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NATURE Lab Workshop with Heather Dewey-Hagborg: Who Do You Think You Are- DNA Ancestry and Biosurveillance

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

How much can you learn about a stranger from a stray cigarette butt? Our DNA can reveal stories about us—including our ancestry, disease risks, physical characteristics, and predispositions. These stories pass from parent to child hidden within our cells. Today, millions of people have explored their DNA to uncover these stories using direct-to-consumer sequencing services. […]

Author Ronald Kitchen Presents “My Midnight Years”

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

My Midnight Years: Surviving Jon Burge’s Police Torture Ring and Death Row tells the story of Ronald Kitchen's 21 years in prison–including more than a decade on death row–and, finally, exoneration. Join author and activist Ronald Kitchen with author/professor/historian Thai Jones, in a discussion of My Midnight Years. In conversation with Alice Green, Executive Director, […]

NATURE Lab Workshop with Nathalie Dubois Calero: Tabletop Composting

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Life is a cycle, let's experience it by eating over decomposing food! Learn what can be composted and how to compost it. We will show you how to use bokashi and worms to compost indoors. Mentor: Nathalie Dubois Calero One foot in art, one foot in science (I have a PhD in plant science), the […]

Ras Moshe

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

A multimedia performance of “Peace Be With You: Letters from Rap” with the Music Now! Unit. Theodore Burnett III performs music based on letters written by his father during deployment in Vietnam from 1968-1970.  Funded in part by New Music USA. The Music Now! Unit:Larry Roland–bass and narrationCharley Sabatino–bass Matt Lavelle–trumpet and bass clarinet.Leonid Galaganov–drumsDave Ross–guitarRas […]

NATURE Lab Workshop with Dylan Rees: Using Fish Poo to Feed a Family

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

NATURE Lab educator Dylan Rees will lead a workshop on Fish Poo. Aquaponics uses fish poo to grow plants. See a small tabletop system, learn how it works, and how to build your own. About the NATURE Lab: North Troy Art, Technology, and Urban Research in Ecology (NATURE) Lab is a volunteer-led urban ecology education […]

7th Annual North Troy Justice and Peace Holiday Celebration

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Join us at the Sanctuary for the seventh annual North Central Holiday Justice and Peace Celebration. We’ll have free portraits (special appreciation to Brenda Ann Kenneally and her team), arts activities, music by Derrick Horton & The Jay Street Band plus Men of Faith (MOF), free food […]

NATURE Lab and Collard City Growers Workshop: Fruit and Berry Propagation

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Experience the magic of sticks to propagate fruiting shrubs: grow our food forest with elderberries, blackberries, raspberries, grapes and cuttings you bring to experiment with! Afterward, join us inside the Sanctuary for the Holiday Celebration! Collard City Growers is a volunteer-run food justice project where we connect arts and culture to growing a wealth of annuals […]

NATURE Lab: Futurology

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join us for a potluck social to reflect on our great fall and to postulate the bright future to come. We will display all we have worked on and more! North Troy Art, Technology, and Urban Research in Ecology (NATURE) Lab is a volunteer-led urban ecology education initiative. Artist/scientist teams work to empower the community with […]

Collard City Growers Pruning Workshop

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join us on Sunday February 17th from 11-2 for an informative interaction with our favorite friends, the trees!! This pruning workshop officially kicks off the 2019 growing season, woohoo! Our food forest spans one city block and contains trees of all shapes, sizes and functions. We will have a workshop and demonstration at freedom square […]

Media Strategy Session with International Peace Activist Kathy Kelly

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join an informal discussion with Voices for Creative Non-Violence founder Kathy Kelly, members of the local peace and justice community, and WOOC Hudson Mohawk Magazine radio producers, to develop strategies for expanding the media presence of the Capital Region’s peace and justice community. Co-Sponsored by Women Against War.

Resiliencia with Taína Asili y la Banda Rebelde

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

The activist singer-songwriter celebrates her birthday and the release of a new album, Resiliencia!, with a full slate of special guests and her awesome band! And we're celebrating resilience too! Join us for the launch of our Spring '19 season and the kick-off of our Sanctuary Sustainer campaign. Resiliencia! is a wide-ranging anthology of stories […]

NATURE Lab Workshop With Marta De Menezes: 3-day DIY CRISPR

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join us for a three-part DIY Workshop series on CRISP-CAS9, a genome editing system.  Explore the possibilities modern  science offers artists, with an internationally-renownedpioneer of biological arts. Prior to the workshop will be an introductory lecture from 5:30-6:30. de Menezes will reflect on the possibilities and strategies of identity and nature, and how they interconnect […]

“Nature?” with Marta De Menezes

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join us for an exploration of how modern science can be incorporated into the artistry field with the help of an internationally-renowned pioneer of biological arts. In her talk Nature, Marta de Menezes will reflect on the possibilities and strategies of identity and nature, and how they interconnect and entangle. The lecture will include an […]

“How to Read a Protest: The Art of Organizing and Resistance” with Author L. A. Kauffman

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

In L.A. Kauffman's new book, How to Read a Protest: The Art of Organizing and Resistance, the mobilizing coordinator of the 2003-2004 Iraq War protests explains what makes today's grassroots resistance different from past movements in America. When millions of people took to the streets for the 2017 Women’s Marches, there was an unmistakable air […]

NATURE Lab Workshop with Ecovative: Mushroom Day

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Learn how to grow materials compatible to the earth, and reduce the amount of plastic, with this overview of the development of mycelium materials. Followed by a “grow-it-yourself” workshop.  Ecovative Design LLC is a biomaterials company headquartered in Green Island, New York that provides sustainable alternatives to plastics and polystyrene foams for packaging, building materials […]

Hope in Charm City / Collar City

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

In memory of youth victims of violence, a screening of “Charm City” with cinematographer Andre Lambertson, followed by an informational discussion and candlelight vigil which will be held in memory of local youth victims. Please join us for an informational discussion about unreported crime and under-served youth victims for youth community conducted by various speakers. […]

NATURE Lab Workshop: Sticky Situation- The Magic of Grafting and More

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join us as we dig up root stock, transplant saplings, and make new trees with some old school genetic engineering.  NATURE Lab  is the Sanctuary’s resident ecological education program. NATURE Lab promotes sustainability, and urban research in ecology using art, technology and science. Programming is open to novices and experts alike. We are currently in […]

State of Science with CapSci!

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join us for a panel on science activism and advocacy in the Capital Region with public officials, scientists, and activists focusing on how we, as concerned citizens, can get involved most effectively. The event, which replaces this year's March for Science, is produced by CapSci. This informal panel will be followed by a Q&A with […]

Be The Media! Workshop with Dahr Jamail: Art of Investigative Journalism

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

From his fearless journey reporting on the war front to his scaling of glaciers to share stories on climate change, share the struggles, strategies, and personal process of this path-breaking reporting!  Be the Media! workshops teach multimedia skills to community members to develop urgently needed independent local voices. Our goal is to empower the public through […]

Author Dahr Jamail Presents: The End of Ice

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join us for a book talk with Dahr Jamail and a great evening of conversation!  After nearly a decade as a war reporter, the acclaimed journalist returns to America to renew his passion for mountaineering, only to find that the slopes he had once climbed have been irrevocably changed by climate disruption. More about The […]

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