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Comedy Bar in Toronto, Egg Zeppelin: The Improvised Bacon, Music & Comedy Show is heading down the road – the QEW to be exact – and comes to Hamilton for ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Egg Zeppelin is a 2-person, long-form improvisational comedy show. From audience suggestions, the Canadian-Comedy Award nominated comedy duo of Kris Siddiqi (Second City) and Marcel St. Pierre (Bad Dog Theatre Company) create a spontaneous hour in the lives of Dude and Man, the owner-operators of a dilapidated greasy spoon in a non-specific, small town halfway between ‘here’ and ‘there’. Every installment features a special musical guest and BACON cooked live on stage! IT’S A COMPLETELY MADE UP SITCOM/VARIETY SHOW, EVERY TIME! More »

GUITAR HAMILTON PRESENTS

Three award-winning young female guitarists performing a dynamic program of music for solo, duo and trio!
Sunday, February 5, 2012 7pm
Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts
126 James St. S.
Tickets ($25/$15) available at www.guitarhamilton.com, the HCA Box Office or by calling (905) 528-4020.

HCA Piano Series Presents:
Our Love Is Here To Stay: A Gershwin Celebration
with Valerie Tryon, piano
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 pm
Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts
Recital Hall
126 James St S, Hamilton, ON
Tickets: Regular $27, Senior $22, Student $15
www.HCArts.ca or call 905-528-4020 More »

Saturday, February 11
4:00 pm
Starbuck
Director: Ken Scott, 2011, Canada, 103 min. French with English Subtitles. Rated 14A
Westdale Theatre More »

Saturday, February 11
1:00 pm
Melancholia
Director: Lars von Trier, 2011, Denmark|Sweden|Germany|France, 136 min.Rated PG
Westdale Theatre More »

Tickets are on sale now for our annual Family Show:
King Artie and the Knights of the Rad Table, Feb. 3-19.
Fridays at 7pm; Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm. All tickets $10.

Lots of singing and dancing in this family friendly, fanciful take on the King Arthur tale. Artie and Gwen are transported to the realm of the Knights of the Rectangular Table. There they meet the “too die for” Lancelot, the wicked Morgan LaFey, bumbling but loyal knights, a tea drinking dragon, and of course the fair maidens and the Black Knight!
Musical fun for the whole family. More »

Ideas in Action is a one-day conference and educational on the difficult issues facing our world and on how students and community members can get engaged and create positive change.

The conference is comprised of speakers, workshops, information displays and opportunities for dialogue. All are welcome to participate in this collective process of knowledge sharing and community building.

The conference takes place on Saturday, January 28th, 2011 at Mohawk College. More »

MY FUNNY VALENTINE
With
shari vandermolen
in the Studio at Theatre Aquarius
February 9-10-11 @ 8pm
Tickets $18 advance sale / $20 at the door More »

Upcoming Winter Courses & Workshops

CHILDREN’S CLASSES

Arts Club Junior
With Katia Perez-Turgeon
From ages 5 – 8 years
Saturdays January 28 – March 3, 2012 (6 sessions) from 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Students will learn the basics of fundamental art practices and media while creating exciting works of art.
$80 members / $96 non–members More »

54 / 58
an installation by Bryce Kanbara (exhibited at Workers Arts & Heritage Centre, 2011)
comprised of photo-portraits of members of the Hamilton Art Community and the Hamilton Muslim Community.
Photographers: Jim Chambers and Masoud Eskandari

Jan 13 – Feb 5

Opening Reception: Friday, Jan 13, 7-10 pm with appetizers by Wild Orchid fine Portuguese cusine

Meeting Islam presentation and q&a by Cordoba House, Wed, Jan 25, 7:30 pm. free admission More »

Starting January 17, a text class will be held at the Citadel Theatre (28 Rebecca Street) on Tuesday evenings from 7pm – 9pm.

Using the text of Merchant of Venice, participants will work through the process of bringing Shakespeare’s words from page to stage. Covered will be character and scene development as well as interpreting the material.

