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Be The Media! Workshop with Frank Lopez: It’s the End of the World as We Know It- Social Media and Global Resistance

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join us for a Survivalist Media Workshop with Media Pirate, "The Stimulator" Frank Lopez as he explains the who, what, why of his snarky show and learn how the f@*k he does it! This workshop is on DIY distribution, radical aesthetics, stealing stuff from the internet, collaborating with video ninjas across the land, and funding it […]

Screening with Franklin Lopez

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

As a substitute for Richard Wolff’s canceled presentation, radical media maker Franklin López will be appearing instead with a program of new work!  Franklin López is an anarchist filmmaker from occupied Borikén (Puerto Rico.)  He is the founder of SubMedia.tv, an independent video ensemble that cranks out anarchist, anti-capitalist, anti-colonial films and agit-prop. The films […]

Be The Media! Workshop with NY Youth Shout Out: Media Production

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join in an afternoon of creative production, networking youth media makers and newbies from across the state to discuss issues shout out by youth.  Youth media makers will break into teams to create short video projects about key issues and challenges in their lives.  Their work will be premiered that evening at the NY Youth […]

NY Youth Shout Out! Second Annual Youth Media Festival

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join us for our Second Annual NY Youth Shout Out! Media Festival. Come witness a cavalcade of creativity featuring youth media makers across New York State, providing a window on the next generation of filmmakers as well as networking, skill-sharing, and media making opportunities for these young artists and organizers.  At a potluck that precedes […]

Northeast Animal Liberation Festival 

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

The Northeast Animal Liberation Festival begins with a vegan potluck BBQ. It will be followed by a panel discussion which will include animal liberation activists Peter Young, Jenny Brown of Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, and Camille Hankins of Win Animal Rights and No Kill New York. The panel will be followed by Peter Young's new […]

Reception for Underground Gallery: “Scrappin’ Upstate” by Brenda Ann Kenneally with Presentation by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Narrative journalist  Adrian Nicole LeBlanc will respond to questions by photo journalist Brenda Ann Kenneally about her current Sanctuary exhibit, Scrappin’ Upstate. LeBlanc will explore the issues addressed in Scrappin’ Upstate, and the vital role of independent journalism, with a focus on marginalized members of society: adolescents living in poverty, prostitutes, women in prison, etc. One […]

Be The Media! Workshop with Jim de Sève: How to Shoot Hands-on Digital Video

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

This hands-on lab is specifically designed to improve your shooting skills. The key areas covered include: going off automatic, motion and stability, covering the action, and engaging the emotive potential of the camera. Bring a video camera if you have one – but it is not necessary. For adults and teens. Jim de Sève is an […]

“Not Just a Game” with Filmmaker David Zirin

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

In the powerful 2010 documentary Not Just a Game: Power Politics & American Sports (based on Zirin's best-selling book, The People's History of Sports in the United States), author and activist Dave Zirin argues that, far from providing merely escapist entertainment, American sports have long been at the center of some of the major political […]

Troy Bike Rescue: BIKE PARTY Fun(d)raiser

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

We’ve got new neighbors!!!! Welcome!! Troy Bike Rescue is moving to North Troy.  What began as a pile of old bikes and a series of parking lot workshops has evolved into a group of dedicated volunteers running and maintaining regular shops in both Albany and Troy.  This bike month, they will be moving the Troy […]

Live from Lock One: TN3 – The Todd Nelson Trio

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Our ongoing series of live recordings of local musicians performing before a studio audience continues with Todd Nelson’s TN3 featuring drummer Manual Quintana, electric guitarist Todd Nelson, and fretless bass player Kyle Epositio performing music from their new album, Here. They will be joined by John Hines playing trumpet and Bob Resnick on percussion.

Live from Lock One with the Debo Band – Introducing Freedom Square! 

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

A coalition of local community groups is launching Freedom Square–just up the block from the Sanctuary–with free outdoor live music. We call the collaboration between The Sanctuary for Independent Media, Missing Link Street Ministry, Troy Bike Rescue and Collard City Growers the Freedom Square Coalition- named after the grassy spot where 5th and 6th Avenues […]

Testing Abhijeet

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Community Potluck Welcoming the “Peace Pilgrimage for a Nuclear Free Future”

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Welcome the "Peace Pilgrimage for a Nuclear Free Future" as the walkers pass through Troy on their journey from Boston to Albany. They will walk a total of 300 miles, beginning each day at 8 am and typically walking 15-18 miles per day. The walkers will be spending their night in Troy at the Missing […]

“Seabrook 1977” Screening

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Seabrook 1977 chronicles the dramatic events which made world headlines and sparked the creation of a grassroots antinuclear power movement across the United States.  Scenes of the nonviolent demonstration and subsequent internment are interwoven with interviews with participants on all sides of the event, including local Seabrook residents, antinuclear activists, New Hampshire’s pro-nuclear Governor Meldrim […]

Training for Transition

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

A weekend workshop on The Transition Movement, which is comprised of vibrant, grassroots community initiatives that seek to build community resilience in the face of such challenges as peak oil, climate change and the economic crisis. Transition Initiatives differentiate themselves from other sustainability and “environmental” groups by seeking to mitigate these converging global crises by […]

Sidi Touré and Friends

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Our Fall 2011 season opens with music from Mail, the hotbed of new African music, featuring: Sidi Touré, guitar and vocals; Jambla Maiga, kuntigui; Domu Maiga, kurbu. Touré made his first guitar as a child, constructing it from his wooden writing slate in the ancient town of Gao, Mali. Once the heart of the Songhaï […]

“Taking Liberties” with Author Susan Herman, President of ACLU

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

October 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of the Patriot Act. In the days following 9/11, fear and shock dominated the public and domestic security issues rose to the top of our agenda. The state of emergency that began during the Bush administration has continued into the Obama administration. But how many of actions taken to […]

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Be the Media! Workshop: StoryHarvest – Youth Voices from the Garden

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

A digital storytelling workshop led by artist/chef Ellie Markovitch.  Free community workshop for neighborhood youth on basic documentary skills and the art of storytelling. From seed to table, come document the Collar City Growers’ first harvest. Students will be trained in this workshop to document the entire day of activities, including Story Harvest art project […]

StoryHarvest: A Celebration of Art and Food from Seed to Table

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Brazilian-American artist Ellie Markovitch creates a harvest celebration and community potluck. Cultivate community through cooking and eating, sharing stories, making music, and watching films. Bring your seeds, spoons, and stories! A multimedia exhibit by artist Ellie Markovitch will feature the North Troy program, “Uptown Summer,” an environmental justice coalition focusing on food justice, urban gardening, […]

“Ciclovida: Lifecycle” with Filmmaker Matt Feinstein

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

The award-winning feature-length documentary Ciclovida: Lifecycle pedals alongside a group of small farmers from Brazil who bicycle more than 6,000 miles across the South American continent. They use the year of travel to exchange natural seeds, songs, and ideas about new ways of relating to the land. Moving stories from landless peasants, indigenous communities, and […]

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