Last chance to see Abdoulaye Konaté’ s Pouvoir et Religion (Power and Religion) at Rivington Place; until 3 Jan 2012

The Curve Gallery is host to this festive pop-up shop selling by works by a number of Hackney-based artists and designers

Circus is at The Tramshed in Shoreditch until 18 December 2011 from 10am – 8pm daily

The Citizen talks to Nick Waplington about his time in the Middle East and how it inspired his new show at See Studio

Mr Gresty’s Word Up exhibition of typographic screen prints is on show at Biddle Bros until 21 January 2012

Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 December 2011, 11am – 6pm

The eighteenth annual East London Design Show and shopping event features products and collections from a plethora of Hackney-based designers

The Anti-Library at Space Studios is an exhibition of books which have never been read by their owners

Laura Oldfield Ford’s dismal prognosis for a gentrified London is a hard pill to swallow

The Hackney Citizen meets Alexandra Blum, an artist with an engrossing perspective of Dalston’s redevelopment