“Mission Accomplished”, 10/15 – 11/14/07
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 […]
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Army of None
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesWith 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 […]
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Journalists Dahr Jamail
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesDahr 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 […]
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Free Jazz from the Sanctuary Presents Michael Vlatkovich Quartet
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesMichael 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 […]
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“Hands of God” with Filmmaker Joe Cultrera
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesHow 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 […]
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Nosferatu with the Devil Music Ensemble
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesThe 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 […]
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“Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and Erosion of Integrity” with Author Anne Elizabeth Moore
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesWriter 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 […]
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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 StatesMultimedia 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 […]
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Be The Media! Workshop with Carlos Pareja: Media Art in Your Activist Toolbox
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesYou know that media is your #2 issue, but what can you do about it? This workshop will examine an array of highly successful strategies and models of using media […]
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Author Michael Yates
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesThe road trip is a staple of modern American literature. In Michaels Yates’s Cheap Motels and a Hot Place: An Economist's Travelogue (monthly review press, 2006) an economist hits the […]
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Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesA Map With Gaps (2006), directed by Alice Nelson, uses a combination of archive audio recordings, still photographs, drama reconstruction, and animation. This surreal and comic tale is an account […]
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Eye Music Portraits, 11/15 – 12/15/07
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesPhotographers Andrzej Pilarczyk and Don McKever have specialized in photographing musicians across a broad spectrum of musical styles for several decades. By combining the visual principles of portraiture with a […]
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“Meeting Resistance” with Filmmakers Molly Bingham and Steve Connors
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesMeeting Resistance (2007) is set in the streets, alleyways and ubiquitous teashops of the Adhamiya neighborhood of Baghdad. It enters the physical and psychological heart of the "insurgency" against the […]
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“Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: A Photographer’s Chronicle of the Iraq War” with Photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson
Arriving in Iraq on the eve of the U.S. invasion, unaffiliated with any newspaper and hoping to pick up assignments along the way, Ashley Gilbertson was one of the first […]
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Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesSisters in Law (Kim Longinotto & Florence Ayisi, 2005, Cameroon). "Men are going to get the message now." The lawyers and judges in one small courthouse in Kumba, Cameroon are […]
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The Thirteenth Assembly
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesThe Thirteenth Assembly is a touring collective made up of four musicians (Mary Halvorson, Jessica Pavone, Taylor Ho Bynum and Tomas Fujiwara) organized into four different and musically distinct small […]
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Be The Media! Workshop with Victoria Kereszi, Andrew Lynn, and Branda Miller: Holiday Animation Camp
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesLearn do-it-yourself stop-motion animation techniques in this fast-paced hands-on workshop. Participants will work in small groups with clay, collage, and/or cut-outs to create animated scenes, characters and short stories. Youth […]
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Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesFlock of Dodos (Randy Olson, 2006). Who are the dodos in the current debate over evolution versus intelligent design? With a Super Size Me - style good spirit, marine biologist […]
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“The Business of Being Born” Screening
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesBirth: it’s a miracle. A rite of passage. A natural part of life. But more than anything, birth is a business. Compelled to find answers after a disappointing birth experience […]
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“What Would Jesus Buy?” Screening
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesWhat Would Jesus Buy? follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse: the end […]
