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Claudio Aprile is chef of the world

By Diane Galambos
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

By Meredith MacLeod
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…
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Marisa Mariella is on a good food mission

By Meredith MacLeod
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

By Allison M. Jones
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…
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New season at Aquarius features Frozen and plenty of Canada

By Meredith MacLeod
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

By Meredith MacLeod
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…
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Compass is navigating the food fight

By Meredith MacLeod
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. …
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Business friends are Pinch hitters

By Stephen Near
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…
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No reservations about Fully Committed

By Meredith MacLeod
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Hamilton photographer earns third deep dive world record

By Meredith MacLeod
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Hamilton’s Le Tambour partners with hot Niagara restaurant on sold-out meal

By Vanessa Green
City Life

For the Love of Hamilton

By Meredith MacLeod

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

By Suzanne Zandbergen
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

Hamilton-produced music featured in Indigenous land fight documentary

By Sarah Jessica Rintjema
YINTAH, now on Netflix throughout Turtle Island (US and Canada), the UK and Ireland, chronicles a decade-long battle by the Wet’suwet’en people over 22,000 square kilometres in northern British Columbia. The documentary YINTAH, added to Netflix in the fall, follows the Wet’suwet’en people’s ongoing fight for their rights…
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Savour a Taste of Burlington

By HCM
Thirty-eight restaurants are offering special prix-fixe menus for the next two weeks. Taste of Burlington, the city’s premier culinary event, is officially underway. From now until Feb. 9, 38 restaurants will offer specially curated prix-fixe menus for the program, showcasing the flavours and dishes that are contributing to…
Arts + Culture

REVIEW: The Catering Queen provides a reprieve from what ails us

By Allison M. Jones
The Players’ Guild of Hamilton delivers with a play that provides laughs, a villain to hate and a dive into the stories beyond the aprons serving at a fancy law firm Christmas party. If January has felt like an interminable month of Mondays, and psychic weariness has set…
City Life

Art, sex, and artificial intelligence

By Maria Orrego
AI is a powerful tool shaping intimacy and creativity in Hamilton but we must ensure we are careful about the intentions behind its use. Editor's note: This is the first of regular contributions from Maria Orrego, a Hamilton-based registered psychotherapist & sex therapist. Hamilton is a city…
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David Robertson says sharing mental health struggles was first step to healing

By Meredith MacLeod
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…
City Life

Gardeners rejoice! Seedy Saturday is around the corner

By Jason Allen
14th annual event on Feb. 1 will bring together vendors, speakers, seminar leaders, and plant, insect and wildlife-lovers of all ages and skill levels for Hamilton’s go-to gardening event. Years ago, my family bundled up in the February cold to head to a community centre near the old…
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Colin Mochrie joins master hypnotist for improv show

By Meredith MacLeod
Whose Line Is it Anyway? star joins hypnotized audience members in Hyprov, coming to Hamilton’s McIntyre Performing Arts Centre on Feb. 5. The show that combines hypnosis with improvisation is like performing a highwire act each night, says renowned comedian Colin Mochrie. He and master hypnotist Asad Mecci…
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