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Your guide to 2025 summer festivals in the Hamilton area
Social Sharing Even if you clone yourself, you'll probably find it difficult to attend all the festivals in the Hamilton area this summer. From music to theatre to food, there'll be no shortage of things to do. Here's some of what's coming up. This list will be updated throughout the summer. Have an event to share? Email hamilton@ Burlington Sound of Music Festival, June 12 to 15 This free music festival takes place in Spencer Smith Park on the waterfront in downtown Burlington, Ont. There's a varied lineup of musicians and a parade planned for Saturday. There are also vendors and a midway. Taste of Philippines, June 13 to 15 In honour of Philippines Independence Day on June 12, a three-day event at Gage Park in Hamilton's east-end will include live music, street food and a karaoke beer garden. Barton Village Festival, June 14 At Woodlands Park in Hamilton's Gibson neighbourhood, the Barton Village Business Improvement Association is hosting an event including live music, kids' games, activities and a vendor market. Organizers say Barton Street E., will be closed to vehicle traffic from Wentworth Street N., to Sanford Avenue N. Strawberry festivals on James Street N., and in downtown Stoney Creek, June 14 to 15 Some businesses on James Street N., in Hamilton will be participating in a new strawberry-themed event by offering "a special strawberry delight," during business hours, organizers say. In Stoney Creek on June 14, the 10th annual StrawberryFest will include music, games, food, vendors and children's games between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Something Else!, June 19 to 22 An annual music festival by Zula Music & Arts Collective Hamilton takes place across three locations with ticketed and free events. Attendees can hear live music at St. Cuthbert's on 2 Bond St., at the Hamilton Public Library Central branch and at during the Open Streets event at 399 King St. E. FrancoFEST Hamilton, June 20 to 22 Featuring music, free family activities and food, a three-day celebration of French speakers in Hamilton happens at Gage Park. Festitalia: Hamilton Italian Heritage Festival, June 21 and 22 By Liuna Station on Hamilton's James Street N., a street festival to honour Italians will include a car show, bocce tournament, music and pasta-eating contest. Open Streets On King, June 22 For one Sunday in June, King Street E., will be closed to vehicle traffic from John Street to Gage Avenue between 10 am. And 4 p.m., making space for activities and entertainment. For example, the International Village Business Improvement Area will be hosting a Pride event at Ferguson Station featuring drag performances and a "queer makers market." Waterdown Oh Canada Ribfest, June 27 to 30 The Waterdown and Flamborough rotary clubs are hosting an event in Waterdown's Memorial Park featuring ribs, live music and family activities. Admission is free. It's Your Festival, June 28 to July 1 To celebrate Canada Day, Hamilton Folk Arts Heritage Council is hosting live music at Gage Park. There will be a beer garden, parade and midway. Parking is $10. Admission is free. Because Beer Craft Beer Festival, July 11 and 12 Dedicated to music and craft beer, this weekend event at Pier 4 Park in Hamilton will include goods from 40 local breweries, ciderhouses and distilleries, food trucks, a retro arcade and something called beer yoga. The festival is a 19-plus, ticketed event. Hamilton Fringe, July 16 to 27 Spanning 12 days, the annual Hamilton arts festival includes over 350 theatre, comedy, dance, puppetry and magic performances in venues throughout the city. Festival of Friends, August 1 to 3 The annual Gage Park live music festival has yet to publish a lineup. Hamilton Pride, August 8 to 10 At Pier 4 Park, this pride event will feature vendors and performances. Winona Peach Festival, August 22 to 25 Featuring food, vendors and live music, the annual fair at Winona Park in east Hamilton.
