Alysha Main 🎶

Summer has been wild! I attended 2 memorable gigs (The Beaches & Shania Twain), and started a new one @TheWestdale! I’m hosting some great film screenings, started an online clothes shop, + I’ve got a few DJ gigs before I hang up my headphones. Read on putarecordon.com

Experience the nostalgia of Woodstock: The Director's Cut on April 20 at 7:00 pm, featuring rock icons like Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. Grab your tickets now: thewestdale.ca/event/woodstoc…

#ICYMI: Hamilton Film Podcast with @AlyshaMain I was the guest on this episode, but there are other great conversations to be heard as well. Check out all the episodes. #FromTheVault #podcasts #film #television #motionpictures

My latest column for the Hamilton Community News on how the city can better support its arts community. #HamOnt #Arts thespec.com/local-ancaster…

Music in Film series @TheWestdale kicks off this Wed Sept 14 with a screening of the new #CourtneyBarnett doc & intro on the music of Melbourne Australia with performance by Chris Altmann

While the new season of the Music In Film Series won’t be until Oct, I couldn’t resist the invitation to present the new #LeonardCohen doc this Fri July 22 @TheWestdale. @MelissaMarchese opens the night with a musical performance. Tickets: thewestdale.ca

Greetings!  I’m attempting the very challenging task of turning my brain on temporarily to write… I decided to go (mostly) offline this summer, and spend time with my son during the school holidays.  This is how it’s going... KEEP READING: putarecordon.com

Opening Friday! Tickets: thewestdale.ca/event/halleluj…

I’m in a rural farm town and I overheard someone talking about “shooting beavers” and isn’t that the most literal description of North America in 2021. Dam.

37,000-year-old cave paintings from the Chauvet Cave, France. #archaeohistories

Next meet up: Wed June 29, 5-8pm, Gage Park (1000 Main St E) These are casual nights to connect with other female identifying/non-gender conforming people working in film in Hamilton. A family-friendly evening: kids, partners, pets! The playground/splash pad (near Main St E)

June 13 (tomorrow!) THE BLUES BROTHERS screening, with music by Ginger St James & Chris Altmann. This is the LAST Music in Film night of the season! Grab your tix now @TheWestdale

Call for Vendors. Visit cottonfactory.ca blog for the application link. Email annette@coworkfactory.ca for info.

June Blog: Feel the Mamaraderie It’s June 1, calendar flip day! I have many exciting things to share this month so I thought I’d get an early start... CONTINUE READING: putarecordon.com

Woo hoo! I'm nominated for a @CdMusicSupGuild award for BEST SYNC - SCENE, FEATURE FILM. for thriller "The Retreat". Licensing “Bitch” by Allie X was a huge win- a big song, very crucial scene in the film. Check out the scene & vote here: guildofmusicsupervisors.ca/2022-voting-be…

THE BLUES BROTHERS will be playing at #TheWestdale for one show only! June 15th at 6:45pm. Stick around after for a film talk with @AlyshaMain and live music! Get tickets: thewestdale.ca/event/the-blue… #WestdaleCinema #ShopLocalHamOnt #HamOnt #WestdaleVillage

Happy Birthday to the Lauras! LOFT Executive Directors Laura Ellis & Laura Wilson both celebrated birthdays last week. We took a break from our usual Zoom meeting to go for lunch on the Hamilton waterfront.

Today at #TheWestdale: 4:00 pm - The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 7:30 pm - Soul Power (2008) *Film Talk* Get Tickets: thewestdale.ca/calendar #WestdaleTheatre #WestdaleVillage #SupportLocal #HamOnt

I'll be taking you back to 1974: a time of high gas prices, stock market crash, recession... when James Brown was in his prime as the Godfather of Soul (before his life took a dark turn) & the colourful city of Kinshasa hosted the music festival Zaire '74 Tickets @TheWestdale

Happy birthday to Stevie Wonder, born on this day in 1950 in Saginaw, Michigan. Here he is performing “Superstition” in 1973.