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SUMMARY:The Insects are Present
DESCRIPTION:The Insects are Present is a participatory installation by artist Lisa Schonberg that engages with insects and their sound to compose music compositions. Alluding towards Marina Abramović’s 2010 work\, Schonberg’s installation asks audience members to spend an extended time listening to insects in real time\, both through hearing and touch. Schonberg developed this modular system during field research in Oregon\, the Brazilian Amazon\, the Mobile-Tensaw Delta (AL)\, and New York\, adapting recording and playback elements to insects and their sounds at each study site. Participants will be invited to contribute their own sounds to the work in an assertion of our ongoing connection with the insects in our shared living environments. \n\n\n\nThe installation will take place at Ellie Irons’ Lawn (Re)Disturbance Laboratory\, part of NATURE Lab and the Sanctuary’s Eco-Art Trail in North Troy. Participants are encouraged to sign up for a listening session in advance at this form (or click the registration button below). A limited number of walk-in sessions will also be available.  \n\n\n\nDates/Times:  \n\n\n\nFriday Aug 11\, 3-6 pm (during Collard City Growers Open Hours)Saturday Aug 12\, 1-4 pm (during People’s Health Sanctuary Healing Day)Sunday Aug 13\, Sunset: 8-11 pmSaturday Aug 26\, 10am-1 pmSunday Aug 27\, 1-4 pm  Friday Sep 1\, Sunrise: 5-8 am \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMediaSanctuary · "The Insects are Present" at Lawn (Re)Disturbance Laboratory\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLisa Schonberg is a composer and percussionist creating sound works based on ecological research. Informed by her background in entomology\, Schonberg is interested in how listening to cryptic sound can reveal and challenge assumptions about insects and other overlooked soundmakers. Since 2017 she has been collaborating with Brazilian entomologists on ATTA (Amplifying the Tropical Ants)\, a project investigating ant bioacoustics in the Amazon. Her other recent work includes investigations of old-growth forests in Oregon\, endangered Hawaiian Hylaeus bees\, mushrooms\, and plastics. Schonberg’s compositions are performed by percussion ensembles Secret Drum Band\, Antenna\, & UAU\, and presented as solo performance and installation. Schonberg presents workshops on methods for environmental listening\, including workshops with Allie ES Wist for their collaboration Sensory Kinship of the Third Kind. She is the author of Text Scores for Getting to Know the Invertebrates\, The Hylaeus Project\, and the The DIY Guide to Drums\, and has presented work or performed at FILE Festival (BR)\, the Pompidou\, the Brooklyn Museum\, Bosque da Ciencia (BR)\, the American Museum of Natural History\, and Museo Reina Sofia (SP). She has developed her work through residencies at Labverde\, the Banff Centre\, Pioneerworks\, HJ Andrews Experimental Station\, and Signal Fire.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/the-insects-are-present-2/
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Performance
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SUMMARY:Hudson Mohawk Magazine Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:Hudson Mohawk Magazine (HMM) is radio for the community\, by community volunteers. If you are curious about the radio and have questions\, if you’re interested in getting involved\, or if you need some support in production\, these open hours are a perfect time to come to the main Sanctuary space to work directly with HMM producers.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur volunteer HMM producers come with a range of skills and experiences. Many volunteers join with little to no experience. These sessions give support to producers of all levels. This is also an opportunity to train new engineers and hosts.  \n\n\n\nJoin our excellent team of grassroots journalists and report on local stories that interest you. Feel free to reach out to us by emailing HMM@mediasanctuary.org or call 518-272-2390.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/hudson-mohawk-magazine-open-hours/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:Corn Workshops: Fermentation Fridays
DESCRIPTION:Let’s ferment food and ideas in preparation for StoryHarvest 2023. Join Amy Halloran and Ellie Markovitch in making corn kvass or “Aluá de Milho\,” a fermented drink. This virtual workshop is part of the corn workshop series. \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nWe invite you to a series of remote and in person workshops to study and explore corn\, one of the few grains native to the Americas. This is a grain we question and love\, a food with deep cultural roots – not just of one culture\, but of many. Let’s appreciate these roots\, and shower this amazing food with love and wonder. We will discuss this staple food\, and our many histories of it\, and use it in a variety of ways\, including fermentation.  \n\n\n\nThe first two workshops are online\, and part of a series called Fermentation Fridays. These are hosted by Ellie Markovitch and Amy Halloran\, and we will be thinking about corn. In the first class we will make a beverage\, corn kvass or “Aluá de Milho.” The second class will consider how corn is such an adept and adapting traveling. We’ll make some of corn’s many shapes\, from corn pones to puddings. When we meet in person\, please bring your own corn stories and recipes. We will cook as a community and make a variety of cornbreads \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy Halloran is a writer and change agent\, working to add social values and economic viability to farms and communities. The author of THE NEW BREAD BASKET\, her activism for specialty grains and changing emergency feeding programs share a common thread of restoring human values to the work of farming and the act of feeding each other. She is working on a history of herself\, bread\, and Troy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEllie Markovitch is a Lecturer at the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism. Her work revolves around media and food literacy. Applying her passion for innovative and sustainable food practices\, she uses food as a starting point for conversations and community building. Her approach draws individuals into engaged visual storytelling that build experiences and engage communities. Born in Brazil\, Ellie spent childhood weekends at her grandparents’ small farm. “There was a story behind everything we did with our food – how it was grown\, harvested\, cooked\, and shared.”
