• The Sabir Mateen Quartet

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Composer and bandleader Sabir Mateen has been a musician most of his life. Born in Philadelphia, he started as a percussionist and moved to flute as a teenager. Gradually evolving […]

  • “The Net” Premiere With Political Theorist Langdon Winner

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    More of a film essay (of the type pioneered by Orson Welles and Chris Marker) than a standard documentary, German filmmaker Lutz Dammbeck's The Net: The Unabomber, the LSD and […]

  • “Independent America” Premiere with Author Michael Shuman

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    The author of The Small-Mart Revolution and Going Local introduces a screening of a thought-provoking new documentary by Hanson Hosein, Independent America: The Two Lane Search for Mom & Pop […]

  • Talking Points + Talking Ponies with Media Artist Ben Coonley

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Multi-disciplinary artist Ben Coonley presents a selection of underground art videos, Internet curiosities, and avant – PowerPoint performances that defy the logic of corporate aesthetics in favor of an ecstatic […]

  • Premiere of “Kabul Transit” with Filmmaker David Edwards

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Kabul Transit is a documentary that explores the soul of a city devastated by nearly three decades of war. The film follows city residents in the course of their daily […]

  • Be The Media! Workshop with Daniela Kostova: 100% Video

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Can you make a video in 4 hours? This workshop is an introduction to basic audio-video recording and in-camera editing techniques. The participants will learn how to work with a […]

  • Jason Kao Hwang and Edge

    Composer, violinist and educator Jason Kao Hwang's new jazz quartet Edge features: Taylor Ho Bynum, cornet; Andre Drury, percussion; Ken Filiano, bass. Nested in the urban mountains of New York […]

  • Screening with A/V Geeks Founder, Skip Elsheimer

    A/V Geeks founder Skip Elsheimer spends most of his time collecting, archiving and showing 16mm educational films. He'll share some of his favorites. The A/V Geeks Film Archive is an […]

  • “Black Gold” Screening

    The documentary Black Gold (2006) by directors Marc Francis and Nick Francis tells an unresolved modern version of the age-old David and Goliath story. The giants in this case are […]

  • “El Inmigrante” Screening

    El Inmigrante (2005) is a film by David Eckenrode, John Sheed­y and John Eckenrode about the Mexican-American border crisis, exemplified by the story of Eusebio de Haro — a young […]

  • “Roots,” “Nest,” and “Limbs”

    Three separate multimedia performance works by local women artists: Ryder Cooley and Sara Worden; Aaryn Zev; and Melle Dragon assisted by Victoria O'Hanlon.  Co-sponsored by Dat-Inoxia Projects.

  • Trio X

    An evening of cutting-edge jazz with master improvisers, and CIMP and Cadance Jazz recording artists, Joe McPhee, reeds; Dominic Duval, bass; Jay Rosen, drums. Part of the New Music/New Jazz […]

  • “China Blue” Screening

    Micha X. Peled's documentary China Blue (2005) is set inside a blue jeans factory, where the complexities of globalization are brought to a human level through these moving portraits of […]

  • “Shooting Under Fire” Screening

    In Shooting Under Fire (2005), director Sacha Mirzoeff highlights the individuals who risk their lives to bring us the pictures from the front line.  Part of the Margaret Mead Film […]