Design Den at Barbican Centre
The Curve Gallery is host to this festive pop-up shop selling by works by a number of Hackney-based artists and designers
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House of Hackney launches Circus of alternatives
Circus is at The Tramshed in Shoreditch until 18 December 2011 from 10am – 8pm daily
Hackney activist highlights campaign to end violence against sex workers
Thierry Schaffauser talks about his work and the international campaign to end violence against those working in this industry
London Mayor Boris Johnson joins tea party with Hackney girl Barbara Windsor
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson volunteers at a Contact the Elderly tea party and calls on citizens to help those who are vulnerable and isolated
The Reindeer Monologues
Every Tuesday and Wednesday until Christmas at The Lion, Church Street, Stoke Newington
Turning over a new loaf at e5 Bakehouse
The Citizen visits e5 Bakehouse to find freshly baked bread in London Fields
Down at the FARM:Shop
The Hackney Citizen finds chickens, coffee and camaraderie on Dalston Lane
Long Way Back to Nowhere: New Works from the Holy Land
The Citizen talks to Nick Waplington about his time in the Middle East and how it inspired his new show at See Studio
The Puppini Sisters’ ‘little black book’
Looking for somewhere new to visit in Hackney this month? Local girls Marcella and Kate from the Puppini Sisters share their tips for the best hang-outs
Word Up: screen prints exhibition by Mr Gresty
Mr Gresty’s Word Up exhibition of typographic screen prints is on show at Biddle Bros until 21 January 2012
Rioter gets five years in longest sentence yet relating to August disorder
Junior Saunders pleaded guilty to violent disorder, criminal damage to a police car and burglary in Hackney on 8 August
Hackney Council rent hike threatens Centerprise
An iconic Dalston bookshop and cultural centre may have to close if a new lease fails to be agreed
‘Nessie of the Lea’ mystery as river raider lurks beneath
A mysterious and dangerous creature has returned to the River Lea and its presence is causing more than a wind in the willows
Hackney Council defends CLR James library ‘Starbucks cafe’ decision
‘It’s not a Starbucks’ says Hackney Council, but admits the cafe will sell Starbucks coffee and other Starbucks products