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Victoria and Deborah Pearce
James North Art Crawl
Friday May 11th, 7:30 – 10:00 pm.
173 James Street North,
Third Floor, Hamilton

So What’s a Story Meeting?
This is when each respective media outlet assembles their news and current affairs teams to review and discuss what stories, segments or features they are going to cover and why.

This is YOUR opportunity to pitch your story to the mainstream media in our community.

When? Thursday, May 24, 7pm
Where? The Hamilton Spectator Auditorium (44 Frid St, Hamilton)
Cost? None! More »

Pearl

A formal Main Stage presentation of contemporary dance work by Elizabeth Chitty, Mary Jo Mullins and Peter Randazzo

Friday June 8th 2012 8:00 pm
Saturday June 9th 2012 8:00 pm
Sunday June 10th 2012 2:00 pm More »

THE LYRES with THE MUNDAY NUNS (re-united) & THE MAGIC SHADOWS

This Ain’t Hollywood
345 James St. N., Hamilton, ON

Xtracurricular
A High School Art Exhibition
May 18 – June 3, 2012
Opening reception: Friday May 18 from 4 – 6 pm More »

Bach Elgar Choir
presents Mega-Vespers

Friday May 11, 2012 7:30 pm. Melrose United Church 86 Homewood Ave., Hamilton
and
Saturday May 12, 2012 7:30 pm Westdale United Church 99 North Oval, Hamilton. More »

PETER KIRKLAND New Paintings
Large scale paintings on canvas and wood continuing the artists exploration of allusive organic forms.

Opening Reception: Friday, May 11, 7 – 10 pm (James North Art Crawl)
appetizers by Wild Orchid

Exhibition continues to June 3. Gallery Hours: Wed – Sun, 12-5

you me gallery
330 James St. North, Hamilton ON, (905) 523-7754, www.youmegallery.ca

I would like to invite you to The Earth Laughs in Flowers, an exhibition of my photographs celebrating the chrysanthemums of Gage Park.

The exhibition is on throughout May at Gallery on 4, Hamilton Public Library, Central Branch, 55 York Blvd.

Meet the Artist Reception: Friday, May 11, 6:30 to 9:30 pm (Art Crawl evening) More »

An Introduction is a selection of local artists that Earls Court Gallery would like to highlight to Hamilton and the surrounding area. The show features encaustic work by Bruno Capolongo, pop art by Julio Ferrer, an industrial look by Clarence Porter, and large lively floral by Victoria Pearce. These artists exhibit strong technic in illustrating realism paintings with their own painterly stylistic. In addition, there will be several other surprise artists involved! More »

“On Saturday, June 9th 2012, grandmothers from across Canada will walk in solidarity to show their support of African grandmothers who are crucial to the survival of whole communities in the struggle against the AIDS pandemic.

Grandmothers are also hoping to raise money to provide critical services and support for African grandmothers and the children orphaned by AIDS in their care. Pledges and donations can be made either on-line at www.grandmotherscampaign.org/, or at the event, to the Stephen Lewis Foundation. More »

May 04 – May 27
north gallery- Cirvan Hamilton, Elise Muller
Wood and Stone
The Stone Tree Studio, are Cirvan and Elise, who live in a land of stone and wood near Dorset ON. For 20
years Cirvan has been building with wood in an evolution of style from rustic furniture to timber framing to
very fine furniture. Cirvan has trained at Rosewood Studio School of Fine Woodworking completing the
Craftsman program. He has won awards for his designs of tables and chairs. He designs and builds fine
furniture in a variety of wood to suit your home or cottage and welcomes custom orders. He regularly
exhibits his work in local studio tours and galleries as well as at Stone Tree Studio in Dorset Ontario where
he lives with his wife Elise and 2 daughters. More »

The Players’ Guild of Hamilton Presents
The Sunshine Boys by Neil Simon
Directed by: Diane Brokenshire Produced by: Enid Aaron

This is Neil Simon’s “ham on wry”. Al and Willie as “Lewis and Clark” were top-billed
vaudevillians for over forty years. Now they aren’t even speaking. When CBS requests them for a “History of
Comedy” retrospective, a grudging reunion brings the two back together, along with a flood of memories, miseries, and laughs. More »

The Brant Taletellers Guild Storytellers meeting will be at, The Station Coffee House & Gallery, 5 Wadsworth St., Wednesday, 02-May-2012 @ 7:00PM to 8:30PM

The Station Coffee House & Gallery is at the Via Train Station in Brantford

Following is the web site link http://www.brantfordstationgallery.ca/

This month’s suggested theme is, Family Stories (Real or Imagined) More »

CLiC Landscapes

A gala fundraising celebration of Canada’s iconic geographic wonders and incredible diversity

CLiC Landscapes will be a whimsical evening of socializing and dancing under the Northern Lights. Enjoy a fabulous selection of hors d’oeuvres, special Sweet Ice Snow Cones cocktails, the funk, soul and reggae sounds of local band Brothers du Monde, and captivating performances by Zero Gravity. More »

XANADU OPENS IN 8 DAYS!! get your tickets ASAP! The show is an hilarious roller disco of a time!