Globe and Mail
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The summer that Joshua Jackson realized he wasn't a morning person
Vancouver-born actor Joshua Jackson has played a sprawling range of roles including defence lawyer, restaurant owner, corner-store cashier, cruise ship doctor and — in this week's Audible Original Oracle: Murder at the Grandview — an FBI psychic hunting serial killers. But has the 47-year-old actor ever braved a regular job like the rest of us? We asked the Dawson's Creek star in this latest instalment of 'How I Spent My Summer.' A lot of my summer jobs were on movie sets, but in between films, I had a few grinding short-term jobs. I was a grunt at a cement company, moving cement bags from one spot to another. I briefly worked at Subway, but my job at Starbucks was the briefest. I worked there for less than two weeks when I was 15. I'd applied for a couple jobs, including one I really wanted at Rogers Video. They didn't give it to me and called me 'unqualified,' which was a bummer since I was in movies on their store shelves. That was a real hit to the ego and I was pretty desperate, so when Starbucks needed a person to open the store on Broadway in Vancouver, I applied there and got the job. I was the person who opened the door at 5 o'clock in the morning – or was it 6? It was a long time ago – to a group of caffeine addicts. I wasn't the point-of-sale person, not even close. You don't even get to make the coffee at the beginning; you're just the prep guy who turns the machines on and moves boxes around. I kind of remember a brown uniform. Robert Munsch's first job in the French countryside turned out to be a stinky situation It was me and some other poor schmuck having to deal with people probably at the worst point of their whole day. They haven't had coffee yet or maybe they're already late for work, and now they have to deal with two teenagers who don't know what they're doing. But worse than not knowing, we just didn't care. We didn't even want to give them what they wanted. It was the coffee shop in my neighbourhood so I knew some people who came in, but even then, it didn't matter. The coffee's not ready, it's brewing too slow, they need to get somewhere. Maybe if I was a morning person, I'd have been better, but I wasn't. To be a non-morning person trying to serve a bunch of other non-morning people who need their first cup of coffee was just a personality mismatch. At that time in the morning, you should just want a cup of coffee. You shouldn't expect a teenager to make your double-half-caf-blah-blah-blah at 5 a.m. Nobody needs a 10-word coffee order. I had no patience for that and I wasn't empathetic either. Mother Teresa could have walked through that door at 6 o'clock in the morning and I would have been not happy to see her. When I tell you I did not enjoy this job, I mean I did not enjoy this job. You shouldn't do morning-person things if you're not a morning person. Just don't. But at 15, I was probably making irresponsible choices and staying up late just the same. When you go to bed in the dark, and you wake up and it's still dark and you haven't had a cup of coffee, you're a monster. I get it now that I'm on the other side. The summer Sook-Yin Lee spent in a noodle costume changed her life forever Now that I have a kid, I can do morning-person things. I never loved anybody who walked into Starbucks as much as I love my daughter. For my daughter, I am a morning person. For Starbucks, I was not. They made a big mistake in hiring me but I solved that problem for them. I probably knew I would have been fired soon, so I quit first. I just walked right out and never went back. That's what you're like when you're 15 or 16, and I didn't feel any kind of way about it either. I just wasn't there the next day. They were on a biweekly pay cycle, and I didn't even get my first paycheque. Even then, I thought, 'I hate everything about this job and life is too short so I'm out.' As much as I didn't know what my contribution to humanity was going to be, I knew it wasn't that. They didn't even let me keep the shirt. As told to Rosemary Counter
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24 Canadian books that represent fatherhood for Father's Day 2025
