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Arts and Culture
Doors Open Ottawa offers exciting
weekend of discovery
Ottawa opens its doors June 7 and 8 with a chance to visit
over 100 buildings of architectural, historical and functional
significance. This event offers new features to those who want
to explore many of Ottawa’s best-kept secrets. Doors Open
Ottawa has gone green this year, highlighting environmentally
friendly spaces within our city. The exciting weekend of discovery
also includes a citywide scavenger hunt. This hot new
trend, called geocaching, will take treasure hunters from building
to building to uncover little known sites. In six years, Doors
Open Ottawa has attracted over 300,000 visitors to admire
and learn about the architecture of churches, embassies and
historical buildings in the area. There are several new participating
buildings this year, including the Embassy of Armenia and the Great Canadian Theatre Company – Irving Greenberg
Theatre Centre. Doors Open Ottawa is a success every year due to its volunteers. If you would like to volunteer, log on to
ottawa.ca/doorsopen to register and for a complete list of participating buildings.
RCMP Canadian Sunset
Ceremonies
Experience a colourful tribute to our national heritage
at the RCMP Canadian Sunset Ceremonies June
25 to 29.This year’s line-up includes the world-famous
Musical Ride, the fast-paced Equestrian Abilities Show
and the Mounted Arms Display. The RCMP Mare and
Foal, the Police Services Dogs, the RCMP Emergency
Response Team and local entertainers are also part of
this special event.
Rain or shine, the ceremonies run nightly from 7 to
9 p.m. at the home of the Musical Ride - the RCMP
Stables at the Canadian Police College grounds on St.
Laurent Boulevard. You can access parking directly off
the Rockcliffe Parkway. Bring a blanket or lawn chair
and enjoy the show!
Admission and public parking are both free, however
donation boxes will be set up on the grounds to
collect funds for Kids Help Phone. For details, check
www.rcmp.ca/musicalride/sunset_e.htm.
Art Discovery in the Pontiac
The Pontiac Artists’ Studio Tour is celebrating its 19th year
with colour June 7 and 8
and 14 and 15 from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m.
View works by 15
artists in 15 studios.
Admission is free, so it’s
easy to enjoy this juried
event and country hospitality.
The Pontiac is less
than an hour’s drive from
Ottawa/Gatineau.
It’s a rural area of
farms, lakes, woodlands
and fresh air that has inspired the artists involved.
Reflected Cow, acrylic on canvas
by Marcio Melo.
Field of Yellow, acrylic
by Nancy Dagenais Elliott.
The self-guided
driving tour, clearly
marked with the Studio
Tour’s signature blue
and magenta brush
stroke signs, will take
you west of Aylmer,
along the north shore of
the Ottawa River in
Quebec, beyond the
Gatineau Park, through
rolling hills around
Ladysmith, Shawville,
Portage du Fort, Campbell’s Bay, Vinton and onto picturesque
Calumet Island.
Brochures with maps are available at stores along
Highway 148 between Aylmer and Fort Coulonge. See
www.pontiacartists.com.
June 2008 • 40 • Fifty-Five Plus Magazine