Fall 2019 Season

Art! Science! Media!

StoryHarvest and the Finale of the Spirit of the Suffragettes: Toko Telo and Katani

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 […]

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21 September 2019 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

RAM Haiti

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 […]

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03 November 2019 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

NATURE Lab Chimera Workshop with Boryana Rossa and Heidi Hehnly

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 […]

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08 November 2019 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

NATURE Lab: Health Autonomy Clinic – Session 1

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 […]

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12 November 2019 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Be The Media! Workshop with Penny Lane: Strategies of Appropriation

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 […]

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16 November 2019 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Riverkeeper Community Scientist Celebration, with Screening of “Source to Sea”

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 […]

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16 November 2019 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Hail Satan? with Filmmaker Penny Lane

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 […]

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16 November 2019 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Be The Media! Workshop With Chet Hardin: The Art of Investigative Journalism

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 […]

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18 November 2019 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Chet Hardin: Inside NXIVM

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, […]

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18 November 2019 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

NATURE Lab Workshop with Simone Johnson: Urban Sprout Entrepreneurship Incubator

Have you walked past our Collard City Growers permaculture garden lately? On the west side of 6th Avenue between Glen and 101st street in North Troy, we have a hoop […]

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19 November 2019 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

NATURE Lab: Yoga with Heartspace

Let Nikki Rogers guide us in yoga practice dedicated to healing arts and mindfulness. Nikki has devoted the past decade of her professional life to promoting the health, and wellbeing […]

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19 November 2019 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Aizuri Quartet

Combining their deep study of classical music with a naturally warm and exuberant approach to audiences and students, the Aizuri Quartet is passionate about creating diverse points of entry into […]

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22 November 2019 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

NATURE Lab: Yoga Sanctuary with Heartspace

Let Nikki Rogers guide us in yoga practice dedicated to healing arts and mindfulness. Nikki has devoted the past decade of her professional life to promoting the health, and wellbeing […]

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26 November 2019 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

NATURE Lab Workshop with Kayla Coldsnow: Waste Compost

Come learn about where our waste comes from, the issues associated with it, and how to reduce it! We will talk about refusing, reducing, reusing, recycling, and composting. Techniques will […]

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03 December 2019 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

NATURE Lab: Yoga Sanctuary with Heartspace

Let Nikki Rogers guide us in yoga practice dedicated to healing arts and mindfulness. Nikki has devoted the past decade of her professional life to promoting the health, and wellbeing […]

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03 December 2019 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Be The Media! Workshop with Alex Rivera: The Art of “Mockumentary” Production

Explore strategies that blur the lines between documentary and fiction, from script writing to media activism to studio production to post-production. Alex Rivera is an award-winning filmmaker whose work explores […]

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04 December 2019 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

“The Infiltrators” with Filmmaker Alex Rivera and Resource Exchange

Join director Alex Rivera for a screening of “The Infiltrators,” along with community organizers. The Infiltrators, director by Alex Rivera and Christina Ibarras, is a film about a rag-tag group […]

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04 December 2019 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Christoph Irniger’s Pilgrim

The quintet Pilgrim, founded by Zurich-based tenor saxophonist Christoph Irniger, has over the years become one of the most exciting ensembles in young European jazz. They present their fourth recording, […]

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06 December 2019 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

NATURE Lab Workshop with Ellie Irons: Next Epoch Seed Library

What happens when we preserve plants based on utility or agricultural use alone? What if the plants we value are not the ones that will survive the shifting ecology caused […]

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10 December 2019 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

NATURE Lab: Yoga Sanctuary with Heartspace

Let Nikki Rogers guide us in yoga practice dedicated to healing arts and mindfulness. Nikki has devoted the past decade of her professional life to promoting the health, and wellbeing […]

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10 December 2019 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

North Central Troy Justice and Peace Holiday Celebration

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Join us at The Sanctuary for the eighth annual North Central Troy Justice and Peace Holiday Celebration. We’ll have free food, portraits, […]

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14 December 2019 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

NATURE Lab and the Health Autonomy Clinic Workshop with Dr. Francis Coughlin and JJ Luceno, Session Two

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, […]

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17 December 2019 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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