Category Archives: Literary

The Burlington Slam Project Finals

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Biljana| Leave a comment

Thursday, May 16th 8pm @ Lyric Theatre (434 King St. East) – $5

The Burlington Slam Project has been working with youth, and the young-at-heart, to discover their voices, share their stories and reach out to their peers through slam poetry for the past four years.

This Thursday marks the finale of the current season of slam poetry in Burlington.  The finals are in Hamilton, and the participants for the 2012 US and Canadian National competitions will chosen that night.

Come out to Lyric theatre this week to support this very popular art form and to encourage our local talent to kick ass on a national, and international level. More information can be found here.

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Posted in Ear To Ground, Events, Literary, Poetry, Stories, Theatre

Deviate from Hate

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Biljana| Leave a comment

Thursday, May 17th. 6:30pm @ Freeway Cafe (333 King Street East)

May 17th is the International day against homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia; it is a Canadian-based global rallying event that offers a chance for people to get together and take a stand against hate.

Join LGBTQ communities and supporters at Freeway Cafe this Thursday for a special open mic coffee night. The evening will feature presentations, information booths,  artwork, poetry and more. If you have something you’d like to contribute to the evening, please register: layla@thewellhamilton.ca. Let’s get together and take a stand against hate and discrimination. More info here.

 

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Posted in Art, Ear To Ground, Events, Literary, Music, Queer

An Opera of Souls

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Biljana| Leave a comment

April 6th & 7th.  8pm @ The Pearl Company – $25 or $20 on Sat if you mention us.

Spoken word is making big moves in Hamilton, and this weekend’s celebrations are not to be missed if you are a fan of the genre, and if you are not a fan this is a great opportunity to see some artists at their finest.

The Burlington Slam Project and Up From The Roots are getting together this weekend for two shows. Friday night will feature Shane Koyczan with his band, Short Story Long.  The action continues on Saturday with award winning spoken word artist Dwayne Morgan and his one man show, ‘Grade 8′. Burlington Slam team members will be special guests throughout the event.

The two teams taking part in this event are raising funds to get to a national competition this fall, so please come out and support local talent so that they can represent us amongst Canada’s best in October. If you mention this Happening Hamilton article on Saturday night you will get a discounted entry. ($20 instead of $25).
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Posted in Art, Ear To Ground, Events, Literary, Music, Poetry

Grit Lit – Hamilton’s Literary Festival

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Biljana| Leave a comment

March 28th – April 1st -  See List of locations and ticket prices here

Music, art, food, and literature are all part of Hamilton’s transition to cultural hub of Southern Ontario.

It is time to celebrate literature with Hamilton’s 4th annual Grit Lit; a gathering of award winning authors and enthusiastic book lovers.  Made up of workshops, debates, speeches, panels, readings, and more -  Grit Lit is the place to be for lovers of literature.

The festival spans a few days and features an interesting literary event each night.  Grit Lit kicks off with a fantastic event: 10 Hamiltonians will  each defend one title from the Ontario Library Association’s Evergreen Award shortlist. Those involved are: Trevor Cole, Tor Lukasik-Foss, Jeremy Greenspan, Annette Hamm, Miranda Hill, Matt Jelly, Jeff Mahoney, Stephanie Seagram, Jamie Tennant and Grant Winstock.

This festival is a true Hamilton gem;  if you like to read you should try to make it out to one of the great events planned.

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Posted in Ear To Ground, Events, Lecture, Literary, Poetry, Stories

9th Annual RevWear Fashion Show

Posted on March 21, 2012 by charliebanjobean| Leave a comment

8pm March 23rd and 24th, $12, Lyric Theatre 434 King St. W. Tickets available at revwear.ca .

The theme of this year’s revolutionary fashion show featuring only reused materials is: Respect. The notion of respect will be explored as part of a triad with love and trust.  Delving into multiple perspectives of respect – respect for oneself, for partners, family, and community. It is also intended as an evolutionary theme from the previous RevWear shows – as a next step in recovery and rebellion against the ills of society, which is infested with disrespect.

On top of fashion, this show will feature music, dance, spoken word, and aerial trapeze. It will be an excellent showcase of Hamilton’s many revolutionary artistic talents.

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Posted in Art, Environment, Events, Innovation, Music, Poetry

February Art Crawl Map

Posted on February 9, 2012 by cconnnorr| Leave a comment

Hi, welcome to our Map of the February Art Crawl.

Have a smartphone? Check out our mobile map here!


View February Art Crawl in a larger map

Red: Bar/Restaurant
Blue: Gallery
Violet: Misc
Yellow: Shop

We try to writeup about as many event that we know about, but if you know of any more please comment at the end! Also a large thanks to HMag for always posting great Art Crawl Rundowns.

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Posted in Art, Art Crawl, Bicycles, Crafts, Events, Food, Literary, Music, Outdoors