Fall 2023 Season

Health, Healing & Justice

Corn Workshops: Fermentation Fridays

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 […]

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08 September 2023 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Campus-Wide Open House, Fall 2023

Curious about our organization?Want to get involved?Drop-in and check out our programs! Throughout our campus, The Sanctuary for Independent Media will have various ways to engage with our organization and […]

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09 September 2023 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

September Healing Day (Campus-Wide Open House)

People’s Health Sanctuary is excited to host our third and final Healing Day of the season as part of the Sanctuary's Campus Wide Open House. Healing Day is a way to […]

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09 September 2023 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Corn Workshops: Fermentation Fridays

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 […]

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15 September 2023 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Collard City Growers Jam-Jam!

Location: NATURE Lab, 3319 6th Avenue, 2nd floor The Collard City Growers team has been harvesting and freezing fruit and berries all summer! We've got currants, mulberries, service berries, gooseberries, […]

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15 September 2023 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Corn Workshops: Community Cooking with Corn

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 […]

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23 September 2023 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

StoryHarvest with Stockbridge-Munsee Musician Bill Miller

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 […]

Free
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23 September 2023 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Herb & Tea Blending

UPDATE: Due to rainy weather, this event will take place in the 2nd floor of NATURE Lab, 3319 6th Avenue. Join us in the garden! For this week's Collard City […]

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29 September 2023 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Therapeutic Play with Photography Workshop & Exhibition Opening

The local, newly established Artsy Fartsy Photo Collective is hosting a workshop where photography and transparent images give space for therapeutic play. Using an overhead projector and transparencies, participants will […]

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01 October 2023 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Hudson Mohawk Magazine Open Hours

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 […]

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03 October 2023 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Indigenous Lens on Media Making

Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore, co-owner of The Aunties Dandelion media organization, transformed her work in mainstream media to her present focus on revitalizing communities through stories of land, language, and relationships. […]

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03 October 2023 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Wheelchair Procession Along Sanctuary Eco-Art Trail

Join Petra Kuppers on a literal journey, as we will walk the Sanctuary Eco-Art Trail and engage in a number of easy 7-minute improvised dances together. Our dances might develop […]

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12 October 2023 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Petra Kuppers: Dream Performance & Workshop

Connect to the land, its’ histories, & its’ futures with Petra Kuppers for a dream performance & workshop that utilizes movement meditation. Following an improvised Wheelchair Procession along Sanctuary Eco-Art Trail and […]

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12 October 2023 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Who’s On Your Face?

Using activities centered on photography, photographer and birth doula Jayana LaFountaine will facilitate conversations around where we come from, and how skills and trauma are passed down in addition to […]

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14 October 2023 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

“Black Matrilineage, Photography, and Representation” Book Talk & Discussion

Join us for a conversation around the book Black Matrilineage, Photography, and Representation, edited by Lesly Deschler Canossi and Zoraida Lopez-Diago, the duo that makes up Women Picturing Revolution. They […]

$10
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14 October 2023 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Garden Walk, Seed Saving, and Seed Rematriation

Join us at Collard City Growers during our regular garden hours for a garden walk and seed saving activity with Lucille Burr Grignon. Rain Location: People's Health Sanctuary in NATURE […]

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20 October 2023 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Exploring Motherhood: Navigating the Journey of Disability

Join us for an evening of honoring motherhood & disability with filmmakers Nöelle Gentile, Michael Mejia, & Victoria Kereszi, and storyteller Bethany Van Delft. The short film Between Us and feature […]

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20 October 2023 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Welcoming “Ilopango, the Volcano that Left:” Community Celebration

Join us to honor the passing of Ilopango, the Volcano that Left and celebrate creative place-making along the Mahicannituck (Hudson River)! This community gathering is for all people who love the Sanctuary, who love […]

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29 October 2023 3:00 pm

The Halluci Nation In Concert!

The Sanctuary is honored to welcome the sounds of The Halluci Nation to Troy, NY! The Halluci Nation is a Canadian electronic music group who blend instrumental hip hop, reggae, […]

$30
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02 November 2023 7:07 pm - 9:00 pm

Hudson Mohawk Magazine Open Hours

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 […]

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14 November 2023 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Mohican Medicine for the Winter Months

Misty Cook, M. S. of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, works with plant medicines. Misty continues to pass on traditional knowledge by teaching, giving presentations, and through her book Medicine Generations. During this event, […]

$10
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18 November 2023 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Be The Media! Positioning Yourself as Subject in Documentary Filmmaking

Learn from "Confessions of a Good Samaritan" Director Penny Lane's decision to position herself as director, film subject, and kidney donor! After the workshop, stick around for a screening of […]

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29 November 2023 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

“Confessions of a Good Samaritan” Film Screening with Director Penny Lane

Director Penny Lane returns to the Sanctuary to screen her latest film Confessions of a Good Samaritan about her own experience deciding to become a “Good Samaritan” by giving one […]

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29 November 2023 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Field Recording Workshop

What does North Troy sound like to you? Join artist and musician Lisa Schonberg in a workshop about field recording, and contribute to a soundwalk exhibit! Participants will go out […]

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03 December 2023 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Hudson Mohawk Magazine Open Hours

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 […]

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04 December 2023 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Journalist Chris Hedges Speaks on Gaza

*This is an in-person event *If you are unable to attend in-person, we encourage you to join our mailing list so you can be the first to know when documentation […]

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06 December 2023 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Annual North-Central Troy Interfaith Holiday Justice and Peace Celebration

The Sanctuary for Independent Media invites you and your loved ones to join us for our annual North-Central Troy Interfaith Holiday Peace and Justice Celebration! On December 9th, from 2PM […]

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09 December 2023 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Old Growth Playback: Four new sound works by Lisa Schonberg

with Nina Isabelle & Brian McCorkle, 5 objects, piano, and percussion Join us for an evening of sound works by Lisa Schonberg, and Nina Isabelle with Brian McCorkle. Lisa Schonberg will be […]

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16 December 2023 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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