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  • 5th Annual Freedom Festival with Taína Asili y la Banda Rebelde

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Join us for our 5th annual Freedom Festival. There will be free music, free food, free art activities and lots more to celebrate and motivate the spirit of creative resistance […]

  • “Insane Clown President” with Journalist Matt Taibbi

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Dispatches from the 2016 election providing an eerily prescient take on our democracy’s uncertain future by Matt Taibbi, contributing editor and columnist for Rolling Stone. Biography Matt Taibbi, author of […]

  • Troy Bike Rescue’s Annual BikeFest

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    The 7th annual BikeFest fundraising celebration is a fantastic party and a great way to help Troy Bike Rescue continue its mission of bringing Pedal Power to the People!

  • Uptown Summer Begins

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    The 7th annual Uptown Summer begins full-swing July 11th and will run through August. The Rensselaer County Summer Youth Employment Program sponsored The Sanctuary for Independent Media to hire 10 […]

  • Solidarity Phone Call Night

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    There's going to be a night of good ole family bonding here at The Sanctuary! You're invited to join us for our first-ever Solidarity Phone Call Night. Join us for […]

  • Bio-Art After Dark: A Sanctuary Sustainer Soirée

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Bio-Art After Dark: A Sanctuary Sustainer Soirée is a fundraiser that will feature music by Ryder Cooley and members of her band, Dust Bowl Faeries, and a scandalous insect symposium […]

  • Troy Night Out with Rensselaer County Historical Society

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Join us for an in-progress showcase of Echoes from Lock One, an interdisciplinary media project highlighting the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal. Created by Youth Media Sanctuary producers in […]

  • "Story Harvest" in white capital letters over a photo of the newly built Freedom Square with mosaics, mirrors, tiles, and lot of color

    StoryHarvest: A Celebration of Art and Food from Seed to Table!

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    The Sanctuary for Independent Media’s 7th annual outdoor fall event, cultivating community through art, food, stories and music. Special thanks to the acclaimed Villalobos Brothers, all of our volunteers and […]

  • The Underground Gallery Opening: Troy Project by Susan B. Anthony

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    The Sanctuary’s Underground Gallery presents Susan B. Anthony’s “Troy Project.” This photo series compares the city of Troy’s heyday during the Industrial Revolution with its present challenges, through intimate portraits and cityscapes. The […]

  • Melissa Aldana

    Melissa Aldana Quartet

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    A rising tenor saxophonist taking the jazz world by storm, Melissa Aldana leads a high octane quartet featuring: Michael King, piano; Pablo Menares, bass; Tommy Crane, percussion. Originally from Chile, Aldana […]

  • NATURE Lab

    NATURE Lab Open Hours for Art & Ecology

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    This fall, stop by the NATURE (North Troy Art, Technology and Urban Research in Ecology) Lab Gallery on Tuesday afternoons for art viewing, conversation, and an assortment of science, art […]

  • NATURE Lab Workshop

    NATURE Lab Workshop: Seed Gathering Walk and Great Leaf Forward

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Join Ellie Irons of the Next Epoch Seed Library and Azuré Keahi of Collard City Growers for an urban seed gathering hike in North Troy, followed by an afternoon of […]

  • Media Workshop - an illustration of a black hand holding a red microphone on a gray background

    Be The Media! Workshop with Nano Stern: Music and Social Movements

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Chilean singer/songwriter, instrumentalist and composer Nano Stern’s style is a unique fusion of jazz, rock, folk and traditional Chilean music. This workshop explores the global state of music for social […]

  • Nano Stern

    Nano Stern with Taina Asili & Gaetano Vaccaro

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Nano Stern- appearing with Patricio Rojas on bass and Cristian Carvacho on drums- is the voice of a newly politicized Chilean generation squarely in the nueva canción tradition. The band's […]

  • WOOC 105.3 Fundraiser: Vegan Dinner With Chris Hedges

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist New York Times Best Selling author Chris Hedges will speak on fascism in the age of Trump. Prior to his talk will be a fundraiser for WOOC […]

  • Chris Hedges: “Fascism in the Age of Trump”

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Following our WOOC 105.3 fundraiser vegan dinner, special guest Chris Hedges returns to The Sanctuary to speak about corporatism, government, and "Fascism in the age of Trump." With experience varying […]

  • Chris Hedges

    Chris Hedges: “Fascism in the Age of Trump”

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and New York Times Best Selling author Chris Hedges is returning to the Sanctuary to speak about corporatism, government, and fascism in the age of Trump. Following our WOOC 105.3 fundraiser […]