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SUMMARY:Be the Media! Workshop: Ethical Media from an Indigenous Perspective
DESCRIPTION: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 groups telling the story of underrepresented groups\, how can a filmmaker work with a community to tell stories vs. telling stories which are not ones own. \n\n\n\nStick around after the workshop for a screening of two short films at 7pm. \n\n\n\nIf you’d like to attend this workshop virtually\, please register to receive the zoom link.  \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\nKatsitsionni Fox is a Mohawk filmmaker sharing empowering stories of resilient Indigenous women. Her debut film was the award winning Ohero:kon – Under the Husk a 26-min documentary following the journey of two Mohawk girls as they take part in their traditional passage rites to becoming Mohawk Women. She directed and co-produced a short – doc series for REMATRIATION – a Native American women’s online\, multi-media magazine. It is focused on healing and empowerment of Native women through the sharing of their stories and successes. Her most recent film\, Without a Whisper – Konnon:kwe is untold story of how Indigenous women influenced the early suffragists in their fight for freedom and equality. She is currently in production for Kanenon:we – Original Seeds a documentary on Indigenous women seed keepers protecting and rematriating our seed relatives for future generations. \n\n\n\nKatsitsionni Fox was interviewed by Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore for The Aunties Dandelion. Hear the full episode here.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn inspirational speaker\, writer and thought leader\, Michelle Schenandoah is a traditional member of the Oneida Nation Wolf Clan of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. She is the founder of the non-profit Rematriation. She is focused on leadership development and the reclaiming of Indigenous women’s traditional roles among their nations. The producer for the short documentary\, “An Indigenous Response to #MeToo” and “Rematriation’s Indigenous Women’s Voices” 9-part series. She is the host for an online talk show for Indigenous women called\, “Pine Tree Talks.” She and her husband\, Neal Powless\, also operate Indigenous Concepts Consulting with the goal of incorporating Indigenous perspectives into the mainstream\, and in existing business and media paradigms. She served as a senior strategist for Blue Stone Strategy Group\, providing economic and governance consulting for Indigenous nations across the country. She has an extensive background in law\, business development\, and consulting. Michelle served as President of the Board of Directors for the non-profit\, Seven Dancers Coalition. \n\n\n\nMichelle Schenandoah was interviewed by Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore for The Aunties Dandelion. Hear the full episode here.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/be-the-media-ethical-media/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Be the Media! Workshop: Community Collaboration and Reciprocity
DESCRIPTION: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 shoreline which traces the filmmaking process behind feature documentary River of Grass (2025) and will focus on community collaboration and reciprocity. How might cinema help us to grieve\, dream\, and reimagine kinship in the face of ongoing ecological and political collapse? \n\n\n\nStick around after the workshop for a screening of River of Grass at 7pm. Workshop attendees can join our special guests\, staff and volunteers for a shared meal from 6-7pm.  \n\n\n\nFor remote participation\, register for this event to receive the zoom link.  \n\n\n\nThis event is a collaboration with the RPI’s iEAR Presents series\, supported by the Department of Arts and the School of Humanities\, Arts\, and Social Sciences\, and is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSasha Wortzel is an award-winning filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist using video\, installation\, sculpture\, and sound to explore how past and present are inextricably linked through resonant spaces and their hauntings. Raised in Southwest Florida and based in New York\, Wortzel specifically attends to sites and stories systematically erased or ignored from these regions’ histories. RIVER OF GRASS (2025) is her first feature documentary. The film won the Pare Lorentz Award from IDA\, Hot Docs Joan VanDuzer Special Jury Prize – International Feature Documentary\, and Mead Audience Award\, among others. The film received institutional support from Sundance\, Ford Foundation\, Sandbox Films\, Knight Foundation\, Doc Society\, Field of Vision\, and Chicken & Egg Pictures.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/be-the-media-sasha-wortzel/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Community Brunch
