Spring 2016 Season

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

On Sunday May 15th, a portal will open between The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy and the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. The inimitable Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, will […]

Welcome Penny Lane, co-founder of The Sanctuary for Independent Media, as she joins us to celebrate our 10th year anniversary with an in-person presentation of her new documentary NUTS! The […]

May is an exciting and busy month in the garden. For this workshop, we will be reshaping beds that need sprucing, planting a variety of seedlings, and dividing perennials and […]

Join Amy Goodman, the producer and host of the daily independent news program Democracy Now!, the world’s largest and most successful public media collaboration on radio, television and the Internet, […]

So many exciting things are happening as we celebrate our 1st decade at The Sanctuary! We would like to engage you in a conversation about how we can better coordinate […]

Annuals and perennials available including vegetables, herbs, and flowers -- all grown in Troy. We have been maniacally planting seeds and dividing perennials in hopes to spread the bounty of […]

Join us for an afternoon of “skill sharing” on creative resistance, including a Code Pink workshop led by Medea Benjamin. More tba. What is CODEPINK? CODEPINK is a women-led grassroots […]

Slowly but surely we're getting underway with local programming at WOOC 105.3 FM now that our technical issues have more or less stabilized. (At the moment we're running syndicated news […]

The focus of our meeting is how North Central can reduce/repurpose vacant buildings. To do that, we need to know what resources are available to help us do just that! […]

Troy Bike Rescue is throwing our annual party! Celebrate 15 years of recycling bicycles and building community with hands-on education. Our neighbors at Troy Bike Rescue have been recycling bicycles […]

During this workshop, we'll start training people interested in being "producers" for these news shows.  This will involve scheduling guests for live on-air in-studio and telephone appearances, pre-recording interviews and […]

Celebrate the community with an afternoon of music, food, and art on and around the Stage at Freedom Square, the mystical spot on 101st Street where Fifth and Sixth Avenues […]

Fascinating and mysterious, honeybees are the crux of a healthy food system and keeping a hive or three can reap some sweet rewards. We will discuss the complex hive-archy and […]

Now in our 6th year of collaboration with Rensselaer County Summer Youth Employment, Uptown Summer begins. Uptown Summer is a 5-week program that gives voice to North Troy’s teens. Our […]

Love gardening? Want to speak more Spanish? Join The Sanctuary for Independent Media this summer for Spanish in the Garden days at Collard City Growers, which features gardening games and activities […]

Love gardening? Want to speak more Spanish? Join The Sanctuary for Independent Media this summer for Spanish in the Garden days at Collard City Growers, which features gardening games and activities […]

Mamadou Kelly hails from Goundam and Niafunke, in the heartland of Mali’s Niger River Delta. Born in 1969, Kelly first picked up the guitar at age 8 and has now […]