/Pages/ContextMenuPage.xaml.cs
index 96fcb54650..664264956f 100644
--- a/samples/ControlCatalog/Pages/ContextMenuPage.xaml.cs
+++ b/samples/ControlCatalog/Pages/ContextMenuPage.xaml.cs
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ namespace ControlCatalog.Pages
             customContextRequestedBorder.AddHandler(ContextRequestedEvent, CustomContextRequested, RoutingStrategies.Tunnel);
 
             var cancellableContextBorder = this.Get<Border>("CancellableContextBorder");
-            cancellableContextBorder.ContextMenu!.ContextMenuClosing += ContextFlyoutPage_Closing;
-            cancellableContextBorder.ContextMenu!.ContextMenuOpening += ContextFlyoutPage_Opening;
+            cancellableContextBorder.ContextMenu!.Closing += ContextFlyoutPage_Closing;
+            cancellableContextBorder.ContextMenu!.Opening += ContextFlyoutPage_Opening;
         }
 
         private ContextPageViewModel? _model;
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/Data/TemplateBinding.cs b/src/Avalonia.Base/Data/TemplateBinding.cs
index 09f04dfe70..0fd40cd09d 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/Data/TemplateBinding.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/Data/TemplateBinding.cs
@@ -3,18 +3,21 @@ using System.Globalization;
 using Avalonia.Data.Converters;
 using Avalonia.Reactive;
 using Avalonia.Styling;
+using Avalonia.Threading;
 
 namespace Avalonia.Data
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// A XAML binding to a property on a control's templated parent.
     /// </summary>
-    public class TemplateBinding : SingleSubscriberObservableBase<object?>,
+    public class TemplateBinding : IObservable<object?>,
         IBinding,
         IDescription,
         IAvaloniaSubject<object?>,
-        ISetterValue
+        ISetterValue,
+        IDisposable
     {
+        private IObserver<object?>? _observer;
         private bool _isSetterValue;
         private StyledElement? _target;
         private Type? _targetType;
@@ -29,6 +32,28 @@ namespace Avalonia.Data
             Property = property;
         }
 
+        public IDisposable Subscribe(IObserver<object?> observer)
+        {
+            _ = observer ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(observer));
+            Dispatcher.UIThread.VerifyAccess();
+
+            if (_observer != null)
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("The observable can only be subscribed once.");
+            }
+
+            _observer = observer;
+            Subscribed();
+
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public virtual void Dispose()
+        {
+            Unsubscribed();
+            _observer = null;
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public InstancedBinding? Initiate(
             AvaloniaObject target,
@@ -111,7 +136,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Data
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         void ISetterValue.Initialize(SetterBase setter) => _isSetterValue = true;
 
-        protected override void Subscribed()
+        private void Subscribed()
         {
             TemplatedParentChanged();
 
@@ -121,7 +146,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Data
             }
         }
 
-        protected override void Unsubscribed()
+        private void Unsubscribed()
         {
             if (_target?.TemplatedParent is { } templatedParent)
             {
@@ -147,12 +172,12 @@ namespace Avalonia.Data
                     value = Converter.Convert(value, _targetType ?? typeof(object), ConverterParameter, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
                 }
 
-                PublishNext(value);
+                _observer?.OnNext(value);
                 _hasProducedValue = true;
             }
             else if (_hasProducedValue)
             {
-                PublishNext(AvaloniaProperty.UnsetValue);
+                _observer?.OnNext(AvaloniaProperty.UnsetValue);
                 _hasProducedValue = false;
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/Input/AccessKeyHandler.cs b/src/Avalonia.Base/Input/AccessKeyHandler.cs
index 2b8786089f..2e0268a644 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/Input/AccessKeyHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/Input/AccessKeyHandler.cs
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ namespace Avalonia.Input
             {
                 if (_mainMenu != null)
                 {
-                    _mainMenu.MenuClosed -= MainMenuClosed;
+                    _mainMenu.Closed -= MainMenuClosed;
                 }
 
