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Noted for its innovation and attention to sound ecology, Open Ears continues its tradition of using venues that will best support the needs of the performance or sound installation. Often this means an unexpected space. "Finding unused building spaces has become more difficult as the Kitchener downtown becomes healthier," muses Artistic Director Peter Hatch. "Nevertheless, this year you will find Open Ears at the fountain at City Hall, at the market, in the children's museum, as well as in churches and other public places - some of which will be a surprise to many passerbys".
All venue, unless otherwise noted are in Kitchener.
Centre In The Square
101 Queen Street North
Designed by Rieder, Hymmen and Lobban, CITS opened in September 1980. The 2,047-seat design offers exceptional, unobstructed views of the stage, one of the largest in North America. The Raffi Armenian Theatre is considered one of North America's most acoustically- superior halls. Designed to deliver optimal acoustics, performers rave about how they are heard with the same warmth and brilliance in the very last row as in the first.
Centre In The Square is also home to the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery site of Janet Cardiff's installation Whispering.
http://www.centre-square.com/location.html
Church of the Good Shepherd
116 Queen Street North
http://churchofthegoodshepherd.ca/
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
101 Queen Street North
http://www.kwag.on.ca
Princess Cinema
6 Princess Street West, Waterloo
An independent theatre in the heart of UpTown Waterloo.
http://www.princesscinemas.com/information/
rare Charitable Research Reserve
1679 Blair Road, Cambridge
Access to rare will be by bus from downtown Kitchener. Founded in 2001, rare is a non-profit organization that owns, and protects in perpetuity, a 913-acre land reserve along the Grand River.
rare provides a rare account of natural and human histories, a source of unaltered genetic information as well as early agricultural practice. Being within the northern limit of the Carolinian forest zone of North America, rare is also within the biological zone with the greatest biodiversity in Canada.
http://www.raretome.ca/
St John the Evanglist Anglican Church
23 Water Street North
Walking east on Water Street, you're greeted by the largest lawn in downtown Kitchener, planted with trees, flowers and containing a memorial garden. St. John's is the oldest Anglican parish in Kitchener-Waterloo, having been established in 1856. The east windows of the present building, and six lancet windows on the north side of the nave come from the original, 1861 building.
http://www.stjohn316.com/contact/
The Artery Gallery
158 King Street West
Funded jointly by the City of Kitchener and Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo, the new gallery is in a refurbished storefront a few doors down from Kitchener City Hall. The gallery exhibits student artwork, past and present, and is operated by the Society of Fine Artists, a UW student organization. The name was chosen to reflect the idea of a connection between the university and Kitchener.
http://artery.uwaterloo.ca/
The Gig
137 Ontario Street
"Good vibe, incredible sound and people who care about people". The Gig opened in January 2006. Wishing to address the needs of local artists, The Gig is launching new initiatives, including things like a permanent art gallery, the installation of film & digital projectors and possibly, at the urging of local musicians, a small lounge for conversation and showcase.
http://www.thegig.ca
The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
31 Caroline Street North, Waterloo
The only venue in Waterloo, the award winning home of Perimeter Institute is a deliberate marriage of form and function. The building provides a combination of private offices, casual interactive areas and formal presentation rooms to support scientific research and educational outreach activity. The design has received enthusiastic support from a wide cross section of the academic community while also receiving high praise from the architectural community and winning a number of awards - culminating in the Governor General's Medal for Architecture in 2006.
http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/en/About/General/Contacting_PI_and_Directions/
The Registry Theatre
122 Frederick Street
The building was constructed in 1938-39 and served as the Waterloo County Registry Office from 1939 until the summer of 1977. The building was then used by the Waterloo Regional Police (Kitchener detachment) until 1992 and then served briefly as a storage area for the Curling Hall of Fame. In 2000, it was revitalized as The Registry Theatre and opened in January 2001. Built in the Art Deco style it is one of very few remaining Art Deco buildings in Kitchener. In September 2006, The Registry Theatre received a grant from the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation to repaint the vestibule and lobby back to the building's original colours. One interesting stipulation during the project was that the doors to the theatre auditorium were not allowed to be painted black: the paints that would have been used when the building was first constructed contained chalk, so pure black was never possible.
http://www.registrytheatre.com
Victoria Park
Located in downtown Kitchener, Victoria Park is the most popular and largest park in the city. It can be easily accessed through a new entrance on Gaukel Street, directly down the street from City Hall. Soundwalks will start at the bandshell.
Humanities Theatre, UW
Hagey Hall
200 University Avenue W. Waterloo ON
http://theatrecentre.uwaterloo.ca
Theatre of the Arts, UW
Modern Languages Building
200 University Avenue W. Waterloo ON
http://drama.uwaterloo.ca/facilities.htm
Waterloo has outstanding facilities for studying drama. The Theatre of the Arts, with its Shakespearean stage, seats 500. The Theatre of the Arts is the Department's own residential theatre, and is used for classes as well as performances. The intimate Studio 180, seating 60, houses mainstage productions as well as many major class projects. Studio 180 may be booked by Drama students for rehearsal purposes.
Waterloo Entertainment Centre
24 King Street North Waterloo ON
A beautifully restored old movie theatre from the 1930's the Waterloo Entertainment Centre located in the heart of Uptown Waterloo is now a home to live performing arts. Presentations range from live music performances of classical, jazz and pop/folk to theatre.
Walper Terrace Hotel
1 King Street West
Host to many of Canada's Prime Minsters, the Queen Mother, stars from The Stratford Festival and our own Open Ears artists, the Walper Terrace Hotel has a small gallery located on the second floor that is traditionally home to one of our Open Ears' installation artists. The hotel has been in existence under a variety of owners and names since 1820 when the community was still called Sandhills. Renovations have maintained the historic arcitecture, high ceilings and unique layouts.
http://www.walper.com/
Waterloo Region Record
160 King Street East
Waterloo Region Record will be 'home' to the Symposium. Its offices relocated to downtown Kitchener in 2005, possible since actual printing operations had moved to Vaughan in 2000. The offices include a public meeting room often used for Record sponsored events including forums of electoral candidates.
http://news.therecord.com/
Waterloo Regional Children's Museum
10 King Street West
It all started in 1995 when the City of Kitchener and private donors made a critical decision to provide funding to a group of local artists to attend a conference in Philadelphia on the subject of starting a new Children's Museum. Fundraising began leading to the official opening of the museum officially in September 2003. Currently home to the Andy Warhol's Factory 2009.
http://www.thechildrensmuseum.ca/web/pages/planning-your-visit/how-to-get-here.php
Zero to One Gallery
107 King Street West
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