Events

Leah Penniman, Farming While Black: Book Release

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join us as we celebrate the release of Leah Penniman’s new book, Farming While Black. The Black Kreyol farmer/peyizan, author, and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, NY […]

Chris Hedges: “America: The Farewell Tour”

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author shows an America that should shame us: a land of rampant and deadly drug addiction, of escape into gambling, sadism and pornography, of […]

Ornettiquette

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Trumpeter Chris Pasin performs music inspired by free jazz icons in a CD release party with Harvey Sorgen, Michael Bisio, Adam Siegel, and Creative Music Studio founders Karl Berger and […]

NATURE Lab: Lawn Lab, Preserving Plants

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Learn some basic plant ID skills and an archival method for storing dried, pressed plants to add to the NATURE Lab herbarium. Open to all ages. About the NATURE Lab: […]

Be The Media! Workshop with Stephen Maing: Storytelling at the Margins

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

The digital revolution has us awash in a sea of media; award-winning filmmaker Stephen Maing addresses the challenge of documenting underrepresented individuals and communities. The focus of this informal conversation […]

NATURE Lab Workshop with Maya Sanders: Plastic Sucks

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Learn why plastic is bad for the environment and our health. We will discuss and brainstorm ways to reduce plastic in our everyday lives. Includes fun eco-friendly craft! Maya Sanders […]

Author Ronald Kitchen Presents “My Midnight Years”

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

My Midnight Years: Surviving Jon Burge’s Police Torture Ring and Death Row tells the story of Ronald Kitchen's 21 years in prison–including more than a decade on death row–and, finally, […]

Ras Moshe

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

A multimedia performance of “Peace Be With You: Letters from Rap” with the Music Now! Unit. Theodore Burnett III performs music based on letters written by his father during deployment […]

7th Annual North Troy Justice and Peace Holiday Celebration

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Join us at the Sanctuary for the seventh annual North Central Holiday Justice and Peace Celebration. We’ll have free portraits (special appreciation […]

NATURE Lab and Collard City Growers Workshop: Fruit and Berry Propagation

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Experience the magic of sticks to propagate fruiting shrubs: grow our food forest with elderberries, blackberries, raspberries, grapes and cuttings you bring to experiment with! Afterward, join us inside the […]

NATURE Lab: Futurology

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join us for a potluck social to reflect on our great fall and to postulate the bright future to come. We will display all we have worked on and more! […]

Collard City Growers Pruning Workshop

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join us on Sunday February 17th from 11-2 for an informative interaction with our favorite friends, the trees!! This pruning workshop officially kicks off the 2019 growing season, woohoo! Our […]

Media Strategy Session with International Peace Activist Kathy Kelly

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join an informal discussion with Voices for Creative Non-Violence founder Kathy Kelly, members of the local peace and justice community, and WOOC Hudson Mohawk Magazine radio producers, to develop strategies […]

Resiliencia with Taína Asili y la Banda Rebelde

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

The activist singer-songwriter celebrates her birthday and the release of a new album, Resiliencia!, with a full slate of special guests and her awesome band! And we're celebrating resilience too! […]

NATURE Lab Workshop With Marta De Menezes: 3-day DIY CRISPR

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join us for a three-part DIY Workshop series on CRISP-CAS9, a genome editing system.  Explore the possibilities modern  science offers artists, with an internationally-renownedpioneer of biological arts. Prior to the […]

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