The class is mandatory for those who are cast in Merchant of Venice, but is open to anyone who is interested. Registration will be held at the first class. More »

My name is Erin Bree Pierce.
I am the Program Director of Young People’s Theatre.
We are a local Musical Theatre Program in Ancaster and are in our 9th season producing full scale musicals for young artists.
This year we are presenting Les Miserables School Edition with a full orchestra at The Lincoln Alexander Theatre in Hamilton. More »

2012 Starts With a Bang in ‘The Last 15 Seconds’

Tottering Biped Theatre has teamed up with Burlington’s Performing Arts Centre to bring the show that was just named top 10 in 2011 by the Toronto Media: MT Space’s ‘The Last 15 Seconds’ More »

LARRY CARLTON
WITH THE MOHAWK COLLEGE FACULTY ENSEMBLE
12th Fundraising Concert

Steeltown Friends of Mohawk Music are proud to present guitar legend Larry Carlton, four-time Grammy winner and nineteen-time Grammy nominee, in concert with the Mohawk College Faculty Ensemble on Friday, March 9th at 8 pm in the McIntyre Performing Arts Centre at Mohawk College. Tickets: General Admission $35/Students $25; Tickets available online at www.sfmmusic.ca or through the Hamilton Philharmonic Box Office (905)526-7756. More »

In The Skin I Live In, ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he manages to cultivate a skin that is a real shield against every assault. In addition to years of study and experimentation, Robert needed a further three things: no scruples, an accomplice and a human guinea pig. Scruples were never a problem. Marilia, the woman who looked after him from the day he was born, is his most faithful accomplice. Director: Pedro Almodóvar, 2011, Spain, 117 min. Spanish with English subtitles. Rated 18A More »

When Rev. John C. Holland was 16 years old, he was singing in the Stewart Memorial choir and helping out at his family’s store—all the while dreaming of college and a bright future as a minister.

Little did he know that some day he would be the first African Canadian to be named a ‘Citizen of the Year’. That he would be posthumously inducted into Hamilton’s Gallery of Distinction, or that his indomitable spirit and gentle heart would inspire an annual awards event in his name. More »

The Burl-Oak Theatre Group
is presenting Over the River and Through the Woods
by Joe DiPietro,
from January 5 to 8 and January 11 to 14, 2012 at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts on Navy St. just north of the Lakeshore. The performance on Sunday, January 8 is a matinee beginning at 2:00 PM.  The curtain goes up on all other performances at 8:00 PM. More »

January 6-29, 2012
north gallery VERA DERNOVSEK
JEAN FRANCIS

Dernovsek and Francis have proposed an exhibition of natural landscapes and urban-scapes respectively. Both work boldly and relate their personal experiences through their paintings. More »

The Staircase is putting yet another unique twist on improvisational comedy theatre in the city. Every Sunday at 8 p.m. the simply named improv comedy show will bring a whole new level of improvisation to the Staircase stage. More »

HCA Piano Series Presents: André Laplante
Sunday, January 15, 2012, 2:00 pm

Program: Debussy: Estampes
Ravel: Oiseaux tristes and La vallée des cloches from Miroirs suite, Sonatine.
Liszt: Sonata in B minor More »

THE BOILERMAKERS & IRON WORKERS UNION – Camille Turner & Rick Hill
 Opening Reception: Friday January 13th, 2011, 7 pm.  Exhibition runs through April 30th, 2012
Workers Arts & Heritage Centre, 51 Stuart Street, Hamilton, Ontario

The Boilermakers and Ironworkers Union brings together the work of artists Camille Turner and Rick Hill, curated by Jennifer LaFontaine. Growing up in the family of boilermakers and ironworkers respectively, both Camille and Rick have carved out their own life paths from these working families to becoming working artists. Both draw on their family experiences and infuse these identities into their artistic practices.   More »

Hello public art enthusiasts,

I hope this email finds you prepared, wrapped and ready to enjoy the holidays.

Its been quite a year for public art. Here are some of the things that have happened, and more to come in 2012… More »

Sharing the Legacy- Sandy Graham Event for A Surgeon’s Hands, and Artist’s Heart

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012, 2 – 4 p.m.
Many visitors to our current show, A Surgeon’s Hands, and Artist’s Heart have been moved to tell us stories of their own turned wood treasures made by featured artist, Sandy Graham. We know that there are many more works – and stories to go with them – in our community and we would like to invite community members to bring their treasured Sandy Graham pieces into the gallery for a special afternoon of sharing those stories. More »

Friday January 20th, 2012 at 11am (for KIDS)
Sunday – Animation (9 min 50 s)
Battling his Sunday afternoon boredom, a young boy places a coin on the train tracks and soon witnesses a remarkable transformation.

Oma’s Quilt – Animation (12 min 52 s)
A film about love, life and change. Oma is moving to a senior’s residence where she doesn’t know anyone. Her granddaughter Emily tries to ease the burden of such a momentous change. More »

Experience the magic of internationally renowned Mozambican singer WAZIMBO on his first Canadian tour as he joins Brazilian singer Luanda Jones, Canadian Idol Winner Brian Melo, Toronto based singer-songwriter Arlene Bishop and Hamilton’s own Tomi Swick as they take the stage for an evening of inspiration and music! More »