Hamilton Association for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art

03/29/2026

Professor Herb Schellhorn had his work as president of HAALSA featured in this article at McMaster. He's as committed as ever to making this almost 170-year old community organization better known inside and outside Hamilton. Thanks for your efforts, Herb!

Herb Schellhorn has a lot of explaining to do when he tells people he’s president of the Hamilton Association for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art. He’s patiently done it dozens of times with long-time and even lifelong Hamiltonians. And he’s doing it again after sending out an e...

02/15/2025

UPDATE: Due to inclement weather, tonight's lecture, Overcoming Orthographic Oddities in English by Anna Moro, will be online only. For the Zoom link and more information, please visit https://haalsa.org/index.html

10/05/2024

Join us TONIGHT for our next lecture, Climate Change in Literature, Science and Art: A Story of Hamilton Harbour and Other Shared Waters, by Chris McLaughlin. In this lecture, Dr. McLaughlin will discuss how literature and art shape ideas and narratives which are critical to social change. The lecture will have a special focus on Hamilton Harbour and its relationship with the community that surrounds it. This lecture will be held in Room 1A1, Ewart Angus Centre, McMaster University Medical Centre, at 7:30 pm. For more information, please visit https://www.haalsa.org/index.html

04/04/2024

Join us for our next lecture, "One Cartoonist's Completely Non-Definitive, Partial History of the Graphic Novel," by Joe Ollmann, on Saturday April 6 at 7:30pm. Joe Ollmann will discuss his take on the development of graphic novels, why they deserve our attention and why some are under attack. As usual, this lecture will be in Room 1A1, Ewart Angus Centre, McMaster University Medical Centre. For more information, please visit https://www.haalsa.org/index.html

03/25/2024

The Hamilton Lawyers' Show 2024 is the 'Sting', based on the wonderful Paul Newman/Robert Redford movie. Former HAALSA speaker, Dermot Nolan, lawyer (and actor) is in it, playing against type as the villain played in the movie by Robert Shaw. If you are interested in seeing this benefit show in support of the Lawyers' Legacy for Children--The Ray Harris Fund, and Theatre Aquarius, take a look at the poster here.

03/09/2024

Join us for our event tomorrow, Saturday March 9th, at 7:30 pm, "How Eclipses and Transits Transformed - and Continue to Transform - Science" presented by Dr. Doug Welch. For more information, please visit https://www.haalsa.org/index.html