Archive for the ‘Local News’ Category

Joey Coleman

Hey everyone just a quick reminder Joey Coleman, aka the citizen journalist, is having a fundraiser. While the site is not political, Joey’s work is sadly needed as even our local news sources tend to neglect local news. So make up your own mind, here’s the links http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hamilton-s-live-unfiltered-news-even-better/   Also a great article by Raise [...]

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Hamilton Citizen of the Year goes to…

This past Monday the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce hosted the Hamilton Community Awards Dinner at Michelangelo’s. This dinner is hosted in order to recognize certain influential members of our community for their contributions to the city of Hamilton. The two main awards are the ‘Citizen of the Year Award’ (in its 75th year) and the [...]

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No Casino!

If you think having a casino within 45mins of two other casinos your insane, anyways on the mixed media blog Dave’s has a good statement about it. http://v2.mixedmediahamilton.com/?page_id=8 Reprint below: We’re well into January 2013 and many of us are back into a regular routine after a busy December holiday season. We are thankful and [...]

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Art Crawl Tomorrow June 8th (Rain or Shine)

Also please bring a non perishable good! Cannon & James North, help your community! Also —-Creative Exchange Networking Event- WHEN: Friday, June 8th, 2012 @ 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. WHERE: Former Bank of Montreal Building,Jackson Square Rooftop (above the LCBO) 2 King Street West, Hamilton, ON Join us on the second Friday in June (just [...]

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ARTCRAWL FEB 10th 2012!!!!!

ART CRAWL FEB 10/2012!!! Gurl PWR-McMaster New Space Gallery (Feb10 2-8pm/Feb11 2-5pm) Joanna Chan,Emily Hochheimer,Isabel Knez Katherine Koren,Gloria Pizio Opening Day: Friday February 10 | 2pm- 8pm Saturday February 11 | 2pm- 5pm Driving Directions: Enter the McMaster Campus via Sterling Street Entrance. Follow signs for Parking lot E. Parking Lot E is located directly [...]

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Pane Del Sole

So hopefully this will be with a little effort be a semi-regular series of posts about awesome local businesses! Pane Del Sole 175 John St North, Hamilton Ontario 905-529-0949 (between James and Catherine St, north of Cannon. Click above link for google map) Hours-6am-6pm  Sundays 6am till 5pm,(last time i checked and usually open most [...]

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SuperCrawl Information!

Ok so first off its SEPTEMBER 10/2011! Time-1pm till 12pm but there a couple after parties! (Also don’t forget Country Music Fan stuff too!) CCMA FanFest WHERE Jackson Square rooftop WHEN Saturday, September 10, 2011 TIME 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Also they have a FREE shuttle between the Lock St Street Festival and Super [...]

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AGH Comes to James St North!

First off congrats to AGH executive-director Louise Dompierre and the AGH in general for attaching itself to something outside it self and join the ever increasingly successful James St/Artcrawl scene. As the spec and others have stated recently… “The gallery announced Thursday it is opening additional digs on James in the spring to house a [...]

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ART CRAWL THIS FRIDAY!!!! AUG 12/2011

ART CRAWL AUG 12/11!!! MULBERRY CAFE-2ND ANNUAL SKATEBOARD ART SHOW Group show featuring artists creating works on skateboard decks in celebration of the skateboarding culture and to bring attention to beasley skatepark. BEEHIVE COLLECTIVE-SUMMER CRAFT FAIR (118 JAMES ST N) A fine craft fair exhibiting handmade jewelry, ceramics, textiles and more from Canadian designers. Friday [...]

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Dofasco Gives!

(image from the hamilton spectator) Sorry I still can’t bare to say Arcelor Mittal Dofasco, I think Dofasco is so much easier. Anyways if you were like me wondering why Dofasco was at Artcrawl well, here is why…. they were being good corporate citizens if you will and giving back $1.6 million to the local [...]

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