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The Greenbelt Harvest Picnic is coming up on Saturday, August 23rd. You can always expect an impressive lineup of seasoned musicians at this annual festival at Christie Lake in Dundas. Tickets are available now at Ticketmaster, Picks N Sticks, and Dr. Disc. To get you in the mood, here’s a Playlist featuring the performers! Harvest … Read more
James Street North Art Crawl Before we hit the streets to enjoy tomorrow’s Art Crawl, let’s recap July’s! This was the summer Art Crawl I had been waiting for. May’s was a bit rainy but luckily cleared up later; June’s was inexplicably cold – come on, weather! But July – this was just right. I … Read more
The Eye of Faith 126 James Street North (Basement) It’s high time I blog about my friends, The Eye of Faith! I first caught wind of the shop through their online presence on Facebook and their blog. I was intrigued by their aesthetic right away and their blog is fantastic and well curated. I first … Read more
Episode 038 (Aug. 1/14) — I Heart Hamilton (93.3 CFMU) “I Heart Hamilton” airs Fridays 2-3PM on 93.3 CFMU Hosted by Kristin Archer Listen live: http://cfmu.msumcmaster.ca In this episode: Interview with the executive director of the Hamilton Children’s Choir, Tricia Le Clair, about the Choir’s trip to South Korea for the 10th World Symposium on … Read more
Very pleased to announce the next I Heart Hamilton showcase! I Heart Hamilton Presents: Hands & Teeth The Medicine Hat Gdansk City And The Sea + DJ Michael Keire (Threshold Recording Studio) Thursday, August 21, 2014 The Baltimore House, 43 King William Street $5 / 9 PM / 19+ — Facebook event —
A Midsummer’s Dream If you didn’t attend A Midsummer’s Dream last year – where the heck were you?! Now in its third year, this colourful, wonderful event has become one of the highlights of my summer and I rave about it to those who have yet to experience it. It’s pure magic. To recap – … Read more
Episode 037 (July 25/14) — I Heart Hamilton (93.3 CFMU) “I Heart Hamilton” airs Fridays 2-3PM on 93.3 CFMU Hosted by Kristin Archer Listen live: http://cfmu.msumcmaster.ca In this episode: Interview with co-owners of White Elephant, Hollie Pocsai and Jane LaBatte about their new location coming to Westdale; interview with and live performance by DB Cooper; … Read more
Art Crawl is fast approaching! On Friday, August 8th I Heart Hamilton is co-presenting Dr. Disc‘s Raise the Roof with Hamilton Magazine. Performers: 6PM – Two Stripes Down 7PM – The Tallest Tree 8PM – Haolin Munk 9PM – The Ascot Royals 10PM – The Human Orchestra Music starts at 6PM at 20 Wilson Street — … Read more
Royal Connaught 112 King Street East The reopening of the Royal Connaught was a highly anticipated event in the city, to say the least. When I began the blog in 2011, I attended a Haunted Hamilton Ghost Walk in the downtown core and the Royal Connaught was one of the sites of the tour. The … Read more
I Heart Hamilton’s: The Playlist 3.0 (Fundraiser for Food4Kids) This Ain’t Hollywood 345 James Street North I must recap one of my summer highlights for the third year running – I Heart Hamilton’s annual fundraiser event. I am so thrilled that I could bring The Playlist back for the third time (almost hard to believe … Read more