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SUMMARY:Closed for Cleaning
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/closed-for-cleaning-53/2025-09-16/
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SUMMARY:Pottery Studio
DESCRIPTION:Meeting Space: Pottery Studio (basement) \nContact Person: Lyndal Neelin \nWe are a joyful group of potters who share space\, tools and experience in the basement of the MERA schoolhouse. We are organized as a co-operative\, sharing responsibility for making our studio a fun\, open\, supportive and safe place to enjoy creating works in clay both on and away from the wheel.\nEach studio member is encouraged to participate in both individual and collective projects\, to contribute to studio maintenance tasks\, and to teach and learn from the other potters. MERA potters also organize learning and teaching opportunities in the form of in-house workshops and sessions led by professional potters and contribute to the Annual MERA Christmas Fair.
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/pottery-studio-106/2025-09-16/
LOCATION:MERA Schoolhouse\,  McDonald’s Corners
CATEGORIES:Pottery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250916T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250916T210000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251020T204727Z
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SUMMARY:Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Meetings are usually held the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 7pm to 9pm. We are a friendly\, respectful\, no rules book club. \nEach month one person will facilitate a discussion about the book chosen for that month. Discussions are always informative and lively. New members are welcome. If you see a book that peaks your interest and would like to join us for an evening’s discussion we also welcome drop-ins. \nYou can join us by contacting Jean Dunning at 613-259-2636 or email here.    \nMERA Bookclub Reads 2025 – 2026 \nSeptember There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak\nOctober James by Percival Evertt\nNovember Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery\nDecember Project Hail by Mary Andy Weir\nJanuary Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy\nFebruary The Troublesome Young Men by Lynne Olson\nMarch Women Watching by Marilyn Simonds\nApril The Women by Kirsten Hannah\nMay The 100 Foot Journey by Richard Morris\nJune Choose next year’s reads
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/book-club-12/2025-09-16/
LOCATION:MERA Schoolhouse\,  McDonald’s Corners
CATEGORIES:Bookclub
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250917T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250917T150000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20240624T183411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250907T203006Z
UID:10000970-1758114000-1758121200@meraschoolhouse.org
SUMMARY:Pottery Studio
DESCRIPTION:Meetings Space: Pottery Studio (basement) \nContact Person: Heather Vriends
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/pottery-studio-101/2025-09-17/
LOCATION:MERA Schoolhouse\,  McDonald’s Corners
CATEGORIES:Pottery
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250917T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250917T160000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20240624T183412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250907T203212Z
UID:10001091-1758114000-1758124800@meraschoolhouse.org
SUMMARY:MERA's Needle Pushers
DESCRIPTION:  \nMeeting Space: MERA Room \nContact Person: Bonnie McQuatt \nWe welcome anyone who might have new techniques or designs to share or perhaps just has a desire to try something new. \nMost of the fun of quilting is being with the people we quilt with. Newcomers learn by doing. If you would like to try quilting with us we will share our supplies with you until you figure out if quilting is your thing or not. The requirements for quilting are minimal. Those who have a portable sewing machine\, rotary cutter and mat will bring that equipment when we are starting a quilt and we work together cutting out the pattern and assembling the quilt. Once the hand quilting begins each person needs their own thimble\, scissors and quilting needles. \n 
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/meras-needle-pushers-50/2025-09-17/
CATEGORIES:Quilting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250918T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250918T140000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20240624T183412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250907T203629Z
UID:10001213-1758186000-1758204000@meraschoolhouse.org
SUMMARY:Heritage Weavers
DESCRIPTION:Meeting Place: Dean Hall \nContact Person: Lise Loader \nThis collective has expanded significantly from a core group over the last few years. \nThe weavers gather to plan and work on projects and are available to share ideas\, advice and enthusiasm with each other and newer weavers. It’s an apprentice-like learn-as-you-go environment suited to those who have taken an introduction to weaving weekend workshop at a guild. \nWe have 7 looms of various sizes and styles at MERA. Some of these looms are set up with extra-long warps which become cooperative projects that various members work on when they can. \nAs with all groups at the Schoolhouse\, you must have a MERA membership to become a regular member of the MERA Heritage Weavers.
