Running at the Rio until 21 October is Gurinder Chadha's entertaining Bollywood version of the Jane Austen classic, Bride and Prejudice. Over the following two weeks (22 October-3 November) the Rio presents the 3rd London Kurdish Film Festival, with a programme of features, documentaries and shorts made by Kurdish film makers, and workshops and discussion groups on Kurdish issues. For the kiddies, Garfield: The Movie is showing between 25 and 29 October at 11.15am.

Pawel Pawlikowski's highly praised My Summer Of Love, about the relationship between two 16-year-old girls, runs from 5-19 November while, from 12-21 November, the cinema has The Corporation, a documentary about the pervasive and pernicious influence of the modern corporation. For details, contact 020 7241 9410 or www.riocinema.org.uk  

The Hackney Empire has a busy programme in October and November, including Shooting Shakespeare, a blend of comic cinema and theatre, between 19-23 October; a Robinson Crusoe panto at 1pm on the 28th; the Moscow Piano Trio on 1 November; Opera International's 200-strong company presenting Aida on 3 November; Lenny Henry on the 12th and 13th; On London Fields, an opera about a 17th century radical Hackney prophetess, by Hackney Development Trust on the 19th and 20th; and Moscow City Ballet's treatment of Sleeping Beauty on the 25th. For more information, ring 020 8985 2424 or visit www.hackneyempire.co.uk .

Until 6 November, the Arcola is staging Out of Joint theatre company's Macbeth, set in a country scarred by war amidst a complete breakdown of law and order. With Danny Sapari as Macbeth, Monica Dolan as Lady Macbeth and directed by the acclaimed Max Stafford-Clark, the production is described by the Guardian as 'excellent, groundbreaking' and by Metro as '5 stars - a coup'. From 9-27 November, Clean Break theatre company present Jennifer Farmer's Compact Failure, a play about women and prison life. Before the performances, enjoy the art gallery, cafe and bar at the Arcola, with regular live jazz, cabaret and Turkish music. Phone 020 7503 1646, www.arcolatheatre.com.

The Geffrye Museum is, until 16 January, to Kitchen Voices, Still Lives, a photographic exhibition by Robert Teed, which explores the kitchen/living space in a typical terrace of Victorian London Houses. Also running until 16 January is Hidden Art Revealed, a display of selected work by East London designers-makers.
020 7739 9893, www.geffryemuseum.org.uk. 

Hackney Museum is hosting Raining Cats, Dogs and Fishing Rods, an exhibition of some of the phrases and idioms in current use in Hackney, in Turkish, Japanese, Farsi and some of the 100 other languages spoken in the Borough. 020 8356 3500,
hmuseum@hackney.gov.uk .

We are keen to hear from local artists, photographers, filmmakers, drama groups and other creative individuals and/or groups who are exhibiting, playing or working in Stoke Newington. In our December issue we will be carrying a full listing of what's happening locally in the arts. If you would like to be included, contact us on info@n16mag.com with your details.