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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

In photos: Festival of Friends

Hamilton's iconic three-day free summer music weekend at Gage Park attracted big crowds and great talent to its 47th festival. Check out these photos by Gary Green and Brent Perniac. Hamilton-based guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer Chris Chambers entertained at Festival of Friends.Jon Goold of Hamilton's The…
Food + Drink

The Food Court Foodie

The Townhall Social Eatery serves up a top-tier variety of offerings under one cool roof on Concession Street. Kara Liersch is no stranger to the hustle of the restaurant business. As one third of Social Event Group, the Hamilton restaurant collective responsible for some of the coolest food…
Made in Hamilton

Rockin’ the diamond

Since 2015, Hamilton’s music community has gathered on summer evenings for fun and bragging rights on the baseball field. Nicholas Daleo loves playing music and playing baseball. For years, the idea of a baseball league for the city’s music community was batted around. But nothing ever came together.
Arts + Culture

Radical Stitch: ‘Not to be missed’

Exhibit at Art Gallery of Hamilton explores Indigenous beading as a medium of knowledge transfer and an act of resistance. If you haven’t yet taken in Radical Stitch at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, you have only a few weeks left to see a groundbreaking exhibition that invites…
Food + Drink

Asian night market rolling into Bayfront Park

Come hungry and ready for fun in the sun or in the dark at Lucky Lion Night Market this weekend. More than 100 Asian-inspired food items, a DJ and bar, lion dancing, claw machines, merchants, workshops and crafts are all coming to Hamilton this weekend.  Since 2019, Hamilton’s…
City Life

Concrete Canvas: Painting the Town

Weekend-long mural painting event in August celebrates hip hop culture and street culture and leaves a colourful legacy across the city. Hamilton has long been a city of stories, but thanks to local artist Leon Robinson these stories are more plentiful, more varied, and certainly more colourful.
Food + Drink

Food on film: Hamilton featured in new docuseries

 Food is Me follows five of the city's eateries – Dear Grain Commissary, Tomah, Grain & Grit Co., Himalya and Maria’s Tortas Jalisco. Romantic comedies often contain a “meet-cute” scene of a couple’s first encounter. Kris Osborne and Nathan Sizemore have a terrific meet-cute story though the only…
Food + Drink

Getting the scoop: Don’t miss this local ice cream

The summer means we are definitely screaming for ice cream, so here is a list of some great options across Hamilton and Burlington that will satisfy your frozen cravings. When the sun is high in the sky and temperatures start climbing, what could be better than heading down…