Posts by Hackney Citizen
The Yard Theatre announces new programme for artists following £250k survival grant
The Wick venue is inviting applications to Live Lab, a paid course designed to teach artists from all disciplines how to direct a stage show
Read MoreBanned turns in London Fields removed following feedback on low-traffic scheme
Transport for London agrees to council request to lift series of restrictions on Richmond Road, Queensbridge Road and the A10
Read More‘More important than ever’ for children to be vaccinated against flu, warns Hackney GP
Dr Kirsten Brown says young kids are ‘known to be super spreaders’ and urges parents to have them inoculated using nasal spray
Read MoreHackney’s public health director: ‘Let’s make this lockdown count’
Dr Sandra Husbands on how people can help stop the spread of Covid, advances in testing, and whether or not a vaccine will end the pandemic
Read MorePolice and council to bolster officer numbers at Broadway Market after last week’s crowds
Traders were forced to close early last weekend as people ‘congregated around shops selling takeaway alcohol’
Read MoreLocal venues in ‘imminent danger’ join fresh drive for support
The Waiting Room and the Lexington among 30 venues on red alert after missing out on sufficient government funding
Read MoreHackney home care firm launches festive appeal to ‘give a little cheer to seniors’
Stoke Newington-based Home Instead’s ‘Be a Santa to a Senior’ campaign is asking for donations of Christmas gifts
Read MoreTown Hall urges residents to ‘Love Hackney, Shop Local’ in new campaign
Council teams up with Local Buyers Club to create free online directory for shoppers, and vows to promote borough’s businesses over the next year
Read MoreWinter Toy Appeal: Hackney children urged to take part in sporty fundraiser organised by local boy
Eight-year-old Ben Boyt is inviting kids to do a sponsored activity this Sunday while wearing a Christmas jumper
Read More‘Her ideas changed the world’: Mary Wollstonecraft sculpture set for unveiling after decade-long campaign
Tribute to the ‘mother of feminism’ by renowned artist Maggi Hambling to be installed on Newington Green tomorrow
Read MoreLeyla Nazli: ‘We can’t wait to bring people back together, safely’
The Arcola Theatre’s deputy artistic director on a ‘devastating’ year, plans for an outdoor venue, and an upcoming festival aimed at ‘rebuilding community bonds’
Read MoreTao Geoghegan Hart’s former school and cycling coach pay tribute to new Giro d’Italia champion
Hart’s old teacher at Stoke Newington School jokingly forgives the sports star for bunking off ten years ago to attend the Team Sky launch
Read MorePolice investigating theft of thousands of Stik prints intended as ‘gifts for Hackney residents’
Detectives say posters appear to have been stolen ‘somewhere along the supply and distribution chain’ for Town Hall newspaper Hackney Today
Read MoreWinter Toy Appeal returns with call to ‘end devastating year with a little Christmas magic’
The annual scheme, run by a local discount card firm, distributes donations of new toys to families most in need across East London
Read MoreArcola Theatre ‘back from brink’ as it reveals plans for its own outdoor stage
The Dalston institution, closed since March, says the new space is specially designed to meet coronavirus guidelines, with trial performances pencilled in for December
Read MoreStik hoping to raise £120k at auction to fund sculptures by local artists
A maquette of the Hackney street art star’s first public artwork, unveiled in Hoxton last month, to go on sale at Christie’s tomorrow
Read MoreTrick or Eat returns this Halloween to collect supplies for Hackney Foodbank
The donation scheme, run by a local discount card firm, is back for its second year and this time covers the entire borough
Read MoreYoungsters from Hackney Quest help artist build sculpture made entirely of waste materials
Project for recent London Craft Week designed to raise awareness of textile industry’s over-reliance on non-recyclable products
Read MoreHackney charity launches free legal service to help Windrush victims win compensation
The Claudia Jones Organisation teams up with universities, lawyers and community groups to set up Windrush Justice Clinic
Read MoreEducation boss ‘very proud’ as council unveils Black curriculum
Nine-week lesson plan on Black British history, including Windrush, drawn up with help of local teachers for Early Years through to GCSEs
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