Events

Live From Lock One: The Heavenly Echoes Gospel Singes Presents a Capital Region Gospel Showcase

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join the live studio audience as we recede an evening of performances by some of the Capital Region's top gospel talents, hosted by the Heavenly Echoes Gospel Singers! Legendary Capital Region performers the Heavenly Echoes Gospel Singers will be joined by the men's chorus of Schenectady's Duryee AME Zion Church and the men's chorus of […]

Reverend Billy and The Church of Life After Shopping

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

The rumors are true. Join us on Friday night, December 18, for a Shopocalyptic Revival. The Rev, the choir and members of the Not Buying It band promises our old church a performance we will not forget. Confess your shopping sins! Cast out the demons of overconsumption! Go beyond the market to a life after shopping! […]

“Day Night Day Night” with Filmmaker Julia Loktev

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Filmmaker Julia Loktev presents her feature film, Day Night Day Night (2006), the story of a 19-year old preparing to become a suicide bomber in TImes Square. She speaks with a nondescript American accent, and it’s impossible to pinpoint her ethnicity. We never see the bomb; we only see the backpack and headphones that disguise the […]

“Freeing Charles: The Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War” with Author Scott Christianson

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Scott Christianson, author of Freeing Charles: The Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War, will give a multimedia presentation that looks at the life and epic rescue of captured fugitive slave Charles Nalle. In an almost unimaginable act – and the most dramatic slave rescue in American history – Nalle […]

“The Age Of Stupid” Screening

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

In Fanny Armstrong's (McLible, 2005) The Age of Stupid (2009), Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking at old footage and asking: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?  In advance of the screening Honest Weight Food will sponsor a reception where […]

Be The Media! Workshop with Dave Rice: Media Management In a Digital Universe

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Master the art of archiving - and muscle your data into place for order, access and ease - with digital archivist and preservation consultant David Rice. "Media Management in a Digital Universe" is an afternoon designed to help you master the art of archiving and muscle your data into place for order, access and ease. […]

Warrior Woman of Peace: Mama Charlotte Hill O’Neal

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Four decades after leaving this country for exile in Tanzania, Mama Charlotte Hill O'Neal returns to share the inspirational story of how she and her husband's past as Black Panthers affects their work among the urban and village youth of East Africa and America. She will be screening an excerpt from A Panther in Africa, the […]

Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

From the Palace to the People: A Global Griot Saves a West African Tradition with Rock ‘n’ Roll Revelations and Blues Muses! Bassekou Kouyate is a virtuoso picker and musical visionary from Mali who blurs the lines between West African and American roots music. His work with banjo maverick Bela Fleck just won a Grammy […]

Taína Asili y La Banda Rebelde with DJ Trumastr

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

In celebration of their debut album War Cry, Taína Asili y La Banda Rebelde will play a soulful infusion of Afro-Caribbean, reggae, rock, hip hop and flamenco, with local and international guest dancers, singers, and percussionists. They will be celebrating this grand accomplishment with a BIG CD release party, and it will also be Taína’s […]

Exhibition Opening: “Freedom Through Collective Improvisation: iEAR Presents! Free Jazz from the Sanctuary”

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Freedom Through Collective Improvisation: iEAR Presents! Free Jazz from the Sanctuary is a new gallery show at The Arts Center of the Capital Region, 265 River Street in downtown Troy, New York. The exhibition celebrates a 13-part series of jazz performance videos and photographs featuring some of the world’s most talented improvisers performing a wide spectrum […]

Matthew Shipp Trio

The celebrated NYC-based Matthew Shipp Trio (featuring Matthew Shipp, piano; Michael Bisio, bass; Whit Dickey, drums) will perform live at the opening of a new gallery show at The Arts Center of the Capital Region, 265 River Street in downtown Troy NY.  The exhibition, which features locally-produced videos and still photos of internationally-known musicians, is […]

“Sleep Dealer” with Filmmaker Alex Rivera

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Sleep Dealer (2009) by filmmaker Alex Rivera is a dystopian fable of globalization disguised as a sci-fi adventure. Set on the US-Mexico border, Rivera's highly stylized, emotional and surreal narrative follows a migrant worker in the near future. Co-sponsored by the Department of the Arts at RPI, part of the iEAR Presents! series.

“A Chat With Glendora” with Filmmaker Victoria Kereszi

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

A Chat with Glendora (2010, 58 minutes, digital video) is Victoria Kereszi's portrait of Glendora Folsom Buell, a physicist, philosopher, and self-made television personality who continues to create weekly public access television programs at age 81. In this feature documentary, Glendora describes the early days of local broadcast and cable TV, and its connection to […]

Independent Journalist Jeremy Scahill

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Jeremy Scahill is an investigative journalist and author whose work focuses on global issues, most notably the use of private military companies. He is the author of the best-selling book  Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, winner of a George Polk Book Award. Scahill also serves as a correspondent for the U.S. […]

Be The Media! Workshop with Jim de Sève: The Camera As Interface to the World

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Train your eye to think like a camera in this intensive hands-on workshop for beginners to pros with award winning filmmaker Jim de Sève. Explore the discipline of seeing through exercises geared to expand your observational and critical visual skills. Improve your visual/creative acuity through observational shooting techniques, light and movement walks, and exercises in […]

“Veer” Screening and Bike!Bike! Northeast Party

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Veer explores America’s fast-growing bicycling culture by profiling five people whose lives are inextricably tied to bicycling and the bike-centric social groups they belong to. The film follows these characters over the course of a year, offering a behind-the-scenes look at their personal struggles and triumphs. Veer examines what it means to be part of […]

“My Suicide,” with Director David Lee Miller

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

My Suicide (2009) by director David Lee Miller, is a dark romantic comedy that speaks candidly about the reality of contemporary teenage life and the effects of suicide in every town in America. The evening starts at 5:30 with a potluck and a meet and greet with the filmmakers, and the presentation of Daddyless, an […]

World War 3 Illustrated Comic Book Collective’s 30th Anniversary Gala Celebration

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Celebrate 30 years of World War 3 Illustrated collective, creators of America's longest-running political comic book. The event will feature cutting-edge art with multimedia presentations, puppetry, performance, live music and members of the World War 3 Illustrated collective. Almost every vertical space at The Sanctuary for Independent Media is covered with art by the World […]

Be The Media Workshop: Visual Journalism- Comics and Graphic Novels

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

An arts activism intensive with members of the World War 3 Illustrated, including a discussion on zines and comics, and a hands-on collaborative workshop on zines and comics, and a hands-on collaborative workshop to make a digital mini-comic. From 1-3 PM: Small Press and DIY Publishing and Promotion of Activist Comics and Zines; panel discussion […]

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