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Wacky and elegant: two qualities that are not generally associated. And yet, Friday’s art crawl saw the two hand-in-hand more than once.

Brian Kelly’s sculptures, at the You Me gallery on James Street North, are free-standing assemblages of cast-off objects. They are high-spirited, witty, whimsical — all of that. And yet, something more. Let your eye draw away from the detail, and each melange of random objects resolves into a structure that’s graceful and pleasing to the eye. More »

Went to a meeting last night ( July 9) on the third floor of the Police Station on King William Street, across from Theatre Aquarius. It seems that a group of arts-lovers, including some civic planners, involved citizens and Arts Hamilton, are excited about the idea of transforming a portion of King William Street into an Art Walk. More »

Campbellville is a quiet little community just up and over from Hamilton on the Guelph Line. In fact, Campbellville’s Main Street is the Guelph Line, which obligingly changes its name for a few blocks.

We piled in the car in the blazing afternoon to see David Morris do his interpretation of Robert Land, Hamilton’s first settler. The performance took place at the bottom of a gentle slope by the river. More »

Hamilton’s “It’s Your Festival” Festival is held at Gage Park over the Canada Day weekend (June 27 to July 1). Multiculturalism is the theme.

We were there for a couple of hours, and didn’t see any of the feature entertainers at the bandshell, so my perspective is somewhat limited.

However, my overall impression is of a festival that is going through the motions. More »