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The New York State Music Fund
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09 / 19
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09 / 20
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 11:59 pm
Join us at 8 PM on Saturday (9/20) for two of the most powerful and original jazz groups from the West Coast! Empty Cage Quartet explores imaginative new ways to integrate a diverse mix of musical influences ranging from shuffle swing to free jazz blowouts, minimalist percussion loops to complex modernist gestures, robotic grooves, odd-meter marches, heavy rock, and nearly everything in between. At 10 PM, Weasel Walter, a drummer whose current material straddles the many lines between punk, free jazz, no wave, improv, and much more, performs with Mary Halvorson on guitar and Peter Evans on trumpet. $10 Hear Empty Cage Quartet on MySpace. See Empty Cage Quartet on YouTube. Our press release: | ||
09 / 21
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09 / 26
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Invited here as part of the Capital Region Social Forum, he’ll be addressing the current crisis of neoliberalism. Read Henwood's review of Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine.
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09 / 27
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09 / 28
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Digital Media Labs (DML) are all ages (14+), monthly workshops introduced by popular demand. Whether you are working on a documentary, making a music video, or learning to blog and post video to the internet, these sessions will benefit you. Bring your own digital media projects and ideas, or just commune and share skills with other makers. DML will focus on media production, web publishing (html & blogging), digital imaging, and video editing. Each session will highlight certain skills, but will not be limited by any specific assignments or software applications. Participants will have access to Sanctuary computers and camcorders during Lab hours. Fee: $40/session or $100 for all 3 | ||
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10 / 10
Start: 7:00 pm
A live multimedia presentation of the work in Seth Tobocman's new book "Disaster and Resistance: Comics and Landscapes for the 21st Century" (just published on AK Press), with drummer Eric Blitz and guitarist Steve Wishnia. In his bold comic style the longtime artist, activist and educator Tobocman skewers the individuals and institutions wreaking havoc across the globe today, musing not on the chaos of instability and fear but on the struggle against it. Read an interview with the legendary NYC radical comic artist. Our press release: | ||
10 / 11
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10 / 12
Start: 1:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
This is an all ages (14+) workshop which combines spoken word, photography, and simple video editing to create powerful and personal narratives. Everyone has a story to tell. With the help of our experienced community media teachers, it’s never been easier to turn your memories or dreams into material fit for television and beyond. Each participant will have the opportunity to create his/her own 3-5 minute video piece. Fee: $40 Instructors: Devorah Hill & Jennifer Wager
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10 / 13
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10 / 14
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10 / 15
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10 / 16
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma has gone where the silence is loudest with a daring feature documentary exploring the complex global intersections between Islam and homosexuality. The film was created with great risk and secrecy in nine languages and twelve countries where government permission was not an option. Parvez works from within the faith, depicting Islam with the same respect that the film's characters show for it. Filmmaker Parvez Sharma will be on hand for a discussion after the film. Watch the trailer for A Jihad for Love on YouTube. | ||
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10 / 19
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More than twenty years ago, convinced that the 1980s experiment with free-market economics was a financial and social disaster and that much writing on economics was dry and dated, Doug Henwood founded the critically-acclaimed 