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Showing love for The Westdale

Arts venue in west Hamilton is celebrating 90 years and kicking off a capital campaign to eliminate its $1.7-million debt with an anniversary gala on Valentine's Day. A 90th anniversary gala for The Westdale will be both a celebration of the past and a call to action for…
Arts + Culture

Casey and Diana chronicles a moment of compassion in AIDS crisis

Historic visit by Princess of Wales to Toronto hospice Casey House in 1991 is the setting of moving and funny play at Theatre Aquarius Feb. 19 to March 8. More than 30 years on, that day still resonates. Casey and Diana, coming to Theatre Aquarius this…
Arts + Culture

REVIEW: Dundas Little Theatre stages fresh take on Shakespeare

Eighties-inspired Much Ado About Nothing shifts comedy to a corporate setting, led by a talented and diverse cast and imaginative set and costumes. For another two weekends, Dundas Little Theatre is presenting one of William Shakespeare’s comedies, Much Ado About Nothing, in a truly inclusive production with a…
Food + Drink

ON THE MENU: WHAT’S OPENED AND CLOSED ON THE LOCAL RESTAURANT SCENE

Here's a list of what has come, gone and changed in Hamilton and Burlington in January. Launched  Afro Fusion Resto (337 James St. N., Hamilton)Dine in or take out from the newly opened Afro Fusion Resto, which showcases rich natural flavours of West Africa.
Arts + Culture

David Robertson says sharing mental health struggles was first step to healing

Hamilton gritLIT event is among first stops for the author after release of All the Little Monsters: How I Learned to Live with Anxiety. Prolific author David Robertson says he was skilled at hiding his bouts of depression and his battles with anxiety. He had a breakdown…

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Arts + Culture

Finding life’s ‘moments’ through art

Artful Moments was developed by the Art Gallery of Hamilton and St. Peter’s Hospital for late-stage dementia patients. It’s now serving as a template being used across the country. The Art Gallery of Hamilton’s Artful Moments has been providing art experiences to people with dementia for nearly 12…
City Life

Vital Signs: A call to action on housing affordability

Homelessness is at crisis levels but there are plenty of solutions if we just have the political will to fight for them, Hamilton Community Foundation panel argues. Homelessness is a choice, an affordable housing panel discussion hosted by the Hamilton Community Foundation heard on Wednesday. But that choice…
City Life

Blessed by the Bruce Trail

Hamilton is uniquely fortunate to have the 900 km world-class hiking route running right through the spine of the city. Autumn is the best time to explore it. At last, it’s autumn. The one time of year when if someone tells you to “take a hike” they really…
Arts + Culture

‘This is theatre, baby!’

Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts offers theatre, dance, music, and visual arts classes, workshops and camps for children, teens and adults, along with performance opportunities. In the attic of the Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts, Jay Watson hooks her thumbs through her jeans, puts on a top hat…
Food + Drink

Hess Village: The veterans and the newcomers

Hamilton is a city blessed with  great food and dining districts. We will regularly be profiling local culinary corridors and we start here with Hess Village. My earliest memory of Hess Village is a visit to a stylish salon to have my “colours” done – a fabric draping…
Arts + Culture

Bringing musical theatre to the Mountain

Hamilton's Curtain Call Performing Arts Company is raising money for a permanent home where it will teach kids singing, dancing and acting. Wanted – an industrial space on the Hamilton Mountain that can be transformed into a new live studio theatre venue for an audience of…
Food + Drink

Dishing on the delis

Whether Polish, Portuguese, or Italian, there are plenty of local delicatessens serving up delightful meats, sandwiches, sweets and hot entrées. It’s hard to describe exactly what a delicatessen is. Many have their favourite delis to stop into, but what actually defines a delicatessen is hard to pinpoint.
Arts + Culture

HAMILTON READS

Nathan Whitlock’s new book Lump features dark humour, unlikeable characters and the fatal contradictions of a modern family. In Lump, the latest novel by Nathan Whitlock, even the most unlikeable characters are not quite evil. “In fact, that was the whole point of the book,” says Whitlock. “Even…