Doors Open Waterloo Region goes digital
Waterloo Region – The Region of Waterloo’s 18th annual Doors Open event is launching as an entirely virtual experience to deliver fascinating stories with unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to some of the region’s most interesting sites starting August 22, 2020.
Find out what it’s like to live in a museum or work in a crematorium. How do you conserve a 500-year-old canoe? Who decided to film the Handmaid’s Tale in Cambridge? How does a dam in Centre Wellington protect Waterloo Region? What’s a living sculpture and how did the world’s largest one find its way to Cambridge? How did two local farms reframe their family operations to create hit niche products?
Digital Doors Open Waterloo Region will provide meaningful, quality experiences delivered through video storytelling, in celebration of the region’s diverse community culture, heritage and architecture.
Each video episode is five to 10 minutes long and will debut online and on Rogers Television.
The first eight episodes will be released on the Region of Waterloo’s YouTube Channel at 10 a.m. on the following dates:
August 22
Episode 1: Parkview Crematorium
Episode 2: Shand Dam
August 29
Episode 3: Curatorial Centre at the Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum
Episode 4: Brubacher House
September 5
Episode 5: Timeless Materials Co.
Episode 6: Tapestry Hall
September 12
Episode 7: Eby Manor Golden Guernsey Milk
Episode 8: Martin’s Family Fruit Farm
The last eight episodes will be released on September 19 (the traditional Doors Open Waterloo Region date, the third Saturday in September).
Join the Doors Open Waterloo Region mailing list to receive updates and notifications when episodes are released. Mailing list members are eligible to win great, exclusive prizes throughout August and September.
Follow Doors Open on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook for news and previews leading up to the launch of each episode, or for more information, visit regionofwaterloo.ca/doorsopen.
Doors Open Waterloo Region is part of Doors Open Ontario, a province-wide initiative of the Ontario Heritage Trust to celebrate community heritage and architecture.
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For further information contact:
Doors Open Waterloo Region Coordinators
Scott McNair & Kelly Spencer
DoorsOpen@regionofwaterloo.ca
(519) 465-7908