Mike Burke is a long time producer with the international daily news program Democracy Now!, with years of experience in all aspects of news production. Join Mike as he shares tips and tricks, processes and strategies, playing DN! excerpts to dissect and discuss. Mike will share techniques for shaping a show to keep audiences engaged. […]
Musicians Richie Stearns and Rosie Newton join Jesse Jarnow, author of Wasn’t That a Time: The Weavers, the Blacklist, and the Battle for the American Soul, in a celebration of Pete Seeger’s 100th birthday. Jesse Jarnow is the author of Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America and Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the […]
Join Troy’s bike-friendly community for a homespun burrito dinner complete with daytime rides, special guests, and the always-amazing cake auction. This event benefits Troy Bike Rescue and will help prepare for another year of grassroots community building...with bicycles. BikeFest schedule (join for any or all!) 2:30pm – commUNITY Bike Ride, meet at Freedom Square (corner […]
Learn how to plant seedlings and divide perennials in hopes to spread the bounty across Freedom Square and Collard City Growers gardens at the Freedom Festival! Collard City Growers is a volunteer-run food justice project where we connect arts and culture to growing a wealth of annuals and perennials including vegetables, medicinal herbs, natural dye […]
SPIRIT OF THE SUFFRAGETTES LAUNCH! The seventh annual end of the season festivities of free food, art and music, featuring a special performance by Fay Victor and Mutations for Justice to launch our Spirit of the Suffragettes concert series! Freedom Festival is free. Free music, free food, free art activities. At Freedom Square – 101st Street where 5th […]
Performing in Freedom Square, join us for the Spirit of the Suffragettes Summer Festival with performances by Martha Redbone Roots Project and Girl Blue, and Community Resource Fair. Thank you to the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature for making […]
Performing in Freedom Square, join us for the Spirit of the Suffragettes Summer Festival, with performances by OKAN and Climbing PoeTree, and Community Resource Fair. Thank you to the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature for making this project possible!
Performing at the Sanctuary for Independent Media, join us for the Spirit of the Suffragettes Summer Festival, with performances by Crys Matthews and Amy Rigby, and Community Resource Fair. Thank you to the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature for […]
Performing in Freedom Square, join us for the Spirit of the Suffragettes Summer Festival, featuring performances by Nitty Scott and Sammus, and Community Resource Fair. Thank you to the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature for making this project possible!
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Performing in Freedom Square, join us for the Spirit of the Suffragettes Summer Festival, with performances by OSHUN and Mourning BLKstar, and Community Resource Fair. Thank you to the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature for making this project possible!
Performing in Freedom Square on August 20th, 2019, join us for the Spirit of the Suffragettes Summer Festival and Community Resource Fair! Taína Asili will be performing from 5:15PM to 6:15PM, and Eljuri will be performing from 6:30PM to 7:30PM.
Join us for our 9th Annual StoryHarvest and the final event the Spirit of the Suffragettes Summer Festival and Community Resource Fair. Just as farmers reap the harvest, providing sustenance for all, StoryHarvest is a time to celebrate all our harvests--the results of seeds sown through music, art, education, agriculture, tolerance, and everything we do […]
Haiti’s preeminent band, RAM, straight from the famed Hotel Olo son in Port-au-Prince! Founded by band leader, Richard A. Morse, with over 25 years of consistently producing quality music, they released their 7th album, August 1791, their second album in just three years. Ancient Folkloric drums intertwine harmoniously with punk rock guitars and swinging Caribbean […]
You are invited to participate in a workshop co-led by artist Boryana Rossa and biologist Heidi Hehnly. Through the lens of an artist scientist collaboration, this experimental hands on workshop will stimulate conversations from the biological to the ethical — including discussion of genetic predisposition of behavior and policing, as well as scientific and media […]
Health Autonomy Clinic with Dr. Francis Coughlin and JJ Luceno. As part of the Sanctuary for Independent Media’s growing NATURE Lab, JJ Luceno and Dr. Frank Coughlin are working to establish a central space in Troy to share health skills, provide basic integrative care and explore ways to build networks of community health. Though caring […]
Learn tips and tricks for editing with appropriated footage from this award-winning nonfiction filmmaker! Penny Lane is an award-winning nonfiction filmmaker who was named one of Filmmaker Magazine‘s “25 New Faces of Independent Film” and a Chicken & Egg Breakthrough Award winner. Her most recent feature-length documentary HAIL SATAN? recently debuted at Sundance and released […]
Join us as we celebrate the 2019 Riverkeeper Water Quality sampling season and the volunteer partners who make it possible to gather samples from the Hudson River Watershed from May through October, with a focus on those working in the Upper Hudson River and Mohawk Delta. There will be a Water Quality Sampler Award, a […]
Join director Penny Lane (Nuts!, Our Nixon) for a screening of her new documentary Hail Satan?, a film about The Satanic Temple, including its origins and grassroots political activism. The film shows Satanists working to preserve the separation of church and state against the perceived privilege of the Christian right. When media-savvy members of the […]
Join journalist Chet Hardin for a workshop on the techniques of investigative journalism. Hardin is known for his groundbreaking coverage of NXIVM for the Capital Region weekly Metroland. He co-authored the book, The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM with Toni Natalie and will be giving a […]
Chet Hardin is the only journalist to play a midnight game of volleyball with actress Allison Mack, Seagrams heiress Clare Bronfman, and the now-notorious Keith Raniere. That was in 2009, long before the eventual arrests of Raniere and Mack on the charges of sex trafficking and forced labor. Hardin's writing for the Capital Region weekly […]
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