Be a tourist in your own city.
A Mid Summer’s Dream Last year’s first annual Mid Summer’s Dream festival ended up being one of my favourite events of the year, and by far the most unique. This year’s MSD fest promises to be even bigger and better than the last. To get an idea what you’re in for, take a look at … Read more
I Heart Hamilton’s: The Playlist 2.0 (Fundraiser for Food4Kids) This Ain’t Hollywood 345 James Street North I Heart Hamilton’s “The Playlist” fundraiser concert series has now joined the ranks of such festive annual events in my life such as my birthday, Halloween, Supercrawl! With my second one down, I know this will be something I … Read more
Dr. Disc 20 Wilson Street Lesson learned from last summer: don’t put balloons up in the window of Dr. Disc, because they are ticking time bombs that will pop, causing the record store’s alarm system to go off and wake up owner Mark Furukawa to an startling phone message. Luckily, Mark let me have another … Read more
I’m so excited to announce the next event – I Heart Hamilton’s The Playlist’s 2.0 (Fundraiser for Food4Kids) I Heart Hamilton began in May 2011 with the concept, “Be a tourist in your own city.” Last summer, The Playlist 1.0 was held to benefit a local cause. It’s time to do it all again! I … Read more
Welcome Inn Community Centre 40 Wood Street East I had the opportunity to take a tour of Welcome Inn Community Centre in the North End. I chose to donate the proceeds from my birthday show to their food bank and while I was there, I was happy to learn more about all they offer the … Read more
Food4Kids Hamilton 407 Whitney Avenue I was happy to stop by the office of Food4Kids, tucked away nicely in a West End neighbourhood, to learn more about this not-for-profit organization that I had heard of, but did not know much about. To quote from their official site: Food4Kids provides backpacks of healthy food for kids … Read more
The Casbah 306 King Street West Last year, it worked out that I celebrated my birthday with some of my favourite musicians at Casbah. I wanted the party to be at another show this year and now that I’m venturing into booking them, I thought I would put one together. Making it even better, I … Read more
kitestring’s Christmas Spectacular Culture for Kids in the Arts Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts 126 James Street South It’s the most spectacular time of the year! Well, anything is bound to be spectacular when kitestring creative branding studio is involved. Chris Farias and the team are some of the most creative, fun, and positive people … Read more
Lincoln Alexander Centre 160 King Street East About a year ago, I Heart Hamilton joined in when we as a city threw our proverbial hat into the ring to get Q – the arts and culture show hosted by Jian Ghomeshi – to come to our hometown for a live broadcast. Although we lost the … Read more
93.3 CFMU McMaster Campus Radio Gore Park Gunner and Matt Jelly hosted a broadcast of In the Neighbourhood live on location at Gore Park this week. The broadcast was also a food drive and 224lbs of non-perishables were collected for the Welcome Inn. It was so great to see people come out and support the … Read more