East End Film Festival launches kickstarter campaign
Annual celebration of film appeals to the public for pledges as it becomes a Community Interest Company
Russell Parton
Record Store Day vinyl countdown in Shoreditch
Secret 7″, the charity initiative in which original Vinyl artwork is sold off for charity, is set to be one of this year’s highlights
The Moscow Project: photographs of a rarely seen side of Russia
A secret cosmonaut base, the Moscow circular line and ‘kiosk culture’ are among the subjects of a group exhibition on the Russian capital
Dalston sound artist Atom Eye makes album out of field recordings
Who needs instruments when you’ve got the streets and green spaces of Hackney?
Roy Williams to make return to East London with new play Kingston 14
The playwright is back at Stratford East with a play that explores corruption in Jamaica with Goldie in a starring role
Philip Pullman’s Grimm Tales to be staged at Shoreditch Town Hall
‘A story is better than a commandment’ author of His Dark Materials tells the Hackney Citizen
Artists from London and Los Angeles team up for Head Grammar exhibition
Transition Gallery to hold mixed media group exhibition
Busker Mike ‘Down Dalston Lane’ Gregovich launches Soul of a Man EP
‘Music man’ who plays behind Kingsland Shopping Centre puts out new five-track recording
Macs from way back – East London's museum of all things Apple
The ‘Mac-smith’ Paul Marc Davis uses collection of rare computers and other Apple-related curios to create a museum on Hackney Road
Driven to abstraction – Roxy Walsh and Wilhemina Barns-Graham prints
Watercolours and screen prints by two abstract artists form two parallel shows at the Leyden gallery
Practical matters – Walthamstow's new public building the Blackhorse Workshop
The Blackhorse Workshop offers tools, tuition and bench space in a bid to encourage people to rediscover lost manual skills
Transgender roles as Jacobean tragedy brought into modern era in Cover Her Face
Performance artist La JohnJoseph stars in fifties take on John Webster’s revenge tragedy
Street artist Phlegm’s first indoor exhibition at Shoreditch gallery
Mystery muralist unveils The Bestiary installation at the Howard Griffin Gallery
Hackney students star in East Side Story dance film
Film based on West Side Story gives tale of star-crossed lovers a Hackney setting
Darren Hayman’s Valentine’s Day Occupation at the Vortex
Former Hefner frontman Darren Hayman talks about love songs ahead of Valentine’s instalment of his monthly residency
Advice for the Young at Heart – Theatre Centre commissioned play looks at 1958 and 2011 riots in London
Much has been said and written about the riots which swept London in 2011. Everyone from politicians to social workers have voiced their opinions on the state of our youth and their future. Attempting to get to grips with these issues, Advice for the Young at Heart sets out to examine both contempor