Across America, a disproportionate share of the tragedy of youth homelessness falls on those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). Mostly poor and minority, many of these young people come from homes marred by instability, conflict, abuse, neglect, and parental drug use. Coming out as LGBT often was the final factor that […]
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Join us for our season opener! Experience desert defiance and womanly power as Malian diva Khaira Arby and her band invoke the mystery, history, and heart of Timbuktu, live in concert! Inspired by her cousin Ali Farka Toure, Arby turns to her mixed Berber and Songhai roots and draws on a sweet mixture of desert […] |
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Graphics for the Commons: Learn the tools and techniques of collaborative image making with The Beehive Design Collective, masters of the form, exploring the potential for cartoons to communicate global issues in an engaging way. Join in as we deconstruct the complex and overwhelming issues that are shaping our world, using bio-regionally accurate depictions of […]
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Highlights of new work by the Beehive Collective, swarming in from Machias, Maine. The wildly creative group of artists, activists, educators, and organizers who explain global political issues in an engaging way with large-scale cartoons! This presentation will be preceded by the Peace Pole Dedication in the Sanctuary’s Wish Garden at 5:15, and a community […]
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2012: Time for Change (2010) presents an optimistic alternative to apocalyptic doom and gloom, directed by Emmy Award nominee João Amorim. The film follows journalist Daniel Pinchbeck, author of the bestselling 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, on a quest for a new paradigm that integrates the ancient wisdom of tribal cultures with the scientific method. As […] |
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The best-selling author of War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2003) introduces the themes of his forthcoming book, Death of the Liberal Class. Chris Hedges spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He has reported from more than 50 countries and has […] |
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A fire-spitting evening with drummer Denardo Coleman, featuring a voice celebrated for its political, surrealistic, dynamic innovations in lyricism, and visceral sound. Cortez's work has been translated into twenty-eight languages, and include the books of poetry Somewhere in Advance of Nowhere, Coagulations: New and Selected Poems, Poetic Magnetic, Firespitter, Mouth on Paper, Scarifications, and Pissstained […] |
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Photographer Ellie Markovitch and writer Amy Halloran team up to lead a digital storytelling workshop that focuses on food as a tool to capture powerful personal histories. Please join them for an afternoon of sharing food and stories about food, and documentation that will result in an online community recipe box. Bring a meaningful recipe, […] |
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The Sanctuary is proud to present a new musical production of an original historical play by Michael Monasterial illuminating the life and musical genius of singer and Civil Rights movement pioneer Sam Cooke, who wrote, performed and produced dozens of hits during almost a decade at the top of the pop music charts. His early […] |
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In The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber (2010), award-winning writer Scott Christianson tells a dreadful story that is full of surprising and provocative new findings, taking us to the dark side of human history in the first full chronicle of the gas chamber in the United States. More than […] |