DESCRIPTION: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 as for folks who have never been to the Sanctuary. Together we will eat in community with the opportunity for a campus tour during the last half our of the event.  \n\n\n\nStick around for the Hudson Mohawk Magazine radio workshop Everybody Has a Story to Tell following the brunch.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/community-brunch/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:Everybody Has a Story To Tell Radio Workshop
DESCRIPTION: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 stories related to our local community. Everybody Has a Story to Tell is a opportunity for HMM producers to support others in the recording of their own stories.  \n\n\n\nThis radio format is Inspired by Storycorp whose mission is “to help us believe in each other by illuminating the humanity and possibility in us all — one story at a time.” There is no better time than now to come to the Sanctuary with a partner to record your story to be included in a community audio archive.  \n\n\n\nBring someone important in your life (family member\, neighbor\, mentor…) to this workshop where you will be guided upon how to conduct an interview\, offered question suggestions\, and then you will be given the opportunity to be paired with volunteer producer to do a radio recording or to record your interview at a later time on your own.  \n\n\n\nAlthough we hope to air these stories on our radio program\, that part is not obligatory.  We also invite you to join us for a community brunch right before the workshop.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/everybody-has-a-story-wksp/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Plant Swap 2026
DESCRIPTION: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 season. Stop by to pick up some plants\, drop off any extras that you don’t have room for\, or just come on by to say “Hi!” \n\n\n\nWhere: 3337 6th Ave\, Troy\, NY 12180 \n\n\n\nWhat is a plant swap? An opportunity to share plant abundance!  \n\n\n\nHow to participate? Bring your extra plants and/ or saplings to trade for something new\, including perennials\, annuals\, house plants\, and more! You don’t have to bring a plant to participate. \n\n\n\nWhy participate?  It’s an amazing excuse to explore the garden\, soak up the sun\, and meet some new people and plants! \n\n\n\nAnd remember: All the plants that you give and take are free!
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/plant-swap-2026/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:“1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture” Film Screening
DESCRIPTION: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 story of tireless researchers who trace the origins of the anti-gay movement among Christians to a grave mistranslation of the Bible in 1946. This screening will be followed by group discussion.This film is co-sponsorship with Collar City Pride & New Breath Spirituality Center \n\n\n\nJoin us during Pride month for a special documentary viewing of 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture\, This film shows how one group’s translation of the Bible supported decades of homophobia in many Christian traditions. Stay after the viewing for a short group discussion about the documentary \n\n\n\nAbout this Film\n\n\n\n1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture is a feature documentary that follows the story of tireless researchers who trace the origins of the anti-gay movement among Christians to a grave mistranslation of the Bible in 1946. It chronicles the discovery of never-before-seen archives at Yale University which unveil astonishing new revelations\, and casts significant doubt on any biblical basis for LGBTQIA+ prejudice. Featuring commentary from prominent scholars as well as opposing pastors\, including the personal stories of the film’s creators\, 1946 is at once challenging\, enlightening\, and inspiring. While other documentaries have been successful in their attempt to treat the symptom of homophobia in the church\, 1946 is working to diagnose and treat the disease – Biblical Literalism. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Co-sponsors\n\n\n\nCollar City Pride is Rensselaer County’s only LGBTQIA2S+ based and operating community center hub\, providing services and events to uplift our queer community. \n\n\n\nNew Breath Spirituality Center is a place where we can learn and talk about connecting with God\, spirituality\, and prayer/spiritual practices– as well as try some out for ourselves.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/1946-film-screening/
LOCATION:New York
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T190000