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/heritage-weavers-101/2025-09-18/
CATEGORIES:Weaving
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250918T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250918T163000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20250907T211406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250907T211933Z
UID:10001456-1758204000-1758213000@meraschoolhouse.org
SUMMARY:Pottery Class - Beginners Level
DESCRIPTION:MERA’s pottery studio is always keen to welcome new potters.\nThe best way to join us is to enroll in our introduction to pottery class – a 6 week series of 2 ½ hour classes offering a taste of wheel work\, hand building\, sgraffito and glazing. The objective of the six week session is to introduce potential potters to working with clay\, and to participating in a shared studio. The fee is $200 (with MERA membership). We’re ready to run two sessions this fall. \nBEGINNING students on Thursday afternoons from 2:00 to 4:30. The 6 week session will run from September 18 through October 23. Six spaces available. All supplies provided. \nOnce you fall in love with potting you can become a studio member by\n1 – becoming a member of MERA\, (individual or new family membership $60.00)\n2 – paying the annual studio fee of $60.00\,\n3 – signing up for our WhatsApp chat (ask Alexis to add your address)\, and\n4 – buying your first block of clay. We sell the clay for $35.00/bag.Clay used in the studio must be bought through the studio (the easiest way to ensure that we are all using the same clay. It makes creating glazes and firing our work less complicated). The studio fee and clay purchases give you access to the studio’s tools and equipment and cover the cost of glazes and firing.\nPlease reach out for more information about classes or the studio through me lyndal.neelin@gmail.com or Alexis meraschoolhouse@gmail.com.
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/stained-glass-2/2025-09-18/
CATEGORIES:Pottery
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250919T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250919T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20240624T183412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T223943Z
UID:10001863-1758276000-1758283200@meraschoolhouse.org
SUMMARY:Art Circle
DESCRIPTION:Join us and  learn from and be inspired by what others in the group are working on. There is plenty of time to work on your own piece and also trade ideas and techniques with others in a casual way.
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/art-circle-51/2025-09-19/
LOCATION:MERA Schoolhouse\,  McDonald’s Corners
CATEGORIES:Art,Art circle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250919T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250919T210000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20250907T203844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T205016Z
UID:10001583-1758304800-1758315600@meraschoolhouse.org
SUMMARY:Stained Glass
DESCRIPTION:Come and join us. All that you require is an interest in being creative and a MERA membership. We have materials to get you started. We learn and hone our craft together. \nBe prepared to learn from and be inspired by what others in the group are working on. There is plenty of time to work on your own piece and also trade ideas and techniques with others in a casual way.\nThis is a new program so we are excited to see how it develops!
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/stained-glass/2025-09-19/
LOCATION:MERA Schoolhouse\,  McDonald’s Corners
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://meraschoolhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Stained-glass.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250921T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250921T160000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20250815T164530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250825T180939Z
UID:10000648-1758463200-1758470400@meraschoolhouse.org
SUMMARY:The Mark Ferguson Jazz Quartet
DESCRIPTION:The Mark Ferguson Jazz Quartet is comprised of Mark Ferguson (piano and trombone)\, Mike Tremblay (saxophones and flute)\, John Geggie (double bass) and Jamie Holmes (drums). This stellar ensemble will perform original arrangements of classics from the songbooks of Canadian folk icons Gordon Lightfoot\, Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell. Prepare yourselves for a surprisingly fresh take on signature compositions that have been indelibly imprinted on our collective musical conscience by some of the finest jazz musicians in the business. \nCLICK HERE for more information and videos. \nTickets are available at TicketsPlease.ca \n\n\n\n\n\nThanks to the generous support of the Ontario Arts Council we are able to offer a $20 discount to those 30 and under\, and if they wish\, an additional $20 discount for their “guest” of any age. \n\nRegular – 31 years & older: $35 plus fees\nDiscount Single – 30 years & under: $15 plus fees\nDiscount Pair – 30 years & under with guest of any age (2 tickets): $30 plus fees\n\nThe MERA Schoolhouse is located at 974 Dalhousie Concession 9A\, McDonald’s Corners \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFunding support provided by the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/the-mark-ferguson-jazz-quartet/
LOCATION:MERA Schoolhouse\,  McDonald’s Corners
CATEGORIES:Music
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://meraschoolhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Mark-Ferguson-Jazz-Quartet-Sept-2025-e1758149999699.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250922T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250922T210000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20250907T213148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251121T195830Z
UID:10001598-1758565800-1758574800@meraschoolhouse.org
SUMMARY:Pottery Class - Intermediate