This Father's Day (June 15), check out 24 Canadian books of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and more that share the stories of fathers and father-like figures. The Loom by Andy Weaver The Loom is a collection of lyric poems about the author's experiences after becoming a father of two young boys at age 42. Andy Weaver's life now is filled with restlessness, noise and stickiness that come with two small children — and so this book reflects on his unique journey to parenthood with humour and hard truths. Weaver's poetry collections include Were the Bees, Gangson and This. Weaver is an associate professor of creative writing, contemporary poetry, and poetics at York University in Toronto. Dear Da-Lê by Anh Duong Written for his daughter, Anh Duong tells his previously untold story as a child during the Vietnam War and a refugee in Iran in the late 1970s. Compelled by his daughter's involvement in student protests, in Dear Da-Lê, he decides that it's finally time to share his journey to ending up in Canada in 1980. Duong is a Calgary-based writer. He was born in Thua-Thien Hue, Vietnam and moved to Iran in the 1970s. He worked for years as an engineer in the petroleum industry after his 1980 arrival to Canada. Invisible Prisons by Lisa Moore and Jack Whalen In Invisible Prisons, told through the prose of author Lisa Moore, Jack Whalen shares the violence and abuse he experienced as a child at a St. John's boarding school for four years. Despite the pain he endured, he found love and satisfaction as a husband and father. After hearing about what happened to him, his daughter promised to become a lawyer to help him seek justice — and that's just what she did. Now, Whalen's case is part of a lawsuit that is before the courts. Moore is a Newfoundland-based writer. Her books include February, which won Canada Reads 2013 when it was defended by Trent McClellan; Caught, which was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2013 and was made into a miniseries for CBC television; the YA novel Flannery and the short story collection Something for Everyone, which was on the longlist for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Mandeep's Cloudy Days is a picture book about a young girl who is deeply missing her father, who has to be away from their home during the week for his job as a truck driver. Mandeep and her dad love spending time together, performing Bhangra shows and having cha parties. When he's not around Mandeep finds it difficult to be happy. Mandeep's Cloudy Days explores the complex emotions of being separated from the people we love and how we can find moments of happiness and light amongst the more difficult times. Mandeep's Cloudy Days is for ages 4-7. Kuljinder Kaur Brar is a writer and an elementary school teacher. Her first picture book, My Name Is Saajin Singh, was selected for the first edition of CBC Kids Reads. She is based in Abbotsford, B.C. Samrath Kaur is a queer, American-born Punjabi illustrator based in Boston, MA. She illustrated the picture book My Name Is Saajin Singh, written by Kuljinder Kaur Brar. Favourite Daughter by Morgan Dick In Favourite Daughter, when Mickey's estranged father dies, she's left a considerable fortune. There's a stipulation, however: Mickey must attend therapy sessions before she can access the money. Things get complicated when it's revealed that her new therapist is a sister who she's never met — and the two begin sessions without knowing they share a father. Morgan Dick is a writer from Calgary. Her short fiction has appeared in Grain, Geist, CAROUSEL, Cloud Lake Literary, The Prairie Journal, Vagabond City Lit and The Humber Literary Review. How to Share an Egg by Bonny Reichert When Toronto-based journalist Bonny Reichert turned 40, she quit her job and enrolled in culinary school — a life-changing decision that pushed her to explore her relationship with food in writing. This exploration, along with a critical bowl of borscht in Warsaw, led Reichert to writing the memoir, How to Share an Egg, which dives into how food shapes her history as the daughter of a Holocaust survivor and shares her dad's story of survival. Bonny Reichert is a journalist and chef based in Toronto. She was formerly an editor at Today's Parent and Chatelaine and has written for The Globe and Mail. She won a National Magazine Award and was on the longlist for the 2020 CBC Short Story Prize. She teaches writing at the University of Toronto. In The Book of Records, Lina grows up in "The Sea," a building that serves as a home for migrants from all over the world, while caring for her sick father. She forms friendships with her fascinating neighbours, including a Jewish scholar exiled for his radical views and a poet from the Tang Dynasty, whose stories captivate her. However, her seemingly perfect life takes a startling turn when her father reveals the true reason they came to live at "The Sea." Madeleine Thien is a short story writer and novelist. She is the author of the novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing, which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General's Award in 2016 and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Thien's debut novel, Certainty, published in 2006, won