Category Archives: Literary

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

Voicing Hamilton

Posted on January 17, 2012 by id| Leave a comment

Freeway Coffeehouse 333 King Street East, January and February

The McMaster Discovery Program’s first graduating class has put together an exhibit of their final projects , all on the theme “Voicing Hamilton”.  Projects include artwork, photography, and written work, and admission is free! The Discovery Program, which began in October of last year, provides an opportunity for adults in the Hamilton community to gain educational experiences they might not have otherwise had access to. As McMaster president Patrick Deane says, the Discovery Program “brings new voices to our educational endeavours, and that improves all our lives”.

For more information about the Discovery Program, click here or here!

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Homegrown Hamilton Grand Opening!

Posted on December 7, 2011 by charliebanjobean| Leave a comment

Starting Friday December 9th and continuing throughout the weekend, at 27 Kingwilliam st.

Now that the kitchen is finished and the kinks have been worked out, it is time to present the city with the fully open Homegrown Hamilton! The celebration entails special events all weekend long! Including great music, art, and literature as well as food and drink, so there is something for everyone! Read on for a detailed schedule of all that’s going down: Continue reading →

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Posted in Art, Art Crawl, Events, Food, Literary, Music, Poetry

C.R. Avery at the Pearl Company

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Biljana| Leave a comment

Friday,  December 2nd. 8pm at the Pearl Company
Something very special is happening in Hamilton this Friday, the one and only C.R. Avery is performing at the Pearl Company. This is a show you do not want to miss out on. If you aren’t wise to C. R. Avery he is best described as an:  Outlaw Hip-Hop harmonica player, a beatbox poet, a punk piano player, a string quartet Raconteur, and a vocal mastermind. Avery is in a sense: a musical renaissance man.  C.R Avery is a dynamic and raw performer who gracefully slides from poetry to hip hop, from spoken word to rock and roll; a one man wonderband. In plain terms: he  simultaneously sings, beatboxes, plays the piano and the harmonica.  That is a lot of talent from one man.
C.R Avery plays the Pearl Company this Friday at 8pm.
Tickets are $15 at the door / $10 for artists/students.

Check out some videos below..
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Posted in Events, Music, Poetry