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“Brick Lane 1978”, Four Corners Gallery

4 May 2021
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28 May 2021
Displaying photographs by Paul Trevor, “Brick Lane 1978” is a window exhibition at the Four Corners Gallery. Following the racist murder of Altab Ali in 1978, the East End’s Bengali Read more…

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Altab Ali and the Battle of Brick Lane – film screening and panel discussion

4 May 2021, 6:00 pm
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7:15 pm
Tuesday 4 May marks the annual commemoration of Altab Ali, the young Bengali man whose brutal murder in 1978 mobilised the Bangladeshi and wider community to take a stand against Read more…

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So You Think You’re Funny? (Online) - 5 May 2021

5 May 2021, 7:00 pm
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10:00 pm
After a one-year hiatus, the So You Think You’re Funny? competition is back, embracing the online world and going virtual. Gilded Balloon is bringing back the UK’s longest running comedy newcomer competition Read more…

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So You Think You’re Funny? (Online) - 6 May 2021

6 May 2021, 7:00 pm
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10:00 pm
After a one-year hiatus, the So You Think You’re Funny? competition is back, embracing the online world and going virtual. Gilded Balloon is bringing back the UK’s longest running comedy newcomer competition Read more…

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“The Promise” and “Patterns of Thrift” at The Approach

7 May 2021, 12:00 pm
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19 June 2021, 6:00 pm
Based above a pub of the same name, The Approach Gallery is showing work by Tom Allen and Hana Miletić until the 19th of June. The Promise is Tom Allen’s Read more…

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The East End and the Jewish Boxing Tradition with historian Roberto Nigro

10 May 2021, 6:30 pm
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7:30 pm
In this free hour-long online talk, historian Roberto Nigro will explore how and why London’s Jewish community came to establish a long Boxing tradition in the East End. Nigro will Read more…

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So You Think You’re Funny? (Online) - 12 May 2021

12 May 2021, 7:00 pm
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10:00 pm
After a one-year hiatus, the So You Think You’re Funny? competition is back, embracing the online world and going virtual. Gilded Balloon is bringing back the UK’s longest running comedy newcomer competition Read more…

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“Backstage” at the Maureen Paley Gallery

15 May 2021, 11:00 am
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13 June 2021, 6:00 pm
“Backstage” presents a series of photographs captured by ‘one of the major American photographers of the late twentieth century’*, Peter Hujar. These images record performers backstage in New York theatres Read more…

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POP-Corn presents: Disclosure (+ post-screening discussion) for IDAHOBIT 2021

17 May 2021, 7:00 pm
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9:45 pm
In celebration and acknowledgement of IDAHOBIT 2021 (International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia), Poplar Union’s POP-Corn are screening Sam Feder’s 2020 documentary Disclosure via Zoom, followed by a post-screening Read more…

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Gong bath at St Paul Old Ford church

18 May 2021, 7:00 pm
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8:30 pm
Re-charge, re-connect and re-set to the sound of gongs and singing bowls. This evening focuses on the theme of connection. You’re invited to gather (safely!) at the beautiful St Paul Old Read more…

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“A Glittering City” Exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery

19 May 2021
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15 August 2021
“A Glittering City” is an exhibition presenting two moving-image artworks focusing on the topics of urbanism, gentrification, power and resilience. For the first film, ‘Fire In My Belly’, artist Ayo Read more…

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Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery - 19 May 2021

19 May 2021, 11:00 am
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6:00 pm
Whether dancing on the rooftops in Paris, sharing ideas with Pablo Picasso, or gathering starfish on the beaches of Cornwall, Eileen Agar transformed the every day into the extraordinary. Her unique Read more…