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Merry Christmas

By Recording Studios East London – Music Recording Studios at 23:28 on 29/11/11

Merry Christmas from all the team at Abbot Street Studios
Niko B's Halloween Spook Easy

By JessNiko at 22:47 on 20/10/11

Niko B's Halloween Cocoa Club: "The Spook Easy" A HALLOWEEN CHOCOLATE FREAK-OUT AT THE AVO HOTEL, DALSTON The only 100% dessert dining club returns and this time we are serving up our chocolate infused dishes with a dose of horror and Halloween freakery. Welcome to Niko B's Spook Easy: Expect moonshine, pumpkins, voodoo jazz and 4 demonically delicious desserts. The event also features a chocolate demons...
Calling all Hackney Artists: Less than a month to submit your entry for £50,000 CREATE award

By Sophie_RT at 14:58 on 30/09/11

CREATE Festival is looking to reward breakthrough artistic talent across Hackney and the other Olympic Host Boroughs this autumn. Run by the Bank of America, the CREATE Art Award offers a £50,000 prize for the commission of a brand new, participatory art project in association with the 2012 Olympic Games. Cllr Guy Nicholson (Hackney Council Cabinet Member for Regeneration and the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic...
Local Independent Fashion School, Fashion Antidote, Joins the Debate on Degrees.

By FashAntidote at 14:26 on 05/04/11

Join the Debate: Do you need a degree to succeed? A Twitter debate recently, sparked by Stylist Magazine, raised the question once again of whether in the current climate a degree is necessary to succeed in a career. The recent developments in tuition fees and the over subscription of university places aside, in the current difficult job market is a degree the best way to get the job you want? The Twitter debate showed a diverse...
Pop-up art gallery on saturday

By Kebabman at 08:48 on 01/04/11

This saturday a new pop-up art gallery opens in Dalston...the Art Shop Collective will show work by around 25 hackney based artists, all work for sale and priced under £250. Open from noon, in Acton Mews E8, next to Kingssland Rd by the canal, free refreshments!

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Broadway Market

By ABattisby

I love this poem about Broadway Market! It's a great place to go every Saturday.

By novelty777 at 19:28 on 21/10/11

Broadway Market is rather old, And different goods are there sold You'll find everything to your taste, Just have a look, don't be in haste! Want to be healthy? Then buy here organic food, Fresh fish, my dear, Rare breed pork and handmade cheese- It's so tasty! Do try, please! Tomatoes are organic too, Potato, cucumbers for you, And cakes and pastries are so sweet, You'll lick your...
Wedding & reception in Dalston

By zoebow09

My sister got married in an amazing church in Victoria Park with a steeple and lovely wide aisle and...

By FlaminRidley at 17:43 on 26/09/11

Any ideas for a cheap wedding reception in dalston? I'm moving to Australia FOREVER not long after, so it's important for me that it's where I grew up. Looking in the N16 8ut and surrounding areas.... HELP!
Harvest time in Hackney with Niko B Chocolates dessert pop-up

By luisamateus

Mmmmm chocolate!

By JessNiko at 00:53 on 14/09/11

Hackney's Award-winning chocolatier are teaming up with the Avo Hotel Dalston and the Stoke Newington Farmers' Market to celebrate September Harvest with a 4-course dessert menu using ingredients direct from the farmers. We are calling the event the Harvest Cocoa Club and it is on 25th September – the traditional day to celebrate Harvest in the UK. This is now our third pop-up dessert club at the hotel...
Dalston's Five Best Pubs

By ABattisby

Really? I hate the Cat and Mutton. Pixie Geldof goes there, which says it all really. The Prince...

By ABattisby at 16:17 on 28/09/10

Here at Dalston People we have compiled a list of our favourite pubs in E8. Although the summer drinking evenings are over, it's time to get cosy in some of Hackney's best boozers. The Dove Freehouse and Kitchen on Broadway Market is in an excellent setting, especially on a Saturday when the market is heaving. Stand outside and smell the wafts of gourmet delights cooking away on the stalls, or get cosy inside in the rustic wooden...