The award-winning Canadian hit about a waterfront boondoggle comes to Hamilton in a landmark production at Theatre Aquarius, running Oct. 30 to Nov. 16. It’s fair to say The Master Plan made an impression on Theatre Aquarius artistic director Mary Francis Moore. “My jaw was on…
Hamilton Day celebrates all the businesses that make this city great. So get out on Nov. 1-3 to support local. Hamilton Day is no longer a day, it’s now a weekend of celebrating local businesses and promoting the importance of keeping shopping dollars in our city. An initiative…
Hamilton guitarist Carter Lancaster says some nights on tour it feels like Canada’s great songwriter is in the room. Shows are coming to Hamilton and Burlington. There are moments when Carter Lancaster has been playing his guitar during this year’s tour of The Lightfoot Band and it's felt…
Hamilton Prop House offers a unique setting for a coffee, drinks or a meal, including a train car set. Hamilton Prop House burst onto the restaurant scene this summer with an exciting new concept, the likes of which have never been seen before in this city. It’s a…
Dylan Hudecki, aka The Dill, is a Canadian indie-rock vet having played in many different bands, including By Divine Right, Cowlick and Junior Blue. He’s a proud Hamiltonian and happy to cover local album releases for HAMILTON CITY Magazine. Jon McKiel – Hex Sometimes an album comes…
Liz Worth explores nature, ancestry, memory and the supernatural in her new collection of poems Inside Every Dream, a Raging Sea. She finds inspiration for her writing whenever she steps outside of her Hamilton home. Liz Worth is a poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer whose exploration of ritual…
Our municipal officials in Hamilton, and beyond, are prone to hiding behind endless studies and never getting anything done. But it’s time to take action on pressing social issues like homelessness. One of the highlights of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in the United States in August was…
Wayside House offers residential addiction treatment and supportive housing programs to men and male youth who are seeking sobriety. One of many success stories, Matt is finding new purpose after drug dependency and life on the streets. In this story, we follow up with Matt, whom…
Hamilton publishing house now includes three imprints producing fiction, non-fiction and poetry that challenge, enchant and refuse to conform. Sandwiched between restaurants on James Street North, you’ll find Wolsak and Wynn, a self-professed “charmingly contrary literary press” that’s been publishing challenging, enchanting, unusual, and often award-winning books…
Are human beings born with memories? A new collection of essays by pediatric clinical geneticist Margaret Nowaczyk probes her fascination with the mystery of inherited awareness – what she calls marrow memory. On a dreary afternoon more than two decades ago, Margaret Nowaczyk received the flimsy airmail envelope…
