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…

Formation of the tennis club at Gage Park dates back more than a century and it was once the largest club in Hamilton and among the largest in Canada.  Whenever my partner complains about being a “tennis widow,” I simply remind her that she is the source…

Photos by Brent Perniac, Donna Waxman and Jason Church Click on an image for full-sized gallery Members of the Bishop Ryan Jr. Xpression vocal group, directed by Mary Tabone, perform at the Catholic Youth Organization 40th gala, Carmen's Banquet Centre, Feb. 27.

Hamilton heritage developer Core Urban Inc. is about to begin redevelopment of historic buildings into a boutique hotel, residential rentals, offices, and hospitality spaces. Hamilton heritage developer Core Urban Inc. has been eyeing the historic Coppley Building on York Boulevard for more than a decade but the timing…