Supercrawl 2015: Day One

There's something in the air in the days and hours that lead up to Supercrawl, and I'm happy that this year Supercrawl and the Ottawa Folk Festival don't coincide, so I'm home for the fun. As expected, a little rain didn't keep Hamiltonians away from Supercrawl on a very soggy Day One. 

Read (or listen) local at Supercrawl at these listening hubs put on by the Hamilton Arts Council's Literary Arts Committee. 

July Art Crawl

There's one more Hamilton Art Crawl before Supercrawl takes to the streets in September. August's Art Crawl happens on August 8th.

August Art Crawl Snapshots

 

Somehow, it's August, and with it came another art crawl — the last one before Supercrawl takes to James North on September 13th and 14th.

 

7 Gifts for Hamilton Book Lovers

Erin at the Dear Edna Blog was kind enough to let me write this guest post for her blog (which in my opinion, is one of the best in the city!) Check out the complete post here. You can grab at least a few of these items at tonight's art crawl.

Sights and Sounds of Art Crawl

Another art crawl weekend and, as always, James Street errupted. This crawl was complete with acrobats, snow cones, and Dr. Disc's 21st birthday bash on the store's rooftop. Here are a few shots I took on my trusty Fuji.

Restored Lister Block in all it's glory. No matter how many times I walk by, I still snap photos. It's just too beautiful a subject to miss.

The Dirty Nil prior to technical difficulties.

The Dirty Nil make the best of technical difficulties by taking things from the roof to the ground.

Oh, what art crawl has become over the past few years. There are acrobats now!

You've all seen the video, right? It's adorable.

Christ's Church Cathedral. Home of the Maker's Market.

A photograph of books, simply to remind you all that this is a book blog, after all! (Even when it doesn't seem to be.)

The next few shots are of the brand new Design Annex. The photos speak for themselves! It's gorgeous.

Just like I have a compulsion to take photos of the Lister Block, I have a compulsion to take photos of CBC Hamilton each time I wander by. I'm just so thrilled to have them in the city, and I was equally thrilled when Not My Typewriter was chosen for the site's Best of Digital on June 26.

My better half  took to the stage with The Rest just after ten o'clock. He's got a brand new personal twitter account (@jordanoftherest). Follow him, even if it's only because he'll be tweeting photos of our cat from time to time.

Welcome, CBC Hamilton!

As a journalism student in Ottawa, I had big dreams of working for the CBC, pausing every time I walked past the Ceeb's Sparks Street location or saw a news van parked on Parliament Hill. Somehow, I ended up working in educational publishing (which, of course, is an entirely different story), but, even today, I still get a twinge of excitement when I see a CBC building, whether I'm in Toronto, Ottawa, or Halifax. So, it was no surprise that I could hardly contain my excitement when I checked out the CBC's new space in my own city during last night's art crawl. The arrival of CBC Hamilton's digital service brings with it great possibilities for artists and fellow social media dorks like myself in this city. Welcome, CBC Hamilton — and thanks for the cupcakes!

A bookish shot from Friday night's art crawl

Literary sightings

"'We will make,' said Mr Fox, 'a little underground village, with streets and houses on each side — separate houses for Badgers and Moles and Rabbits and Weasels and Foxes. And every day I will go shopping for you all. And every day we will eat like kings.' The cheering that followed this speech went on for many minutes."

— Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

This beautiful fox was a part Surfacing, an exhibition by Textile graduates of Sheridan College. He was one of my favourite parts of last Friday's James Street North Art Crawl, mostly because he reminded me so much of one of my favourite literary characters — Mr. Fox from Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox.