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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Acclaimed environmentalist Bill McKibben will be at the Sanctuary to share his hope for our future in Here Comes the Sun, a call to harness the power of the sun and rewrite our scientific, economic, and political future. Join us for this book talk, Q&A, and book signing with McKibben, one of the first to […]
A community reading of “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” and collecting for the Black Experience in the Adirondacks Join us in creating Black history archives in a community reading, discussion, and collection. Together we will collectively read Frederick Douglass’ What to the Slave is the Fourth of July before a conversation […]
Join us for our annual North-Central Troy Interfaith Holiday Justice and Peace Celebration, an event for the whole family! This FREE event celebrates our neighborhood, bringing us together over food, music, activities, and messages of justice and peace. The event will end at Freedom Square where we will light candles around the evergreen tree, sharing […]
A Cross-Generational Dialogue with Suneil Sanzgiri and Youth FX’s Bhawin Suchak Join us for a workshop reflecting on the practical work of filmmaking and considering its impact on the histories and communities it engages. Participants are invited into the world of artist Suneil Sanzgiri’s new film “An Impossible Address,” in parallel to the work of […]
Join us for a screening of “Tarik Shah: Don’t Play Like Them,” a documentary film about locally-based jazz musician Tarik Shah who was incarcerated for almost 15 years on terrorist accusations, and panel discussion around the lasting impact of the war on terror. The event will conclude with a musical performance with Tarik Shah on […]
For the remainder of the year, People’s Health Sanctuary will host monthly Healing Days at the Sanctuary main space, offering community acupuncture, herbal remedies from the Community Apothecary, a nourishing one pot meal, and a place to connect. All offerings will be donation based/sliding scale, so pay whatever you can— and bring a friend! PHS will […]
What to Do When Interacting with ICE Agents Join members of the Capital Region Sanctuary Coalition to learn about how to assert your legal rights, be informed of your options, and feel prepared during an interaction with Immigration Customs and Enforcement. All are welcome.This event is not a replacement for legal advice.
Join us for Taína Asili’s interdisciplinary production of Fever Pitch, uniting decades of her original work into a one-hour spectacle designed to ignite climate justice action on local, national, and global scales. This tapestry of sound, movement, and imagery is a celebration, a ritual, and a bold vision for a just and sustainable world. *Tickets […]
Taína Asili will share the story of her two-decade journey as a singer and activist creating music for social change. Through songs and personal narrative, she will reflect on the challenges she has faced and the lessons she’s learned making art in service of love and liberation. Workshop participants will explore how art can be a […]
Join us for screenings of 16mm plant processed performance films, presented by Katherine Bauer and Joyce Lainé, members of the film collective Le Ratoire and Atelier MTK. The images in each film emerge before our eyes through the process of a developer composed of plants, ashes, and water. The sun gives to the plants, the […]
Join us for a workshop focused on alternative ways to develop images. Participants will use plant-based materials to develop photograms with Le Ratoire, a French group of artists. This workshop will span a few hours and is co-sponsored by iEar Presents! In this workshop, Le Ratoire artist collective will work with participants to learn how […]
An immersive program of screenings and conversations, the Flaherty Film Seminar is an internationally recognized forum for collective inquiry into non-fiction cinema, encouraging the exchange of cinematic ideas across generations and cultures, and promoting the expansion of the limits of cinema itself. In collaboration with Picture Lock One and the Tang Museum, this gathering of […]
Join us for the Sanctuarian Think Tank where we will brainstorm ideas to inform the Sanctuary's future programming. We will do so in community with a potluck. This is a space for Sanctuary-involved folks to contribute visions, share networks, and connect with other invested members of our community. Bring your half-baked ideas and collaborative energy, […]
Spaces for joy are an important part of resistance movements when built around creating community, encouraging creative expression, and inviting inclusive participation. Be The Dance Party! is part panel discussion, part dance party. We will hear from folks on the panel on how they have each used joy, music, and creative expression to build movements […]
Join us for Lucía Pulido Quartet in concert, performing Colombian and Latin American songs, infusing Afro-Colombian, Mexican, Venezuelan folk sounds with experimental arrangements. Lucía Pulido is a torrent of sound and emotion that mesmerizes with its energy and captivates with its sensibility. Spanish flyer below. *Tickets are priced at $30 for General Admission and $20 […]
Heightened Scrutiny is a documentary film about the first out trans attorney arguing in front of the US Supreme Court (United States v. Skrmetti) and the role of mainstream media in fueling anti-trans legislation. The film's director, Sam Feder, will be presenting this film at the Sanctuary followed by a Q&A. Ahead of the film, […]
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