                 _mainMenu = value;
 
                 if (_mainMenu != null)
                 {
-                    _mainMenu.MenuClosed += MainMenuClosed;
+                    _mainMenu.Closed += MainMenuClosed;
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/Input/IMainMenu.cs b/src/Avalonia.Base/Input/IMainMenu.cs
index cc1b88d4c3..02437b6367 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/Input/IMainMenu.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/Input/IMainMenu.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ namespace Avalonia.Input
         /// <summary>
         /// Occurs when the main menu closes.
         /// </summary>
-        event EventHandler<RoutedEventArgs>? MenuClosed;
+        event EventHandler<RoutedEventArgs>? Closed;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/Reactive/SingleSubscriberObservableBase.cs b/src/Avalonia.Base/Reactive/SingleSubscriberObservableBase.cs
index 53a0b43c63..10d42214c2 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/Reactive/SingleSubscriberObservableBase.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/Reactive/SingleSubscriberObservableBase.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ using Avalonia.Threading;
 
 namespace Avalonia.Reactive
 {
-    public abstract class SingleSubscriberObservableBase<T> : IObservable<T>, IDisposable
+    internal abstract class SingleSubscriberObservableBase<T> : IObservable<T>, IDisposable
     {
         private Exception? _error;
         private IObserver<T>? _observer;
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/ContextMenu.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/ContextMenu.cs
index a9d8e4c9c7..3dc1514667 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/ContextMenu.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/ContextMenu.cs
@@ -196,14 +196,14 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
         /// <see cref="P:Avalonia.Controls.ContextMenu.IsOpen" />
         /// property is changing from false to true.
         /// </summary>
-        public event CancelEventHandler? ContextMenuOpening;
+        public event CancelEventHandler? Opening;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Occurs when the value of the
         /// <see cref="P:Avalonia.Controls.ContextMenu.IsOpen" />
         /// property is changing from true to false.
         /// </summary>
-        public event CancelEventHandler? ContextMenuClosing;
+        public event CancelEventHandler? Closing;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Called when the <see cref="Control.ContextMenu"/> property changes on a control.
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
 
             RaiseEvent(new RoutedEventArgs
             {
-                RoutedEvent = MenuOpenedEvent,
+                RoutedEvent = OpenedEvent,
                 Source = this,
             });
         }
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
 
             RaiseEvent(new RoutedEventArgs
             {
-                RoutedEvent = MenuClosedEvent,
+                RoutedEvent = ClosedEvent,
                 Source = this,
             });
             
@@ -446,14 +446,14 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
         private bool CancelClosing()
         {
             var eventArgs = new CancelEventArgs();
-            ContextMenuClosing?.Invoke(this, eventArgs);
+            Closing?.Invoke(this, eventArgs);
             return eventArgs.Cancel;
         }
 
         private bool CancelOpening()
         {
             var eventArgs = new CancelEventArgs();
-            ContextMenuOpening?.Invoke(this, eventArgs);
+            Opening?.Invoke(this, eventArgs);
             return eventArgs.Cancel;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Menu.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Menu.cs
index fe4d42c603..6a8cf2b515 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Menu.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Menu.cs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
 
             RaiseEvent(new RoutedEventArgs
             {
-                RoutedEvent = MenuClosedEvent,
+                RoutedEvent = ClosedEvent,
                 Source = this,
             });
         }
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
 
             RaiseEvent(new RoutedEventArgs
             {
-                RoutedEvent = MenuOpenedEvent,
+                RoutedEvent = OpenedEvent,
                 Source = this,
             });
         }
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/MenuBase.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/MenuBase.cs
index 7fc804a338..e57fadffee 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/MenuBase.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/MenuBase.cs
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
                 o => o.IsOpen);
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Defines the <see cref="MenuOpened"/> event.
+        /// Defines the <see cref="Opened"/> event.
         /// </summary>
-        public static readonly RoutedEvent<RoutedEventArgs> MenuOpenedEvent =
-            RoutedEvent.Register<MenuBase, RoutedEventArgs>(nameof(MenuOpened), RoutingStrategies.Bubble);
+        public static readonly RoutedEvent<RoutedEventArgs> OpenedEvent =
+            RoutedEvent.Register<MenuBase, RoutedEventArgs>(nameof(Opened), RoutingStrategies.Bubble);
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Defines the <see cref="MenuClosed"/> event.
+        /// Defines the <see cref="Closed"/> event.
         /// </summary>
-        public static readonly RoutedEvent<RoutedEventArgs> MenuClosedEvent =
-            RoutedEvent.Register<MenuBase, RoutedEventArgs>(nameof(MenuClosed), RoutingStrategies.Bubble);
+        public static readonly RoutedEvent<RoutedEventArgs> ClosedEvent =
+            RoutedEvent.Register<MenuBase, RoutedEventArgs>(nameof(Closed), RoutingStrategies.Bubble);
 
         private bool _isOpen;
 
