Arts + Culture

Hometown show at Bridgeworks marks 30 years for breakthrough debut album Strays, which is essentially a folk record, says frontman Tom Wilson. It went gold and launched the rock career of the band. In the pantheon of quintessential Hamilton bands, Junkhouse ranks right up there with Crowbar and…

Paige Maylott delivers a vulnerable memoir that delves deep into her trans coming-out story and her battle with cancer.  My Body is Distant, the absorbing debut memoir by Hamilton’s Paige Maylott, is an intimate look at identity and self-discovery set against the backdrop of both real and digital…

Famed local producer Bob Doidge is behind a reunion show at The Westdale on Nov. 28 that features Materick's original band playing songs from the Asylum Records albums. One of the most acclaimed Canadian singer/songwriters of the '70s, Ray Materick is reuniting with his original band Midnight Matinee for a concert…

Give the gift of local this season with Hamilton's ultimate gift guide! We are blessed when it comes to the shop local movement. Hamilton and Burlington are home to countless shops and artisans and artists selling interesting and inspired gifts for anyone on your holiday list. You’ll feel…

Here and in a series of digital diaries, HAMILTON CITY Magazine lifts the curtain on bringing the world premiere of Pollyanna The Musical to the stage at Theatre Aquarius. We are getting unprecedented access to the creative team, cast and production crew to…

Celebrity photographer Brent Perniac’s family hosted the late Friends actor when he competed in a tennis tournament in the city in the 1980s as a teen. Ancaster photographer Brent Perniac has snapped thousands of photos of hundreds of celebrities over his career.  But it was his very first…