Week of Events
Be The Media! Workshop with Marcus Kwame Anderson and Troy Alley Action: Found Art at the Hot Spot
Be The Media! Workshop with Marcus Kwame Anderson and Troy Alley Action: Found Art at the Hot Spot
The workshop runs from Tuesday-Friday 7/23-7/26/13 from 10am-4pm. There will be an artist reception on July 26, 4-5pm, with Marcus, Troy Alley Action and Summer Youth Employment teens as they share their creative magic.
Caravan for Peace: Mali’s Call for Peaceful Dialogue
Caravan for Peace: Mali’s Call for Peaceful Dialogue
The traveling version of Mali’s award-winning “Festival in the Desert,” featuring two of Africa’s most powerful musical groups, will stop in Troy, NY for a free all-ages show in Freedom Square. Bring lawn blankets and chairs; the rain location is The Sanctuary for Independent Media. War can’t stop the music, and Malian artists continue to […]
“Soul Power” Screening
“Soul Power” Screening
Soul Power (2008) documentary by Jeffrey Levy-Hinte celebrates the legendary music festival that accompanied “The Rumble in the Jungle” between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. In 1974, the most celebrated American R&B acts of the time came together with the most renowned musical groups in Africa for a 12-hour, three-night long concert held in Kinshasa, […]