London 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 15: Reality Check – Housing Legacy
Will our Olympic investment help to meet Hackney’s housing needs?
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Björk song gets Hackney treatment
SPIRITWO and singer Yael Claire bring an eastern tradition to Björk’s Oceania, inspired by the Olympic Games
Sweet Revenge – Sweet Toof solo show at The Colour Works
Hackney Wick provides the location for an exhibition of grinning graffiti this month
Hackney galleries’ Olympic art attack
Away from the official Cultural Olympiad, East London artists are expressing more ambivalent viewpoints on the impact of the Games
The World in London
An open-air photography exhibition of people from the Olympic nations celebrates our multicultural capital. The Hackney Citizen visits the Victoria Park show
Hackney Hurricanes kick up a storm
Disability athletics club is getting more youngsters involved in sport
Trailblazers – Queens of TV Comedy at Hackney Empire
A celebration of female comedy stars of UK television who managed to earn their own shows
London 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 14
Though trade is generally reported to have been slow these past two weeks, local businesses in Hackney have found creative and quirky ways to celebrate the Games
The Limelight – laughter in the dark
The Limelight finds black humour in the life of a frustrated comedian
London 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 13
With the end of the Games approaching, attention turns to the much-hyped ‘Olympic legacy’
Grimeborn 2012 – an alternative festival of opera
This year, the Arcola’s unconventional musical theatre and opera festival will be held in the Tent
Fair grounds for a musical – Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel
The Hackney Citizen discovers a Rodgers and Hammerstein show at the Barbican
Hackney betting shops back in spotlight
Hackney Council asks for residents’ comments on new draft paper on gambling
Hackney Film Festival 2012 dates announced
The annual showcase of local film-making returns this September, bigger and better than ever
London 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 12
Random thoughts on from Hackney on the twelfth day of Olympic competition
Olympic truce inspires Bsix College students
Olympics big screens will show young artists’ pieces on the theme of truce