Arts + Culture

Main Stage Rehearsal Studios offers a range of rental studios and performance spaces for musicians and podcasters, with the goal of supporting artists at all points in their career. EDITOR'S NOTE: Main Stage Rehearsal Studios was the winner of a Global Music Cities Award on Dec. 8…

The 19th edition of the event will feature plenty of local talent, along with national and international shorts and features. It is a sure-fire way to beat the ordinary fare of your social media algorithm, says founder Nathan Fleet.   The 19th edition of the Hamilton Film Festival…

In The Knowing, the Anishinaabe author documents her quest to find her great-great grandmother and unravels a tale of the shameful history of Canada’s Indian Residential School system. Award-winning author, journalist and filmmaker Tanya Talaga will be at the Playhouse Cinema on Thursday, Oct. 10 as part of…

Dejehan Hamilton is using his knowledge and experience to lift up other racialized musicians and help them navigate the industry. It’s well known that music is a tough way to make a living, so a 12-week program called The Blueprint is aiming to make the road a little…

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…

This production explores male friendship through the lens of basketball’s larger-than-life LeBron James and the triumph and heartbreak of being a diehard sports fan. It's not necessary to be a basketball devotee in order to enjoy Theatre Aquarius’s debut production of the season, but it sure helps to…