HOUSE OF CULTURE
Coming May, 2025
We are a free community centre of culture providing access to learning and cultural activities for all ages. Spend time with the beauty of nature and civilization. Knowledge and art are power and belong to everyone.
Coming May, 2025
We are a free community centre of culture providing access to learning and cultural activities for all ages. Spend time with the beauty of nature and civilization. Knowledge and art are power and belong to everyone.
UPCOMING MONTHLY THEMES
May: Living in Harmony with Nature
June: What is Beauty?
July: Magnificence
August: Being the Architect of One’s Life
September: Fashion as a Form of Expression
October: What is Love?
MARQUEE MOVIES FILM SCREENINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
Every evening at 7:30 in our marquee tent.
Matinée screenings followed by group discussions second Sunday of the month at 1:30 p.m.
DRAWING ROOM READING SESSIONS AND DISCUSSIONS
Enjoy peaceful afternoon reading time in our drawing room including access to our library.
Reserve your two hour window.
Monthly discussions of a schedule of books.
Second Monday of the month at 5:30 p.m. in the drawing room.
Schedule of Books for Discussion
May: News from Nowhere, William Morris
June: Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
July: Empire of Things, Frank Trentmann
August: A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf
September: The Fabric of Civilization, Virginia Postrel
October: Love in a Cold Climate, Nancy Mitford
LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA HISTORY TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS
A series of history, culture and philosophy talks for both adults and children followed by discussions. 15 minute monthly adult talk with 45 minute discussion. 30 minute monthly children’s talk with 1.5 hour activity.
Children's talk the first Wednesday of the month at 4:00 p.m. in the marquee.
Adults' talk the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the marquee.
Schedule of Talk Subjects
May: Grammar of Harmony
June: Plato’s Symposium
July: Ancient Egypt
August: Reading of “A Life of One’s Own”
September: Rejecting Trends and Expressing Oneself with Fashion
October: The Seven Greek Forms of Love
SYMPOSIA AT BAR ATLAS
Discuss an array of important and fascinating topics over wine, excluding politics and religion, with a different theme for each symposium.
First Monday of the month at 5:30 p.m. in Bar Atlas.
Schedule of Symposium Topics
May: Living in Harmony with Nature
June: What is Beauty?
July: Magnificence
August: Being the Architect of One’s Life
September: Fashion as a Form of Expression
October: What is Love?
PAINTING AND DRAWING LESSONS
Monthly three hour lessons given by Evert Rosales Gómez de Martin.
Second Wednesday of the month at 1:30 p.m.
Schedule of Lesson Topics
May: The Golden Ratio
June: Cannons of Beauty
July: An Old Master Technique (Grisaille)
August: Self-Expression (Self-Portrait)
September: Fashion in Art (Life Drawing)
LIFE IN COLOUR NATURAL HISTORY EXHIBIT
With audio tour.
ART GALLERY
With rotating exhibitions. Evert Rosales Gómez de Martin's first solo show coming June, 2025.
May: Living in Harmony with Nature
June: What is Beauty?
July: Magnificence
August: Being the Architect of One’s Life
September: Fashion as a Form of Expression
October: What is Love?
MARQUEE MOVIES FILM SCREENINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
Every evening at 7:30 in our marquee tent.
Matinée screenings followed by group discussions second Sunday of the month at 1:30 p.m.
DRAWING ROOM READING SESSIONS AND DISCUSSIONS
Enjoy peaceful afternoon reading time in our drawing room including access to our library.
Reserve your two hour window.
Monthly discussions of a schedule of books.
Second Monday of the month at 5:30 p.m. in the drawing room.
Schedule of Books for Discussion
May: News from Nowhere, William Morris
June: Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
July: Empire of Things, Frank Trentmann
August: A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf
September: The Fabric of Civilization, Virginia Postrel
October: Love in a Cold Climate, Nancy Mitford
LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA HISTORY TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS
A series of history, culture and philosophy talks for both adults and children followed by discussions. 15 minute monthly adult talk with 45 minute discussion. 30 minute monthly children’s talk with 1.5 hour activity.
Children's talk the first Wednesday of the month at 4:00 p.m. in the marquee.
Adults' talk the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the marquee.
Schedule of Talk Subjects
May: Grammar of Harmony
June: Plato’s Symposium
July: Ancient Egypt
August: Reading of “A Life of One’s Own”
September: Rejecting Trends and Expressing Oneself with Fashion
October: The Seven Greek Forms of Love
SYMPOSIA AT BAR ATLAS
Discuss an array of important and fascinating topics over wine, excluding politics and religion, with a different theme for each symposium.
First Monday of the month at 5:30 p.m. in Bar Atlas.
Schedule of Symposium Topics
May: Living in Harmony with Nature
June: What is Beauty?
July: Magnificence
August: Being the Architect of One’s Life
September: Fashion as a Form of Expression
October: What is Love?
PAINTING AND DRAWING LESSONS
Monthly three hour lessons given by Evert Rosales Gómez de Martin.
Second Wednesday of the month at 1:30 p.m.
Schedule of Lesson Topics
May: The Golden Ratio
June: Cannons of Beauty
July: An Old Master Technique (Grisaille)
August: Self-Expression (Self-Portrait)
September: Fashion in Art (Life Drawing)
LIFE IN COLOUR NATURAL HISTORY EXHIBIT
With audio tour.
ART GALLERY
With rotating exhibitions. Evert Rosales Gómez de Martin's first solo show coming June, 2025.
MERRILL HOUSE, PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY
[email protected] | +1 (866) 567-5969
Merrill House is located on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and Wendat peoples and adjacent to the Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawk) community of Tyendinaga.
[email protected] | +1 (866) 567-5969
Merrill House is located on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and Wendat peoples and adjacent to the Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawk) community of Tyendinaga.
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