Something is in the water! Learn how and what life’s like under the water surface. Includes hands on manipulations and live critters to explore. Hope you like getting your hands dirty! Open to all ages. About the NATURE Lab: North Troy Art, Technology, and Urban Research in Ecology (NATURE) Lab is a volunteer-led urban ecology […]
Working with simple DIY tools and protocols, participants will learn to extract and identify estrogenic compounds in liquids ranging from waterways to common foods. We will construct our own scientific tools using readily available components that we will use to collect estrogenic compounds from the water and liquids around us. Through this workshop, participants will […]
Four women, virtuosic musicians, and educators–Lara Klaus, Daniela Serna, Mafer Bandola and Sara Lucas – each from a different country and culture of the Americas, sisters in song, rhythm and spirit. A multinational ensemble of women building community through sound. With powerful vocals, often accompanied by Pat Swoboda on the bass, LADAMA delivers an utterly […]
In this workshop, we will take a piece of plant and multiply it in vitro. Learn how to multiply plants, including Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). We'll also learn a lot about what Genetically Modified (GM) plants are, the rules around multiplying them, and how they interact with us and our environment (or not). Open to […]
The art of creating powerful radio, podcast and video productions requires skillful sound editing. The tools are more accessible than ever; learn the techniques!
At 5pm, join us for a community potluck. Then, at 6pm, there will be a screening of the groundbreaking documentary Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope, a film examining the emerging science around toxic stress and how it negatively alters the brains and bodies of children if left untreated. Following the screening, Urban Grief […]
Learn about the value of bugs in farming and their potential as “microlivestock.” We promise they don't bite! Includes experiments for kids. Open to all ages. About the NATURE Lab: North Troy Art, Technology, and Urban Research in Ecology (NATURE) Lab is a volunteer-led urban ecology education initiative. Artist/scientist teams work to empower the community […]
This class shares ancient practices of fermentation, followed by the reaction of edible bio-art that will take two weeks for microbes to cook for you. Open-Source education contra the neoliberal university. Slow-cooking class with raw dripping shelf-unstable cabbage. Spiritual revival of unsterilized interspecies collaborations. Ritualistic healing of Industrial Amnesia. Ecstatic dwelling in decomposition and decay. […]
The Sanctuary for Independent Media welcomes acclaimed South African artist Vusi Mahlasela back to the Capital Region with his full band for a concert at The Egg in Albany to benefit WOOC 105.3 FM. Known simply as “The Voice” in his home country of South Africa, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and poet Vusi Mahlasela and his band […]
Join our fall seed swap and social to learn seed keeping methods, acquire seeds and bring your own. Learn seed keeping methods from local gardeners, acquire seeds to grow, bring your own seeds to show and share. Bring food and stories to share too! With seeds from: Collard City Growers, The Next Epoch Seed Library, […]
Join us as we celebrate the release of Leah Penniman’s new book, Farming While Black. The Black Kreyol farmer/peyizan, author, and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, NY recounts the efforts of a global network of farmers working to increase farmland stewardship by people of color, restore Afro-indigenous farming practices, and end food […]
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author shows an America that should shame us: a land of rampant and deadly drug addiction, of escape into gambling, sadism and pornography, of xenophobic scapegoating and of plundering by the rich and powerful. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, New York Times best selling author, former professor […]
Take a peek into the tiny world around us! Ever wonder what’s lurking on and around you? Learn about what microorganisms live on your skin and in the air. We will test for tiny life using felt and edible media, and even grow airborne bacteria on underwear! Ages 12+ Mentor: Natalie Dubois Calero One foot […]
Trumpeter Chris Pasin performs music inspired by free jazz icons in a CD release party with Harvey Sorgen, Michael Bisio, Adam Siegel, and Creative Music Studio founders Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso. For his fourth CD as leader, jazz trumpeter Chris Pasin leads his vibrant band Ornettiquette in saluting NEA Jazz Master and Pulitzer Prize winner Ornette Coleman and his […]
Learn some basic plant ID skills and an archival method for storing dried, pressed plants to add to the NATURE Lab herbarium. Open to all ages. About the NATURE Lab: North Troy Art, Technology, and Urban Research in Ecology (NATURE) Lab is a volunteer-led urban ecology education initiative. Artist/scientist teams work to empower the community with […]
The digital revolution has us awash in a sea of media; award-winning filmmaker Stephen Maing addresses the challenge of documenting underrepresented individuals and communities. The focus of this informal conversation will be through the frame of cinematography and editing (starting in his head!) — from which Maing’s work is driven. He will share excerpts from […]
Stephen Maing's film Crime and Punishment chronicles the struggles of a group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and the young minorities they are pressured to arrest and summons in New York City. The film will be presented by filmmaker Stephen Maing, who will be accompanied by Private Investigator Manuel Gomez, and George Weddington from […]
Learn why plastic is bad for the environment and our health. We will discuss and brainstorm ways to reduce plastic in our everyday lives. Includes fun eco-friendly craft! Maya Sanders is an Undergraduate Sustainability Studies major at RPI. She has a passion for grassroots science, ecology and environmental science education. Maya was an Uptown Summer […]
How much can you learn about a stranger from a stray cigarette butt? Our DNA can reveal stories about us—including our ancestry, disease risks, physical characteristics, and predispositions. These stories pass from parent to child hidden within our cells. Today, millions of people have explored their DNA to uncover these stories using direct-to-consumer sequencing services. […]
My Midnight Years: Surviving Jon Burge’s Police Torture Ring and Death Row tells the story of Ronald Kitchen's 21 years in prison–including more than a decade on death row–and, finally, exoneration. Join author and activist Ronald Kitchen with author/professor/historian Thai Jones, in a discussion of My Midnight Years. In conversation with Alice Green, Executive Director, […]
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