Reverend Billy and The Church of Life After Shopping
The rumors are true. Join us on Friday night, December 18, for a Shopocalyptic Revival. The Rev, the choir and members of the Not Buying It band promises our old church […]
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The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States
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“Day Night Day Night” with Filmmaker Julia Loktev
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesFilmmaker Julia Loktev presents her feature film, Day Night Day Night (2006), the story of a 19-year old preparing to become a suicide bomber in TImes Square. She speaks with a […]
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“Freeing Charles: The Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War” with Author Scott Christianson
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesScott Christianson, author of Freeing Charles: The Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War, will give a multimedia presentation that looks at the life and […]
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“The Age Of Stupid” Screening
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesIn Fanny Armstrong's (McLible, 2005) The Age of Stupid (2009), Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking at old footage and […]
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Be The Media! Workshop with Dave Rice: Media Management In a Digital Universe
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesMaster the art of archiving - and muscle your data into place for order, access and ease - with digital archivist and preservation consultant David Rice. "Media Management in a […]
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Warrior Woman of Peace: Mama Charlotte Hill O’Neal
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesFour decades after leaving this country for exile in Tanzania, Mama Charlotte Hill O'Neal returns to share the inspirational story of how she and her husband's past as Black Panthers […]
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Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesFrom the Palace to the People: A Global Griot Saves a West African Tradition with Rock ‘n’ Roll Revelations and Blues Muses! Bassekou Kouyate is a virtuoso picker and musical […]
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Taína Asili y La Banda Rebelde with DJ Trumastr
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesIn celebration of their debut album War Cry, Taína Asili y La Banda Rebelde will play a soulful infusion of Afro-Caribbean, reggae, rock, hip hop and flamenco, with local and […]
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Exhibition Opening: “Freedom Through Collective Improvisation: iEAR Presents! Free Jazz from the Sanctuary”
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesFreedom Through Collective Improvisation: iEAR Presents! Free Jazz from the Sanctuary is a new gallery show at The Arts Center of the Capital Region, 265 River Street in downtown Troy, […]
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Matthew Shipp Trio
The celebrated NYC-based Matthew Shipp Trio (featuring Matthew Shipp, piano; Michael Bisio, bass; Whit Dickey, drums) will perform live at the opening of a new gallery show at The Arts […]
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“Sleep Dealer” with Filmmaker Alex Rivera
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesSleep Dealer (2009) by filmmaker Alex Rivera is a dystopian fable of globalization disguised as a sci-fi adventure. Set on the US-Mexico border, Rivera's highly stylized, emotional and surreal narrative […]
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“A Chat With Glendora” with Filmmaker Victoria Kereszi
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesA Chat with Glendora (2010, 58 minutes, digital video) is Victoria Kereszi's portrait of Glendora Folsom Buell, a physicist, philosopher, and self-made television personality who continues to create weekly public […]
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Independent Journalist Jeremy Scahill
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesJeremy Scahill is an investigative journalist and author whose work focuses on global issues, most notably the use of private military companies. He is the author of the best-selling book Blackwater: […]
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Be The Media! Workshop with Jim de Sève: The Camera As Interface to the World
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesTrain your eye to think like a camera in this intensive hands-on workshop for beginners to pros with award winning filmmaker Jim de Sève. Explore the discipline of seeing through […]
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Bike!Bike! Northeast
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesBicycle organizers from not-so-far off lands will converge on our post-industrial town for a meeting of the minds on all things bicycle culture. Discussions, skill shares, and bicycle fun will […]
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“Veer” Screening and Bike!Bike! Northeast Party
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesVeer explores America’s fast-growing bicycling culture by profiling five people whose lives are inextricably tied to bicycling and the bike-centric social groups they belong to. The film follows these characters […]
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“My Suicide,” with Director David Lee Miller
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesMy Suicide (2009) by director David Lee Miller, is a dark romantic comedy that speaks candidly about the reality of contemporary teenage life and the effects of suicide in every […]
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World War 3 Illustrated Comic Book Collective’s 30th Anniversary Gala Celebration
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesCelebrate 30 years of World War 3 Illustrated collective, creators of America's longest-running political comic book. The event will feature cutting-edge art with multimedia presentations, puppetry, performance, live music and […]
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Be The Media Workshop: Visual Journalism- Comics and Graphic Novels
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesAn arts activism intensive with members of the World War 3 Illustrated, including a discussion on zines and comics, and a hands-on collaborative workshop on zines and comics, and a […]
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“Addicted To Plastic” Screening and Information Session
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesIn Ian Connacher’s Addicted To Plastic (2008), no ecosystem or segment of human activity has escaped the shrink-wrapped grasp of plastic. This film probes what happens to all the plastic […]
