By: Abeera Shahid The scent of tea and treats, The strangers chatting away, The snapping of fingers, The sound of music and words blending together… The Hamilton Youth Poets brought the audience into their personal worlds at the HYP-Hop High Tea event on Sept. 25 at the Spice Factory. HYP is currently preparing to […]
Fresh off the release of their sophomore album, Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit, Royal Canoe is relishing in the excitement of a new record while playing on the North American leg of their tour. A mosaic of rhythmic hip hop, experimental alt-pop beats and complex indie-rock, this six-member outfit from Winnipeg, Man […]
Saturday night is Supercrawl prime time, and the central spectacle of the evening was, as always, the highflying antics and storytelling of Circus Orange. On their fourth year at the Supercrawl, the Ancaster based performance company took to the skies to entertain an audience of thousands. Dancers performed while harnessed to the side of the […]
Scrolling through an online portfolio of his work, the first adjective that describes most of Reece Terris’ work is ‘big’. “I don’t know what happens,” the British Columbia-based artist admitted. “I get asked to do something and I usually fill up the space.” “The large scale appeals to me because it’s something I can get […]
The school year has started, bus route 51 has returned to the streets of Hamilton and there are still plenty of gorgeous days left to explore the city we all call at least our part-time home. Mac has a beautiful campus. Between the architecture, the grounds and the fact that we back onto Cootes Paradise, […]
Despite the influx of small businesses, the self-proclaimed claim to fame of new James Street North is still found in its art studios and gallery spaces. However, the now year-old Hundred Dollar Gallery stands on the corner of James and Cannon as an oddity, even beyond the city’s borders. It was conceptualized as a joke […]
McMaster football is taking a trip to the Donut Box. On May 3, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced a Labour Day Weekend daylong football experience hosted at Tim Hortons Field. McMaster will open the Monday, Sept. 5th event with a noon kick-off against the University of Toronto Varsity Blues. Following the OUA match-up, Supercrawl, the annual […]
[adrotate banner="16"] [feather_share show="twitter, google_plus, facebook, reddit, tumblr" hide="pinterest, linkedin, mail"] Despite the growing art scene in Hamilton, poetry has remained the one artistic medium that does not have as much exposure or contributors as the rest. With music at the helm and painting hanging on its flank, there doesn’t seem to be any established […]
When I walked into Mills Hardware to interview The Beaches, I was thankful for reprieve from the snowy flurries still raging outside, but even more appreciative of the opportunity to sit down with the Toronto four-piece alternative rock outfit and former Silhouette cover stars. I had missed their set at Riot Fest due to a […]
By: Anthony Manrique I was sitting in my Urban Planning class when our teacher asked us what we thought about Hamilton and its reputation as the Steel City. A classmate responded sarcastically with a rhetorical question, “Hamilton sucks?” At first, I shrugged, feeling indifferent to his statement, but I began to realize that he might […]
