Be a tourist in your own city.
Jack & Lois 301 James Street North This Ain’t Hollywood 345 James Street North I had been trying to meet up with the guys of Redanda for a while now and see them live. When they let me know they would be playing at This Ain’t Hollywood with friends The Great Machine, another band I’ve … Read more
The Box Tiger Mulberry Street Coffee House 193 James Street North For my first Rendezvous of 2013, I got to chat with Toronto band The Box Tiger before their show at The Brain. After scoping out the venue and getting set up, I wandered next door to Mulberry with Sonia, Jordan, and Ben to find … Read more
The Brain 199 James Street North This was a night of several discoveries – new music and a new venue. For my first live music feature of the year, I ventured out to The Brain, a hot spot for artists and musicians on James North. I had only popped in briefly before during Art Crawls … Read more
Mulberry Street Coffee House 193 James Street North In December, I got to meet up with local girls Maya Amoah and Ava Campbell of iila magazine. The best friends created an online magazine to showcase fashion, music, and art, both locally and beyond. Being so young themselves (I was surprised to learn they are still … Read more
Supercrawl James Street North The event is a year in the making, some playfully dub it Hamilton’s Christmas, it gets bigger and better every year, and for the second year in a row it’s the most fun (and tiring!) event I’ve attended. SUPERCRAWL! As the 4th annual Supercrawl, this was the first that was expanded … Read more
Jack & Lois 301 James Street North Happy fall! For this month’s first official outing, I was joined by my friend Krystal for lunch at a place I’ve been dying to hit – Jack & Lois. I’ve heard so many great things about the new diner on James North and had peeked in the window … Read more
O’s Clothes 8 Cannon Street East Relish 6 Cannon Street East Time for another Crossover post! I ventured back downtown with my friend Seema of This Must Be The Place to do some more exploring. First we returned to where we had our first meet up – AppleBerry Cafe. Owner Opal Osiol was lovely enough … Read more
I Heart Hamilton’s The Playlist 1.0 (Fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hamilton) This Ain’t Hollywood 345 James Street North A year ago when we started, I didn’t dream that a year later we would be hosting the show of the summer (if I may be so bold) with some favourite local bands, … Read more
James Street North Art Crawl Art Crawl gets bigger and better every month! The warmer months are the most fun for Art Crawl, and everyone was out and about, taking full advantage of the hot summer night. I also realized this was our second Crawl this year that fell on the superstitious Friday the 13th … Read more
We’re excited to share a SECRET event happening today at NOON!! The organizers of SUPERCRAWL 2012 are hosting a FREE surprise pop-up show today, Monday June 25th at NOON in front of the Tivoli Theatre building (108 James Street North). Vancouver band Said the Whale will be performing, along with local musician Terra Lightfoot! If … Read more