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I Heart Hamilton’s Best Of 2016 By Kristin Archer Although it’s important to keep moving forward and being in the now, it’s always fun to reflect on the year as we roll into the next. It means a lot to still be documenting my local adventures on the blog and I hope it continues to inspire people to … Read more
By Kristin Archer Compiling my “Best Of” local releases of the year is one of my favourite things to do on I Heart Hamilton – it’s crazy to know this is my 5th year of it. It’s a testament to our incredible scene that it gets more difficult every time to narrow it down to just my … Read more
Nique Restaurant 30 Vine Street Nique is Spicing Things Up on James St. North By Ciara McCann It was a perfect summer evening at the Camp AGH event this past July when I had my first taste of Nique. During a night that involved drinking Caesars while making friendship bracelets, roasting marshmallows from a s’more bar and … Read more
Episode 154 (Dec. 16/16) “I Heart Hamilton” airs Fridays 2-3PM on 93.3 CFMU Hosted by Kristin Archer In this episode: Interview with David Brennan, Luke Brown, and Jon Smith from A Christmas Carol playing at Theatre Aquarius studio theatre (Dec. 20, 22, 23) + interview with local musician ELSEE about her single “Every December” (proceeds to City … Read more
Live On Locke Melrose United Church 86 Homewood Avenue By Lisa Vuyk Architects: the next time one of you gets a hankering to turn a church into something not a church, for the love of Pete, please turn it into a concert hall! Everyone else in the meantime: get yourself into a church for a concert … Read more
Episode 153 (Dec. 9/16) “I Heart Hamilton” airs Fridays 2-3PM on 93.3 CFMU Hosted by Kristin Archer In this episode: Interview with comics Patrick Coppolino and Manolis Zontanos + Katie Kullman of YWCA Hamilton about their comedy fundraiser show at Yuk Yuks Hamilton (Dec. 13) + interview with Jay Perry about the Friends With Hearts fundraiser at … Read more
Episode 152 (Dec. 2/16) “I Heart Hamilton” airs Fridays 2-3PM on 93.3 CFMU Hosted by Kristin Archer In this episode: Interview with Tim Des Islets from Noisemaker about new DT Concert Series in Paris, ON presented by The Other Bird + interview with Sarah Johnson from new fitness boutique Fit Barre More info: DT Concert Series Fit … Read more
Episode 151 (Nov. 25/16) “I Heart Hamilton” airs Fridays 2-3PM on 93.3 CFMU Hosted by Kristin Archer In this episode: Interview with the band Family Of Things who play Baltimore House Art Crawl after party (Dec. 9) + interview with multidisciplinary artist and performer Lisa Pijuan-Nomura (Girl Can Create) about Handmade Hamilton (Nov. 26-27) More info: Family … Read more
Barely Bent Used Books 46 King St East, Dundas By Trish Gallant Photos by Lisa Vuyk If you’re headed out to Dundas to The Printed Word, our last I Heart Hamilton Book Crawl stop, you’re going to want to also make a pit stop into Barely Bent Used Books. Conveniently located just down the street from The Printed … Read more
By Kristin Archer Hamilton loves their Timmie’s! As we know, the first ever Tim Hortons was right here in Hamilton (which opened on May 17, 1964). That Ottawa Street location is still a classic – it’s now a mini Tim Hortons museum filled with memorabilia as well as being a classic coffee shop. Before it was … Read more