The charter of CERIMON HOUSE encompasses
Ceremony, Creativity, Curiosity & Community.

CERIMON HOUSE was established as an artistic harbor with programming that focuses on the Humanities.  We introduced the Cerimon blueprint in a belief that this particular moment in history calls for just such a place. With a nod to our namesake Cerimon, our many activities include the Shakespeare study group House of the Bard.


Where does the name "CERIMON" originate?
[pronounced: "sarah-mon"] 
Well, here's the beautiful story:

In the final years of Shakespeare taking up the pen, the author created mystical tales of yearning which featured the mighty Sea as an instrument of change. Among these yarns is the epic tale of Pericles, based on the ancient classic Apollonius of Tyre. In the Bard's play, the Princess Thaisa (who is nearing childbirth) embarks on a sea journey with her new husband Prince Pericles, where they encounter a mighty storm. Upon that tossing boat, she goes into labor and then perishes after delivering her baby. Her body is reverently and ceremoniously prepared in a coffin and tossed overboard.  (Splash!)  Thaisa is then met with a remarkable fortune, for her vessel (that coffin) is discovered on the shores of Ephesus and she is then revived in the house of a healer named Cerimon. It is in that welcoming sanctuary that she awakens - once lost and now found - and in the many years that follow, she seeks comfort as an officiate at the nearby Temple of Diana. Yet one more miracle ensues: a chance reunion at the Temple with both her sea-tossed husband and long-lost daughter named Marina. For this family, hope is most certainly restored. The humble sage Cerimon is to thank, and certainly for the brave lady Thaisa, Cerimon's house served as a place to be restored.

Read the feature article about our plans "If You Are a Dreamer, Come In"
written by Emily Bowles of Fractured Atlas.