A Night Out with “The Narcotic Farm”
The U.S. Narcotic Farm just outside Lexington, KY, was a legendary meeting place for America’s drug addicts. This performance interweaves verbal, visual, and musical memories of a place that was […]
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The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States
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Abel Raises Cain with Media Prankster Alan Abel
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesA roller coaster ride through the myriad of elaborate hoaxes and schemes pulled off over the years by the infamous underground media prankster, provocateur and trickster par excellence Alan Abel, […]
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“Phantom of the Opera” with Alloy Orchestra
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesAn unusual combination of found percussion and state-of-the-art electronics gives the Alloy Orchestra the ability to create any sound imaginable as they perform live accompaniment to classic silent films. Working […]
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2nd Annual Buy Local Bash!
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesBuy Local Movement Important to Turning Economy Positive: Noted Entrepreneur and Author Laury Hammel Headlines and Talented Local Musicians Ben Karis-Nix and Ashley Pond to Perform at 2nd Annual Buy […]
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Eliza Gilkyson and Robert Jensen
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesEliza Gilkyson has built a reputation as one of the most original and influential folk artists of our time over the course of 13 albums (most recently, Beautiful World on […]
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Free Jazz from the Sanctuary presents The Ras Ensemble
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesRas Moshe has been playing in various groups throughout New York City for almost 20 years, with William Hooker, Sabir Mateen, Steve Swell, Marc Edwards and others. His style has […]
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Be The Media! Workshop: Beyond the Talking Head
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesFor this workshop, the Sanctuary teams up with SACC TV Channel 16 - Schenectady’s public access television stations. Learn the skills and tricks of creating dynamic video pieces for television […]
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Be The Media! Workshop with Jim de Seve: Digital Media Labs- Beyond the Talking Head
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesDigital Media Labs (DML) are all ages (14+) monthly workshops introduced by popular demand. Whether you are working on a documentary, making a music video, or learning to blog and […]
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Frank Lopez Presents Submedia and Lost Film Festival: Guerilla Media Screening with “Ground Noise and Static”
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesVideo and web artist and all-around culture jammer Frank Lopez of subMedia.TV visits us from Vancouver, BC! His work includes the post- Katrina music video George Bush Don't Like Black […]
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“I Need That Record” with Filmmaker Brendan Toller
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesI Need that Record (2008) is a documentary feature examining why more than 3,000 independent record stores have closed across the U.S. in the past decade. Greedy record labels, media […]
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Be The Media! Workshop with Andrew Lynn and Special Guests: Digital Media Labs
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesDigital Media Labs (DML) are all ages (14+) monthly workshops introduced by popular demand. Whether you are working on a documentary, making a music video, or learning to blog and […]
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Ted Daniel’s International Brass & Membrane Corps
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesThe International Brass & Membrane Corps features Newman Taylor-Baker on drums, Charles Burham on violin, Joe Daly on tuba, and Ted Daniel on assorted brass. Ted began his professional career […]
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Be The Media! Workshop: Holiday Animation
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesThe Sanctuary Youth Media Team hosts yet another animation whirlwind! Geared specifically for youth (18 & under), this workshop teaches the skills and techniques behind stop motion animation while encouraging […]
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“Crime Against Humanity” with Poet and Activist Michael Anthony Reyes Benavides
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesA play by poet and activist Michael Anthony Reyes Benavides and former Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Luis Rosa, directed by Michael Anthony Reyes Benavides. Imagine 27 years of your life […]
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Free Jazz at the Sanctuary presents Percussionist William Hooker with Oscar Micheaux’s “The Symbol of the Unconquered”
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesPercussionist William Hooker, the genre-bending Free Jazz legend, will improvise a sound track to pioneering African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux’s 1920 silent film classic, The Symbol of the Unconquered, originally advertised […]
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Free Jazz from the Sanctuary Presents “Somebody Blew Up America” with Amiri Baraka & Rob Brown
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesThe poet icon and political activist Amiri Baraka (1934-2014) will perform with Rob Brown, one of the New York City downtown music scene’s most in-demand saxophonists, in a reading of […]
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Free Jazz at the Sanctuary Presents The Splatto Festival Chorus
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesThe Splatto Festival Chorus is a rare assembly that brings together Todd Reynolds (Bang on a Can, Yo Yo Ma, and Meredith Mond) on violins/laptop; Ed Mann (Zappa) on percussion/electronics; […]
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“Little Caughnawaga: To Brooklyn and Back” with Filmmaker Reaghan Tarbell
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesThe Kahnawake Mohawk ironworkers who helped to build the famed bridges and skyscrapers of New York City lived with their families in 10 square blocks in Brooklyn - a neighborhood […]
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A Best of “Fence”: The First Nine Years
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesReadings from Capital Region writers Chase Twichell, Sam Truitt, Christian Peet, Laura Didyk, and others in celebration of Fence magazine’s brand new anthology of poetry, creative nonfiction, short fiction and […]
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Opening in the Underground Gallery: “Upstate Girls – What Became of Collar City”
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesThe photographs are on display in the Underground Gallery at The Sanctuary for Independent Media, available for viewing an hour before, during and an hour after events and by arrangement. […]
