Editing Dalston (section)

==Arts and entertainment==
[[File:dalston culture house.jpg|thumb|right|The Dalston Culture House now houses the Vortex Jazz Club. (October 2005)]]

Dalston hosts several art and entertainment venues, and has a history as an entertainment centre, with at one time hosting four or five cinemas within a radius of {{convert|1/3|mile|m|sigfig=1}}, and the Dalston Theatre, a former [[hippodrome]] and [[music hall]] that later became the [[The Four Aces Club|Four Aces blues club and the Labyrinth nightclub]]. The Dalston Theatre was demolished in February 2007, despite an active local campaign to save it. Dalston was also a hub for 1970s and 1980s pub rock venues but these are largely defunct.

[[File:dalston rio.jpg|thumb|left|The Dalston Rio Cinema]]