Arts + Culture

Looking to have a fabulous fall? Here are six local events that will get you out and about our fine city this autumn. Drag queen Jimbo of RuPaul’s Drag Race fame. Photo: Blake Morrow This Circus is a Big Drag Adam and Steve’s Big Top Circus/Party/Show promises…

Regular scheduled programming is back at Supercrawl, and the result is sure to be an end-of-summer highlight featuring a huge lineup of Canadian artists in a wide range of genres. Supercrawl, the free, multi-faceted, music-based three-day festival is back on multiple stages on James Street North from Sept. 9-11,…

 With Theatre Aquarius set to celebrate 50 years of bringing world-class professional theatre to Hamilton, we look back at how, and where, it all began. Artistic director Mary Francis Moore, left, and executive director Kelly Straughan are shepherding a new chapter for Hamilton's Theatre Aquarius, which celebrates its 50th anniversary…

From Benin City to Hamilton, Paize Usiosefe celebrates BIPOC with the launch of the Hamilton Black Film Festival.   HAMILTON CITY Magazine sat down with Paize Usiosefe, founder and chair of the Hamilton Black Film Festival. The inaugural festival in 2021 showcased seven feature films and 17 short narratives, which…

Printmaker Eli Nolet’s sensitive, sometimes defiant work has an understated maturity born out of queer trauma. Photos Courtesy of Eli Nolet Among the many works of local art I’ve bought, traded for, and been gifted over the years is a small intaglio print by Eli Nolet.

Looking to cozy up with a good book? Hamilton authors have served up a bumper crop of local lit that will keep those pandemic blues at bay. Spring days and nights are arguably the best time of year to curl up with a good book - the…