Events

“The Baader Meinhof Complex” Screening

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) is a new Academy Award-nominated drama by Uli Edel which shows how founders of the Red Army Faction graduated from rhetorical debates to revolutionary violence, […]

Be The Media! Workshop with Nan Rubin: Digital Preservation

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

"Video Archiving 101: How to Save and Access Your Video Collection" for organizations and individuals. So you made your media and got it out there; now what? This workshop will […]

Community Media Quilt Project

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Share in a collective celebration of the history of grassroots communication with this quilt-making workshop, to be held October 17th and 18th 2009. Bring your community media t-shirts, and we […]

“Workers’ Republic” with Filmmaker Andrew Freund

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Workers' Republic (2009) is a story of the courage, resolve, creativity, and solidarity of the workers at Republic Windows and Doors in Chicago, who stood up for their rights after […]

Front Lines: Words of Choice

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join us in this creative event for reproductive rights! The evening will include an excerpted reading from the newly published and acclaimed book Front Lines: Book of Plays, a discussion […]

Indymedia 10th Anniversary Film Festival: Where Do We Go from Here?

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Ten years after the Battle of Seattle and the explosion of global grassroots citizen journalism, known as Indymedia, the legacy reverberates in villages, cities, and countrysides around the world. Join […]

Haale: Psychedelic Sufi Trance Rock

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Psychedelic Sufi Trance rock returns to the Sanctuary! To conclude the 10th Anniversary Indymedia Film Festival, the Persian-American poet/singer/songwriter will perform at 9 pm. Drawing on Persian mystical and American […]

Kathy Kelly: Community Response to the Casualties of War

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Kathy Kelly's eyewitness accounts offer a message of hope through creative non-violence. Built around tangible community responses to the casualties of war, this multi-media event […]

The River Runs Both Ways: Reconsidering Dutch Exploration

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

The evening will present a scintillating exploration of colonization, imperialism and historical revisionism as the 400-year anniversary celebration of Henry Hudson’s exploration winds down!  First, a special screening of Mother […]

“Captured” Documentary Screening

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Captured is a documentary by Dan Levin. Since 1979 Clayton Patterson has dedicated his life to documenting the final era of raw creativity and lawlessness in New York City’s Lower […]

Be The Media! Workshop: Using the Web for Video Distribution

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Your videos can be used to build and strengthen communities; learn how to take your finished work and strategically distribute it on the Internet! We will post videos from Community […]

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 […]

“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 […]

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