DESCRIPTION:MERA’s pottery studio is always keen to welcome new potters. \nThe best way to join us is to enroll in our introduction to pottery class – a 6 week series of 2 ½ hour classes offering a taste of wheel work\, hand building\, sgraffito and glazing. The objective of the six week session is to introduce potential potters to working with clay\, and to participating in a shared studio. The fee is $200 (with MERA membership). We’re ready to run two sessions this fall. \nINTERMEDIATE students on Monday evenings from 6:30 to 9:00pm. The 6 week session will run from September 22 through October 27. Six spaces available. I will ask you to buy your own clay. \nOnce you fall in love with potting you can become a studio member by\n1 – becoming a member of MERA\, (individual or new family membership $60.00)\n2 – paying the annual studio fee of $60.00\,\n3 – signing up for our WhatsApp chat (ask Alexis to add your address)\, and\n4 – buying your first block of clay. We sell the clay for $35.00/bag.Clay used in the studio must be bought through the studio (the easiest way to ensure that we are all using the same clay. It makes creating glazes and firing our work less complicated). The studio fee and clay purchases give you access to the studio’s tools and equipment and cover the cost of glazes and firing. \nPlease reach out for more information about classes or the studio through me lyndal.neelin@gmail.com or Alexis meraschoolhouse@gmail.com.
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/pottery-class-intermediate/2025-09-22/
CATEGORIES:Art,Pottery
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://meraschoolhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pottery-class-2025.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250923T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250923T070000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20240624T183413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250907T194533Z
UID:10000666-1758603600-1758610800@meraschoolhouse.org
SUMMARY:Closed for Cleaning
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/closed-for-cleaning-53/2025-09-23/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250923T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250923T150000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20240624T183413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T183337Z
UID:10000797-1758632400-1758639600@meraschoolhouse.org
SUMMARY:Pottery Studio
DESCRIPTION:Meeting Space: Pottery Studio (basement) \nContact Person: Lyndal Neelin \nWe are a joyful group of potters who share space\, tools and experience in the basement of the MERA schoolhouse. We are organized as a co-operative\, sharing responsibility for making our studio a fun\, open\, supportive and safe place to enjoy creating works in clay both on and away from the wheel.\nEach studio member is encouraged to participate in both individual and collective projects\, to contribute to studio maintenance tasks\, and to teach and learn from the other potters. MERA potters also organize learning and teaching opportunities in the form of in-house workshops and sessions led by professional potters and contribute to the Annual MERA Christmas Fair.
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/pottery-studio-106/2025-09-23/
LOCATION:MERA Schoolhouse\,  McDonald’s Corners
CATEGORIES:Pottery
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250924T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250924T150000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20240624T183411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250907T203006Z
UID:10000971-1758718800-1758726000@meraschoolhouse.org
SUMMARY:Pottery Studio
DESCRIPTION:Meetings Space: Pottery Studio (basement) \nContact Person: Heather Vriends
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/pottery-studio-101/2025-09-24/
LOCATION:MERA Schoolhouse\,  McDonald’s Corners
CATEGORIES:Pottery
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250924T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250924T160000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20240624T183412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250907T203212Z
UID:10001092-1758718800-1758729600@meraschoolhouse.org
SUMMARY:MERA's Needle Pushers
DESCRIPTION:  \nMeeting Space: MERA Room \nContact Person: Bonnie McQuatt \nWe welcome anyone who might have new techniques or designs to share or perhaps just has a desire to try something new. \nMost of the fun of quilting is being with the people we quilt with. Newcomers learn by doing. If you would like to try quilting with us we will share our supplies with you until you figure out if quilting is your thing or not. The requirements for quilting are minimal. Those who have a portable sewing machine\, rotary cutter and mat will bring that equipment when we are starting a quilt and we work together cutting out the pattern and assembling the quilt. Once the hand quilting begins each person needs their own thimble\, scissors and quilting needles. \n 
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/meras-needle-pushers-50/2025-09-24/
CATEGORIES:Quilting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250925T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250925T140000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20240624T183412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250907T203629Z
UID:10001214-1758790800-1758808800@meraschoolhouse.org
SUMMARY:Heritage Weavers
DESCRIPTION:Meeting Place: Dean Hall \nContact Person: Lise Loader \nThis collective has expanded significantly from a core group over the last few years. \nThe weavers gather to plan and work on projects and are available to share ideas\, advice and enthusiasm with each other and newer weavers. It’s an apprentice-like learn-as-you-go environment suited to those who have taken an introduction to weaving weekend workshop at a guild. \nWe have 7 looms of various sizes and styles at MERA. Some of these looms are set up with extra-long warps which become cooperative projects that various members work on when they can. \nAs with all groups at the Schoolhouse\, you must have a MERA membership to become a regular member of the MERA Heritage Weavers.
