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 […]
Electrifying jazz pianist Satoko Fujii performs with her quartet Tobira, featuring Natsuki Tamura, trumpet; Todd Nicholson, bass; and Takashi Itani, drums. A master of reinvention, Satoko Fujii transformed her New Trio into the wildly inventive quartet Tobira with the addition of trumpeter Natsuki Tamura. The pianist, composer, improviser and overall whirlwind, Fujii leads the quartet […]
Saeed "Shariff" Torres, a counterterrorism informant for more than two decades, takes on what he swears is his last job for the FBI and invites filmmakers to follow his covert efforts to befriend a suspected jihadist - without informing his superiors. (T)error explores how far we are going to prevent terror and exactly what liberties […]
Lean how to be a radio DJ and producer! We will discuss the theory and practice of community radio, radio equipment, and FCC rules and policy. This is the first step to getting trained to find a creative voice at WOOC!
Nick Berardini Killing Them Softly (2015) is the story of two brothers, Rick and Tom Smith, who found tremendous success when their company began selling a device that has been called “the biggest revolution in law enforcement since the radio.” But as their company grew, they made decisions that would have lasting impact on both the […]
Join a workshop with Ann Kenneally to learn the craft of studio portraiture in a “hands-on” community workshop to create free studio portraits for North Troy families. Co-sponsored by Foto Care.
Join us for our fourth annual North Troy Holiday Celebration! We'll have a coat give-away, a Troy Bike Rescue bike give-away, Toys for Tots, plus arts activities!!! And back by popular demand, free portraits for families in the North Troy area by internationally recognized photographer Brenda Ann Kenneally. Kenneally’s deep connection with Upstate Girls, and […]
Join Joe Barna's Ivory Romance... a live recording documenting brand new music including a piece entitled "Suite Lee," dedicated to pianist Lee Shaw. Because of the generosity KickStarter donors have each offered, this music will receive proper documentation at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. It’s to honor a very special friend and fellow musician Lee […]
Taína Asili y la Banda Rebelde will do their second annual MLK Day social justice music celebration, offering a soundtrack to honor the work of our continuing social justice movements. Join our social justice dance party, to launch the 10th Anniversary Celebration at The Sanctuary for Independent Media! From 7:00-8:00: Music and Art- The Fuel […]
Taína Asili will discuss methods she has gathered from her 20 year history writing songs that seek to reclaim power, break barriers, inspire, and unite. The workshop begins by looking at historical and contemporary examples of social change songs and songwriters. She will then guide participants in a hands-on songwriting exercise, first turning our ideas […]
A conversation with Mary Mattingly, sharing her projects on the Hudson with folks from Troy. Mary works with community members on the creation of sculptural ecosystems in urban spaces. Her projects include “wearable homes” to "floating food forests," habitats inspired by patterns of local human migration ... Following the community conversation, Mary Mattingly will deliver […]
Learn the different aspects of planning out a garden and the benefits of gardening in general. Basic grafting techniques for fruit trees will be covered and participants will graft a variety of scion wood onto rootstock. We will meet at Collard City growers located at 3337 6th Avenue. Workshops will start in the carriage house […]
The Sanctuary for Independent Media celebrates its 10th anniversary with a photo exhibition in the Underground Gallery featuring documentation of a decade's worth of cultural programming, social action, and community building! Thomas Mapfumo has been the musical voice of protest in Zimbabwe and all of southern Africa for nearly half a century. Hero of the […]
A multimedia guided art walk led by neighborhood ambassadors, through one block in North Troy. We will start at Freedom Square (the mystical corner where 5th and 6th Avenues meet 101st, a block from the Hudson River in North Troy, NY) and then walk together around the block. Following a guided walk, a wrap-up conversation […]
If you're interested in participating in this grand experiment, we'll be training folks who are interested in being "hosts" in the afternoon block. This will involve learning how to operate the broadcast equipment, FCC rules, interviewing techniques, etc. Ideally we'll have 5-10 or more people interested in working collectively to make this programming happen, first […]
The health of a garden is rooted in the soil (pun intended). We will discuss the importance of composting and healthy soil ecosystems and show you how easily such health can be achieved organically. Micro-livestock, like our worms and chickens, will demonstrate how they boost fertility. We will meet at Collard City Growers located at […]
Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara (aka Fatou) was born of Malian parents in the Ivory Coast in 1982. As a child she became a member of her father's dance troupe and was a popular performer of the wildly flailing didadi dance from Wassoulou, her ancestral home in western Mali. She made the decision to dedicate herself […]
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