Curious about our organization?Want to get involved?Drop-in and check out our programs! Throughout our campus, The Sanctuary for Independent Media will have various ways to engage with our organization and our various initiatives. We invite neighbors, students, visitors, and anyone curious about what we do to drop by and engage with our staff, volunteers, and […]
Join us for StoryHarvest–– a festival to celebrate the harvest with music, food, and community! Corn will be a source of food, games, crafts, and jokes in this family-friendly celebration with three-time Grammy award winning musician Bill Miller of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans sharing music and stories on his ancestral homeland at Freedom Square. […]
Join us to honor the passing of Ilopango, the Volcano that Left and celebrate creative place-making along the Mahicannituck (Hudson River)! This community gathering is for all people who love the Sanctuary, who love art and creative placemaking, and who love the Hudson River! This celebration marks the moment that the monumental sculpture Ilopango, the Volcano that Left by Beatriz Cortez, onboard the […]
Hudson Mohawk Magazine (HMM) is radio for the community, by community volunteers. If you are curious about the radio and have questions, if you're interested in getting involved, or if you need some support in production, these open hours are a perfect time to come to the main Sanctuary space to work directly with HMM […]
The Sanctuary for Independent Media invites you and your loved ones to join us for our annual North-Central Troy Interfaith Holiday Peace and Justice Celebration! On December 9th, from 2PM - 4PM, we will gather in the Sanctuary Main Space where free food will be provided, along with: From 4PM - 5PM, we will gather […]
In the spirit of cross-cultural learning and understanding, the Albany Chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace alongside our co-sponsors, are excited to host an in person screening of Israelism followed by a community discussion at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. Created by two first-time Jewish filmmakers who followed the experience of two young American Jews, Israelism provides […]
Join FEMeeting Sister Labs, a conference bringing together women in art, science and technology, for two days of speakers, workshops, and community activities. NATURE Lab hosts FEMeeting Sister Labs right here in North Central Troy, NY, welcoming local and international artists, scholars, students and community members. Schedule:April 5, 7:00pm - 9:30pm: Speakers April 6, 9:00am […]
“Spaces of Exception” is a film profiling American Indian reservations alongside Palestinian refugee camps, an attempt to understand the significance of the land—its memory and divisions—and the conditions for life, community and sovereignty. The screening is followed by a community conversation with film co-director Matt Peterson and Indigenous and Palestinian guests. 5pm – 6pm: Be […]
Join us for our 2024 Plant Swap at the Collard City Growers garden! Where: 3337 6th Ave, Troy, NY 12180 This is a free event for the community to get together and exchange plants for the spring season. Stop by to pick up some plants, drop off any extras that you don’t have room for, […]
Join media artist Theo Jean Cuthand for a Be The Media! participatory radio workshop, to focus on Indigiqueer and ecological issues. Using improvisational documentary techniques, the Be The Media! workshop participants will create a short radio play with Theo Jean Cuthand, loosely inspired by Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast but based on the […]
FREEDOM FEST HAS BEEN MOVED INSIDE TO OUR MAIN SPACE AT 3361 6TH AVE, TROY! Join us for our annual community celebration in our main space with free music, food, games, and the launch of our Eco-Art Trail Walk! We'll start the day with a community BBQ followed by games, art activities, and live music […]
Composer Brent Michael Davids (Mohican/ Munsee-Lenape) has composed a charming quartet about James Fenimore Cooper. Davids, who embraces Indigenous themes and subjects in his music, considers Cooper’s ignorance of native culture in “The Last of the Mohicans” for this delightful work for string quartet, featuring members of Albany Symphony. This event is featured as part […]
PHS is offering the first People's Health Community Acupuncture as part of our Healing Days. Community acupuncture is a grassroots model to increase access to acupuncture. It is done in a group setting (about 5 people at a time) in comfortable recliners and uses points mainly in your hands and feet. The last appointment of the day […]
Join us for StoryHarvest, our annual food justice celebration, connecting the community over stories of food. This year's theme is civic action to fight for water justice! This annual event takes place at Freedom Square, bringing together community groups and offering activities, games, music, and food.*rain location indoors at our main space, 3361 6th Ave […]
Join us for our annual North-Central Troy Interfaith Holiday Justice and Peace Celebration, an event for the whole family! This FREE event celebrates our neighborhood, bringing us together over food, music, activities, and messages of justice and peace. This year's event will have music to keep us dancing beginning with Uncle Mac and his funky […]
Join us for StoryHarvest, our annual food justice celebration, connecting the community over stories of food. This year’s event kicks off our 20th Anniversary with the theme Altar to the Past, Altar to the Future! Join us for a campus-wide celebration, bringing together community groups and offering activities, games, music, and food-- all FREE! Featuring […]
Join Riverkeeper and NATURE Lab along with our community science volunteers, fellows, family and friends to celebrate the sixth season of Water Justice Lab. Activities include researcher and youth fellow presentations and a community meal followed by a 7pm film screening of The Story of Plastic and panel. Schedule: 7pm: "The Story of Plastic" Screening […]
Join us for our annual North-Central Troy Interfaith Holiday Justice and Peace Celebration, an event for the whole family! This FREE event celebrates our neighborhood, bringing us together over food, music, activities, and messages of justice and peace. The event will end at Freedom Square where we will light candles around the evergreen tree, sharing […]
A community reading of “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” and collecting for the Black Experience in the Adirondacks Join us in creating Black history archives in a community reading, discussion, and collection. Together we will collectively read Frederick Douglass’ What to the Slave is the Fourth of July before a conversation […]
Join us for a Community Brunch, an opportunity to sit together over food to celebrate each other. This event is for regular contributors and attenders of Sanctuary events as well as for folks who have never been to the Sanctuary. Together we will eat in community with the opportunity for a campus tour during the […]
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