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The New York State Music Fund
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Join us at Christ Church United Methodist in Troy where we're co-sponsoring a talk and book signing by Doug Blackmon, New York Times bestselling author of "Slavery By Another Name" at 7 PM on Tuesday, September 9!
Filled with archival photographs, "Slavery by Another Name" is the true account of the re-enslavement of African Americans from the end of the Civil War until World War II.
Contrary to public understanding, emancipation did not end slavery for hundreds of thousands of people in the southern U.S. African Americans were arrested for minor offenses, often for no offense at all, and sentenced to hard labor in coal mines, lumber camps, farms, and mills across the South. Most were never released from deplorable working and living conditions.
At 6 PM on Friday, September 12 there will be a potluck supper and gallery opening for the new show in the Underground Gallery at The Sanctuary for Independent Media featuring an exhibition organized by the Iraqi Children's Art Exchange called, "Don’t Forget Us: Iraqi Children 2001 – 2008 (Sanctions, War, Occupation and Exile)” running through December 14, 2008. The show is open to the public free of charge an hour before, during, and an hour after events and workshops at The Sanctuary for Independent Media.
Claudia Lefko, director of the Iraqi Children's Art Exchange and show curator, will be present.
Tomas Young, 25 years old, was paralyzed by a bullet to his spine after serving in Iraq less than a week. Body of War follows Tomas as he comes to terms with his disability and finds his own unique and passionate voice against the war.
How do the Open Source software movement, bicycle sub-culture, guerilla gardening, and the Burning Man Festival fit together?
Author and Critical Mass co-founder Chris Carlsson connects these dots as he profiles the social networks that are cooperating outside of economic regulation and laying the foundation for a genuine movement of liberation from market life.
Plus an presentation by the Rhizome Collective.
One of the most exciting talents in African music today performs entrancing and uplifting songs with ancient soul and modern spirit.
Backed by the mesmerizing interlocking melodies of the mbira and the deep grooves of an all-star lineup featuring some of Zimbabwe and South Africa's top musicians, Chiwoniso's voice resounds with defiant strength and profound tenderness. Her new recording, “Rebel Woman,” has just been released by Cumbancha.
$10; children 16 and under free.
Hear Chiwoniso's music.
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Join us at 8 PM on Saturday (9/20) for two of the most powerful and original jazz groups from the West Coast! Empty Cage Quartet explores imaginative new ways to integrate a diverse mix of musical influences ranging from shuffle swing to free jazz blowouts, minimalist percussion loops to complex modernist gestures, robotic grooves, odd-meter marches, heavy rock, and nearly everything in between. At 10 PM, Weasel Walter, a drummer whose current material straddles the many lines between punk, free jazz, no wave, improv, and much more, performs with Mary Halvorson on guitar and Peter Evans on trumpet. $10
Hear Empty Cage Quartet on MySpace.
See Empty Cage Quartet on YouTube.
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More than twenty years ago, convinced that the 1980s experiment with free-market economics was a financial and social disaster and that much writing on economics was dry and dated, Doug Henwood founded the critically-acclaimed Left Business Observer.
Invited here as part of the Capital Region Social Forum, he’ll be addressing the current crisis of neoliberalism.
Read Henwood's review of Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine.
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Digital Media Labs (DML) are all ages (14+), monthly workshops introduced by popular demand. Whether you are working on a documentary, making a music video, or learning to blog and post video to the internet, these sessions will benefit you. Bring your own digital media projects and ideas, or just commune and share skills with other makers. DML will focus on media production, web publishing (html & blogging), digital imaging, and video editing. Each session will highlight certain skills, but will not be limited by any specific assignments or software applications. Participants will have access to Sanctuary computers and camcorders during Lab hours.
Fee: $40/session or $100 for all 3