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/corn-workshops-fermentation-fridays/
LOCATION:online
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SUMMARY:Campus-Wide Open House\, Fall 2023
DESCRIPTION:Curious about our organization?Want to get involved?Drop-in and check out our programs! \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nThroughout our campus\, The Sanctuary for Independent Media will have various ways to engage with our organization and our various initiatives. We invite neighbors\, students\, visitors\, and anyone curious about what we do to drop by and engage with our staff\, volunteers\, and programming.  \n\n\n\n3319 6th Ave11am-4pm: Healing Day at People’s Health Sanctuary\, yard and 2nd floor1pm-4pm: NATURE Lab open house\, 1st floor \n\n\n\n3337 6th Ave12pm-4pm: Collard City Growers garden open house \n\n\n\n3361 6th Ave12pm-3pm: Sanctuary Radio open house with Hudson Mohawk Magazine & Jazz Sanctuary \n\n\n\n\n\nHealing Day at People’s Health Sanctuary is a way to connect with community members\, healers\, providers and anyone invested in building a robust network for communal health across the Capital District. See full schedule here.  \n\n\n\nSanctuary Radio invites you to ask questions\, record a station ID\, and meet the people behind the voices. Hudson Mohawk Magazine (HMM) and Jazz Sanctuary‘s Susan Brink will be available for questions.  From 1-2 pm there will be playful activity stations to engage with producers through tasks that mimic the experience of being a HMM producer. \n\n\n\nCollard City Growers will offer tours\, flowers\, medicinal plants and herbs\, self-guided veggie and fruit harvesting. What’s In season are apples\, pears\, collard greens\, kale\, peppers\, and more! \n\n\n\nNATURE Lab invites you to tour the lab\, see art & science displays\, and observe Be5 STEM kids’ activities with Dr. Emilly Obuya\, microplastics viewing with Dr. Sarah Cadieux\, and more!
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/open-house-fall-2023/
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SUMMARY:Corn Workshops: Fermentation Fridays
DESCRIPTION:Let’s ferment food and ideas in preparation for StoryHarvest 2023. Travel with Amy Halloran and Ellie Markovitch through many different dishes\, from corn pones to puddings. This virtual workshop is part of the corn workshop series. \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nWe invite you to a series of remote and in person workshops to study and explore corn\, one of the few grains native to the Americas. This is a grain we question and love\, a food with deep cultural roots – not just of one culture\, but of many. Let’s appreciate these roots\, and shower this amazing food with love and wonder. We will discuss this staple food\, and our many histories of it\, and use it in a variety of ways\, including fermentation.  \n\n\n\nThe first two workshops are online\, and part of a series called Fermentation Fridays. These are hosted by Ellie Markovitch and Amy Halloran\, and we will be thinking about corn. In the first class we will make a beverage\, corn kvass or “Aluá de Milho.” The second class will consider how corn is such an adept and adapting traveling. We’ll make some of corn’s many shapes\, from corn pones to puddings. When we meet in person\, please bring your own corn stories and recipes. We will cook as a community and make a variety of cornbreads \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy Halloran is a writer and change agent\, working to add social values and economic viability to farms and communities. The author of THE NEW BREAD BASKET\, her activism for specialty grains and changing emergency feeding programs share a common thread of restoring human values to the work of farming and the act of feeding each other. She is working on a history of herself\, bread\, and Troy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEllie Markovitch is a Lecturer at the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism. Her work revolves around media and food literacy. Applying her passion for innovative and sustainable food practices\, she uses food as a starting point for conversations and community building. Her approach draws individuals into engaged visual storytelling that build experiences and engage communities. Born in Brazil\, Ellie spent childhood weekends at her grandparents’ small farm. “There was a story behind everything we did with our food – how it was grown\, harvested\, cooked\, and shared.” Follow her at storycooking.com and @elliemarkovitch
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/corn-workshops-2/
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SUMMARY:Corn Workshops: Community Cooking with Corn
DESCRIPTION:Bring your corn stories\, your corn recipes and your thoughts about corn! Join Amy Halloran\, Azuré Keahi\, and Ellie Markovitch as they cook as a community and make a variety of cornbreads for our annual StoryHarvest later that afternoon. This workshop will take place in person in the kitchen at People’s Health Sanctuary\, which is located on the 2nd floor of NATURE Lab at 3319 6th Ave\, Troy\, NY 12180.   \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\nVolunteer Application\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy Halloran is a writer and change agent\, working to add social values and economic viability to farms and communities. The author of The New Bread Basket\, her activism for specialty grains and changing emergency feeding programs share a common thread of restoring human values to the work of farming and the act of feeding each other. She is working on a history of herself\, bread\, and Troy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEllie Markovitch is a Lecturer at the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism. Her work revolves around media and food literacy. Applying her passion for innovative and sustainable food practices\, she uses food as a starting point for conversations and community building. Her approach draws individuals into engaged visual storytelling that build experiences and engage communities. Born in Brazil\, Ellie spent childhood weekends at her grandparents’ small farm. “There was a story behind everything we did with our food – how it was grown\, harvested\, cooked\, and shared.” Follow her at storycooking.com and @elliemarkovitch. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAzuré Keahi is a mixed race Kanaka ʻŌiwi mother\, grower\, writer\, creator and record keeper continuing the sacred legacy of her ancestors on Mohican soils of Upstate New York. Centering land-based healing\, she offers her values as an islander to post-industrial landscapes through poetry\, plants\, and play. 
