The focus of our meeting is how North Central can reduce/repurpose vacant buildings. To do that, we need to know what resources are available to help us do just that! The agenda presents updates and plans from: Habitat for Humanity; Deputy Mayor, City of Troy; Troy Community Land Bank; TRIP; Breathing Lights overview with Barb […]
Troy Bike Rescue is throwing our annual party! Celebrate 15 years of recycling bicycles and building community with hands-on education. Our neighbors at Troy Bike Rescue have been recycling bicycles and building community in the Collar City for 15 years, and leading the fight locally for sustainable urban infrastructure. Join the volunteers this bike month […]
During this workshop, we'll start training people interested in being "producers" for these news shows. This will involve scheduling guests for live on-air in-studio and telephone appearances, pre-recording interviews and producing segments, finding appropriate content online and elsewhere, etc. Some folks might want to do both host and producer training, others might want to do […]
Celebrate the community with an afternoon of music, food, and art on and around the Stage at Freedom Square, the mystical spot on 101st Street where Fifth and Sixth Avenues meet in North Troy. There will also be kid’s bike giveaways. Come here world jazz ensemble Heard, with special guest guitarist, School 12 sophomore Kien […]
Fascinating and mysterious, honeybees are the crux of a healthy food system and keeping a hive or three can reap some sweet rewards. We will discuss the complex hive-archy and cover basic methods to maintaining healthy hives.
Now in our 6th year of collaboration with Rensselaer County Summer Youth Employment, Uptown Summer begins. Uptown Summer is a 5-week program that gives voice to North Troy’s teens. Our ten students work as Neighborhood Storytellers and Environmental Stewards. Each day, we hold a planning meeting, then spend the morning working greening our block in […]
Love gardening? Want to speak more Spanish? Join The Sanctuary for Independent Media this summer for Spanish in the Garden days at Collard City Growers, which features gardening games and activities in both Spanish and English. A collaboration with Uptown Summer 2016, we welcome kids, parents, and the young at heart and are looking for friends […]
Love gardening? Want to speak more Spanish? Join The Sanctuary for Independent Media this summer for Spanish in the Garden days at Collard City Growers, which features gardening games and activities in both Spanish and English. A collaboration with Uptown Summer 2016, we welcome kids, parents, and the young at heart and are looking for friends […]
Mamadou Kelly hails from Goundam and Niafunke, in the heartland of Mali’s Niger River Delta. Born in 1969, Kelly first picked up the guitar at age 8 and has now become one of Mali’s music leaders. With a quiet charm and encyclopedic knowledge of Malian music, Mamadou Kelly has been an in-demand accompanist for much […]
The Sanctuary provides free backpacks for local children along with live music.
The third annual Peacestock revolves around peace, love, and music. This event hosts free BBQ, henna, and music by Consider the Source, Andrew Wheeler, Maurizio, The Forever Young Band, Doc Magnum, and Eric Lewis.
Exhibitions all take place on the same block as the Sanctuary and are part of Troy Night Out. Take the free historic Troy Trolley to and from Freedom Square with stops at the Arts Center, Collar Works, and through the Breathing Lights installation. Branda Ann Kenneally’s North Troy Peoples’ History Museum is presented at 3334 […]
In collaboration with the Workforce Development Institute, this experimental media arts mapping project includes walking tours led by Neighborhood Ambassadors in the community immediately surrounding The Sanctuary and expresses working people’s economic, social and personal experiences as they struggle to survive amidst urban blight. Featured videos include works by Youth Media Sanctuary, media artist Julie […]
North Troy Peoples’ History Museum explores the changes and evolution of families in the North Troy neighborhood. It is sited in the former home of the family Brenda Ann Kenneally chronicled for her project “Upstate Girls.” After the family was forced to leave, the building was left vacant and fell into disrepair. It was acquired […]
The Sanctuary for Independent Media’s 6th annual outdoor fall event, cultivating community through arts activities, free food, stories and music. This year the event, held in Freedom Square, will feature Breathing These Words, with poets Danielle Colin, Nancy Klepsch and others, Chill Smith DJ Collective, and community arts projects as a continuation for the Weekend […]
10^32K. The Planck temperature; the temperature at which matter ceases to exist, and conventional physics breaks down. According to Nova, at this point, “strange things, unknown things, begin to happen to phenomena we hold near and dear, like “space and time.” Also an apt description for what happens when you mix the cerebral flamboyance of […]
Join longtime activist/educators Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn in an engaged conversation. In an era defined by mass incarceration, endless war, economic crisis, catastrophic environmental destruction, and a political system offering more of the same, radical social transformation has never been more urgent. Bill Ayers, author of the new book Demand the Impossible, and fellow […]
Tour Collard City Growers, Troy's first permaculture food forest project, and witness this cultivated abundance. The tour will be followed by a discussion regarding the future of the project. Join the brainstorm and get involved in sharing the bounty, starting with samplings of our pickles and honey! These once-vacant lots are now beacons of urban […]
Financing, selecting and purchasing a home requires hard work and personal commitment, especially a vacant building that requires extensive improvements. This workshop will help people determine whether a building in need of repair is the right choice in relation to their budget, schedule and skills. Learn how to determine what you can afford and about […]
Multiple Juno Award winner, Jane Bunnett has turned her bands and recordings into showcases for the finest musical talent from Canada, the U.S, and Cuba. Her exploration of Afro-Cuban melodies expresses the universality of music and her ability to embrace and showcase the rhythms and culture of Cuba has been groundbreaking. She has toured the […]
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