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SUMMARY:2025 Doors Open Ottawa at the Diefenbunker
DESCRIPTION:By reservation only\, the Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum will be open to visitors for free Highlights Tours for Doors Open Ottawa on Saturday\, June 7\, 2025. \nBook your tickets for a free 30-minute Highlights Tour\, which will cover key areas in the Diefenbunker like the Blast Tunnel\, the War Cabinet Room\, and the Prime Minister’s Suite — ideal for first-time visitors to the museum!  \nDate: Saturday\, June 7\, 2025 (one day only!)  \nTime: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.\, with designated entry time slots for each tour  \n\nEntry time slots are every 15 minutes beginning at 10:00 a.m. \nThe last entry time is 2:15 p.m. \n\nAdmission: Free  \n\nTickets must be reserved in advance\, as there are designated entry time slots and limited spots available \nParking is always free! \n\nDetails:  \n\nThere will be no option for general admission or self-guided exploration of the museum this day — only the scheduled Highlights Tours. \nDue to capacity and demand\, tickets must be reserved in advance. Walk-up visitors may not be admitted. \nPlease arrive 15 minutes prior to your designated entry time for the start of the tour. Late arrivals may not be admitted. \nHighlights Tours are offered in English\, with select French tours available. \nThe Gift Shop will be open to explore after your tour. \nWe encourage you to check out the free Interpretive Trail outside the museum before or after your tour. \nOutdoor toilets are available in the museum parking lot for public use. Fully accessible washrooms are available inside the museum.\n\nWhile admission is free on June 7 for Doors Open Ottawa\, we welcome donations to support our unique museum\, national historic site\, and independent charitable organization.  \nWe look forward to welcoming you underground!  \n>> RESERVE TICKETS \n   \nDescend into history\, 75 feet underground\, and discover unforgettable experiences. \nThe Diefenbunker is Canada’s most significant surviving Cold War artifact — it is an impressive four-storey underground facility that operated as the country’s central communications headquarters during the Cold War\, ready at any moment in case of a nuclear attack.  \nToday\, it is a one-of-a-kind museum and national historic site\, preserving important Canadian Cold War stories and artifacts and welcoming visitors from all around the world. The Diefenbunker is a remarkable immersive history destination\, offering a window into the past through award-winning exhibitions\, tours\, programs\, events\, and escape rooms.  \n————————————————————————————————————–  \nThe City of Ottawa is proud to present Doors Open Ottawa — a free annual architectural event that celebrates our community’s built heritage. Learn more about 2025 Doors Open Ottawa. 
URL:https://diefenbunker.ca/events/doors-open-ottawa-2025/
LOCATION:Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum\, 3929 Carp Road\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K0A 1L0\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Refuge of Meaning: Live performance by the Re:Imagine Collective
DESCRIPTION:Experience a unique musical and dance performance\, 75 feet underground\, inspired by the Diefenbunker’s creation and the themes of protection and belonging. \nRefuge of Meaning is a performance work that explores parts of the history\, creation\, and inspiration of the Diefenbunker through music and dance.  \nDancer and choreographer Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson and loop pedal violist and composer Kathryn Patricia Cobbler explore the strength and resonance of the feminine voice through this work. As well as highlighting the Critical Path Method that was instrumental in the development of the Diefenbunker\, Refuge of Meaning holds space for voices that may have been less present during the facility’s creation. Unpacking themes of protection\, care of the land\, and care for each other\, this work invites audiences to contemplate their own definitions of safety and security\, while collectively answering the question . . . “do I belong here”?  \nDate: Thursday\, June 12\, 2025  \nTime: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.  \n\nDoors open at 6:30 p.m. \n\nCost: $30.00 \n\nTickets must be reserved in advance\, as there are limited spots available. \nParking is always free! \n\n Details:  \n\nThe evening will begin with remarks from the artists.\nThe live musical and dance performance will take place in the Bank of Canada Vault. The performance is about 45 minutes long.\nCoffee and tea will be available.\n\n>> RESERVE TICKETS \nFunded in part by the City of Ottawa. \n————————————————————————————————————–  \nMeet the artists\nHear from Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson and Kathryn Patricia Cobbler as they introduce themselves and explain the artistic process behind their work. \n\n\n\nhttps://diefenbunker.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Web_ReImagine-Collective-Intro.mp4\nhttps://diefenbunker.