the Amazon First Novel Award and was a Globe and Mail Best Book. Thien is also the author of Dogs at the Perimeter, which was a Globe and Mail Best Book, and the children's book The Chinese Violin. Her first work of fiction, Simple Recipes, won four awards in Canada and was a finalist for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. No Jews Live Here explores John Lorinc's Hungarian Jewish family history during the Holocaust, the 1956 Revolution and eventual move to Toronto. It follows Lorinc's grandmother, grandfather and father's experiences with the Nazis. No Jews Live Here uses historical insight and human stories to chart one family's trajectory across cities and cultures. Lorinc is an editor and journalist living in Toronto. His work has appeared in publications including the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, and the Walrus. His books include Dream States: Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias and The New City. Lorinc received the 2019/2020 Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy and the 2022 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy. For the Love of a Son by Scott Oake For the Love of a Son is a memoir that explores a father's unconditional love for a son struggling with drugs, addiction and violence. When Canadian broadcaster Scott Oake first held his infant son, Bruce, in his arms, he never imagined that Bruce would become a statistic in the losing battle to opioid abuse. Oake explores the life of his late son and the lasting impact of loving and supporting someone battling substance use disorder. Oake is a sportscaster for CBC Sports, Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada. He is on the Roll of Honour of the Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association and appointed a Member of the Order of Manitoba and the Order of Canada. Originally from Sydney, Nova Scotia, Oake started his broadcasting career at Memorial University's campus radio station before spending five decades with CBC. The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman by Niko Stratis The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman is a memoir-in-essays that explores how a love of "dad rock" music helped Niko Stratis come to a better understanding of life, love and the world around them. Stratis was a closeted 20-something trans woman working in her dad's glass shop in the Yukon Territory during the time when "dad rock" bands like Wilco, Radiohead and The National were regular fixtures on the radio and in rock culture circles. The incisive essays in the book examine how Stratis discovered a sense of queer and trans identity and belonging by way of listening to "emotionally available" artists such as Neko Case and Sharon Van Etten within this subgenre. Stratis is a Canadian writer, author and critic from Toronto by way of the Yukon. Her writing has appeared in publications like Catapult, Spin and Paste. Murray Sinclair made his mark on Canadian society as a judge, activist, senator, the chief commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the co-chair of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry — and he wrote all about it in his memoir Who We Are. The book answers the four guiding questions of Sinclair's life — Where do I come from? Where am I going? Why am I here? Who am I? — through stories about his remarkable career and trailblazing advocacy for Indigenous peoples' rights and freedoms. Initially written as letters to his granddaughter and a collaboration between father and son, Who We Are shares wisdom from generation to generation. Murray Sinclair was a former judge and senator. He died in November, at age 73. Anishinaabe and a member of the Peguis First Nation, Sinclair was the first Indigenous judge appointed in Manitoba and the second appointed in Canada. He served as Co-Chair of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry in Manitoba and as Chief Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He has won awards including the National Aboriginal Achievement Award, the Manitoba Bar Association's Equality Award and its Distinguished Service Award (2016) and has received Honorary Doctorates from 14 Canadian universities. Sara Sinclair is an oral historian of Cree-Ojibwa and mixed settler descent. She teaches at Columbia University and is currently co-editing two anthologies of Indigenous letters. Niigaan Sinclair is a writer, editor, activist and the head of the Department of Native Studies at the University of Manitoba. He is the co-editor of Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water and Centering Anishinaabeg Studies: Understanding the World Through Stories. He won the Peace Educator of the Year award in 2019. He is also the