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Lots of Canada, Hamilton, even a Heated Rivalry actor, in Aquarius’ next season

By Meredith MacLeod
The 2026-2027 lineup will feature Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Roald Dahl’s Matilda, The Musical, and three new Canadian plays, two featuring Hamilton playwrights. Four female directors. Three new Canadian plays. Two Hamilton playwrights. Two blockbuster British musicals. One national bestselling novel. One actor from smash hit…
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Frost Bites: Telling stories that ‘need to be told’

By Stephen Near
The two weekend festival kicks off with Land, Place, Home, community-based storytelling based on the experiences of newcomers. There will also be family and community events at Bernie Morelli Recreation Centre. Frost Bites continues next weekend with innovative and intimate performances in nooks and crannies of The Staircase.
Arts + Culture

JUNOS in Hamilton: ‘Lightning in a bottle’

By Meredith MacLeod
Hamilton will take centre stage when it hosts the JUNO Awards for the seventh time from March 26 to 29. It’s a chance to show off this city of music and momentum, and to build a legacy to carry that forward. When the JUNO Awards arrive in…
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Agatha Christie classic rolling into Theatre Aquarius

By Meredith MacLeod
Murder on the Orient Express combines mystery, glamour and opulence, along with timely themes of humanity and evil. The play is fun and larger than life, says star Daniel Kash. When Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express rolls into Hamilton, it will bring a classic murder…
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Your complete guide to JUNOS 2026

By HCM
Hamilton will roll out the red carpet to the best and brightest in Canada’s music scene when the 55th annual JUNO Awards arrive March 26-29. Hamilton will be the epicentre of the Canadian music universe when the 55th annual JUNO Awards takes over the city March 26-29.
City Life

Hounds of Hamilton

By HCM
We need a big dose of dogs these days so HAMILTON CITY Magazine's new feature celebrates the city's canines. Send in your dogs (and cats)! Escape the relentless news cycle, doom scrolling and polarizing politics, and find joy and laughter in pets. Hounds of Hamilton…
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Punching In: Exhibit showcases the work of Hamilton music

By Meredith MacLeod
City Life

CITY VIEW: Immersed in Inspiration

By Stephen Near
Food + Drink

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

By Suzanne Zandbergen
Arts + Culture

48 HOURS IN HAMILTON: A music lover’s curated weekend

By Dylan Hudecki

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Theatre Aquarius scores with King James

By Meredith MacLeod
This production explores male friendship through the lens of basketball’s larger-than-life LeBron James and the triumph and heartbreak of being a diehard sports fan. It's not necessary to be a basketball devotee in order to enjoy Theatre Aquarius’s debut production of the season, but it sure helps to…
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In our bones: Exploring where memories begin

By Jessica Rose
Are human beings born with memories? A new collection of essays by pediatric clinical geneticist Margaret Nowaczyk probes her fascination with the mystery of inherited awareness – what she calls marrow memory. On a dreary afternoon more than two decades ago, Margaret Nowaczyk received the flimsy airmail envelope…
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Artist Ravinder Ruprai is taking on trauma

By Stephanie Vegh
She explores her own cancer diagnosis, loss of loved ones, racism, pain, and global migration through her fibre and fabric art works. I visited Ravinder Ruprai’s short-term studio nestled in an idyllic Strathcona garden where two massive box frames awaited their transformation. One loomed over us on its…
City Life

These cafés serve fix-it help for broken household items

By Jason Allen
Volunteer-run repair cafés tackle our throwaway culture by taking goods destined for the landfill and giving them new life. They are even teaching people how to fix their own stuff. A few years ago, thanks to my eclectic Instagram account, I was approached by Green Venture about…
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Local companies combine forces on bold, gender-bending Hamlet

By Allison M. Jones
Same Boat and Rook’s Theatre stage a radical new look at the Shakespeare classic in a North End historic gem. Local indie companies Same Boat and Rook's Theatre have collaborated on an immersive, gender-bent production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, which will open for a limited run on Sept.
City Life

Mayor Andrea Horwath urges Hamiltonians to spend time downtown

By Meredith MacLeod
At a mayor’s breakfast event hosted by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, she delivered a positive but cautionary progress report on homelessness, development and growth. A new deal for the lease of the Hamilton International Airport, a move to speed up approvals for development applications in the…
City Life

City reaches $400M deal with airport operators

By HCM
The agreement with Tradeport International Corporation will see the company manage the John C. Munro International Airport for 49 years. The City of Hamilton and the operators of the Hamilton International Airport have reached a 49-year deal that will see $400 million invested in the Mount Hope…
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Roger Mooking: Soundbites is a multidisciplinary exploration of modern life

By Meredith MacLeod
The celebrity chef, artist, author and musician is a serious fan of Hamilton and its creative energy, so the Art Gallery of Hamilton is the perfect venue for the exhibit’s debut as the centrepiece of the AGH art+music+food Festival. Don’t expect a typical art gallery experience at the…
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