Chats Palace - Hackney Citizen

Pas de Chats? How Hackney’s unsung Arkestra inspired a mural for the ages

Chats Palace Arkestra wanted an artistic experiment for the community, and four decades on, they got more than they bargained for

Author: Max Finkel

Pas de Chats? How Hackney’s unsung Arkestra inspired a mural for the ages

Colin O’Brien: Photographer, Chats Palace, exhibition review: ‘At once realist and lyrical’

The display in Homerton ‘reminds us how much of the public realm has been lost to contemporary lifestyles’

Author: Sarah Birch

Colin O’Brien: Photographer, Chats Palace, exhibition review: ‘At once realist and lyrical’

‘I don’t think you need a coronation to bring the community together – but if it does, that’s no bad thing’

A right royal celebration like no other was hosted by Chats Palace arts centre for King Charles III’s coronation

Author: Olivia Barber

Okay Kaya, Chats Palace, live music review: ‘A masterclass in understated fragility’

The New Yorker’s ‘DIY bedroom pop’ had the audience transfixed

Author: Lizzie Deane

Okay Kaya, Chats Palace, live music review: ‘A masterclass in understated fragility’

Hackney Carnival project for young adults with autism returns this summer

Two local theatre companies team up again to bring back the popular Carnival Collective

Author: Max Eckersley

Hackney Carnival project for young adults with autism returns this summer

Food to a-door: Chats Palace to host supper club and market to raise money for new entrance

The former Homerton Library has been a venue and creative hub since 1976 but the frontage has barely changed in 100 years – find out how you can help through fun and feasting

Author: Andrew Barnes

Supper hero: following the food market, David Bez will whip up a feast. Photograph: Jørn Tomter

East End exhibitions – five of the best for November

In our recurring feature, we cast an eye over the top art exhibitions this month, in the borough and beyond

Author: Hackney Citizen

'Configurations of riot police, small fires and scattered locals' in Stan Douglas' Mare Street. © Stan Douglas, Courtesy the

Hackney Museum goes Pop with new radical printmaking exhibition

Warhol to Walker: American prints from pop art to today traces the movement’s influence on Hackney’s political posters

Author: Hackney Citizen

Soup of the day: Hackney Museum workers hang their Warhol. Photograph: Hackney Museum

Cate Le Bon to play Chats Palace anniversary celebrations

Resurgent arts venue seeks to increase its output, and has launched a fundraising scheme

Author: Hackney Citizen

All the world’s a stage: Immediate Theatre is out to change young people’s lives

Hackney charity uses drama to make a difference with bold productions and estate-based workshops

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney’s ‘out of control’ house prices focus of Chats Palace debate

Diane Abbott to attend public discussion organised by campaign group Positive Money

Author: Hackney Citizen

Chats magic! Oliver Tabor and Michael Vadini to cast spell over Clapton venue

Evening of mystery and illusion beckons at Chats Palace

Author: Hackney Citizen