Issue 37
At the PictureHouses this week there’s Spectre out. Become a member of
Silver Screen
for cheap tickets and a cuppa with bourbons
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Tues 27th Oct free 6.30pm Chapel Cinema in St Margarets Bethnal Green.”West Side Story”
African Threads – Hackney Style
Tues 27 Oct free , 10.30am-12.30pm and 2pm-4pm
Create textile designs, patterns and prints with a professional textile artist. Supported by Hackney Learning Trust.

“Hackney Fashion
Wed 28 Oct free 2pm-4pm
Design fabulous fabrics and fashions inspired by Hackney and Africa.
Music of African and Caribbean Memories
Wed 28 Oct free 11am-1pm. all ages
Come and enjoy music of African and Caribbean roots from the past 50 years; song-sheets and percussion will be provided and participation is encouraged. The Spitz Charitable Trust brings music workshops to older people in care homes and links them with young people to reduce isolation, improve well-being and create a positive impact on the lives of everyone involved. Free entry. ” (from Hackney Museum website)
Wed 28th Oct free 2-4pm Leyton Library E10. Henna Workshop. Book at Eventbrite
£5 1.30-4pm Chingford Assembly Hall/E4. Tea Dance
Thurs 29th Oct free Coffee cake and book group 10.30-11.30am Hackney Library with Lydia.
“At our cake and reading meeting, we’ll be discussing The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale. Please note you’ll now need to reserve this title from our library catalogue. Reserve online or pop into one of our libraries around the borough. Contact adrian.morris@hackney.gov.uk for further details “.
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The Wordlovers Society Clapton library
Second Tuesday and last Thursday of each month, 5.30pm-7.45pm
A group for anyone interested in poetry and creative writing. Bring your own work to read or perform to the group. All abilities welcome. Facilitated by writer KG Lester. For more information email tyaxx@hotmail.com.
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free 6.30-7.45pm African Threads exhibition with a connected talk-time at Hackney Museum called The Textile Trade
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Fri 30th Oct free 6.30-9.30 QEOP Timber lodge Pop Up Arts festival via Univ College London Book at Eventbrite and dress for the cold windy open space that is QEOP. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Sat 31st Oct free 11-1pm Chinford Library “Black Superheroes” animation fest with Tony Warner Eventbrite for tickets.
Loads of events coming up in November at Hackney Picture House and Open School East in De Beauvoir posh Hackney and all over. You will be informed. There’s my Facebook Page too Up Your Street which is way ahead. And then Whitechapel for the November Writing Festival. And Bangla Drama Season at Brady Arts. E1.