Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra continues to invent ways to connect with new audiences and push the boundaries of what one expects from live orchestral music. Last Thursday, HPO introduced a brand new…
Auchmar Manor House
For nearly 165 years, Auchmar — a pre-Confederation gothic manor — has sat perched upon the Hamilton Mountain, built at a time before Mohawk College and big-box stores populated the neighbourhood. Con…
The Death Of The Fawcett House And A Call To Save Modernity
So long, Fawcett House. A Trevor Garwood-Jones jewel located at the edge of Sydenham Hill in Dundas, with an incredible vista of the valley, has just been demolished. This marks a similar trend happen…
Emay’s ‘Ilah’ is Your New Favourite Rap Album
Emay has been one of Hamilton’s most interesting and elusive rappers for a few years now. He had a large online following before he even started playing shows. He makes most of his own beats. Hi…
Hamilton Youth Poets – Louder Than A Bomb
With Hamilton’s art, food, and music scenes garnering more and more attention, there’s another incredible art form that’s right there under the radar. Hamilton Youth Poets (HYP) was …
Architecture Crawl 2.0
It has been just over 2 years now since the Hamilton Burlington Society of Architects hosted their first Architecture Crawl (during the OAA Annual General Meeting). Finally, after much anticipation, t…
Studio 205
In an unassuming spot in the Hamilton International Village, you’ll find the little white shop on the corner, Studio 205. Packed full of wares from the makers and shakers of Hamilton and the GTA, it’s…
MERIT Brewing
It’s finally here. MERIT Brewing Company; Hamilton’s first brew pub. Even with the boom of new restaurants and eateries that have popped up on James North and neighbourhing King William li…
Top 10 James Balfour buildings in Hamilton
James Balfour was born in Hamilton on December 24th, 1854 and apprenticed in Scotland at Peddie & Kinnear. He opened his own office upon arrival back to Hamilton in 1873 and quickly became a proli…
Q&A with Principal Architect Bill Curran
You went to the University of Waterloo to study architecture. What brought you back to Hamilton? Just serendipity. I never really planned to come back to Hamilton, I never thought there’d be an opport…