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Web_Refuge-of-Meaning-Graphic-Score.mp4\n\n\n\n————————————————————————————————————–  \nAbout the Re:Imagine Collective \nThe Re:Imagine Collective is an artistic ensemble that reanimates still and silent public spaces — sharing impulses\, and reacting and responding to their surroundings through multidisciplinary performance of improvised and precomposed mediums. This multidisciplinary trio captures the beauty of their surroundings while interpreting scores with a modern lens through the intersectional voices of two contemporary female artists and their use of fragmentation\, improvisation\, and responsiveness. \n       \nPhotographs by Curtis Perry. \n  \nElizabeth Emond-Stevenson\nThrough her work in inclusive dance\, cross-disciplinary collaboration and broad learning from multiple perspectives\, Elizabeth has sought to redefine what dance looks and feels like for herself\, and to allow space for others to do so as well. \nAn independent Franco-Ontarian dance artist from traditional unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe territory (Orléans\, ON)\, she creates/performs/collaborates through connections between people/places/artforms from accessible\, intersectional feminist perspectives. An alumnus of the Quinte Ballet School\, The School of Dance\, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks’ Professional Training Program\, and the Banff Centre for the Arts\, Elizabeth has also trained extensively in inclusive dance techniques/teaching through Propeller Dance\, Candoco (UK)\, AXIS Dance Company (USA)\, and Stopgap Dance Company (UK). She was mentored by Tedd Robinson from 2021 to 2022. \nElizabeth is currently entering her fifth season as a company dancer for Propeller Dance\, working on a project with 10 Gates Dancing\, and was commissioned by Ottawa Dance Directive to create a new duet for their Series Dance 10 in September 2023. She is a member of multidisciplinary group Ghost Rooster Collective\, supported by Canada Council of the Arts\, the City of Ottawa\, and Digital Arts Resource Centre. \nShe creates dance works\, films\, and interdisciplinary collaborations that have been supported/commissioned by a wide range of organizations and arts councils\, including the National Arts Centre\, CPAMO\, TACTICS\, Théâtre Wakefield\, Theatre 4.669\, Dark Horse Dance Projects\, Ottawa Dance Directive\, Free Flow Dance Theatre\, Dancers Studio West\, Lisbon Dance Platform (Portugal)\, Skylines Dance & Film Series\, HUFF Festival\, NextFest\, Social Distancing Festival\, the City of Ottawa\, Ontario Arts Council\, Canada Council\, and Bourse Tontine. Her community practice includes working with Amethyst Women’s Addiction Centre\, the City of Ottawa\, creating and co-facilitating Conversations\, a discussion series for and by Ottawa-Gatineau dance artists\, and INTERFACE\, a research intensive for emerging Adawe-area dance artists. Elizabeth has danced for Ottawa Dance Directive\, Allison Burns\, Lois Chan\, Kaja Irwin\, Shara Weaver\, Chelsea Passmore\, Par B.L.eux\, Corps Bara Dance Theatre\, Pixie Cram/Tina Le Moine\, Tara Luz Danse\, and The Ghomeshi Effect\, among others. She has served as rehearsal director/outside eye for Propeller Dance and Allison Burns. \n  \nKathryn Patricia Cobbler\nHailing from Canada’s Capital region\, loop pedal violist\, visual artist\, composer\, and educator Kathryn Patricia Cobbler has crafted a singular niche in music improvisation and classical performance. She obsesses over creating uniquely arresting soundscapes\, whether in solo recitals\, composing and performing for art installations\, and more. Named a CBC Trailblazer in 2021 and a recipient of one of Ottawa Arts Council’s Emerging Artist awards\, she has been featured in Canada’s most notable Concert Series\, including Chamberfest\, Music and Beyond\, and NUMUS Concerts\, to name a few. \nNamed one of “3 Classical Musicians You Should Know” in 2022 by SHIFTER Magazine and the NAC\, Kathryn is a seasoned performer\, speaker\, presenter and workshop facilitator. As a performing artist and educator\, Kathryn is a performance instructor at Carleton University and an artist on the MASC Artist roster. As a composer\, Kathryn has been featured in the Boston-based concert series Castle of Our Skin’s Black Composers Miniature Challenge\, which resulted in the world premier of her piece A Home Called “Wander” for solo viola and spoken word. Most recently\, Kathryn was commissioned by the National Art Gallery of Canada to compose a piece of music for their exhibit\, Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment. \nKathryn holds degrees in viola performance from Western University (B.M.) and the University of Ottawa (M.M.)\, and was a 2022 fellow of the Global Leaders Institute. She is currently a PhD student in Critical Studies in Improvisation through the University of Guelph. Kathryn performs on a viola by luthier Sibylle Ruppert and a Boss RC-600 loop pedal. \nkathrynpatricia.com  \n  \nRachel Gray\nRachel Gray is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist based in Algonquin Territory/Ottawa. Navigating the world with Dyslexia has led her to explore art as a way to create customized language. Through drawing\, performance\, installation\, and storytelling she tries to speak into the places that language leaves blank. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Rachel is also an author\, animator\, and illustrator\, with her graphic novel Jess adapted into a musical work commissioned by Pacific Opera Victoria. She is the librettist and co-creator of Raccoon Opera\, premiering at Salle Bourgie in Montreal in spring of 2024. Rachel is a founding member of Ghost Rooster Collective.
URL:https://diefenbunker.ca/events/refuge-of-meaning-performance-2025/
LOCATION:Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum\, 3929 Carp Road\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K0A 1L0\, Canada
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