Spring 2012 Season

Compelling shorts from struggling independent filmmakers, followed by a discussion of the Occupy movement and role of radical media.  Join regional filmmakers in a fascinating and provocative look at the[...]

Installed in the Underground Gallery, Facing Change: Documenting America is an exhibition features work by some of the nation’s most accomplished photographers, inspired by the Farm Security Administration photography project[...]

Join internationally acclaimed photographers for a seminar in the streets! Learn how to use your camera to raise social awareness, expand public debate, and frame critical issues, working with experienced[...]

David Gilbert's new book, Love and Struggle: My Life in SDS, the Weather Underground, and Beyond, sparks a dialogue about what social justice movements can learn from each other.  Currently[...]

Born in Italy but raised in Quebec, vocalist and guitarist Marco Calliari was a member of Montreal-based Anonymous for 15 years before setting out as a solo artist. Though the[...]

Free Jazz and electronica meet the rhythms of the world. Adam Rudolph and Joseph Bowie first performed together in 2000 at Lincoln Center with Yusef Lateef. They have collaborated in numerous[...]

Guerrilla Midwife (Deja Bernhardt, 2010) depicts the courage of mothers and their midwives as they hold hands across barriers of language and culture, guiding us toward a reinvention of medical[...]

Artist and raw food radical, Fred Ho, returns to the Capital Region with his new books Diary of a Radical Cancer Warrior: Fighting Cancer and Capitalism at the Cellular Level[...]

Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir are activists, a New York City-based radical performance community with 50 performing members and a congregation in the thousands. They are wild anti-consumerist[...]

Two-time Polk Award-winning New York Daily News columnist and Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez has emerged as one of the country’s best-known and most-respected Latino journalists during a turbulent career[...]

Youth media makers join forces to create short videos. Tweens through young adults brainstorm ideas around the theme "Re:solution/Re:volution/Re:Mix," then shoot and edit in a whirlwind of production throughout the[...]

Celebrate the power of the Youth Media movement! Media offers a megaphone to the hearts and minds of young people. Come see the best of their work! Witness the wisdom[...]

The Apple Pushers (Mary Mazzio, 2011) is a new documentary that tells the inspiring stories of immigrant street cart vendors who sell fruits and vegetables in the “food deserts” of[...]

Drawn from the program of the 57th Annual Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, the 2011 Flaherty on the Road film series explores the audio dimension of documentary.  Two programs will screen:[...]

Explore the discipline of seeing and the subconscious of the camera.  Through observational and experimental practice, reveal your personal vision. For beginners to pros with award-winning filmmaker and educator Jim de Séve.[...]

Help support Troy Bike Rescue's self-service community shop as they educate and advocate for alternative transportation and people-powered revolution. At a meet and greet, join North Troy Environmental Education Consortium[...]

Electric guitarist Tisziji Muñoz, formerly of Schenectady, is considered by many to be among the greatest and least-known living musicians. His music evokes the cosmic free jazz of John Coltrane's[...]

Join us for the last event of our Spring 2012 season–a spectacular free show to mark the Juneteenth holiday! There'll be lots of music, food, pedal-powered smoothies, bike and helmet decorating,[...]