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
         /// </summary>
         public bool IsOpen
         {
-            get { return _isOpen; }
-            protected set { SetAndRaise(IsOpenProperty, ref _isOpen, value); }
+            get => _isOpen;
+            protected set => SetAndRaise(IsOpenProperty, ref _isOpen, value);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -105,19 +105,19 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
         /// <summary>
         /// Occurs when a <see cref="Menu"/> is opened.
         /// </summary>
-        public event EventHandler<RoutedEventArgs>? MenuOpened
+        public event EventHandler<RoutedEventArgs>? Opened
         {
-            add { AddHandler(MenuOpenedEvent, value); }
-            remove { RemoveHandler(MenuOpenedEvent, value); }
+            add => AddHandler(OpenedEvent, value);
+            remove => RemoveHandler(OpenedEvent, value);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Occurs when a <see cref="Menu"/> is closed.
         /// </summary>
-        public event EventHandler<RoutedEventArgs>? MenuClosed
+        public event EventHandler<RoutedEventArgs>? Closed
         {
-            add { AddHandler(MenuClosedEvent, value); }
-            remove { RemoveHandler(MenuClosedEvent, value); }
+            add => AddHandler(ClosedEvent, value);
+            remove => RemoveHandler(ClosedEvent, value);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Platform/DefaultMenuInteractionHandler.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Platform/DefaultMenuInteractionHandler.cs
index 79a3038edf..6a76855d85 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Platform/DefaultMenuInteractionHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Platform/DefaultMenuInteractionHandler.cs
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Platform
             Menu.PointerPressed += PointerPressed;
             Menu.PointerReleased += PointerReleased;
             Menu.AddHandler(AccessKeyHandler.AccessKeyPressedEvent, AccessKeyPressed);
-            Menu.AddHandler(MenuBase.MenuOpenedEvent, MenuOpened);
+            Menu.AddHandler(MenuBase.OpenedEvent, MenuOpened);
             Menu.AddHandler(MenuItem.PointerEnteredItemEvent, PointerEntered);
             Menu.AddHandler(MenuItem.PointerExitedItemEvent, PointerExited);
             Menu.AddHandler(InputElement.PointerMovedEvent, PointerMoved);
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Platform
             Menu.PointerPressed -= PointerPressed;
             Menu.PointerReleased -= PointerReleased;
             Menu.RemoveHandler(AccessKeyHandler.AccessKeyPressedEvent, AccessKeyPressed);
-            Menu.RemoveHandler(MenuBase.MenuOpenedEvent, MenuOpened);
+            Menu.RemoveHandler(MenuBase.OpenedEvent, MenuOpened);
             Menu.RemoveHandler(MenuItem.PointerEnteredItemEvent, PointerEntered);
             Menu.RemoveHandler(MenuItem.PointerExitedItemEvent, PointerExited);
             Menu.RemoveHandler(InputElement.PointerMovedEvent, PointerMoved);
diff --git a/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/ContextMenuTests.cs b/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/ContextMenuTests.cs
index 7f9735cac0..0c24a0d36e 100644
--- a/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/ContextMenuTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/ContextMenuTests.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests
 
                 int openedCount = 0;
 
-                sut.MenuOpened += (sender, args) =>
+                sut.Opened += (sender, args) =>
                 {
                     openedCount++;
                 };
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests
 
                 int openedCount = 0;
 
-                sut.MenuOpened += (sender, args) =>
+                sut.Opened += (sender, args) =>
                 {
                     openedCount++;
                 };
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests
 
                 bool opened = false;
 
-                sut.MenuOpened += (sender, args) =>
+                sut.Opened += (sender, args) =>
                 {
                     opened = true;
                 };
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests
 
                 int closedCount = 0;
 
-                sut.MenuClosed += (sender, args) =>
+                sut.Closed += (sender, args) =>
                 {
                     closedCount++;
                 };
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests
                 var tracker = 0;
 
                 var c = new ContextMenu();
-                c.ContextMenuClosing += (s, e) =>
+                c.Closing += (s, e) =>
                 {
                     tracker++;
                     e.Cancel = true;
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests
                 };
                 new Window { Content = target };
 
-                sut.ContextMenuOpening += (c, e) => { eventCalled = true; e.Cancel = true; };
+                sut.Opening += (c, e) => { eventCalled = true; e.Cancel = true; };
 
                 _mouse.Click(target, MouseButton.Right);
 
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests
                 var window = PreparedWindow(target);
                 var overlay = LightDismissOverlayLayer.GetLightDismissOverlayLayer(window);
 
-                sut.ContextMenuClosing += (c, e) => { eventCalled = true; e.Cancel = true; };
+                sut.Closing += (c, e) => { eventCalled = true; e.Cancel = true; };
 
                 window.Show();