Date published: 11/22/2011
Publication: Albany Times Union
By Elizabeth Floyd Mair
At first it was a “rare cancer” reported in 1981 in The New York Times to have infected “41 homosexuals” in New York and California. By 1992, just over a decade later, AIDS …
Date published: 06/30/2011
Publication: Troy Record
By Stephen Douglas
There’s a new outdoor performance space in Troy between Fifth and Sixth avenues on 101st Street. Freedom Square is a collaborative effort started by The Sanctuary for Independent Media, Missing Link Street Ministry, Troy Bike Rescue and Collard City …
Date published: 11/06/2010
Publication: Troy Record
By Cecelia Martinez
TROY — A number of community organizations are coming together to use virtual reality to imagine a better future for their neighborhood at a workshop this Sunday at the Sanctuary for Independent Media. Using photos of buildings in a …
Date published: 11/16/2010
Publication: Troy Record
By Phil Drew
Five years into its mission, even the founders of Troy’s Sanctuary for Independent Media concede that mission isn’t always easy to define.
“Sometimes it is hard to communicate,” says Steve Pierce, director of the Sanctuary. “People coming …
Date published: 06/10/2010
Publication: Troy Record
By Don Wilcock
Joe Abbey is a white, self-proclaimed agnostic who also happens to be the lead guitarist in an otherwise all African American regional gospel group, The Heavenly Echoes.
Far from being the infidel in a field of holy men, …
Date published: 11/20/2011
Publication: Albany Times Union Blog
TROY — The name of the Either/Orchestra is something of a misnomer. It may have fit them when saxman Russ Gershon founded the 10-piece little big band 25 years ago, but these days their musical approach …
Date published: 05/17/2011
Publication: Troy Record
By Don Wilcock
Artists who think outside the box advance and change the sound of music. But what do you do with someone who was never stuck in the box in the first place?
You listen!
“I just …
Date published: 05/12/2011
Publication: Troy Record
By Stephen Douglas
Tomorrrow evening, The Sanctuary for Independent Media will debut Brenda Ann Kenneally’s new “Scrappin’ Upstate” gallery show.
Author Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, who wrote the New York Times bestseller “Random Family,” will join Kenneally for the opening as …
Date published: 05/12/2011
Publication: Albany Times Union
Well-known journalist and MacArthur genius grant recipient Adrian Nicole LeBlanc will speak Friday at the Sanctuary for Independent Media after the opening reception for an exhibition titled “Scrappin’ Upstate.”
LeBlanc’s talk will focus on the vital role of …
Date published: 05/19/2011
Publication: Albany Times Union
By Jennifer Gish
Dave Zirin says he’s a radical sportswriter.
He’s not really that radical. He just speaks for a lot of fed-up fans. And maybe that’s radical since we’ve been abused by team owners for years now.
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Date published: 10/01/2011
Publication: Albany Times Union
Madena Henderson: Freshman at Hudson Valley Community College in independent studies. The 18-year-old graduated from Lansingburgh High School in June and works part time at Price Chopper. She lives with her aunt and uncle, Joycelyn and MacArthur Henderson and three cousins, Jasmine Dence, …
Date published: 09/28/2011
Publication: All Over Albany
By Danielle Furfaro
You probably remember the 2008 brouhaha over Iraqi artist Wafaa Bilal and the “Virtual Jihadi” video game that was booted from RPI. And you also may remember that Bilal’s exhibit ended up at a little space …
Date published: 10/13/2011
Publication: Albany Times Union
By Bryan Fitzgerald
TROY — Just off the banks of the Hudson River at 3337 6th Ave., Ellie Markovitch is bringing together young city dwellers with freshly picked fruits and vegetables.
The first harvest for the small Collard …
Date published: 10/06/2011
Publication: Albany Times Union
By Tom Keyser
On his first tour (and first visit) to the United States, Sidi Toure, a musician from Mali, will perform tonight in Troy at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. That his only local appearance …
Date published: 02/28/2010
Publication: Albany Times Union
By TOM KEYSER, Staff writer
When administrators at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute expelled an exhibition two years ago because of concerns it was connected to terrorists, the exhibition quickly found a home. The Sanctuary for Independent Media opened its arms.
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Date published: 05/06/2010
Publication: Troy Record
By Bob Goepfert
The Record
If your mother ever told you that you were wasting your time reading comic books, you might want to bring her to the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy over this Mother’s Day weekend. They are …
Date published: 05/06/2010
Publication: Albany Times Union
World War Three Illustrated is so much more than a comic book. It’s an anthology of left-wing visual thought on the politics of our day. Since 1980, it has attempted to “shine a little reality on the fantasy world of the American kleptocracy.” …
Date published: 05/20/2010
Publication: Metroland
America’s longest-running political comic celebrates 30 years of graphic rebellion in Troy
By Kathryn Geurin
On a tired block of North Troy’s 6th Avenue, the double doors of a modest church open onto an unusual sanctuary. Empty of pews, …
October 4 Digital Preservation with Nan Rubin – $40
“Video Archiving 101: Preserving Your Video Collections”
So you made your media and got it out there — now what? This workshop will help you safeguard that treasured masterpiece for generations to come. Learn what formats work — and don’t work — …
Our “Be the Media” workshop series provides local artists, producers, and citizen journalists with opportunities to acquire and improve the skills necessary for successful and powerful independent media-making. We offer an interdisciplinary approach to diverse media arts practices with new technologies, with core focus on creative practice and artistry.
October 4 Digital Preservation …
