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 […]
BikeFest is Troy Bike Rescue's fourth annual fundraising party in partnership with the Sanctuary for Independent Media. Join the TBR cast of volunteers for a kids bike rodeo, raffle prizes, delicious burrito dinner with live acoustic music with Rosary Beard, and a covetous cake auction. All to be followed by bicycle cinema, including the capital […]
A participatory workshop on biodiversity and “ecosystem activism” designed to train amateurs to assist in art and science research. The Love Motel for Insects was a huge hit with the people that participated as they were able to learn valuable information about bugs and how they interact in nature. Each person got a hand-out with […]
Music, food, and fun. A day filled with workshops and performances by PitchBlak Brass Band, Brooklyn-based players of hip-hop from the 1980s to the present day, and Oobleck, a funk-based instrumental horn band from the Capital Region, performing outdoors on the Freedom Square stage.
A rising young star from Gao, Mali, Oumar Konate is blazing the new wave of Malian music onto the contemporary world music stage. Konaté touched the spirit of his classmates with his passion for music and song while still in primary school in his hometown of Gao, Mali. On the strength of his talent with […]
Environmental activist and visual artist Brandon Ballengée will work with community participants to collect specimens, this workshop looks at the aquatic life of the Hudson River and surrounding areas. Firstly as a group we will set-up a 20 gallon aquarium with filtration and discuss the water-cycle, pollution and habitat requirements for aquatic species. We will fill […]
To map our community, we began “Uptown Summer 14” presenting participatory arts workshops with neighborhood youth. In a “Mapping Our History” Scrapbook/Sampler Workshop with photo journalist Brenda Ann Kenneally, youth had a photography lesson and took photos of their homes. The next day, they had a tour to learn the history of their neighborhood with Kathy […]
The incredible 11-piece Ethiopian orchestra known as Debo Band returns to Troy for a free outdoor show on the art stage at Freedom Square on Friday, July 11, 2014 from 6 PM until sunset. Their performance at Freedom Square (101st Street where Fifth and Sixth Avenues meet in North Troy) comes between shows at the […]
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