Sophie Rees – the art of simplicity
Dalston artist, who is to open a new gallery shortly, explains how she composes her vibrant paintings
Read MoreHackney WickED to hold mini-festival
Expect art, sand castles and ice cream at this two-day showcase at Red Market in Shoreditch later this month
Read MorePants on the Moon! – review
Nine year old bookworm Róisín Glancy is impressed by this out of this world adventure by local author Chloe Inkpen
Read MoreTake a byte – Eat All You Can
HaYoung Kim’s exhibition at Hoxton Art Gallery explores the way we consume technology
Read MoreTip-top tapas at Trangállan
This charming restaurant on Newington Green is a great antidote to try-hard eateries
Read MoreNight bites at Street Feast
Street food is no longer simply a daytime phenomenon, as new Hackney night markets prove
Read MoreLondon 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 16: End Game
Hackney watched the closing ceremony this evening as the Olympic Games drew to a finish
Read MoreThe Fades: Ragnarok – review
The Fades’ Ragnarok is a fun, apocalyptic take on punk rock
Read MoreLondon 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 15: Reality Check – Housing Legacy
Will our Olympic investment help to meet Hackney’s housing needs?
Read MoreBjörk song gets Hackney treatment
SPIRITWO and singer Yael Claire bring an eastern tradition to Björk’s Oceania, inspired by the Olympic Games
Read MoreSweet Revenge – Sweet Toof solo show at The Colour Works
Hackney Wick provides the location for an exhibition of grinning graffiti this month
Read MoreHackney galleries’ Olympic art attack
Away from the official Cultural Olympiad, East London artists are expressing more ambivalent viewpoints on the impact of the Games
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreHackney Hurricanes kick up a storm
Disability athletics club is getting more youngsters involved in sport
Read MoreTrailblazers – Queens of TV Comedy at Hackney Empire
A celebration of female comedy stars of UK television who managed to earn their own shows
Read MoreLondon 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
Read MoreThe Limelight – laughter in the dark
The Limelight finds black humour in the life of a frustrated comedian
Read MoreLondon 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 13
With the end of the Games approaching, attention turns to the much-hyped ‘Olympic legacy’
Read MoreGrimeborn 2012 – an alternative festival of opera
This year, the Arcola’s unconventional musical theatre and opera festival will be held in the Tent
Read MoreFair grounds for a musical – Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel
The Hackney Citizen discovers a Rodgers and Hammerstein show at the Barbican
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