City Life

With more than 1,000 participants, free admission at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, live music, markets, and plenty of spooky family-friendly activities, the four-day celebration returns with a Halloween twist. The Halloween edition of Hamilton Day will bring together local businesses, artists, performers and community organizations for a…

Business leaders, urban planners, and police officials call for well-executed small wins, stronger partnerships with other levels of government, and coordinated community action to restore confidence in the city’s core. Hamilton’s downtown revival will depend as much on fixing everyday problems as it does on major infrastructure…

Gathering spaces, from parks to coffee shops, are what connect this city’s residents and build quality of life in neighbourhoods. We should be doing all we can to nurture them.  UPDATE: Since this article was written, Locke Cycle and Social Coffeehouse has opened in the old Democracy…

Meredith Depuydt created a dance series in Hamilton where everyone is invited to “intimate, high vibe” events. The second is Oct. 17 at Aquanova Brewing. Meredith Depuydt is a Hamilton-based event producer and founder of Body Talk, a high-vibe, curated dance experience centred around house music, movement,…

The Hamilton Arts Council, Hamilton Phil, and HAMILTON CITY Magazine have teamed up to produce a four-question survey of mayoral and ward candidates vying for seats at City council in the Oct. 26 municipal election. Read on to for the candidates' thoughts about arts and culture in Hamilton.