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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Join us for a film screening of “1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture” in collaboration with Collar City Pride and New Breath Spirituality Center. This feature documentary film follows the […]
Join us for a book talk about North Stars of Emancipation: California's Diverse Food and Farming Movements in Times of Racial Reckoning, with author Antonio Roman-Alcalá. A panel with local […]
with Albany Community Acupuncture Learn how to treat yourself and your community with simple, effective 5NP for: pain management, digestive balance, stress relief, addiction recovery, sleep support, and more. $0-$40 […]
Join us at a long table at Freedom Square for free food in good company. Sharing food and getting to know your neighbors is such an important way to build […]
as part of EMPAC’s TOPOS Festival Join us to learn directly from Edward George, who has harnessed the power of media to examine and deconstruct the Black experience in its […]
as part of EMPAC’s TOPOS Festival Join Black Audio Film Collective founding member Edward George for a screening of Black Atlas which explores the “Image of the Black” archive—a collection […]
Join us for StoryHarvest, our annual food justice celebration featuring activities, games, music, and food– all FREE! This year we are excited to bring Arm-of-the-Sea Theater back to Freedom Square […]
Through storytelling, cooking, reading, and community, this gathering will honor the beauty of Palestinian past, present, and future, as we learn and mourn together. ...more info coming soon
Bass, clarinet, and vocal loops weave rhythmic tapestries of original Sufi and Ancient Egyptian spiritual compositions. ...more info coming soon Abu Zeyn أبو زين creates rhythmic tapestries by weaving live […]
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