Events

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 […]

“Nature?” with Marta De Menezes

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join us for an exploration of how modern science can be incorporated into the artistry field with the help of an internationally-renowned pioneer of biological arts. In her talk Nature, […]

NATURE Lab Workshop with Ecovative: Mushroom Day

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Learn how to grow materials compatible to the earth, and reduce the amount of plastic, with this overview of the development of mycelium materials. Followed by a “grow-it-yourself” workshop.  Ecovative […]

Hope in Charm City / Collar City

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

In memory of youth victims of violence, a screening of “Charm City” with cinematographer Andre Lambertson, followed by an informational discussion and candlelight vigil which will be held in memory […]

NATURE Lab Workshop: Sticky Situation- The Magic of Grafting and More

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join us as we dig up root stock, transplant saplings, and make new trees with some old school genetic engineering.  NATURE Lab  is the Sanctuary’s resident ecological education program. NATURE […]

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