Events

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

  • Scott Ritter: The Crisis in the U.S.-Iran Relations

    William Scott Ritter, Jr. is most noted for being a critic of United States foreign policy in the Middle East following his experiences as a United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq. Prior to the U.S. invasion in March 2003, Rutter repeatedly stated that Iraq possessed no weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and was widely condemned […]

  • Author Reese Erlich

    Will the United States and Iran Find Themselves at War? In The Iran Agenda: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis (Poli Point Press, 2007), author and journalist Reese Erlich shows how the U.S. government is planning to subvert the Iranian government and lie about it to the American people. He […]

  • Haale

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Haale, vocals, guitarMatt Kilmer, percussionChris Hoffman, cello Haale evokes both the spiritual and traditional culture of her parents' homeland of Iran and the energy of psychedelic rock and roll from the sounds of New York City, where she was born. Her music and her message are formed by the powerful combination of these influences, invoking […]

  • “Mission Accomplished”, 10/15 – 11/14/07

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    A response to President Bush's statement made early in the Iraq War, Christine Heller's installation, Mission Accomplished is layered with the grey Muslim figures tangled in wire and fencing. Limp and skeletal, the figures are shells, souls, and shrouds. Their life is gone. They have faded from existence, faded from our consciousness, a reminder of […]

  • Army of None

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    With the Army of None Project, David Solnit aims to counter military recruitment, end war, and build a better world. He is traveling across the United States to share his knowledge and experience with the counter-recruitment movement, one of the fastest-growing, most strategic forms of community organizing. The military recruitment complex insinuates itself into the […]

  • Journalists Dahr Jamail

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Dahr Jamail is an independent journalist who has covered the Middle East for more than four years.  He has reported extensively from inside Iraq for eight months and has also reported from Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan. Jamail has filed indispensable reports from Iraq that have made him this generation's chronicler of the unfolding disaster […]

  • Free Jazz from the Sanctuary Presents Michael Vlatkovich Quartet

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Michael Vlatkovich Quartet features Christopher Garcia, percussion; Jonathan Glove, electric cello; David Mott, baritone saxophone; Michael Vlatkovich, trombone. Trombonist, composer, and arranger Michael Vlatkovich is one of the leading talents among Los Angeles improvisational players. Located on the West Coast since 1973, he is an emotionally charged performer who has performed extensively in the United […]

  • “Hands of God” with Filmmaker Joe Cultrera

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    How does filmmaker Joe Cultrera’s film Hands of God (2006), about Catholic clergy abuse, not descend into depression? It helps when the victim doesn't act like one but uses his own intellect and humor to fight back. Unlike any other look at this topic, Hand of God is a poetic and provocative tale of one […]

  • Nosferatu with the Devil Music Ensemble

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    The Devil Music Ensemble performs their original score live to Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror (F.W. Murnau, 1922), the classic black and white vampire movie. Devil Music Ensemble, formed in Boston in 1999, is comprised of Brendon Wood on guitars, lap steel, and synthesizer, and Tim Nylander on drums, percussion, and synthesizer.

  • “Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and Erosion of Integrity” with Author Anne Elizabeth Moore

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Writer and activist Anne Elizabeth Moore investigates corporate America's inroads into-- and alliance with-- the cultural underground in her just- published book, Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and Erosion of Integrity (The New Press, 2007). For years the do-it-yourself (DIY)/punk underground has worked against the logic of mass production and creative uniformity, disseminating radical ideals and […]

  • Free Jazz from the Sanctuary presents: “Sax, Soup, Poetry and Voice:” A Multimedia Performance with Nicole Peyrafitte and Joe Giardullo

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Multimedia performance artist Nicole Peyrafitte was born in Luchon (French Pyrenees) into the 5th generation of a family of restaurateurs. Since moving to Albany in 1992, she has dedicated herself to multimedia art work. She considers each step of her work an attempt to fulfill her compulsion to learn through a process of immersion that […]