Noura Mint Seymali in concert featuring: Noura Mint Seymali, vocals / ardine; Jeiche Ould Chighaly, guitar; Ousmane Touré, bass; Matthew Tinari, drums. Seyamil is breaking ground. The “Diva of Mauritania” reflects the intersections of Arab and Black African cultures- effortlessly linking tonal and rhythmic modalities from opposite sides of the Sahara and setting it to […]
Join pirate radio legend Pete Tridish for an in-depth strategy session on community radio. Revolution, technology, reform, media... What does the low power FM struggle tell us about social change through political and technological action? We’ll look at the first civil rights organization to have a radio station, located in Opelousas, Louisiana; the Coalition of […]
In 1998, pirate radio enthusiast “Petri Dish” was one of the founders of Prometheus, emerging from the clandestine studios of Radio Mutiny (West Philadelphia Pirate Radio) after enduring a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) raid. Despite its origins as a pirate broadcasting collective, the group eventually shifted toward building and expanding regulatory access to new, licensed […]
The Seeing with Photography Collective, whose work is featured this season in the Underground Gallery, is a group of photographers based in New York City who are visually impaired, sighted and blind. Explore the subjectivity of sight and the influence of photography on what and how we see, and make your own manipulated photograph with […]
Award-winning composer and pianist Daniel Kelly transforms the stories of everyday people into dramatic and compelling music that blends jazz, classical and folk music into a signature sound. His music has been declared “powerfully moving” by Time Out New York, and he has brought his unique talent to performances with Grammy award-winning jazz legends Michael […]
It’s the UN’s “International Year of Soils” and we’re having a party to educate, inspire, and celebrate- featuring workshops on bio-remediation, composting, soil testing and lot reclaimers, plus environmental documentary, Symphony of the Soil (2012) presented by filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia. Learn nio-remediation techniques and how to test your soil. Build a compost bin and […]
Food for Thought and Symphony of the Soil director Deborah Koons Garcia will cover an overview of environmental documentary production, from concept development to production to post-production to strategies for grassroots distribution. This workshop includes a documentary "clinic," with participants invited to bring works-in-progress for feedback. Co-sponsored by Vasudha Living Learning Community at Rensselaer...
Chris Hedges, the Pulitzer Prize-winner, explores the moral imperative of revolt in his most recent book Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt (Nation Books) which was published on May 15. The book examines recent revolutionary movements worldwide and tracing them back to their origins in historical, philosophical, and literary transitions. He is also […]
We are pleased to welcome journalist, author, and war correspondent Chris Hedges back to The Sanctuary for Independent Media. Heis the guest of honor at a special fundraising dinner for WOOC 105.3 FM. The dinner will be followed by a talk by Chris Hedges.
Celebrate bike month and support your local volunteer-run bicycle resource center. Troy Bike Rescue’s BikeFest fundraiser is a perennially fantastic event with music, prizes, burritos, beer, and- of course- bikes!
Join us outdoors in Freedom Square (at 101st Street where 5th and 6th Avenues meet) for our annual Freedom Festival! There will be free food, music, art activities and all kinds of fun!
Please join us for our second annual peace festival at Freedom Square!!! Lots of fun to celebrate community with great music, and a delicious free BBQ! There will be free Henna tattoos by local artist Talad, and music by local artists. Enjoy some yoga, and other free items!
Take Back our Community and Friends of Freedom Square present our second annual back to school celebration! This event will be an evening filled with fun games, food, activities, music and free school supplies. Music with Master G and special guests!
Just as farmers reap the harvest, providing sustenance for all, it is time to celebrate all our harvests--the results of seeds sown through art, education, agriculture, tolerance, and everything we do to build strong, healthy communities. Co-sponsored by: KitchenSanctuary, Take Back our Community and Friends of Freedom Square, NATURE Lab, PreRamble with Transport Troy, Transition Troy, […]
A trio of groups will be "Moving Heaven and Earth" to benefit the forthcoming new community radio station WOOC 105.3 FM. The Heavenly Echoes performing traditional gospel songs; JV & the Cutters playing original blues; and the Agape Blues Company with their unique gospel blues fusion, will be performing. Noted author, editor, and music writer […]
Two-time Juno-winning banjoist, composer and instigator Jayme Stone appears with his band in an ambitious show paying tribute to the pioneering work of folklorist Alan Lomax. This collaboration brings together some of North America’s most distinctive and creative roots musicians to recycle, re-imagine and recast traditional music. Jayme Stone makes music inspired by sounds from […]
With his love of avant-garde and traditional jazz with world rhythms, Hudson Valley jazz percussion icon Tani Tabbal creates dynamic new music. He appears with his trio, featuring Troy native Michael Bisio on bass and Albany’s Adam Seigel on alto sax, in an adventurous program of modern jazz.
Troy author and activist Amy Halloran will speak about her new book The New Bread Basket: How the New Crop of Grain Growers, Plant Breeders, Maltsters, Bakers, Brewers, and Local Food Activists Are Redefining Our Daily Loaf (Chelsea Green, 2015). The book is the culmination of years of research into the regional grain movement, marrying […]
Fracking isn’t banned in NY- learn about toxic infrastructure threatening the state. This community exchange is designed to pool resources, research, and best practices for effective organizing. Resistance to fracking and fracking infrastructure converges at The Sanctuary for Independent Media, as media makers, activists, scientists and just plain folks join forces to organize for family, […]
The award-winning filmmaker mixes media and activism to explore key threats to the regional environment, from the “bomb trains” in Albany, to the Kinder Morgan pipeline planned across the state, to the proposal to dump obsolete tank cars in the Adirondacks. What is the role of media, arts and activism in the struggle for environmental […]
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