Rio Cinema celebrates Hackney’s politically-charged film history
A recent screening of four short films charts the ‘cultural significance of both the Rio and the borough at large’
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Arts venues across Hackney announce new wave of discounts and freebies as part of Town Hall’s culture recovery effort
Cut-price tickets for young people and low-income families are among the latest offers
Out of this world! Hackney primary school pupils flex their creativity for UFO arts project
Artist Tom Pearman teams up with the Rio Cinema to offer children an other-worldly experience
Rio Cinema board ‘baffled’ by rumours of commercial sell-off
Directors dismiss claims from the Save Our Rio campaign, which has launched a petition to oust them
Treasure trove of photos found at the Rio to go on show at Hackney Museum
Thousands of images of 1980s Hackney, discovered in the cinema’s basement in 2017, set to become a major exhibition
CASA Festival, Dalston: ‘A Latin American fiesta that reminds us why diversity is so vital’
We look at three plays from July’s two-week festival, hosted by the Arcola Theatre, Rio Cinema and the Curve Garden
Queer film festival to return to east London for its eighth year
Volunteer-led Fringe!, founded in 2011 in response to arts cuts, is back for six days in November
Charity documentary about a lute-playing brain injury survivor to premiere at the Rio
Filmmaker Laura Stratford follows the story of musician Stephanie Feeney, who nearly died at the age of 11 after being hit by a car
Spring loaded: East End Film Festival announces line-up for next month’s cinematic harvest – our preview
The 17th annual festival of features, documentary and all sorts in between comes to venues around Hackney and beyond from 11-29 April
Dalston Tesco Express to become a 120-room hotel despite fears of Shoreditch-level anti-social behaviour
Speaker of Hackney among opponents of hotel on Kingsland High Street
Love is in the area: Hackney Valentine’s Day listings
Our guide to some of the more offbeat V Day events – plus, we ask local politicians: what’s the most romantic spot in Hackney?
Learning French by rote? Très ennuyeux! Dalston kids get into new habit with bilingual Sister Act performance
Rio Cinema performance of the musical version of the 1992 Whoopi Goldberg film, taking place this Friday, will be the culmination of a two-week scheme run by Hackney’s Mind Your Language
London Feminist Film Festival returns tomorrow
LFFF is based, as in previous years, at the Rio Cinema in Dalston, but the full programme includes many other talks, workshops, and is capped by a screening of Iranian film The Sealed Soil
A cinema lover’s double-bill: council approve licence for new Hoxton cinema as Rio launches crowdfunder
Mayor Glanville lends support to the all-new Curzon planned for Pitfield Street and Sadiq Khan is among backers of the long-promised ‘RIOgeneration’
Dalston’s Hackney Pirates put on a show at the Rio
Literacy charity premieres film made by children at red carpet bash
Rio could get second screen by summer 2017 and a third by 2021
Executive director Oliver Meek reveals growth plans as he admits financial situation for iconic Dalston cinema is currently precarious