author of the book Wînipêk. Dad, Is It Time to Gather Mint? by Tyna Legault Taylor, illustrated by Michelle Dao Dad, Is It Time to Gather Mint? is a new picture book where a father teaches his son about traditional food harvesting. When the weather is warm, Joshua and his father love to gather mint together from the shores of Animbiigoo Zaagi'igan Anishinaabek in northeastern Ontario. The book also features a glossary and pronunciation guide for the Omushkegomowin (Swampy Cree language) and Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe language) words featured in the story. Dad, Is It Time to Gather Mint? is for ages 5 to 8. Tyna Legault Taylor is a member of Attawapiskat First Nation located on the Traditional Territory of the Omushkego James Bay Cree of Treaty 9 in Northern Ontario. She lives in Thunder Bay, Ont. Michelle Dao is an Ontario-based Vietnamese Canadian illustrator, with a background in animation. The Saltbox Olive by Angela Antle Through a series of connected stories spanning past and present, The Saltbox Olive tells the untold story of Newfoundland soldiers in Italy during World War II. The novel begins with Caroline Fisher's quest to figure out why her grandfather burned his brother's wartime letters. Angela Antle is a writer, artist, journalist and documentary filmmaker from St. John's, N.L. Her work has appeared in Riddle Fence and Newfoundland Quarterly, among others. She wrote and directed Gander's Ripple Effect: How a Small Town's Kindness Opened on Broadway, and wrote the documentary Atlantic: What Lies Beneath, which won best documentary awards at the Dublin, Wexford, Nickel and Chagrin Film Festivals. She is currently an interdisciplinary PhD candidate at Memorial University and a member of Norway's Empowered Futures Energy School. Unravel by Tolu Oloruntoba In the poetry collection Unravel, Nigerian Canadian poet Tolu Oloruntoba reflects on themes of identity, belonging and agency by way of poems that fundamentally delve into what it means to be human in today's world. The poems in this collection explore his Nigerian heritage, what it means to be Canadian immigrant, and his experience as a new father. Tolu Oloruntoba is a writer from Nigeria who now lives in Alberta. His first full-length poetry collection, The Junta of Happenstance, won the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry. He is the founder of the literary magazine Klorofyl and author of the chapbook Manubrium, which was shortlisted for the 2020 bpNichol Chapbook Award. Horsefly is a chilling tale that explores the dangerous consequences of human attempts to manipulate nature. In 1942, Thomas, a young entomologist, was sent to a remote island to work on a secret wartime project involving horseflies as biological weapons. Eight decades later, in 2025, a man turns to his grandfather, whose dementia keeps him trapped in the past, for help in understanding the experiments, because when a swarm of horseflies is unleashed during a heat wave, people are driven into a violent frenzy. 71 Canadian fiction books to read in spring 2025 Mireille Gagné is an author based in Quebec City. She has written books of poetry, short stories and the novel Le lièvre d'Amérique. Pablo Strauss has translated several works of fiction, graphic novels and one screenplay. He was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for translation for The Country Will Bring Us No Peace, Synapses and The Longest Year. His translation of Le plongeur by Stephane Larue (The Dishwasher in English) won the 2020 Amazon First Novel Award. Most recently, he translated Eric Chacour's What I Know About You, which was on the shortlist for the 2024 Giller Prize and the 2024 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. He lives in Quebec City. Astronautical! by Brooklin Stormie A century after planet Zephyr mysteriously exploded, its people now live on floating chunks of the world. Brothers Max and Lari travel the galaxy with their dad, Captain Cherryhair, delivering goods — until their father is kidnapped by the villainous Cynosure, the Planet Breaker. With the help of some starry ferryboat captains, the brothers set off on a daring rescue mission in Astronautical!. But when Max is injured by a black hole, Lari must step up and take charge for the first time. Can he uncover the secret of Zephyr's destruction, defeat Cynosure and save both his brother, father and their people? Astronautical! is for ages 8-12. Brooklin Stormie is an artist and illustrator from Peterborough, Ont. Dear Dad by Laura Best Ever since Sam's dad was diagnosed with ALS three years ago, going about his regular life as a 14-year-old boy has been next to impossible. In Dear Dad, a young adult novel about a father seeking medical assistance in