Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg and Carrie Dashow lead a locally-themes group made video installation and participatory singing event featuring stories and shape note songs about the city to culminate a week-long exploration of Troy — forming a chapter of the Subliminal History of New York State.
Scholar and activist Joel Kovel talks about his new book, Overcoming Zionism: Creating A Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine (2007).
Putumayo recording artist, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nawal and her band weave a rich dialog of cultures, a reflection of the diverse character of life in her native Comoros Islands.
The 10-piece jazz ensemble known as the "best little big band in America" makes a return appearance to the Capital Region in a free show to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Prospect Park!
Working people are often defined solely by their occupation, yet there is so much more to the story. Each of our lives is comprised of layer upon layer of people, places, and events that have shaped who we are. In Unseen America NYS: Layers of Working Life, we see images of family, work, community, and […]
From Between Trio is a collaboration of musicians from three continents: Tatsuya Nakatani, percussionist from Japan and now living in the US; Michel Doneda, saxophonist from France; and Jack Wright, Saxophonist from the US. The trio has evolved through their touring efforts and their search for new musical experience. This is a story of each […]
The longtime journalist, author and radio producer will speak about the challenge and necessity of creating for-the-people media in this era of corporate consolidation. Her most recent book is Blue Grit: Making Improbable, Impossible and Inspirational Change in America (The Penguin Press, 2007). Currently the host of RadioNation on AirAmerica, Flanders founded the Women's Desk […]
A laugh-riot performance with equal emphasis on both "laugh" and "riot." The Lost Film Fest focuses on pranks vs. corporations and government institutions. You'll love the punk rock urgency of the Lost Film Fest and its celebration of media archaeology and illegal art. A traveling multimedia spectacle incorporating live performance and video, it's a truly […]
Will the United States and Iran Find Themselves at War? In The Iran Agenda: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis (Poli Point Press, 2007), author and journalist Reese Erlich shows how the U.S. government is planning to subvert the Iranian government and lie about it to the American people. He […]
Haale, vocals, guitarMatt Kilmer, percussionChris Hoffman, cello Haale evokes both the spiritual and traditional culture of her parents' homeland of Iran and the energy of psychedelic rock and roll from the sounds of New York City, where she was born. Her music and her message are formed by the powerful combination of these influences, invoking […]
A response to President Bush's statement made early in the Iraq War, Christine Heller's installation, Mission Accomplished is layered with the grey Muslim figures tangled in wire and fencing. Limp and skeletal, the figures are shells, souls, and shrouds. Their life is gone. They have faded from existence, faded from our consciousness, a reminder of […]
With the Army of None Project, David Solnit aims to counter military recruitment, end war, and build a better world. He is traveling across the United States to share his knowledge and experience with the counter-recruitment movement, one of the fastest-growing, most strategic forms of community organizing. The military recruitment complex insinuates itself into the […]
Dahr Jamail is an independent journalist who has covered the Middle East for more than four years. He has reported extensively from inside Iraq for eight months and has also reported from Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan. Jamail has filed indispensable reports from Iraq that have made him this generation's chronicler of the unfolding disaster […]
Working on a doc or thinking about it? Perplexed about how to tell your story? In this hands-on workshop award-winning filmmaker Jim de Séve leads students to uncover the secrets of solid documentary storytelling. Working within and beyond the basics of dramatic structure, you will explore character, plot, pacing, texture, and tone and leave with […]
Michael Vlatkovich Quartet features Christopher Garcia, percussion; Jonathan Glove, electric cello; David Mott, baritone saxophone; Michael Vlatkovich, trombone. Trombonist, composer, and arranger Michael Vlatkovich is one of the leading talents among Los Angeles improvisational players. Located on the West Coast since 1973, he is an emotionally charged performer who has performed extensively in the United […]
How does filmmaker Joe Cultrera’s film Hands of God (2006), about Catholic clergy abuse, not descend into depression? It helps when the victim doesn't act like one but uses his own intellect and humor to fight back. Unlike any other look at this topic, Hand of God is a poetic and provocative tale of one […]
The Devil Music Ensemble performs their original score live to Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror (F.W. Murnau, 1922), the classic black and white vampire movie. Devil Music Ensemble, formed in Boston in 1999, is comprised of Brendon Wood on guitars, lap steel, and synthesizer, and Tim Nylander on drums, percussion, and synthesizer.
Writer and activist Anne Elizabeth Moore investigates corporate America's inroads into-- and alliance with-- the cultural underground in her just- published book, Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and Erosion of Integrity (The New Press, 2007). For years the do-it-yourself (DIY)/punk underground has worked against the logic of mass production and creative uniformity, disseminating radical ideals and […]
Multimedia performance artist Nicole Peyrafitte was born in Luchon (French Pyrenees) into the 5th generation of a family of restaurateurs. Since moving to Albany in 1992, she has dedicated herself to multimedia art work. She considers each step of her work an attempt to fulfill her compulsion to learn through a process of immersion that […]
You know that media is your #2 issue, but what can you do about it? This workshop will examine an array of highly successful strategies and models of using media to advance social causes from around the world. Participants will learn how to use media as an organizing tool, and will have an opportunity to […]
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