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SUMMARY:"North Stars of Emancipation" Book Talk & Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION: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 food justice advocates from Soul Fire Farm\, the Radix Center\, and Serenity Solidarity will discuss food movements in the Capital Region. Books will be available for sale by Greenlight Books. \n\n\n\nNorth Stars of Emancipation traces the recent evolution of California’s food movements towards a more liberatory model grounded in diverse radical traditions. Drawing on his work in urban farming\, radical politics\, and academic research\, author Antonio Roman-Alcalá will discuss the themes of his book with local food justice advocates. \n\n\n\nAbout this Book\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow we grow\, harvest\, distribute\, and consume food is bound up with how we use (and abuse) environmental resources\, and how we achieve (or undermine) collective well-being. In North Stars of Emancipation\, Antonio Roman-Alcalá finds in the radical experiments of new food movements the seeds of a world liberated from old\, extractive systems\, where a more equitable way of eating and living is possible. \n\n\n\nThe book traces the transformation of California’s diverse food movements as Black\, Indigenous\, Latinx\, and other people of color have come to play a larger organizational role\, especially at a time of toxic national politics. A new vision now guides these movements\, rooted in the radical traditions of anarchism\, Black radicalism\, and Indigenous resurgence\, yet focused on pragmatic solutions to the problems of market and state. In pursuing a North Star political ideal that rejects capitalism\, colonialism\, and state violence while prioritizing survival\, California’s food movements have achieved greater collaboration among sectors\, workers\, and consumers\, pointing toward a promising future. \n\n\n\n\n\nNorth Stars of Emancipation takes the rare step of analyzing movements as interconnected wholes. From their collective success\, we learn how to move past an untenable present. Published by MIT Press. \n\n\n\nFeatured Guests\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAntonio Roman-Alcalá is an educator\, researcher\, writer\, musician\, and organizer based in California who has worked on sustainable food systems and radical politics for over 20 years. Antonio is currently an Assistant Professor at California State University East Bay teaching Geography and Environmental Studies\, while researching movements for social and environmental justice through agroecology and food sovereignty. His previous efforts include urban farms\, civil society alliances\, activist-researcher networks\, and documentary film-making. \n\n\n\nHudson Mohawk Magazine · Book Talk "North Stars of Emancipation" Coming to the Sanctuary\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmet Vitale-Penniman is a multiracial farmer\, carpenter\, and program leader at Soul Fire Farm. He got an early start with growing and building\, assisting his parents with CSA packing\, youth programs\, and house building. Now\, he leads educational programming\, works with farm team\, and leads AV for the campus. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEricka Williams Rodriguez is an Afro-Indigenous labor and housing organizer\, farmer\, and advocate for incarcerated people and their families. She co-founded Serenity Solidarity\, a Black and Indigenous-led land project in the capital region\, and is developing Mumia House there\, dedicated to political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. She is a member of New York State Jails Justice Network\, and is motivated by ending colonization and the suffering of her people. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScott Kellogg is the Educational Director at the Radix Center\, an urban ecological literacy and just sustainabilities advocacy non-profit in Albany\, New York. Radix runs a one-acre farm in the middle of the city that teaches local youth about gardening\, composting\, tree planting\, and river activism. He currently also teaches at Bard College’s Center for Environment and Policy and is Chair of Urban Agriculture for the Albany Sustainability Commission.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/north-stars-of-emancipation/
LOCATION:New York
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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SUMMARY:Ear Seed Training
DESCRIPTION:with Albany Community Acupuncture\n\n\n\nLearn 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 suggested donation. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSimple. Powerful. Balancing. Help anyone feel better right away. Accessible for everyone to learn and practice. Join us for 3 hours of historical and practical education on ear seeds and how you can heal yourself and others with this tiny seed\, the vacarria plant. It is so powerful at removing stagnation and relieving pain in any body system that in Pinyin  it is called Wang Bu Liu Xing – “even the emperor cannot stop us.”  \n\n\n\nAuricular acupuncture and ear seeds stimulate the vagus nerve – our primary pathway to a parasympathetic “rest and digest” state. It is ideal for use in group settings and has been proven effective internationally for addiction\, withdrawal\, emotional regulation\, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). \n\n\n\nThis simple 5 needle protocol was developed first in the 1970s in Hong Kong\, then adopted in the Bronx by the Black Panthers and the Young Lords to treat addiction. The first hour of hour workshop will be focused on watching and discussing segments of a documentary about their work. In recent decades\, Acupuncturists Without Borders and many other on-the-ground justice medicine initiatives primarily employ this protocol for quick\, powerful and accessible community medicine. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitator\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGina Mauro L.Ac (pictured far left) founded Albany Community Acupuncture after her time doing relief work through Acupuncturists Without Borders in Western North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in September 2024. Born and raised in the Albany area\, Gina has always felt a strong call to serve the Capital Region community in a meaningful way.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/ear-seed-training/