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/heritage-weavers-101/2025-09-25/
CATEGORIES:Weaving
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250925T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250925T163000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20250907T211406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250907T211933Z
UID:10001577-1758808800-1758817800@meraschoolhouse.org
SUMMARY:Pottery Class - Beginners Level
DESCRIPTION:MERA’s pottery studio is always keen to welcome new potters.\nThe best way to join us is to enroll in our introduction to pottery class – a 6 week series of 2 ½ hour classes offering a taste of wheel work\, hand building\, sgraffito and glazing. The objective of the six week session is to introduce potential potters to working with clay\, and to participating in a shared studio. The fee is $200 (with MERA membership). We’re ready to run two sessions this fall. \nBEGINNING students on Thursday afternoons from 2:00 to 4:30. The 6 week session will run from September 18 through October 23. Six spaces available. All supplies provided. \nOnce you fall in love with potting you can become a studio member by\n1 – becoming a member of MERA\, (individual or new family membership $60.00)\n2 – paying the annual studio fee of $60.00\,\n3 – signing up for our WhatsApp chat (ask Alexis to add your address)\, and\n4 – buying your first block of clay. We sell the clay for $35.00/bag.Clay used in the studio must be bought through the studio (the easiest way to ensure that we are all using the same clay. It makes creating glazes and firing our work less complicated). The studio fee and clay purchases give you access to the studio’s tools and equipment and cover the cost of glazes and firing.\nPlease reach out for more information about classes or the studio through me lyndal.neelin@gmail.com or Alexis meraschoolhouse@gmail.com.
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/stained-glass-2/2025-09-25/
CATEGORIES:Pottery
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://meraschoolhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pottery-class-2025.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250926T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250926T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20240624T183412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T223943Z
UID:10001864-1758880800-1758888000@meraschoolhouse.org
SUMMARY:Art Circle
DESCRIPTION:Join us and  learn from and be inspired by what others in the group are working on. There is plenty of time to work on your own piece and also trade ideas and techniques with others in a casual way.
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/art-circle-51/2025-09-26/
LOCATION:MERA Schoolhouse\,  McDonald’s Corners
CATEGORIES:Art,Art circle
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250926T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250926T210000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20250907T203844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T205016Z
UID:10001584-1758909600-1758920400@meraschoolhouse.org
SUMMARY:Stained Glass
DESCRIPTION:Come and join us. All that you require is an interest in being creative and a MERA membership. We have materials to get you started. We learn and hone our craft together. \nBe prepared to learn from and be inspired by what others in the group are working on. There is plenty of time to work on your own piece and also trade ideas and techniques with others in a casual way.\nThis is a new program so we are excited to see how it develops!
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/stained-glass/2025-09-26/
LOCATION:MERA Schoolhouse\,  McDonald’s Corners
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://meraschoolhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Stained-glass.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250929T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250929T210000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20250907T213148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251121T195830Z
UID:10001599-1759170600-1759179600@meraschoolhouse.org
SUMMARY:Pottery Class - Intermediate
DESCRIPTION:MERA’s pottery studio is always keen to welcome new potters. \nThe best way to join us is to enroll in our introduction to pottery class – a 6 week series of 2 ½ hour classes offering a taste of wheel work\, hand building\, sgraffito and glazing. The objective of the six week session is to introduce potential potters to working with clay\, and to participating in a shared studio. The fee is $200 (with MERA membership). We’re ready to run two sessions this fall. \nINTERMEDIATE students on Monday evenings from 6:30 to 9:00pm. The 6 week session will run from September 22 through October 27. Six spaces available. I will ask you to buy your own clay. \nOnce you fall in love with potting you can become a studio member by\n1 – becoming a member of MERA\, (individual or new family membership $60.00)\n2 – paying the annual studio fee of $60.00\,\n3 – signing up for our WhatsApp chat (ask Alexis to add your address)\, and\n4 – buying your first block of clay. We sell the clay for $35.00/bag.Clay used in the studio must be bought through the studio (the easiest way to ensure that we are all using the same clay. It makes creating glazes and firing our work less complicated). The studio fee and clay purchases give you access to the studio’s tools and equipment and cover the cost of glazes and firing. \nPlease reach out for more information about classes or the studio through me lyndal.neelin@gmail.com or Alexis meraschoolhouse@gmail.com.
