Their work explores the pleasures, resilience and secrets of the queer experience through holograms, lenticular prints, digital renderings, and the reflective distortions of chrome. I can’t help but think of holograms as the neon-retro dreams of a future that never came, which made my first encounter with Ardyn…

For two years, Theatre Aquarius’s Indigenous Piindigen program has actively sought out traditionally unheard storytellers to teach and showcase their work. The culmination of this year's program is being presented Saturday as part of the Brave New Works Festival. The Brave New Works Festival, Theatre Aquarius’ annual…

Hamilton Arts Council’s annual cultural celebration returns for 2025 with 12 signature events from June 3-12 that showcase the diversity, creativity, and stories of our city. Hamilton is an arts town and that is never more true than during Hamilton Arts Week, taking place across the city…

City’s Italian celebration is marking its 50-year anniversary this year with a cultural expo and a street festival in June and its traditional events in September. For 50 years in September, Festitalia has brought Italy to Hamilton with dinners, dances, art shows, and grape stomps. This year,…

The CMAOntario Awards and Festival will hit the Textile Building and The Music Hall this weekend, marking the third time in five years the city has played host to the event. Hamilton’s The Redhill Valleys, Mackenzie Leigh Meyer and KX94.7, along with Josh Ross from Burlington, are all…

Campus will undergo a profound transformation over the next decade as it renaturalizes west side, adds more housing and creates entry gateways. A vision to transform the McMaster University campus over the next decade includes the renaturalization of what are large parking lots on the west side of…

Hamilton Theatre Inc.’s final production of the season is a rollicking, high energy, never-say-die good time meant for a wide audience. Hamilton Theatre Inc. is known for its enthusiastic and lively musicals backed by the orchestrations of its own talented band. This time the company is performing Big…

The incite Foundation for the Arts supports the work of the Great Lakes Music Makers and the Ancaster Music Society. The incite Foundation for the Arts has contributed more than $9 million to 50 Hamilton-area organizations, through grants from $2,500 to $300,000, since it was founded in 2011. It…