Have you heard? A portion of the proceeds from our next event, coming up on February 1st, will be going towards Christ Church Cathedral’s Meal Ticket Program!

Each Tuesday, the Church opens its doors to the Hamilton community, offering coffee, cookies and fruit…and a hot meal. Visitors drop by the church for some company, refreshments, information on community services and a voucher for a free, hot meal at the Salvation Army. Over 11,000 vouchers were given out in 2013 but the need is greater still. By attending Steel City Stories in February, our guests will also be assisting the Church in covering the costs of their meal ticket program in an effort to extend their services to even more members of the Hamilton community.

For more information on, or to reserve your ticket to, our upcoming event, “Roots”, on Saturday, February 1st, check out our Upcoming Events & Tickets page!

Get to know your storyteller! Leading up to our event on February 1st, we’ll be bringing you brief bios of our speakers. Here’s Anne!

Anne Cumby is co-owner of The Cannon, a specialty café that takes great pride in fostering a welcoming and intimate community in the Ottawa St. neighbourhood. Since 2011, Anne and her business partner Cindy Stout have worked aggressively to build a strong reputation as savvy entrepreneurs and professional baristas. Together with other coffee proprietors here in Hamilton, as well as in Dundas and Toronto, Anne is focused on raising the bar and establishing Southern Ontario as a destination for amazing coffee. In 2013, she acted as technical judge at the Canadian Barista Competition Finals in Vancouver. A devoted wife and mum, Anne likes storytelling, clever puns, video games, and remembering middle names. Follow Anne and The Cannon on Twitter: @cannoncoffeeco.

Join us, February 1st, at the Christ’s Church Cathedral, to hear Anne and others tell true stories from their own lives, live without notes! You can reserve your tickets online here!

Get to know your storyteller! Leading up to our event on February 1st, we’ll be bringing you brief bios of our speakers. Here’s Joey!

Joey Coleman is Canada’s first crowdfunded local journalist. Formerly employed with Maclean’s and The Globe and Mail, Joey decided to leave national reporting to pursue an attempt at creating a sustainable model for online high-quality local journalism. What drives his passion for journalism and Hamilton? His roots, which he will speak about.

Join us, February 1st, at the Christ’s Church Cathedral, to hear Joey and others tell true stories from their own lives, live without notes! You can reserve your tickets online here!

Happy New Year! We here at Steel City Stories are sure excited for what 2014 has in store…more storytelling – starting with our next event on February 1st!

We’re very happy that Steel City Stories: Roots is being presented as a part of the Winterfest festivities, and to be one of many exciting programs and events going on throughout the city during the first week of February. If you haven’t already, check out Winterfest’s website, here!

We’re also happy to announce that Roots is being produced in collaboration with Christ’s Church Cathedral; a portion of the proceeds from the event will be donated to the church in support of their meal ticket program.

And now, without further ado…

Steel City Stories Presents Roots
Saturday, February 1, 2013
Doors at 7 pm, event starts at 7:30
Christ’s Church Cathedral Sanctuary, 252 James Street North
Tickets are $8 in advance (available here!) or $10 at the door

Hosted by Jeff Goodes and including stories from:
Anne Cumby, The Cannon Coffee Co.
Lori Yates, Musician
Matthew Green, Freestyle Fitness
Klyde Broox, Dub Poet
…and more!

Thank you, Hamilton! Our event on Saturday was a smashing success! We were surprised as anyone that tickets sold out by 7:15 – we’re already looking for a bigger venue for our February event.

Besides our 6 fantastic speakers, we owe a huge thank you to our host for the evening, Steve Bunn. We also couldn’t have brought it all together without Ariane Klassen and Chris White, the masterminds who designed our logos; Dan Jelly who donated his time and supplies to make our buttons; Matt Jelly who made our swanky t-shirts; and the lovely and delicious Red Hill Coffee and Cake and Loaf who provided the evening’s refreshments.

And a big thanks to all our story-listeners! We so appreciate you supporting our event and are eagerly reading your feedback cards to help us bring Steel City Stories back, bigger and better, in February!

We’ll be posting more recaps from “Brushes With Greatness” soon…stay tuned!

Need another reason to come to our event on Saturday? We’ll be giving these cute lil guys out…

Tickets are available online, via our Guestlist Account, through Friday! Or arrive early on Saturday, November 2nd, to guarantee your seat…

Christ’s Church Cathedral at 252 James Street North. Doors at 7:00, show starts at 7:30.

See you then!

Get to know your storyteller! Leading up to our event on Saturday, we’ll be bringing you brief bios of our speakers. Here’s Lou!

Lou Molinaro – I am Oshawa native who moved to the Hamilton area in 1995.  I am a co-owner and promoter for This Ain’t Hollywood, a live music venue located at 345 James Street North.  Alice Cooper’s “Billion Dollar Babies” was the first full length record that I purchased at the age of 9 years old.  Since then, a plethora of amazing experiences and memories have made up a gigantic part of who I am.  I currently host a weekly radio show, LOU’S CONTROL on 93.3 CFMU as well as being lead vocalist in a band called TONGUE FU.  Lou Molinaro, a proud Hamilton citizen.

Join us, November 2nd, at the Christ’s Church Cathedral, to hear Lou and others tell true stories from their own lives, live without notes! You can reserve your tickets online here!

Get to know your storyteller! Leading up to our event on this Saturday, November 2nd, we’ll be bringing you brief bios of our speakers. Here’s Robin!

Robin McKee is passionate about Canadian history, and especially Hamilton’s history. He has lived in Hamilton since 1971 and has worked at CHCH-TV since 1978 as an on-air audio man, retiring after 31 years.
Robin is a member of the Head of the Lake Historical Society, the Mountain Heritage Society, the Stoney Creek Historical Society, and the Beach Lighthouse Group. He also serves on the Hamilton Historical Board, and is Joint Plaquing Sub-Committee. Historical Perceptions is a company which Robin has created. Under its auspices he hosts walking tours at the historic Hamilton Cemetery on York Boulevard, makes presentations and delivers lectures on Hamilton’s history and heritage.
Robin is a single dad to son Spencer, and a contributing author to: “The Hamiltonians,” “Vanished Hamilton,” and “Vanished Hamilton II and III,” and 4 other local history books.

Join us, November 2nd, at the Christ’s Church Cathedral, to hear Robin and others tell true stories from their own lives, live without notes! You can reserve your tickets online here!

Jeff Mahoney of The Spectator wrote a great piece on our event coming up next week!

Check it out here!

Don’t forget, you can reserve tickets online through here. We’ll also have some tickets available at the door. See you next Saturday!

Get to know your storyteller! Leading up to our event on November 2nd, we’ll be bringing you brief bios of our speakers. Here’s Lisa!

Lisa Pijuan-Nomura is a multidisciplinary artist who combines story, movement and sound to create one woman shows. She is currently working on a solo show entitiled Small, Sweet and Quiet that will be at Theatre Aquarius Studio Series in March of 2014.  As a newcomer to Hamilton, Lisa is proud to call this city home and curates a number of performance events such as Speak! Storytelling at the Staircase, and the WE Series: Big Concerts in Small Spaces at James North Studio.  To find out more about these events please feel free to check out Lisa’s email at www.girlcancreate.com or www.jamesnorthstudio.com. You can tweet at lisa on twitter at @girlcancreate

Join us, November 2nd, at the Christ’s Church Cathedral, to hear Lisa and others tell true stories from their own lives, live without notes! You can reserve your tickets online here!