LOCATION:New York
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Community Brunch in Freedom Square
DESCRIPTION: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 a community\, and Kitchen Sanctuary is inviting you to show up with a hunger for brunch and conversation. A campus tour will be offered in the last half hour.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/community-brunch-in-freedom-square/
LOCATION:Freedom Square\, 35 5th Ave\, Troy\, NY\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260902T170000
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SUMMARY:Be The Media! workshop with Edward George
DESCRIPTION:as part of EMPAC’s TOPOS Festival\n\n\n\nJoin us to learn directly from Edward George\, who has harnessed the power of media to examine and deconstruct the Black experience in its myriad forms from his early work as an independent media activist and a founding member of UK’s Black Audio Film Collective\, to his multi-part radio broadcast The Strangeness of Dub\, to his own performance practice in electronic music groups such as Hallucinator. \n\n\n\n*This event is included in the TOPOS Festival Pass \n\n\n\nEdward George will discuss the trajectory of his work\, the reasons he has used different modes of media for certain projects\, and how the subjects that he explores breathe life into social histories and make complex theory accessible to wider audiences. The workshop precedes George’s screening of Black Atlas\, an experimental reimagining of archival materials which ultimately reveals how art is a tactical tool that can be used to dismantle systems of power.This event is a collaboration with EMPAC & iEar Presents! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEdward George- writer\, broadcaster\, and founder of Black Audio Film Collective (1982-1998)\, the multimedia duo Flow Motion (1996-present)\, and the electronic music group Hallucinator (1998-present). Geo rge wrote and presented the ground-breaking science fiction documentary Last Angel of History (1996)\, and he hosts Sound of Music (Threads Radio)\, Kuduro – Electronic Music of Angola (Counterflows). George’s series The Strangeness of Dub (Morley Radio) dives into reggae\, dub\, versions and versioning\, drawing on critical theory\, social history\, and a deep\, wide cross-genre musical selection. \n\n\n\n\n\n7pm: “Black Atlas” Screening with Edward George & Fred Moten
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/be-the-media-edward-george/
LOCATION:New York
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:“Black Atlas” Screening with Edward George & Fred Moten
DESCRIPTION:as part of EMPAC’s TOPOS Festival\n\n\n\nJoin Black Audio Film Collective founding member Edward George for a screening of Black Atlas which explores the “Image of the Black” archive—a collection of over 30\,000 images documenting representations of people of African descent from antiquity through the civil rights era. After the screening\, George will be joined in conversation with Fred Moten\, a Black Culture Studies professor at NYU Tisch. This event is a collaboration with EMPAC & iEar Presents! \n\n\n\n*This event is included in the TOPOS Festival Pass \n\n\n\n\n\nCommissioned by The Warburg Institute in London\, filmmaker\, writer\, broadcaster\, and musician Edward George’s Black Atlas explores the “Image of the Black” archive—a collection of over 30\,000 images documenting representations of people of African descent from antiquity through the civil rights era. The American premiere of Black Atlas is presented in partnership with The Sanctuary for Independent Media (Troy\, NY) and RPI Arts Department’s iEAR Presents! Drawing from the archive\, George creates a new film that reanimates historical imagery through narration\, sound\, and montage. Accompanied by an evocative score by Seymour Wright and Crystabel Efemena Riley\, Black Atlas unfolds as a meditation on time\, place\, and presence— considering art as a medium of transcendence\, a technology of power\, and an affirmation of a humanist\, anti-racist project. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5pm: Be The Media! workshop with Edward George\n\n\n\nGuest Bios:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEdward George- writer\, broadcaster\, and founder of Black Audio Film Collective (1982-1998)\, the multimedia duo Flow Motion (1996-present)\, and the electronic music group Hallucinator (1998-present). George wrote and presented the ground-breaking science fiction documentary Last Angel of History (1996)\, and he hosts Sound of Music (Threads Radio)\, Kuduro – Electronic Music of Angola (Counterflows). George’s series The Strangeness of Dub (Morley Radio) dives into reggae\, dub\, versions and versioning\, drawing on critical theory\, social history\, and a deep\, wide cross-genre musical selection. