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Sir Patrick Vernon to lead Rio talk as film spotlights black and working-class health researchers

A new documentary charting the journeys of three professors and a PhD student into health research opens with a free screening at Dalston’s Rio Cinema

Author: Elspeth Rees

Rio Cinema founder Clara Ludski to be honoured with memorial plaque

The Hackney Society is currently fundraising for the plaque and hopes to unveil it next month

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Obituary: Peter Howden, luminary of independent cinema, dies aged 80

Howden was a fixture of the London film scene, spending the latter half of his six-decade career at the Rio in Dalston

Author: Hackney Citizen

Obituary: Peter Howden, luminary of independent cinema, dies aged 80

'How To Get On With Everybody' - Inspiring documentary about beloved Hackney rabbi to show at the Rio Cinema

'It’s a very nice film' says Rabbi Herschel Gluck, 'a very beautiful film'

Author: Lizzie McAllister

New documentary presents ‘intimate portrait’ of beloved Hackney rabbi

'How to Get On With Everybody' follows Rabbi Herschel Gluck in his efforts to build bridges between communities

Author: Hackney Citizen

New documentary presents ‘intimate portrait’ of beloved Hackney rabbi

Rio Cinema celebrates Hackney’s politically-charged film history

A recent screening of four short films charts the ‘cultural significance of both the Rio and the borough at large’

Author: Joe Steen

Rio Cinema celebrates Hackney’s politically-charged film history

Arts venues across Hackney announce new wave of discounts and freebies as part of Town Hall’s culture recovery effort

Cut-price tickets for young people and low-income families are among the latest offers

Author: Hackney Citizen

Arts venues across Hackney announce new wave of discounts and freebies as part of Town Hall’s culture recovery effort

Out of this world! Hackney primary school pupils flex their creativity for UFO arts project

Artist Tom Pearman teams up with the Rio Cinema to offer children an other-worldly experience

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Out of this world! Hackney primary school pupils flex their creativity for UFO arts project

Rio Cinema board ‘baffled’ by rumours of commercial sell-off

Directors dismiss claims from the Save Our Rio campaign, which has launched a petition to oust them

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Rio Cinema. Photograph: Mark Hillary via Flickr

Treasure trove of photos found at the Rio to go on show at Hackney Museum

Thousands of images of 1980s Hackney, discovered in the cinema’s basement in 2017, set to become a major exhibition

Author: Hackney Citizen

Treasure trove of photos found at the Rio to go on show at Hackney Museum

CASA Festival, Dalston: ‘A Latin American fiesta that reminds us why diversity is so vital’

We look at three plays from July’s two-week festival, hosted by the Arcola Theatre, Rio Cinema and the Curve Garden

Author: Gaia Caramazza

CASA Festival, Dalston: ‘A Latin American fiesta that reminds us why diversity is so vital’

Queer film festival to return to east London for its eighth year

Volunteer-led Fringe!, founded in 2011 in response to arts cuts, is back for six days in November

Author: Hackney Citizen

Queer film festival to return to east London for its eighth year