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/pottery-class-intermediate/2025-09-29/
CATEGORIES:Art,Pottery
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://meraschoolhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pottery-class-2025.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250930T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250930T070000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20240624T183413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250907T194533Z
UID:10000667-1759208400-1759215600@meraschoolhouse.org
SUMMARY:Closed for Cleaning
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/closed-for-cleaning-53/2025-09-30/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250930T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250930T150000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20240624T183413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T183337Z
UID:10000798-1759237200-1759244400@meraschoolhouse.org
SUMMARY:Pottery Studio
DESCRIPTION:Meeting Space: Pottery Studio (basement) \nContact Person: Lyndal Neelin \nWe are a joyful group of potters who share space\, tools and experience in the basement of the MERA schoolhouse. We are organized as a co-operative\, sharing responsibility for making our studio a fun\, open\, supportive and safe place to enjoy creating works in clay both on and away from the wheel.\nEach studio member is encouraged to participate in both individual and collective projects\, to contribute to studio maintenance tasks\, and to teach and learn from the other potters. MERA potters also organize learning and teaching opportunities in the form of in-house workshops and sessions led by professional potters and contribute to the Annual MERA Christmas Fair.
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/pottery-studio-106/2025-09-30/
LOCATION:MERA Schoolhouse\,  McDonald’s Corners
CATEGORIES:Pottery
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251001T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251001T150000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20240624T183411Z
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SUMMARY:Pottery Studio
DESCRIPTION:Meetings Space: Pottery Studio (basement) \nContact Person: Heather Vriends
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/pottery-studio-101/2025-10-01/
LOCATION:MERA Schoolhouse\,  McDonald’s Corners
CATEGORIES:Pottery
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SUMMARY:MERA's Needle Pushers
DESCRIPTION:  \nMeeting Space: MERA Room \nContact Person: Bonnie McQuatt \nWe welcome anyone who might have new techniques or designs to share or perhaps just has a desire to try something new. \nMost of the fun of quilting is being with the people we quilt with. Newcomers learn by doing. If you would like to try quilting with us we will share our supplies with you until you figure out if quilting is your thing or not. The requirements for quilting are minimal. Those who have a portable sewing machine\, rotary cutter and mat will bring that equipment when we are starting a quilt and we work together cutting out the pattern and assembling the quilt. Once the hand quilting begins each person needs their own thimble\, scissors and quilting needles. \n 
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/meras-needle-pushers-50/2025-10-01/
CATEGORIES:Quilting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251002T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251002T140000
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SUMMARY:Heritage Weavers
DESCRIPTION:Meeting Place: Dean Hall \nContact Person: Lise Loader \nThis collective has expanded significantly from a core group over the last few years. \nThe weavers gather to plan and work on projects and are available to share ideas\, advice and enthusiasm with each other and newer weavers. It’s an apprentice-like learn-as-you-go environment suited to those who have taken an introduction to weaving weekend workshop at a guild. \nWe have 7 looms of various sizes and styles at MERA. Some of these looms are set up with extra-long warps which become cooperative projects that various members work on when they can. \nAs with all groups at the Schoolhouse\, you must have a MERA membership to become a regular member of the MERA Heritage Weavers.
