Join Barry Rubinow, the director of “Tarik Shah: Don’t Play Like Them," for a Be The Media! workshop on recording someone's story for documentary filmmaking. Rubinow emphasizes that everybody has a story, and this workshop will explore discovering what that story is. “Tarik Shah: Don’t Play Like Them" is a documentary film about locally-based jazz […]
Join us for a screening of “Tarik Shah: Don’t Play Like Them,” a documentary film about locally-based jazz musician Tarik Shah who was incarcerated for almost 15 years on terrorist accusations, and panel discussion around the lasting impact of the war on terror. The event will conclude with a musical performance with Tarik Shah on […]
A Cross-Generational Dialogue with Suneil Sanzgiri and Youth FX’s Bhawin Suchak Join us for a workshop reflecting on the practical work of filmmaking and considering its impact on the histories and communities it engages. Participants are invited into the world of artist Suneil Sanzgiri’s new film “An Impossible Address,” in parallel to the work of […]
Join us for a film screening of Golden Jubilee, a film in a series of works about memory, diaspora, and decoloniality, with filmmaker Suneil Sanzgiri. This event is a iEAR Presents! and EMPAC Collaboration 4:30pm: Decolonial Practices in Film Workshop: A Cross-Generational Dialogue with Suneil Sanzgiri and Youth FX What is liberation when so much […]
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 […]
A Big Gay Market is a designated intentional and affirmative space for LGBTQI+ individuals and their allies, especially for those in our community that have intersecting marginalized identities, to join together in queer and trans joy for a cause! This market features 30 vendors and participatory LIVE community quilt making provided by our beneficiary, Project […]
Looking for a meaningful way to stay involved with the Sanctuary at your own pace? Join us every third Wednesday from 5–7PM for our monthly volunteer day. RSVP by sending an email to [email protected] We’ll start with light refreshments and a tour (plus a little campus clean up) and get an in-depth introduction to a […]
Air Justice Lab presents Mask Jewelry Workshop with The Crafty Queer! Whether you're an avid mask wearer or are interested in masking again, join us for this off campus workshop to bejewel your mask. Masking in public spaces helps make them more accessible and safer for everyone! Make a statement piece with your personal protection […]
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 […]
In this workshop, participants will gently explore memories through creative practices as a way to navigate grief and loss with the guidance of Sarah Blesener and Jenny Stratton, both artists and educators. To bind anew: this is an act of love. Limited spots available. Registration with a $10 refundable deposit is required to hold your […]
Join us for a hybrid session to learn about the importance of the Black archive and how you can contribute to the collection for The Black Experience in the Adirondacks, a 2027 new permanent, interactive exhibition at the Adirondack Experience, the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake. Curator Charles Clark III will be at the Sanctuary […]
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 free storytelling workshop at the Sanctuary, using a short PBS documentary Run, Hide, Fight: Growing up Under the Gun to prompt conversations around storytelling and humanity in a workshop led by storyteller and multi-disciplinary artist, D. Colin. Young people of all ages are welcome with their families, the story telling workshop […]
Join the tree lovers of the More Trees Arborist Collective for a workshop in the urban forest at Freedom Square! Learn to identify common opportunist species of urban trees, discuss the different techniques and objectives of pruning, when to remove trees, when to plant trees, and help the crew manage the Sanctuary’s fledgling reforestation projects! We’ll finish […]
Acclaimed environmentalist Bill McKibben will be at the Sanctuary to share his hope for our future in Here Comes the Sun, a call to harness the power of the sun and rewrite our scientific, economic, and political future. Join us for this book talk, Q&A, and book signing with McKibben, one of the first to […]
Join Indigenous filmmakers Katsitsionni Fox and Michelle Schenandoah for a Be The Media! workshop focused on their process and telling the stories from the inside. With a history of dominant groups telling the story of underrepresented groups, how can a filmmaker work with a community to tell stories vs. telling stories which are not ones […]
Join Sasha Wortzel, director and producer of River of Grass, for a hybrid Be The Media! workshop. Wortzel will reference the work For those of us who live at the shoreline which traces the filmmaking process behind feature documentary River of Grass (2025) and will focus on community collaboration and reciprocity. How might cinema help us to grieve, dream, […]
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 […]
Join us at the Sanctuary for a session of recording community stories in audio form. Our radio program Hudson Mohawk Magazine (HMM) is a volunteer created news program which platforms stories related to our local community. Everybody Has a Story to Tell is a opportunity for HMM producers to support others in the recording of […]
Join us for our annual Plant Swap at the Collard City Growers garden! 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, or just come on by to say […]
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