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFred Moten is a professor in the Departments of Performance Studies and Comparative Literature at New York University\, where he teaches courses in black studies\, poetics\, and critical theory. He works with lots of social and aesthetic study groups including Stefano Harney & Fred Moten\, the Black Arts Movement School Modality\, Le Mardi Gras Listening Collective\, the Center for Convivial Research and Autonomy\, Moved by the Motion\, the Institute of Physical Sociality and the Harris/Moten Quartet. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe are committed to lowering the barriers to access for events at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. \n\n\n\nFor people who are hard of hearing or deaf\, blind or low-vision\, or whose physical limitations can interfere with a satisfying experience\, let us know as soon as possible\, and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/black-atlas/
LOCATION:New York
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260920T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260920T170000
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SUMMARY:StoryHarvest with Arm-of-the-Sea Theater
DESCRIPTION: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 with their performance ESTUARY TALES: The Life & Times of the Hudson River. \n\n\n\nRain location is indoors at the Sanctuary main hall at 3361 6th Ave. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nESTUARY TALES: The Life & Times of the Hudson River will begin at 3pm. This performance spectacle fuses live music\, movement and large-scale puppetry in a deep dive into the checkered history of “America’s River”. Giant sturgeon\, eels and river otters ply the stage\, alongside steamboats\, fishermen\, immigrants\, and citizen scientists. With whimsy and ingenuity\, the show reveals the Hudson River’s complex inner life and chronicles the long struggle to clean up the river.Designed to engage ages 5 to 95\, this production is 1 hour in length and presented by a six-member cast. \n\n\n\nFeaturing:\n\n\n\nArm-of-the-Sea is an arts ensemble that fuses visual storytelling with live music in large-scale works of mask and puppet theater. Founded in 1982 by Marlena Marallo and Patrick Wadden\, the company’s hybrid performance style channels the evocative power of the arts as a force for joy\, insight\, and community uplift. Their low-tech devices of theatrical enchantment illuminate relations between humans and the life-support networks of this blue-ocean planet. See trailer of the show below or learn more here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFree Food: a variety of food will be offered\, including Markeeta’s famous BBQ chicken\, Jonathan’s mac n’ cheese\, fruit\, drinks\, and more!  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMacroinvertebrate Station: visitors can get up close with macroinvertibrates with Water Justice Lab mentor Douglas Reed.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCrafts & Activities: arts and activity stations for all ages will be at different stations.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nResources: community organizations will be providing activities and information.  \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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeaturing
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/storyharvest-2026/
LOCATION:Freedom Square\, 35 5th Ave\, Troy\, NY\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:Be The Media! Workshop: the Process Behind Choreographing Grief
DESCRIPTION:Get a look behind the performance WAKE\, a celebratory ritual for grief that centers queer\, Filipino life and processes both personal and community loss through a combination of sound\, dance\, and video projection. This workshop is a collaboration with EMPAC with support from iEar Presents! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin composer Micaela Tobin\, choreographer Jay Carlon\, and their team to learn how they draw on personal experience and shared culture to generate interdisciplinary media in performance. Their collaborative project\, WAKE\, is a celebratory ritual for grief that centers queer\, Filipino life and processes both personal and community loss through a combination of sound\, dance\, and video projection. Tobin uses electronics to dissect her vocals\, creating dense sonic worlds that blur opera\, drone\, and noise; Carlon’s visual language stages bodily movement and video projection to mediate between performers\, audience\, and memory. Joining together\, screen video material from the work\, and lead attendees through aspects of their process. \n\n\n\nJust after the hour-long workshop\, hang out with the artists over a bite to eat. The following day\, September 24\, 7PM\, visit EMPAC to experience a live excerpt of the work in progress.  \n\n\n\nThis screening of WAKE footage is presented in partnership with iEAR Presents\, with support from RPI’s Department of Arts and the School of Humanities\, Arts\, and Social Sciences. iEAR Presents and EMPAC programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/btm-choreographing-grief/
