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Line up your weekend plans: Supercrawl is here!

Hamilton’s James Street North will be teeming with music, art, fun, fashion, and food on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The fun, food, fashion, arts, music and big crowds of Supercrawl – Hamilton’s showcase weekend of the year – is just a few days away. Stretching along the dynamic…
Arts + Culture

Film industry premieres Hamilton Film Board

Non-profit will invest in city’s screen industry. ‘Hamilton’s always been camera-ready. The film board makes sure we’re industry-ready too,’ says president. A group of local film industry leaders has come together to form the Hamilton Film Board, a non-profit dedicated to advancing Hamilton’s screen-based sector. “Hamilton has proven…
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 August. Launched Caked Coffee Vegan Bakery (364 Plains Rd. E., Burlington) A Toronto plant-based bakery has chosen the Aldershot neighbourhood for its second location. The bright little café is…
Arts + Culture

Vive la Hamilton: A new era for the HPO

At 29, Paris-born James Kahane is the 10th music director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. He wants you to know that he finds Hamilton artistically inspiring and that classical musicians party more than you might think. James Kahane grew up in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, France.
City Life

Hounds of Hamilton

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)! Is there any better escape from the relentless news cycle, doom scrolling and polarizing politics, and any simpler way to…
Arts + Culture

Decades of Steel City sound

Hamilton has long punched above its weight as a musical powerhouse. Here, we trace 55 years of the city’s breakout bands. And check out great live music venues, too. It is no secret that Hamilton is one of Canada’s biggest and best music cities. With its…
Arts + Culture

HAMILTON READS

From humorous horror and fairytale to a walking exploration of Westdale, a historical baseball tale, and short stories from Caribbean perspectives, here are five books from local writers that should be on your summer reading list. This summer, put your feet up and relax with a good book…
Arts + Culture

The Mule Spinner: Music’s tiny temple

A multi-purpose creative space founded by Hamilton music veterans Glen Marshall and the late Bob Lanois, the former stable at the Cotton Factory hosts intimate live performances and recording sessions. It looks like a film set. A set for something set in the early 1900s, perhaps. Industrial turn-of-the-century…
City Life

BRUCE TRAIL: A walk in the wilderness

The dream for the Bruce Trail along the Niagara Escarpment was born in Hamilton and almost 60 years after it was officially formed, the Dundas-based Bruce Trail Conservancy is ramping up its ambition to own the entire 900-kilometre route and a corridor of nature around it. “Nature is…
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INCITE FOUNDATION: Sinfonia Ancaster

The incite Foundation for the Arts supports the work of Sinfonia Ancaster. 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 is the legacy of the late Carl…
Food + Drink

King James Vol. 1

James Street North is, without a doubt, the heart of downtown Hamilton. Its dining scene is constantly evolving but rooted in the success of some mainstays and the neighbourhood’s ethnic diversity. James North runs from King Street East to the bay, bringing you to lovely (and ongoing) upgrades…
Made in Hamilton

Peter Lazar: The accidental tech entrepreneur

The silent partner in Maipai jumped in when the Barton Street pizza joint had to pivot to takeout in the pandemic. The result, a platform called Pavement, is now providing a buy Canadian solution to ordering in. Buy Canadian has never felt more urgent.  Many of us are…

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HAMILTON READS

Poetry in Place isn’t just a collection of poetry, it’s a community of poets sharing deep concern for our southern Ontario bioregion. Poetry in Place: Poetry and Environmental Hope in a Southern Ontario Bioregion features the work by more than 40 contemporary poets, many of whom call Hamilton…
Food + Drink

Hey Hamilton, let’s taco ’bout …

Who doesn’t love a good taco? Versatile, convenient, portable, easy to make, and delicious, these fun-filled pockets offer no end of variety.  When talking about tacos in and around our city, let’s just say there’s a lot to talk about! That was almost  a tongue-twister, wasn’t…
City Life

PRIDE: Local lesbian power couple a force for good

In this Pride edition, we celebrate the courage, commitment, and connection of Rebecca Moran and Michelle Douglas — a dynamic couple changing lives locally and nationally. Editor’s note: A word about acronyms. Though Canada uses 2SLGBTQI+ as the common initialism for the queer and trans communities, Two Spirit…
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PRIDE: Boy’s Night a ‘love letter to queer male relationships’

Trans writer, director and actor Coryn Urquhart wrote a play that shows his gratitude to those who helped him through his transition. It runs at the Staircase Theatre from June 26 to 29. For Hamilton writer, director and actor Coryn Urquhart, Boy’s Night is a…
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PREVIEW: Playtime 2 in Burlington delivers diverse lineups

Summertime short play festival will feature fresh new works from local playwrights. Offering “a summertime fix of community theatre,” Theatre Burlington is presenting the second annual installment of its short play festival called Playtime over two weekends on June 13 and 14 and 20 and 21. Theatre lovers…
Made in Hamilton

Peter Lazar: The accidental tech entrepreneur

The silent partner in Maipai jumped in when the Barton Street pizza joint had to pivot to takeout in the pandemic. The result, a platform called Pavement, is now providing a buy Canadian solution to ordering in. Buy Canadian has never felt more urgent.  Many of us are…
Arts + Culture

PRIDE: Comedy festival is about celebrating queer joy

The Uncloseted Comedy Pride Festival, now in its third year, is on this weekend at The Staircase Theatre. The first Uncloseted Comedy Pride Festival happened really as a fluke but this weekend will be the third annual festival dedicated to queer joy and it’s a fluke no…
City Life

PRIDE: 2SLGBTQIA+ mental health in Hamilton requires action, not words

Growing hostility is taking a toll and we must be vigilant and proactive at multiple levels to ensure everyone is safe and welcomed in our city. As a psychotherapist, I see firsthand how the growing hostility toward 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, both here and abroad, is taking a toll on…