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/corn-workshops-3/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:StoryHarvest with Stockbridge-Munsee Musician Bill Miller
DESCRIPTION:Join us for StoryHarvest–– a festival to celebrate the harvest with music\, food\, and community! Corn will be a source of food\, games\, crafts\, and jokes in this family-friendly celebration with three-time Grammy award winning musician Bill Miller of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans sharing music and stories on his ancestral homeland at Freedom Square.   \n\n\n\nActivities will include corn arts & crafts\, face painting\, and a bicycle-powered mill. Come and play corn hole\, eat corn\, and participate in the CORNy joke open mic. There will also be community resource tables\, tours to the Medicine Garden\, and listening sessions with Lisa Schonberg at her The Insects are Present listening performance.  \n\n\n\nThis is a rain or shine event! Rain location: The Sanctuary main space\, 3361 6th Avenue\, Troy\, 12180 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOne of our key annual food justice celebrations is “StoryHarvest: From Seed to Table\,” encouraging diverse members of the community to celebrate and connect through music and stories of food. Initiated back in 2012 by food artist Ellie Markovitch\, we invite you to celebrate with us after a three-year hiatus! A KitchenSanctuary workshop ahead of the workshop with Ellie Markovitch\, Amy Halloran\, and Azuré Keahi will provide food for the festival and context around the importance of corn\, one of the few grains native to the Americas\, in Indigenous food and culture. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBill Miller is an award-winning Native American recording artist\, performer\, songwriter\, activist\, painter\, and world-class native flute player. Over the entirety\, Miller has produced over a dozen albums\, received three GRAMMY® Awards\, numerous Native American Music Awards & Association (NAMA) awards (including a “Lifetime Achievement” Award) and led Wisconsin’s La Crosse Symphony Orchestra. Overcoming the hardships felt by the global community in 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic\, 2021 finds the living legend living life— stronger with a renewed focus on healing through song\, art\, and speaking — as he prepares to release a fresh EP. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is part of the Sanctuary Eco-Art Trail project\, funded by a National Endowment for the Arts Our Town creative placemaking grant\, connecting Indigenous legacy to an urban nature walk on 6th Avenue. The Eco-Art Trail weaves a journey from Freedom Square on 101st St south to our newest community platform\, NATURE Lab (with Citizen Science Laboratory and People’s Health Sanctuary) and on our growing permaculture forest reaching south to Glen St. \n\n\n\nThe Sanctuary Eco-Art Trail is dedicated to celebrating the sacred Mohican soils we are honored to tend. We are beneficiaries of millennia of human history unfolding in a majestic river valley\, where the land has been nurtured by Indigenous hands and traumatized through industrial development and systemic inequity.  Embedding art\, ancestral history\, culture and local and Indigenous artist presentations\, the trail engages our rich local ecology and the struggle for environmental justice\, while offering settler communities insight into the history and living legacy of Indigenous peoples on these lands. \n\n\n\nThe Sanctuary Eco-Art Trail is located on a block-wide environmental campus in North Central Troy\, near the Northern tip of the Mahicannituck (Hudson) River Estuary—just a few hundred feet from Federal Lock One of the Erie Canal. Part of the river’s historic flood plain and home to significant Mohican cultural sites\, this neighborhood is also one of the poorest in New York State\, with a long history of disinvestment and environmental contamination. The Eco-Art Trail acknowledges these layered histories as we dream and build towards restored biocultural diversity and robust Indigenous futures. \n\n\n\nSubject to change\, last updated in June 2023: Check out our developing schedule of events ranging from summer ’23 through spring ’24.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/story-harvest-2023/
LOCATION:Freedom Square\, 35 5th Ave\, Troy\, NY\, 12180\, United States
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SUMMARY:Herb & Tea Blending
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: Due to rainy weather\, this event will take place in the 2nd floor of NATURE Lab\, 3319 6th Avenue. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJoin us in the garden! For this week’s Collard City Growers open hours\, our garden ambassador Sienna Thiem leads us in making our own herbal tea blends! Choose from a selection of dried herbs harvested from CCG and foraged locally by Sienna earlier this season\, or gather a bundle from herbs that are currently ready to harvest to DIY (Dry It Yourself). \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\nVolunteer Application
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/herb-tea-blending/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
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