- Michael Kras
- 23 Jun 2020
This new project is paying Hamilton’s BIPOC artists to make new art
Are you a Hamilton-based BIPOC artist who wants to get paid to create something this summer? Well, a new local initiative – the first of its kind in the city – is planning to help you do just that...
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- Michael Kras
- 17 Jun 2020
Supercrawl has been cancelled for 2020
We all knew this was coming, but that doesn’t make it sting any less: Supercrawl, Hamilton’s largest annual street festival, has been cancelled for 2020 due to ongoing concerns surrounding the COV...
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- Michael Kras
- 11 Jun 2020
This new podcast is all about the arts and artists of Hamilton
It’s no secret that Hamilton has a rich and robust arts & culture scene. But do you know much about the artists behind that performance piece you saw at Art Crawl, or that painting that riveted ...
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- Craig Clark
- 06 May 2020
Hamilton’s gritLIT Festival moves its writing workshops online during COVID-19
Writing workshops organized through Hamilton’s gritLIT Literary Festival have moved online while the city remains shut down during the pandemic. Starting on May 9th and running until June 27th...
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- Michael Kras
- 28 Apr 2020
VIDEO: Arkells surprise Hamilton fan with a performance on her front lawn
If you need your daily dose of the feels, this just might do the trick. Max Kerman, frontman of the wildly popular Hamilton band Arkells, posted a video to YouTube yesterday in which he surprises a Ha...
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- Michael Kras
- 10 Apr 2020
Hamilton Arts Council has launched an artist relief fund and live performance series
With concert venues, rehearsal halls, and theatre spaces shuttered amid COVID-19 and more questions than answers regarding when audiences will be permitted – or willing – to return to live perform...
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- Michael Kras
- 19 Mar 2020
Hamilton band Arkells are teaching music online for self-isolated fans during COVID-19
Beloved Hamilton-born rock band Arkells have found a creative way of engaging with their fans and keeping spirits high during the COVID-19 outbreak. As the community at large hunkers down for an indef...
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- Michael Kras
- 28 Feb 2020
Arkells are bringing The Rally back to Hamilton
Ready your ears: one of the biggest concert events in Hamilton is returning for a second time. Fresh off of dropping a brand new banger of a single, Hamilton-born rock band Arkells have announced they...
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- Michael Kras
- 27 Feb 2020
Hamilton band Arkells just dropped a catchy new single
Grab your best headphones and prepare to rock out, because famous Hamilton rock band Arkells just dropped a hot new single for your listening pleasure. The bouncy and buoyant new single, titled Years ...
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- Craig Clark
- 11 Feb 2020
Kobe Bryant artwork going up on James Street North
One of Hamilton’s most celebrated places for street art will now feature a massive painting of Kobe Bryant. The legendary basketball player, who died suddenly in a tragic helicopter crash on J...
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