LOCATION:New York
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T193000
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SUMMARY:Know Your Rights: CPS in NY State
DESCRIPTION:Know Your Rights in the case that Child Protective Services (CPS) is at our door. Community Rising Project presents a peer-led parent defense training\, a guide for parents and caregivers to be prepared in the case of a visit from CPS.  \n\n\n\nPlease email thecommunityrisingproject@gmail.com if you plan to join
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/kyr-cps-in-ny-state/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260927T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260927T160000
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SUMMARY:Broken Plastics Open Studio & Mosaic Making
DESCRIPTION:Learn about microplastics pollution and create a mosaic tile from community-gathered plastic waste with artist Nicole Chochrek and Water Justice Lab.  \n\n\n\n\nClick Here to Register\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVisit the pop-up outdoor studio of Broken Plastics artist Nicole Chrochrek for some hands-on art-making and education about plastic pollution. For more than a year\, NATURE Lab has hosted one of Nicole’s microplastics recycling bins. This fall Nicole and Water Justice Lab are hosting a series of pop-up workshops so community members can use the collected plastic pieces to make mosaic tiles to be exhibited at Context Collective gallery and The Sanctuary main space gallery in October and November 2026.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNicole Chochrek utilizes visual and performative frameworks to explore contemporary issues and environmental disparities. Her work focuses on the accessibility and digestibility of information\, deep listening\, shared responsibilities\, and the construction of new ways of being together. As an interdisciplinary artist\, Nicole’s work transverses themes such as air quality\, land use\, waste\, and the navigations of a neurodivergent mind. Her process examines our ideas of “correctness” and holds space for possibility.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/mosaic-making/
LOCATION:NATURE Lab\, 3319 6th Ave\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260930T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260930T183000
DTSTAMP:20260929T002619Z
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SUMMARY:Mulchamania!
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the benefits of mulching and composting as we ready the garden for winter. Facilitated by arborist Christian Grigoraskos\, this event will take place during our weekly CCG open garden hours. \n\n\n\n\nClick Here to Register\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaintaining a blanket of organic matter to keep the micro-life in your soil happy is paramount to a successful garden with plants that thrive. Participants will have the chance to turn a compost pile and take home a starter of biologically active living soil for their home garden. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitator bio: \n\n\n\nChristian Grigoraskos has been a Sanctuary volunteer since the early days of Collard City Growers circa 2014. He is a land steward\, father\, and arborist in the temperate jungle of North Troy.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/mulchamania/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261009T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261009T210000
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SUMMARY:Egyptian Spiritual Jazz with Abu Zeyn
DESCRIPTION:Bass\, clarinet\, and vocal loops weave rhythmic tapestries of original Sufi and Ancient Egyptian spiritual compositions. A portion of proceeds will benefit Palestine and Sudan. \n\n\n\n\nClick Here to Register\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbu Zeyn أبو زين creates rhythmic tapestries by weaving live guitar\, clarinet and vocal loops with soulful improvisation.  He is a child of the Nile River and the Arabian Desert. His ears were raised on the sounds of braying donkeys\, the call to prayer and tuktuk soundsystems.  \n\n\n\nIn his first show at the Sanctuary\, Abu Zeyn will be sharing original hymns inspired by both Sufi and Ancient Egyptian spiritual modalities.  Musically\, these compositions draw from the wells of Classical Arabic Music and Jazz\, both of which are heavily improvisatory.  These compositions are part of a new and evolving body of music that he has performed in NYC and the lower Hudson Valley. This is his first time playing the full set for his local community and likely one of his last performances of the year before he begins the process of recording.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/abu-zeyn/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:African Music,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T180000
DTSTAMP:20261012T205443Z
