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The Mule Spinner: Music’s tiny temple

By Jamie Tennant Jul 30, 2025

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…

Happening Now

Scary circus coming to town

By Paul Weinberg Oct 15, 2023

Emerson Arts’ Fright Night: Carnival will transform the Cotton Factory into the backstage of a creepy carnival. A Christmas show will be staged at the former industrial building, too. For the first time, the Hamilton-based theatre company Emerson Arts has managed to secure the Cotton Factory as a…

Arts + Culture

16 signature events making up Hamilton Arts Week

By Meredith MacLeod Jun 5, 2023

Hamilton Arts Council's celebration of city’s artists and art forms takes place over 10 days from June 8 to 17. What do you call an arts-packed week that is actually 10 days? Hamilton Arts Week is in its ninth year and has grown to include 16 signature events…

Made in Hamilton

Marta Hewson: Fully in focus

By Meredith MacLeod May 27, 2023

Hamilton photographer is continually reinventing her career behind the camera and is now embarking into fine art. Two abductions have been turning points in photographer Marta Hewson’s life. The first came in 1974 when she was just four years old. Her father, president of a successful family construction…