Dalston

5 December 2009

Passing Clouds E8 4AA[map]

North London singer, songwriter and producer who blends hip hop, reggae, indie and soul in his socially conscious songs.

22 November 2009

Rio Cinema E8 2PB[map]

An indomitable Russian matron pays a sentimental visit to her grandson in the front line of Russia's Chechen war, and with her we experience an eerie 'war without war'.

27 November 2009 to 3 December 2009

Rio Cinema E8 2PB[map]

The terror begins when the crew of the spaceship Nostromo investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and makes a horrifying discovery, a life form that breeds within a human host. Includes an introduction from film-maker and Darwinist, Carole Jahme.

28 November 2009

Rio Cinema E8 2PB[map]

The planet featured in the 1979 film Alien has been colonized and all communication has been lost. The rescue team, this time around set off with a huge arsenal of firepower, but will it be enough?

14 September 2009 to 13 December 2009

Arcola Theatre E8 2DJ[map]

Arcola Theatre invites young people to take part in drama classes, with the opportunity to write, devise and perform.

24 November 2009 to 19 December 2009

Arcola Theatre E8 2DJ[map]

Three British writers visit Central Asia, in search of some local colour, local food, local customs. Instead of attending a stuffy party at the British embassy, they attend an execution. The next morning the consular canapés sit uneaten, whilst three hungover civil-servants deal with the onset of a crisis; three missing British citizens. JMK Director Award Winner Jamie Harper directs Adam Brace's uncompromising and hilarious play about savagery and how we need it.

27 November 2009 to 3 December 2009

Rio Cinema E8 2PB[map]

Larry is a good husband and father, and a conscientious professor at a quiet Midwestern university. He always tries to do the fair and just thing in the face of life's temptations and trials. Then one day, everything starts to go wrong, his wife leaves him for reasons she can't explain, and her pompous new lover muscles in on the family and their home, convincing the already cash-strapped Larry to move into a motel. His career is put in jeopardy by a series of anonymous letters falsely accusing him of unspecified misdemeanours, and his unemployable brother is becoming more and more of a burden.

Every First Sat 11:30 AM

Hackney Empire Theatre E8 1EJ[map]

A tour that explores the backstage world of the historic theatre and gain insight into the world of show business through the last hundred years of the theatre's history.

21 November 2009 to 24 November 2009

Rio Cinema E8 2PB[map]

A new kid in town assembles a misfit rock band to compete in the annual Battle fo the Bands. Charlotte Banks is a fluffy singer-songwriter who asks Will Burton (Gaelen Connell) to manage her fledging rock group, in order to beat her egotistical musician ex-boyfriend, Ben, at the biggest event of the year.

Every Tue, Wed, Fri 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM; Thu 9:30 AM - 8:00 PM; Sat 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Closed Bank Holiday,Boxing Day,Christmas Day

Hackney Museum E8 1GQ[map]

The new display of the Chalmers Bequest feature work from Terence Besmirch, Margarita Gluzberg and Paul Needham.

Every Sat 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM; Thu 9:30 AM - 8:00 PM; Tue, Wed, Fri 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM Closed Bank Holiday,Boxing Day,Christmas Day

Hackney Museum E8 1GQ[map]

The museum looks at the stories of some of the amazing range of people that have made their homes here from Saxon times onwards. Their stories are brought to life with interviews capturing the experiences of real people which visitors can listen to on handsets situated throughout the display. Hackney's tradition of welcoming newcomers means that its history encompasses a wide variety of stories. The new displays reveal this diversity through a range of fascinating interviews, images and objects.

Every 3rd Sat Of the Month 10:00 PM

Visions E8 4AH[map]

22 November 2009 to 26 November 2009

Rio Cinema E8 2PB[map]

Maria is swept away by a rake thin alcoholic and marries at a young age. Her young husband Sigfrid can't keep a job and unfortunately possesses gift for stumbling home roaring drunk at the worst possible moment. Eventually his rage and frustration manifest themselves on the domestic front. Maria is left despondent and ends up forming a bond with a local photographer Mr. Petersson. Through her new friend she discovers a creative freedom and a sense of love not available in her fraught homelife. Troubles brews however when her womanising husband becomes jealous of her new found sense of freedom.