Ticket Line: 905-522-3032
Website: www.hamiltontheatre.com/home.html

XANADU follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends from the heavens of Mt. Olympus to Venice Beach, California in 1980 on a quest to inspire a struggling artist, Sonny, to achieve the greatest artistic creation of all time – the first ROLLER DISCO! But, when Kira falls into forbidden love with the mortal, her jealous sisters take advantage of the situation and chaos abounds. More »

Ladybird Animal Sanctuary
Spring Jamboree/Fundraiser

Sunday, May 13th, from 1pm to 5pm
at The Pearl Company 16 Steven St. Hamilton
Got to www.thepearlcompany.ca for more info More »

The Burlington Civic Chorale with Music Director, Dr. Gary Fisher, and Accompanist, Jennifer Goodine will present “Intimations of Immortality”, on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 7:30 pm, at St. Christopher’s Anglican Church 662 Guelph Line, Burlington, Ontario. More »

Original works by more than 50 artists from the Hamilton area and across the country will be featured at the eagerly awaited Art Gallery of Hamilton’s annual Spring Art Sale –Thursday, May 3 to Sunday, May 6. The four-day sale showcases exciting new works – paintings, sculpture, glass, pottery and jewelry – by established and emerging artists, who are invited to participate in the Spring Art Sale through a selection process. Admission to the sale is free. The AGH Spring Art Sale is held at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, 123 King Street West, downtown Hamilton. Funds raised from the sale are dedicated to programming activities at the AGH. More »

Just a quick heads up to everyone, Homegrown Hamilton double booked us on Saturday, so THE SHOW HAS BEEN MOVED TO Friday, May 4th. Unfortunately Ashley Sloggett is not able to make this show, but we have a great act planned to fill in for her. Same time, different day, still a great weekend party!!!

a night of rock and roll at Homegrown Hamilton! More »

WAHC presents our newest Labour Lounge in solidarity with the Hamilton Wentworth Elementary Teachers Local Teachers jobs have been in the spotlight due to ongoing contract negotiations with the Province.
The event aims to highlight the many talents of our Hamilton Elementary School teachers and to recognize their enormous contributions to our community. More »

A FUNDRAISER to recover unexpected expenses resulting from a recent robbery. A THANK YOU to our amazing friends who were so supportive in its aftermath. A GOOD EXCUSE to have fun with very cool people! Find links to featured performers, lists of activities, prizes and sponsors here!

Our incredible friends at Gallery 205 have let the Factory take over their entire arts facility at 205 Cannon Street and we aim to keep the place rocking from 5:30 to 11 PM. Come for an hour – come for the evening! RSVP to our Facebook Event page – email us – pick up advance tickets at the Factory. Look forward to seeing you there!

Dundas Little Theatre is pleased to present the third play of its 2011-2012 season, Iron by Rona Munro.

Iron is a taut psychological drama set in a women’s prison in Scotland. A daughter, Josie, is visiting her mother, Fay, for the first time in fifteen years. Josie is Fay’s first visitor in those fifteen years. Fay is serving a life sentence for the murder of her husband. Josie cannot remember her childhood before the murder. More »

Annex Unplugged
Public Event · By Annette Paiement

Friday, June 15, 2012, 8:00pm until 11:00pm

AGH Design Annex, 118 James Street North
Christopher Charles and Kae Sun perform a solo set of accoustic music and a set of songs together. More »

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD runs Apr. 19-21.

Call 905-540-9862 for tickets or e-mail cgiacinti@gmail.com
www.citadelhamilton.ca

Friday, April 27 at 7:00pm – Sunday, May 6 at 7:00pm

A play by David Wood, based on the book by Dick King-Smith
Babe, the Sheep-Pig is a delightful tale based on the popular book and feature length movie. Audiences join Babe, the loveable piglet, as he faces the joys and perils of his new life on the farm including his greatest challenge: The Grand Challenge Sheep-dog Trials! More »