In Uganda, a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. Malika Zohali-Worrall’s Call Me Kuchu (2012) documents David Kato, Uganda’s first openly gay man, and retired Anglican Bishop Christopher Senyonjo work against the clock to defeat state-sanctioned homophobia while combatting vicious persecution in their daily lives. But no one is prepared for the […]
Join our neighborhood’s 2nd Annual North Troy Peace and Justice Holiday Celebration, which will take place from 1 to 5pm on December 14th at The Sanctuary for Independent Media, and The Missing Link Street Ministry in collaboration with members of Troy Bike Rescue, Troy Community Police, Uptown Initiative, and Troy Central Little League. In addition […]
The Matthew Shipp Trio launches the Spring 2014 season at The Sanctuary for Independent Media while celebrating the release of their new recording, Root of Things (Relative Pitch Records), and the Sanctuary's newly donated 9 foot Baldwin concert grand. With Matthew Shipp, piano; Michael Bisio, bass; Whit Dickey, drums.
NATURE Lab, in collaboration with the Arts Department at RPI, is offering the following workshop the day before his speaking event on 3/19/14. Catts will lead this workshop which will cover some of the main techniques of regenerative biology that are used for in vitro meat and will explore the broader cultural and artistic implication […]
Join Oron Catts (who will be presenting his BioArt work later in the evening) and Kathy High in an informal walk-through of "Ecological Interventions" and celebrate the launching of NATURE Lab! Internationally-renowned environmental artists Brandon Ballengée (U.S.) and Oliver Kellhammer (Canada) care deeply about our ecology and our future. Their projects explore how we as citizens of […]
Oron Catts is an artist, researcher, and curator whose pioneering work with the Tissue Culture and Art Project, which he established in 1996, is considered a leading biological art project. He is the founding director of SymbioticA, which he co-founded in 2000, an artistic research centre housed within the School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human […]
Hip Hop and tradition equals positive community vibes! Teens, we want to hear your voice! A hands-on production session to create a short spoken-word piece about hot button issues such as gun and police violence, focusing on positive strategies for moving forward. Join teens from Troy and the surrounding Capital Region, in a poetry and hip hop […]
Former Black Panther, Mama Charlotte Hill O'Neal is an accomplished poet, musician and visual artist, and Founding Director of Tanzania's United African Alliance Community Center (UAACC), a community-based organization which promotes community development in rural Africa. The UAACC has a number of independent media projects as part of its powerful community work including hip hop, […]
Documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles offers an intensive course in the principles, process, production and post-production of “Direct Cinema,” with personal advice on how to survive and thrive as an independent media maker. Albert will screen short clips from the new film The Art of Observing Life, USA/Russia, 2013. The film features Albert and other pioneers […]
A leading force in the direct cinema style of documentary film making, including Salesman (1968), Gimme Shelter (1970) and Grey Gardens (1976). Co-sponsored by iEAR Presents!
Sultry, seductive, and infused with that inimitable samba swing, the music of Luísa Maita embodies the modern spirit of Brazil. Inspired by the bustling urban life found in her native city of São Paulo, her first album, Lero-Lero, has a contemporary vibe with influences from alternative pop and downtempo electronic music melded with an acoustic […]
Join filmmaker Craig Saddlemire for a screening of his critically acclaimed and thought-provoking documentary film, Household. An extended refugee family from Somalia, an interracial same-sex couple, a single mother in a housing cooperative, and a mother of six who has fostered nearly 50 children in her lifetime... None of these families have ever met each […]
Filmmaker Sean Gallagher will present Brothers of the Black List, a documentary which tells the story behind the longest litigated civil rights case in U.S. history. It all began in September 1992, when an elderly woman in Oneonta, NY reported that she had been attacked in an attempted rape by a young black male who […]
Learn how to generate QR codes and explore creative possibilities of this medium -- bridging design, technology and craft. The final “QR Code Artworks” will be presented as public and collaborative art walks that engage audiences in experimental media as public art, renewing appreciation of our physical surroundings. LoVid is an interdisciplinary artist duo composed […]
Learn how to start and plant seedlings, in this first of a two-session gardening workshop led by Rebekah Rice, with Joan Buzerak and friends. We will plant sunflower seeds, in preparation for a Sunflower Forest in North Troy! Return a month later, Saturday, May 17th, 1-3pm, when we’ll transplant our seedlings all over the neighborhood […]
Fresh water is the source of life! Join us in a community skill share focused on protecting our water. This informal, grassroots gathering will cover issues from scientific to the political, including DIY Urban Hydrology, media strategies, DIY Journalism and civil disobedience. Do you have a skill share you’d like to offer? Let us know. […]
A skill share with Public Herald #fileroom project and more. This informal, grassroots gathering will cover issues from scientific to the political, including DIY Urban Hydrology, media strategies, DIY journalism and civil disobedience. Two sessions, introduced by Professor Yuri Gorby, include presentations by presentations by Chris Sculley, Ethan Seeley, Ben Greene, The Farmery, Yuri Gorby, Melissa […]
Join filmmakers Joshua B. Pribanic and Melissa Troutman for a screening and discussion of their exciting documentary about shale gas, Triple Divide. The documentary is Public Herald's first investigations into the inevitable, negative impacts from shale gas industrial development and how those impacts are handled by the state, specifically the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection […]
Explore creative and technical aspects of DSLR-based digital filmmaking. Bhawin Suchak will be leading a workshop focusing on the creative and technical aspects of DSLR-based digital filmmaking, including shooting techniques, audio solutions, film aesthetics, various lenses, editing workflows and distribution options. Local independent media maker Bhawin is an educator, filmmaker and multimedia producer who works with […]
The Throwaways tells the story of ex-felon, homeless filmmaker, activist, and co-director Ira McKinley, who channels his experience of living on the streets through the lens of a video camera. By using his unique perspective, Ira pulls the curtain back for viewers and exposes how the current economic crisis is having a devastating effect on […]
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