dying, or MAID, Sam is struggling to be supportive of his father's choice. Exploring the complex and emotional experiences of disability, death and fatherhood, Dear Dad follows Sam as he searches for his way back home. Laura Best is a Nova Scotia-based writer of books for young people and adults. Her other novels include the 2018 Silver Birch Award winner Cammie Takes Flight and her adult book Good Mothers Don't. An Unbalanced Force by Valerie Sherrard An Unbalanced Force follows Ethan Granger, a teenager who's lived a life of wealth and privilege due to his father's mysterious business. After his dad slips up on a work detail, Ethan begins to worry that his dad is lying about the true and nefarious dealings of his job. So, he hires a private eye and sneakily follows his father in a thrilling adventure to reveal well-kept family secrets. Valerie Sherrard is a writer of books for children and teens born in Saskatchewan. She is the author of over 30 books, including Birdspell and Standing on Neptune, a novel written in verse. Sherrard is currently based in Miramichi, New Brunswick. Line Drive to Love by Angel Jendrick Line Drive to Love is a queer coming-of-age novel about a talented softball player stuck between her passion for the sport and a budding romance with a fellow player. Rory wants to be the best pitcher there is but with her father's ALS diagnosis as well as trying to date the charming Shanti she starts to feel overwhelmed. From softball to family to summer romance, can Rory step up to everything on her plate? Angel Jendrick is a writer of romance and poetry currently based in P.E.I. She is also the author of Secret Me. The Sky Above by Marty Gervais The Sky Above is a selection of poems from the perspective of a writer who crafts a story in many forms, be it journalism, photography or poetry. Canadian poet Marty Gervais's book tells everyday stories of being a father, weathering storms and occasionally talking to people like Mother Teresa in a Detroit church basement. Gervais is an Ontario journalist, poet, playwright, historian, photographer and editor. In 2018, he was nominated as the City of Windsor's Poet Laureate Emeritus. He is founder of Black Moss Press, one of Canada's oldest literary publishing firms, and is managing editor of The Windsor Review. This Report is Strictly Confidential is a poetic memoir of writer Elizabeth Ruth's inner life and family dynamics. Within four sections the poet details the life of her aunt who lived in a government residential hospital and reflects on a father she never met. Through the irony and intimacy of the poet's life, secrets come forward and leave lasting effects. Elizabeth Ruth is an author, poet and professor living in Toronto. She is also the author of the novels Semi-Detached, Ten Good Seconds of Silence, Smoke and Matadora. This Report Is Strictly Confidential is her debut poetry collection. Grampy's Chair by Rebecca Thomas, illustrated by Coco A. Lynge The heartwarming picture book, Grampy's Chair, is told from the perspective of a grandfather's favourite chair. The chair keeps an eye on Grampy's granddaughter, affectionately referred to as My Love. Grampy's chair is the perfect spot for My Love to read and play games, and also to curl up on when sick. When Grampy passes away, his chair is moved into storage and it wonders if it will ever see My Love again. Grampy's Chair explores grief, love and the importance of life moments taking place in our favourite spots. Grampy's Chair is for ages 4-7. Rebecca Thomas is a Mi'kmaw poet and children's writer, registered with Lennox Island First Nation. She is a former Halifax Poet Laureate. Her previous books include I place you into the fire, Swift Fox All Along and I'm Finding My Talk. Thomas lives in K'jipuktuk, Mi'kma'ki. Coco A. Lynge is a Greenlandic-Danish Inuit artist. She lives in Denmark. Dad, I Miss You is a picture book that is based on author Nadia Sammurtok's family history of residential school separation. A young boy and his dad each tell their story from their own perspective after the young boy is taken from his family and sent to a residential school. Dad, I Miss You explores loss, reconnection and hope. Nadia Sammurtok is an Inuk writer who lives in Iqaluit. She's written several picture books inspired by Inuit life and stories, including To My Panik, The Owl and the Two Rabbits, and Siuluk: The Last Tuniq. Simji Park is an illustrator and animator from South Korea, currently based in London, England. Mad at Dad by Janie Hao Mad at Dad is a lift-the-flap picture book that explores big feelings and managing anger in healthy ways. A little girl gets mad at her dad, but quickly realises she doesn't like the feeling of being mad, except she doesn't know how to stop it.
