Culture – Hackney Citizen

Fears over ‘private sector carve-up’ as council agrees to sell off ‘creative quarter’ sites

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 25 March 2025 at 18:09

Town Hall tries to assure Dalston Curve Garden and others that decision to sell Ashwin Street buildings would not affect arts and culture

‘Delighted’: One of Hackney’s leading cultural hotspots says its pandemic recovery efforts are ‘taking effect’

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 15 June 2023 at 17:38

Shoreditch Town Hall’s latest report offers sense of optimism after ‘deep impact’ on finances

Arts venues across Hackney announce new wave of discounts and freebies as part of Town Hall’s culture recovery effort

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 3 February 2022 at 15:01

Cut-price tickets for young people and low-income families are among the latest offers

Poetry: Still Lurking In The Dark by Charlie Cook

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 22 December 2021 at 13:06

The local Year 5 student shares his heartfelt verses about Covid at Christmas

‘How can we shift the narrative?’ Photographs of smiling Black schoolboys go on display around Hackney as ‘call to action’

By Tom Davidson | Friday 17 December 2021 at 18:01

Exhibition by artist Kay Adekunle Rufai closes out this year’s Black history season

Residents urged to have their say on the future of local libraries

By Lizzie McAllister | Wednesday 1 September 2021 at 10:59

Town Hall launches consultation with the aim of putting libraries ‘at the heart of community life’

Through the Looking Glasses, Travis Elborough, book review: ‘A great way to put your own eyewear to use’

By Sarah Birch | Monday 26 April 2021 at 10:31

The local author turns his lens to the instruments that help him and an estimated four billion others navigate the world

Music’s not dead – how the Premises kept Hackney Road upbeat through the pandemic

By Lizzie McAllister | Wednesday 10 March 2021 at 19:30

Aerosol ‘bombs’ and live streams – the fabled recording studio had to get creative to stay open

Leyla Nazli: ‘We can’t wait to bring people back together, safely’

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 9 November 2020 at 11:31

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’

Culture in quarantine: Where to get your fix from home

By Alice Jones | Friday 17 April 2020 at 12:39

With venues upping their online game during lockdown, Alice Jones runs you through some of the best art, music, theatre and literature on offer

Dalston Arts Fair is back for its third annual outing

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 18 November 2019 at 15:53

Thirty local artists will exhibit and sell their work for the arts and crafts weekend starting on 30 November

Rio could get second screen by summer 2017 and a third by 2021

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 23 December 2016 at 11:32

Executive director Oliver Meek reveals growth plans as he admits financial situation for iconic Dalston cinema is currently precarious

Hackney’s ‘contagious energy’ on display in Stephen Gill exhibition

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 31 March 2016 at 22:54

Photography inspired by borough and its residents

Hackney top for culture vultures

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 8 August 2012 at 13:48

National survey ranks Hackney as one of the most cultured places in the country

The White Building/Lea River Park – review

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 15 July 2012 at 12:26

Hackney Wick’s offbeat White Building has all the hallmarks of a sensitive Olympic legacy, but the possible scrapping of the Lea River Park walkway suggests that petty politics not community is the driving force