Holly-wooden: the local architect aiming to raise a timber cinema and theatre in Millfields Park
Just over a week left to crowdfund ‘Cine-Theatre on Millfields’, which will stage screenings, plays and workshops in an amphitheatre made of pallets
What's on
Pop Up a whole new living in six Hackney weeks
A new support for brand new micro-businesses – Six Weeks to Pop Up starts 24th May in Hackney
Player 2: Press Start: a look at two new, local video game ventures
Hackney is set to get button-bashing all over again with the arrival of GamePad and Four Quarters East
Homerton International Festival Of Beer and Bar Snacks comes to The Adam & Eve
The second annual event showcases snacks from the familiar to more obscure, and even unique offerings – to be washed down with a similarly wide selection of bees and ales
Hackney Showroom announces JOY & DISSENT: A festival of cultural activism from 27 March – 9 April
To celebrate their 2nd birthday, creative and cultural space Hackney Showroom has put together an outstanding programme of cutting edge new performance, bringing together 20 new shows & 80 artists
New film Century: 10 Women x 10 Decades to hit Hackney Central on International Women’s Day
A new documentary produced in line with the 106th annual celebration will be screened at the Hackney Attic on 8 March
Cut Festival – The Art of Barbering takes place this weekend across East London
The festival partners with Crisis to offer free, world-class haircuts for homeless communities, as well as nine days of art, music and, of course, barbering
Oh come all ye faithful – to Hackney’s festive markets
This month there are Christmas markets galore in Hackney, with everything from a Vegan market to more traditional affairs
Christmas at Hackney House – everything you need to party with cheer and spirit
The cool and versatile venue in the heart of Shoreditch offers inclusive packages from £48 per person, not to mention free prosecco for Monday – Wednesday revellers…
A hotly anticipated UK debut from Taiwanese dance sensation
Cloud Gate 2, the sister company of the renowned Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan make their highly anticipated UK debut with a thrilling triple bill of dance at Sadler’s Wells later this month.
Enter a secret world at the Museum of London’s week-long Night Museum
The London institution explores the illicit, weird and wonderful world of the capital after dark, from 29 October to 4 November
Hackney Job Show and Enterprise Fair: Hackney is hiring
For those in the employment market asking “why not me?” – the event offers employment and other opportunities aplenty
Christmas listings
Russell Parton takes a looks at what’s on offer for Hackney residents this December
