February 8, 2017
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Hamilton, The Musical
Gif heritage with Sally McKay. Kiera Boult is the wizard of Canada's Brooklyn. The first movie star is from Hamilton.
Kevin Sexton
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Kiera Boult is a performance artist and retired stand-up comic. Find photos of her work here.

Sally McKay is an artist, curator and assistant professor at McMaster University. She helped run the now-deceased art magazine Lola, which was famous for its “shotgun” art reviews by non-writers. You can see a ton of her GIFs here.

Florence Lawrence was a Hamilton-born silent actor who arguably became the first movie star. You can find some of her movies on Youtube, like The Country Doctor or The Lure of the Gown.

Shirley Hughes is one of the co-founders of the Toronto Silent Film Festival.

The music on this show is by the band Zena. Find more here.


This episode was recorded at Mills Hardware in Hamilton, Ontario.

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