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/heritage-weavers-101/2025-10-02/
CATEGORIES:Weaving
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251002T163000
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SUMMARY:Pottery Class - Beginners Level
DESCRIPTION:MERA’s pottery studio is always keen to welcome new potters.\nThe best way to join us is to enroll in our introduction to pottery class – a 6 week series of 2 ½ hour classes offering a taste of wheel work\, hand building\, sgraffito and glazing. The objective of the six week session is to introduce potential potters to working with clay\, and to participating in a shared studio. The fee is $200 (with MERA membership). We’re ready to run two sessions this fall. \nBEGINNING students on Thursday afternoons from 2:00 to 4:30. The 6 week session will run from September 18 through October 23. Six spaces available. All supplies provided. \nOnce you fall in love with potting you can become a studio member by\n1 – becoming a member of MERA\, (individual or new family membership $60.00)\n2 – paying the annual studio fee of $60.00\,\n3 – signing up for our WhatsApp chat (ask Alexis to add your address)\, and\n4 – buying your first block of clay. We sell the clay for $35.00/bag.Clay used in the studio must be bought through the studio (the easiest way to ensure that we are all using the same clay. It makes creating glazes and firing our work less complicated). The studio fee and clay purchases give you access to the studio’s tools and equipment and cover the cost of glazes and firing.\nPlease reach out for more information about classes or the studio through me lyndal.neelin@gmail.com or Alexis meraschoolhouse@gmail.com.
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/stained-glass-2/2025-10-02/
CATEGORIES:Pottery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251003T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251003T120000
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SUMMARY:Art Circle
DESCRIPTION:Join us and  learn from and be inspired by what others in the group are working on. There is plenty of time to work on your own piece and also trade ideas and techniques with others in a casual way.
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/art-circle-51/2025-10-03/
LOCATION:MERA Schoolhouse\,  McDonald’s Corners
CATEGORIES:Art,Art circle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251003T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251003T141500
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SUMMARY:Recorder Consort
DESCRIPTION:The MERA Recorder Consort is an ongoing\, flexible group of players. We meet regularly\, playing intermediate level music in 2-5 parts\, soprano\, alto\, tenor and bass. We play for our own enjoyment\, and we sometimes play for a MERA event such as the Wassail. \nIf you already read music and play the recorder\, we would love you to join this group of enthusiastic amateur players\, with teacher Helen Mogford providing guidance and music. We have a 75 minute class most Fridays.
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/recorder-consort-51/2025-10-03/
LOCATION:MERA Schoolhouse\,  McDonald’s Corners
CATEGORIES:Recorder
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251003T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251003T210000
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SUMMARY:Stained Glass
DESCRIPTION:Come and join us. All that you require is an interest in being creative and a MERA membership. We have materials to get you started. We learn and hone our craft together. \nBe prepared to learn from and be inspired by what others in the group are working on. There is plenty of time to work on your own piece and also trade ideas and techniques with others in a casual way.\nThis is a new program so we are excited to see how it develops!
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/stained-glass/2025-10-03/
LOCATION:MERA Schoolhouse\,  McDonald’s Corners
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251005T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251005T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T003055
CREATED:20250825T174417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250917T194331Z
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SUMMARY:My Own Private Shakespeare
DESCRIPTION:From a single fateful phone call taken reluctantly from the toilet\, a Shakespearean actor finds his world collapsing around him. As the story unfolds\, the unforgiving realities of his shattered life intertwine with Shakespeare’s radiant\, immortal text\, while the man teeters dangerously close to the brink. \nWritten and performed by Justin Hay\, known for his performance in the 2017 filmed adaptation “Richard III – Unto the Kingdom of Perpetual Night”\, the play draws on some of the greatest and most powerful passages from Shakespeare to ask: Is it possible to find peace with the impossible paradoxes of life? \n“My Own Private Shakespeare” has earned writer/performer Justin Hay critical and audience acclaim after successful runs in Toronto\, New York and the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe. A veteran of the stage and screen\, he trained at the Royal National Theatre in the UK. \nThe running time is approximately 55 minutes\, with no interval. Recommended for ages 14+. My Own Private Shakespeare contains themes of mental health\, suicide and trauma. \nCLICK HERE for more information and videos. \nTickets are available at TicketsPlease.ca \nThanks to the generous support of the Ontario Arts Council we are able to offer a $20 discount to those 30 and under\, and if they wish\, an additional $20 discount for their “guest” of any age. \nRegular – 31 years & older: $30 plus fees\nDiscount Single – 30 years & under: $10 plus fees\nDiscount Pair – 30 years & under with guest of any age (2 tickets): $20 plus fees \nFunding support provided by the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario
URL:https://meraschoolhouse.org/event/my-own-private-shakespeare/
LOCATION:MERA Schoolhouse\,  McDonald’s Corners
CATEGORIES:Community
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