Deborah, among other things, is an occasional writer and storyteller with the vocabulary of a well educated sailor. She finds humour in making mistakes and plans to make many more. Her passions include tea, feminist prose and BuzzFeed puppies.

She is also on the planning committee for Steel City Stories! You can follow her misadventures on twitter @editablankpage

‘Some Assembly Required’ is on Saturday, November 1st, at Mills Hardware. Doors open at 7pm and you can buy advance tickets for $10 here!

Zak McDonald is a stand up comedian, actor, provocateur, wordsmith, and modern day genius. He is also a man who refuses to write his own bio’s.

Zak has been traveling the country with his unique, honest, heartfelt and uplifting form of comedy for the last three years. He has been part of The Brantford Comedy festival, performed at The Lincoln Alexander Centre, and co-wrote and starred in the short film “The Store” for which he was nominated for best actor at The Hamilton Film Festival. He aims to continue to travel the world and push boundaries as a performer.

We are thrilled to have Zak as our host for ‘Some Assembly Required’!

‘Some Assembly Required’ is on Saturday, November 1st, at Mills Hardware. Doors open at 7pm and you can buy advance tickets for $10 here!

Chris Junior, or CJ, is an aspiring director who works at Swiss Chalet to pay the bills. He was born and raised in Hamilton, where he graduated from Mountain Secondary.

Among his many other talents CJ also plays acoustic and electric guitar. Follow CJ’s creative, and other, endeavors on his Youtube channel idiotsquad121.

Some Assembly Required’ is on Saturday, November 1st, at Mills Hardware. Doors open at 7pm and you can buy advance tickets for $10 here!

Grace is a full-time high school student and part-time philosopher. She also enjoys singing and loves shoes.

Grace is described by her friends as loyal, thoughtful and ambitious. This is her first time telling a story at Steel City Stories.

Some Assembly Required’ is on Saturday, November 1st, at Mills Hardware. Doors open at 7pm and you can buy advance tickets for $10 here!

Nadia is an artist who enjoys drawing animals. This includes her own cat who she describes as sweet and cuddly. If Nadia could only eat one food for the rest of her life it would be spaghetti with meatballs.

Nadia is thankful for Artforms because it brings people together.

Some Assembly Required’ is on Saturday, November 1st, at Mills Hardware. Doors open at 7pm and you can buy advance tickets for $10 here!

Jesse is best known for his voice impersonations including a spot-on Chewbacca. He loves everything to do with dragons and has a contagious laugh that often cheers up others.

He’s known by his friends as Pillsbury, ninja, Chewbacca or on Youtube as MrRedDragon543.

‘Some Assembly Required’ is on Saturday, November 1st, at Mills Hardware. Doors open at 7pm and you can buy advance tickets for $10 here!

We are so excited to be partnered with Art Forms for “Some Assembly Required”. This is a very special event for Steel City Stories, as it is the first time that we will be featuring youth storytellers!

This past month we’ve worked with Art Forms and our host Zak Macdonald to facilitate youth workshops on the art of crafting a compelling story. The culmination of six weeks of workshops will be our event on November 7th [tickets here] at Mills Hardware. The night will follow the format of a
regular Steel City Stories event, but will feature stories from the new perspective of youth that are “on the fringe” in the local community. Our theme for this event is “Some Assembly Required” and was chosen by the youth.

For those of you who don’t know, Art Forms is a youth arts organization located on James Street North in Hamilton. Art Forms provides art-making opportunities to youth who are “on the fringe”. They have been operational for two years and have provided workshops on all forms of art including drawing painting, writing, print-making, hip-hop, book-making, street art, beat-making, videography, mural, photography, and song-writing.

All the programs and activities at Art Forms are dedicated to helping youth thrive in Hamilton by seeking to improve mental health, sense of community, civic engagement, and commitment to education. We are proud to be assisting with Art Forms with these goals and can’t wait to share what the youth have been working on!

Check out the Art Forms website for other upcoming events!

“Some Assembly Required” is taking place on November 7th at Mills Hardware. Doors open at 7pm. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Seating is limited.

Doug Feaver is a seventh generation Feaver born in the city of Hamilton. He was lucky enough to know all of his grandparents, two great-grandmothers, and several great aunts and uncles. They told him stories of how they came to be here in Hamilton, how they met, and how *he* came to be. They were actors, singers, carnival people, con-men, scientists, postmen, soldiers, publishers, and policemen… They were Canadian, English, Welsh, Scottish, Native, French, Irish, Portuguese….They were Protestant, Catholic, Agnostic, Jewish, and Atheist! Doug makes his living playing guitar and harmonica and drums and other things, writing and singing songs, making independent records, and travelling through this life sharing the stories he lives and learns along the way.

Gary Warner has had a lifelong career as a university professor and administrator. He both taught and worked overseas in international development and was director of McMaster International. He has been active in the Hamilton community for over 40 years on social justice issues, including anti-racism, immigration, poverty, human rights and international development. He is a member of the Order of Canada.

Joy Warner has spent a lifetime pursuing the elusive goal of peace through many groups including Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, Project Ploughshares, KAIROS Ecumenical Justice Initiatives and the Hamilton Culture of Peace Network. Joy is the Coordinator of the Spiritan Office for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation. She is proud to be a Raging Granny. Joy and Gary have 4 creative children and 9 beautiful. grandchildren.