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Michael Kras
29 Jan 2021

Hamilton’s Staircase Theatre has officially reopened to serve up vegan pub bites

It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for: Hamilton’s beloved Staircase Theatre, a local independent arts institution and café space that the city’s culture lovers almost lost earlier last y...

Michael Kras
07 Dec 2020

Hamilton’s Staircase Theatre reveals its three new owners

It’s been a whirlwind of a year for The Staircase Theatre, one of Hamilton’s premier independent arts venues and community spaces. At the earlier peaks of the COVID-19 pandemic, the theatre’s ow...

Michael Kras
23 Nov 2020

Hamilton arts venue The Staircase Theatre saved by new management

Artists and arts advocates woke up to some happy news this morning: Hamilton’s enduring arts venue and heritage space, The Staircase Theatre, has been purchased by a trio of local business people wh...

Michael Kras
30 Sep 2020

Supercrawl announces lineup for free concert series

Following a successful, socially-distanced series of ticketed concert events on top of the York Boulevard Parkade, Hamilton’s Supercrawl has announced a follow-up series of free admission concerts t...

Michael Kras
04 Aug 2020

Hamilton performance venue The Staircase has closed

In unbelievably sad news for arts & culture lovers of Hamilton, longstanding performance venue and arts incubator The Staircase has announced that it will likely stay shuttered even at the other s...

Michael Kras
21 Jul 2020

Hamilton Fringe Festival’s reimagined ‘What the Fest’ kicks off today

Typically, around this time each year, multiple venues in Hamilton’s downtown core and beyond are taken over by an 11-day extravaganza of live theatre, sketch comedy, music, magic, dance, and more. ...

Michael Kras
26 Jun 2020

Hamilton Fringe Festival goes digital amid COVID-19

Proving that artists are some of the most resilient and adaptive people out there, one of Hamilton’s biggest arts festivals has completely reinvented itself to fit in with the current realities of t...

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...

Michael Kras
30 May 2020

York Boulevard Parkade is being turned into a temporary open-air music venue

In exciting news for music lovers and concert-goers, the City of Hamilton has approved an initiative that will see the top level of the York Boulevard Parkade – across from the Hamilton Farmers’ M...

Michael Kras
24 Apr 2020

VIDEO: Hamilton theatre companies raise their voices in harmony during COVID-19

During these distressing times, it seems that people feel the need to turn to art for comfort, solace, and connection more than ever. That said, the arts & culture industry has taken a major hit d...