Hamilton City Magazine - Page 13 Skip to main content
Celebrating all things Hamilton / Welcome Message
Food + Drink

Claudio Aprile is chef of the world

Renowned Canadian chef has translated his upbringing in Uruguay, his Italian heritage and his travels far and wide into his own food journey. If, as Julia Child says, “people who love to eat are always the best people,” what can we say about the talented people who prepare…
Arts + Culture

Women Fully Clothed a hot commodity in Hamilton

Comedic veterans Jayne Eastwood, Robin Duke, Kathryn Greenwood and Teresa Pavlinek have sold out theatres all over North America, including two upcoming shows at Theatre Aquarius. Tickets remain for a third performance. When the quartet who make up Women Fully Clothed talked about getting back to the…
Food + Drink

Marisa Mariella is on a good food mission

Stoney Creek resident and Cable 14 host is joining HAMILTON CITY Magazine to share her passion for cooking, mental health and wellness. Food advocate and blogger Marisa Mariella is bringing together three of her passions – food, teaching and mental wellness – in new…
Arts + Culture

Musical revue promises theatre’s great songs

Curtain Call Performing Arts Company’s newest Passion Project is its upcoming Musical Concert at Gasworks featuring seven performers. For one weekend only, Curtain Call Performing Arts Company will bring together seven performers to celebrate “beloved musical theatre classics and contemporary showstoppers,” from Wicked, Dear Evan Hansen, Beetlejuice, Jesus…
Arts + Culture

New season at Aquarius features Frozen and plenty of Canada

Disney musical, Agatha Christie mystery, comedy set in Hamilton, Gen X mashup, and play based on music of The Tragically Hip make up the 2025-2026 lineup. Theatre Aquarius’s next season seems tailor made for the buy Canadian sentiment that is surging right now in the face of U.S.
City Life

Hounds of Hamilton: Dogs are the stars at Fetching Studios

We need a big dose of dogs these days so HAMILTON CITY Magazine is a new feature to celebrate the city's canines. Send in your dogs! This story starts with a photogenic bulldog.  Soon after he moved to Hamilton in 2020, a neighbour who breeds bulldogs…
Food + Drink

Compass is navigating the food fight

Compass Community Health Centre in Hamilton’s North End is battling food insecurity through a range of programs targeting vulnerable populations. In vulnerable communities, food security is fundamental to health, family well-being and community-building, and in the North End of Hamilton, all roads lead to Compass Community Health Centre. …
Food + Drink

Business friends are Pinch hitters

The astonishing rise of Hamilton’s most out-of-the-box eatery is a story of a community rallying – twice – around owners Stefani Dubbeldam and Amanda Wright. Sitting with small business owners Stefani Dubbeldam and Amanda Wright, surrounded by greenery and the scent of fresh-baked cookies, it’s easy to be…

you are HAMILTON

HAMILTON CITY Magazine’s mission is to tell the stories that celebrate the city’s past, present and future by featuring stunning photography, illustrations and world-class writing. It’s your city. It’s your magazine.


City Life

Yes, you can hike by the HSR

A car is not necessary to get to some beautiful trails in Hamilton, so hop on a bus to explore and check out the beauty of autumn. It’s autumn, the best hiking season of them all (don’t argue, it’s facts!). Warm days and cool nights mean fewer or…
Arts + Culture

DLT’s mystery features secrets, murder, and star-crossed love

Dundas Little Theatre opens new season with melodrama Dangerous Corner, written by J.B. Priestley. Dundas Little Theatre opens its 2024-2025 season with Dangerous Corner, a murder mystery and melodrama by the prolific writer, John Boynton (J.B.) Priestley. Long time DLT members and frequent collaborators unite for this production…
City Life

A day just for Hamilton

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…
City Life

Compassionate Hamilton aims to get us talking about death and dying

Organization is hosting its second annual Circle of Friends event to bring together local resources available to patients and families. Dying is a fact of life but even the healthcare system struggles to really talk about it, says a family physician who specializes in palliative care. Compassionate Hamilton…
Arts + Culture

The Master Plan is crackling and compelling theatre about Toronto scandal

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…
Arts + Culture

THE PLAYLIST

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…
Happening Now

Locke Street shop helps Hamilton embrace its witchy side

The Witch’s Fix has everything you need to inject magic in your everyday and explore mystical and enchanted spirituality, just in time for Halloween Samhain. Whether you are a seasoned practitioner of witchcraft or simply curious to know more, The Witch’s Fix has the spells, potions, remedies…
Food + Drink

Lights, camera, lunch time

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…