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I’m honoured that myself and I Heart Hamilton have been nominated for two Hamilton Independent Media Awards (The Maggies)! Best Independent Media Outlet – I Heart Hamilton Best Journalist – Arts and Culture – Kristin Archer Thank you to all who submitted a nomination. I was touched to read the reasons behind the nominations on the Current … Read more
Coming October 16th, 2014 is the first Hamilton Independent Media Awards – “The Maggies”. The Maggies are named after the late Maggie Hughes, an important and inspiring figure in local independent media. Their mission statement: The HIMAs is committed to supporting the Hamilton community of independent journalists by hosting a yearly awards celebration. Through the … 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
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
Doors Open Hamilton Whitehern 41 Jackson Street West On the second day of Doors Open, I visited another tourist attraction that I hadn’t been to since I was just a kid. My parents told me of our visit to Whitehern all those years ago and for some reason the event saw me playing a game … Read more
Doors Open Hamilton Dundurn Castle 610 York Boulevard The annual Doors Open has become one of my favourite events to explore. It takes place throughout Ontario, and the Hamilton chapter is now in its 12th year. This was my third year in a row – nicely timed with the third anniversary of this blog. Historical … Read more
Art Gallery of Ontario 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto McMaster Alumni This post was also written for the McMaster Alumni Blog. Probably the most anticipated Mac10 event of the year was a trip to the Art Gallery of Ontario to explore the exhibit “David Bowie is.” I joined my fellow McMaster alumni for a Bowie-filled … Read more
Supercrawl Ah, Supercrawl! You left me reeling, yet again. This was the 5th annual Supercrawl, and my third one. The build-up for it was higher than ever and it was the biggest year yet with 100,000 people in attendance. It was an exciting whirlwind of a weekend and once again I’m left with the colossal … Read more
James Street North Art Crawl It was the last summer Art Crawl until Supercrawl and the last one for the summer. Had to make it a good one! First up, I wanted to check out the skateboard art show at Homegrown Hamilton. The show happens every year and is curated by Paul Antico. One of … Read more
James Street North Art Crawl Time sure flies when you’re having fun! It seems like I was just excitedly sharing my findings at June’s Art Crawl, and here we are again. We lucked out with another sunny day and this Art Crawl seemed even bigger than the last. Once again, I Heart Hamilton co-presented the … Read more