Community Events

Aizuri Quartet is made up of four artist: Miho Saegusa, violin, Emma Frucht, violin, Ayane Kozasa, viola, and Karen Ouzounian, cello, who came together to make the quartet in 2012 [...]

Register for the event here! Let Nikki Rogers guide us in yoga practice dedicated to healing arts and mindfulness. Nikki has devoted the past decade of her professional life to [...]

Register for the event here! Come learn about where our waste comes from, the issues associated with it, and how to reduce it! We will talk about refusing, reducing, reusing, [...]

Register for the event here! Let Nikki Rogers guide us in yoga practice dedicated to healing arts and mindfulness. Nikki has devoted the past decade of her professional life to [...]

Register for the event here! Explore strategies which blur the lines between documentary and fiction, from script writing to media activism to studio production to post-production. Alex Rivera is an [...]

Join director Alex Rivera for a screening of "The Infiltrators," along with community organizers from Capital District Border Watch, ICE-Free Capital District, Troy Sanctuary, Saratoga Immigration Coalition (SIC) and Extinction [...]

Register for the event here! What happens when we preserve plants based on utility or agricultural use alone? What if the plants we value are not the ones that will [...]

Register for the event here! Let Nikki Rogers guide us in yoga practice dedicated to healing arts and mindfulness. Nikki has devoted the past decade of her professional life to [...]

As part of the Sanctuary for Independent Media’s growing Nature LAB, JJ Luceno and Dr. Frank Coughlin are working to establish a central space in Troy to share health skills, [...]

Let Nikki Rogers guide us in yoga practice dedicated to healing arts and mindfulness. Nikki has devoted the past decade of her professional life to promoting the health, and wellbeing [...]

Register for the event here! Have you walked past our Collard City Growers permaculture garden lately? On the west side of 6th Avenue between Glen and 101st street in North [...]

Register for the event here! Join journalist Chet Hardin for a workshop on the techniques of investigative journalism. Hardin is known for his groundbreaking coverage of NXIVM for the Capital [...]

Join director Penny Lane for a screening of her new documentary Hail Satan?, a film about The Satanic Temple, including its origins and grassroots political activism. The film shows Satanists [...]

Register for the event here! Held before the film screening at 7pm for Hail Satan?, learn tips and tricks for editing with appropriated footage from the award-winning nonfiction filmmaker, Penny [...]

Register for the event here! As part of the Sanctuary for Independent Media’s growing Nature LAB, JJ Luceno and Dr. Frank Coughlin are working to establish a central space in [...]

Join us as we celebrate the 2019 Riverkeeper Water Quality sampling season and the volunteer partners who make it possible to gather samples from the Hudson River Watershed from May [...]

The seventh annual end of the season festivities of free food, art and music, featuring a special performance by Fay Victor and Mutations for Justice to launch our Spirit of [...]

Join Troy’s bike-friendly community for a delicious homespun burrito dinner complete with daytime rides, special guests, and the always amazing cake auction.  This event benefits Troy Bike Rescue and will [...]

Musicians Richie Stearns and Rosie Newton join Jesse Jarnow, author of "Wasn't That a Time: The Weavers, the Blacklist, and the Battle for the American Soul," in a celebration of [...]

The director's idiosyncratic, philosophical take on the evolution of democracy through the ages, from it's philosophical origins in Greece, through its capitalist growth in Italy, to the modern world. Featuring [...]

Join us for a book talk with Dahr Jamail and a great evening of conversation!  After nearly a decade overseas as a war reporter, the acclaimed journalist Dahr Jamail returned [...]

  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 [...]

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 [...]

In her new book, 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 [...]

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 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 [...]

  Admission: sliding scale, depending on what you can contribute: $1 - $350!   It's the most wonderful time of the year! Join us at the Sanctuary for the seventh annual [...]

Join us for a screening and discussion of  the riveting documentary Crime + Punishment, a film chronicling the struggles of a group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and the young minorities [...]

A film screening and panel discussion examining the emerging science around toxic stress and how it negatively alters the brains and bodies of children if left untreated.