Next Sunday 3rd June stars from the London Community Gospel Choir will be performing at the Shiloh Pentecostal Church, Ashwin Street Dalston. Pastor Francis Lewis will open its doors at 6.30pm and inviting everyone in our local community, of all faiths and none, to share this massive treat. This event begins at 7pm and will be unmissable! It is part of the DalstonArts150 events celebrating Dalston's 150th anniversary of its association with the arts
Pastor Lewis, and musical director Jonathan Tuitt, have assembled some the finest stars of UK gospel music who will be performing a Night of Praise. The London Community Gospel Choir travel the world enthralling audiences with their vibrancy, passion and the beauty of their music
Also performing will be Howie Hutchinson, born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1969, and who from an early age was said to have been created by God to sing. They were right! He is now a hugely popular reggae star
Also performing is Hackney's very own singing star Shezar - a young woman who is deservedly attracting more and more attention!
This will be an unforgettable evening as part of DalstonArts150 events celebrating the 150th anniversary of Dalston's association with the arts. And if you arrive in good time then pop into the Printhouse at 18 Ashwin Street to see the DalstonArts150 exhibition. It tells the story about Dalston's diverse cultural and architectural heritage and is open from 3-9pm over the weekend
2018 is the 150th anniversary of Dalston's association with the arts. It all started in 1868 with the building of Reeves and Sons Artists Colour Works factory in Ashwin Street. The local community is organising a number of cultural events over the year to celebrate this. And now they're starting to kick off
This short film gives a Dalston background story and an explanation of why the character, cultural uses and affordability of the area is again under threat from "regeneration"
On Saturday 2th June there's an exhibition opening about Dalston's cultural and architectural heritage and the battles to preserve it over recent years. The exhibition is hosted by the Bootstrap Company in the Reeves and Sons Printhouse Gallery,18-22 Ashwin Street E8 from Saturday 2nd June until Saturday 9th June. You can visit between 9am to 11pm on weekdays (until 4pm only on Monday Tuesday and Wednesdays and from 3pm on weekends). There will be several films, maps and photographs ancient to modern, campaigner's literature, artists artifacts, contemporary art works and lots more. Unmissable!
An invitation from Pastor Francis Lewis of Shiloh Pentecostal Church to visit this historic building and to hear their fabulous Gospel Choir arranged by its musical director, and drummer, Jonathan Tuitt. Don't miss this! On Sunday 3rd June at 6.30pm the doors of the 1871 Shiloh Pentecostal Church will open to welcome everyone, of all faiths and none, to see inside one of Dalston's best preserved heritage buildings and to hear, starting at 7pm, one of London's finest and vibrant Gospel Choirs lift their voices to the heavens.
In the Eastern Curve Garden you can pick up the beautifully designed and illustrated DalstonArts150 Heritage Trail map which will guide you around local places and tell some of their stories (And secrets. Ed.). And if you'd like a personally guided walk lead by local sage Sean Gubbins, email him on sean@walkhackney.co.uk. His affordable tour will begin outside Reeves and Sons Printhouse Ashwin Street at 1pm on Saturday 2 June.
Other events coming soon will include local artists' open studios, an arts and crafts makers fayre and, hosted by Cafe Oto, there will be special film and music events including a screening of "Legacy in the dust - the Four Aces story" and an attempt on the world record for the longest continuous performance of improvised music. The attempt will need everyone locally, of all ages and abilities, who can sing, play, pluck, strum, bow, strike, blow or tickle anything resembling a musical instrument to bring it to to the event. More details of the events will follow as they emerge.