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SUMMARY:Resisting Monocultures: Unlawning and Seed Saving
DESCRIPTION:Prepare the way for spring biodiversity by unearthing lawn and collecting seeds with Lawn Lab. This workshop will take place during the weekly CCG open garden hours.  \n\n\n\n\nClick Here to Register\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSince early 2020\, the lawn south of Collard City Growers garden has gradually evolved into a hybrid lawn-meadow ecosystem as part of the Next Epoch Seed Library’s project “The Lawn (Re)Disturbance Laboratory\,” aka “Lawn Lab.” Each year a little more lawn is pulled up to make way for tough\, locally-adapted wildflowers and native grasses that can survive and thrive in this challenging urban habitat. Join artist Ellie Irons in the satisfying task of unearthing low-diversity lawn grasses and spreading meadow seeds. Participants will also meet and learn about some of the meadow plants living at Lawn Lab\, and help create a seed mix to keep and share locally.  \n\n\n\nWear comfortable work clothes and bring gloves and hand tools if you have them. Tools / gloves will also be available on site.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHudson Mohawk Magazine · Resisting Monocultures: Unlawning and Seed Saving\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEllie Irons is an artist\, educator\, and parent based in current-day Troy\, New York\, where the Mahicannituck and Mohawk Rivers converge. She received an MFA from Hunter College and Phd from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute focused on ecosocial art. She is currently the Co-Director of NATURE Lab at the Sanctuary for Independent Media.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/resisting-monocultures/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T180000
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SUMMARY:Be The Media! workshop: documentary film making with pre-existing media
DESCRIPTION:WTO/99 is an immersive archival documentary that depicts the four-day clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the 40\,000+ people who took to the streets of Seattle in 1999 to protest the WTO Conference and the WTO’s impact on human rights\, labor\, and the future effects of continued globalization. Join filmmaker Alex Megaro in an intimate workshop to discuss using archival footage in the creation of this documentary film. This workshop will be hybrid\, and registrants will be sent a zoom link 24h before the workshop.  \n\n\n\nWorkshop attendees will be fed a communal meal ahead of the film screening of WTO/99 at 7pm.  \n\n\n\n\nClick Here to Register\n\n\n\n\nRegister for the 7pm “WTO/99” Film Screening on the Battle of Seattle\n\n\n\nAbout Alex Megaro\n\n\n\nAlex Megaro is a filmmaker who produced/edited WTO/99\, winner of the IDA Award for Best Editing\, and Driftwood\, winner of the Slamdance Grand Jury Prize for Narrative Feature. He directed the multi-award winning documentary short Krush the Wrestler\, produced/edited two seasons of the VICE documentary series Source Material\, and produced the Sheffield Doc Fest and AFI Docs official selection 8:08 How We Respond. \n\n\n\nHudson Mohawk Magazine · WTO/99 Depicts the Historic Battle of Seattle Through Archival Media
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/btm-pre-existing-media/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T210000
DTSTAMP:20261012T213457Z
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SUMMARY:"WTO/99" Film Screening on the Battle of Seattle
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of the documentary film about the Battle of Seattle\, where 40\,000 activists hit the streets of Seattle\, WA to block a major World Trade Organization conference\, an event seen by many as setting the tone for mass mobilization movements at the start of the century. WTO/99 will be screened and followed by a Q&A with the film’s editor and producer Alex Megaro. \n\n\n\n\nClick Here to Register\n\n\n\n\nRegister for the 5pm Be The Media! workshop: documentary film making with pre-existing media\n\n\n\nWTO/99 is an immersive archival documentary that depicts the four-day clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the 40\,000+ people who took to the streets of Seattle in 1999 to protest the WTO Conference and the WTO’s impact on human rights\, labor\, and the future effects of continued globalization. https://www.wto99doc.com/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Alex Magaro\n\n\n\nAlex Megaro is a filmmaker who produced/edited WTO/99\, winner of the IDA Award for Best Editing\, and Driftwood\, winner of the Slamdance Grand Jury Prize for Narrative Feature. He directed the multi-award winning documentary short Krush the Wrestler\, produced/edited two seasons of the VICE documentary series Source Material\, and produced the Sheffield Doc Fest and AFI Docs official selection 8:08 How We Respond. \n\n\n\nHudson Mohawk Magazine · WTO/99 Depicts the Historic Battle of Seattle Through Archival Media
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/wto-99-film/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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