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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170811T180000
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SUMMARY:End of Uptown Summer Party and "Echoes from Lock One" Documentary Showing
DESCRIPTION:After 5-weeks of working diligently with The Sanctuary for Independent Media\, the youth will celebrate the process and accomplishments they’ve achieved. During this event\, the youth will screen their multimedia documentary Echoes from Lock One and share their experiences with us. Come support the history of the Erie Canal told from the perspectives of the North Central Troy youth.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/end-of-uptown-summer-party-and-echoes-from-lock-one-documentary-showing/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170728T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170728T170000
DTSTAMP:20240126T164919Z
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SUMMARY:Troy Night Out with Rensselaer County Historical Society
DESCRIPTION: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 The Sanctuary for Independent Media’s “Uptown Summer 2017” program. Stories intertwine art and science to connect history and heritage with contemporary life. In collaboration with Rensselaer County Historical Society\, Echoes from Lock One transforms negative stereotypes of our economically disadvantaged and environmentally devastated neighborhood of Census Tract 404 in North Troy into compelling messages of hope and transformation.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/troy-night-out-with-rensselaer-county-historical-society/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170720T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170720T140000
DTSTAMP:20240126T164434Z
CREATED:20170720T221700Z
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SUMMARY:Bio-Art After Dark: A Sanctuary Sustainer Soirée
DESCRIPTION: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 with visiting bio-artist\, Brandon Ballengée. Light refreshments (including artisanal bug pizza) included. \n\n\n\nThis project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. \n\n\n\nMore about the Soiree:\n\n\n\nFrom 8-9pm you will be serenaded by artist and musician Ryder Cooley & members of her band\, Dust Bowl Faeries\, playing their original blend of Dark Carnival dream music. The unique compositions of Dust Bowl Faeries have roots in klezmer\, circus and old-timey music. Accordion\, singing saw\, ukulele\, lap ­steel\, electric guitar\, bass & percussion combine to create the Dust Bowl Faeries’ otherworldly sound. The band started as a girl group trio and has now expanded to include five generations of musicians. Hazel\, a taxidermy ram\, joins the Faeries as mascot-spirit animal. \n\n\n\nSEED SONG is a seed-sharing project that pairs plants with extinct and endangered animals. The packets include hand-harvested seeds\, printed artwork\, information about the plant/animal\, planting instructions and a link/download to a song about the animal. The first packet contains Husk Cherry seeds\, which are dedicated to the extinct Dodo bird. This project is a bi-coastal collaboration between art farmer Zoey Kroll & artist/musician  Ryder Cooley. Seed Song packets will be available\, all proceeds will benefit The Sanctuary for Independent Media-Nature Lab. http://edibleoffice.wixsite.com/animaliaseed \n\n\n\nFrom 9-10pm join artist/scientist/culinary team Brandon and Aurore Ballengée who will talk about the merits of insects in our ever warmer world. Enjoy eating Bug Treats and Bug Pizza\, (some deliciously made with real bugs!)\, and observe UV-lit sculptures attract nighttime bug visitors who frolic and have bug sex in the UV glow! \n\n\n\nJoin us along with artist/scientist Brandon Ballengée for bug-watching and an insect tasting at the Love Motel for Insects in Collard City Garden! Here we will look for nocturnal bugs attracted to ultraviolet black lights such as beautiful moths\, bold beetles and other segmented critters that go bump in the night! Not only will we watch bugs but we will eat some too! Entomophagy is the human use of insects as food and is considered a “future diet” as insects are full of protein\, ecologically sustainable and downright tasty. So come on down to enjoy scrumptious crickets\, mouthwatering mealworms and other deliciously yummy bugs! \n\n\n\nwww.brandonballengee.com \n\n\n\nMore Information\n\n\n\nRyder Cooley is an inter-disciplinary artist\, musician and performer. Weaving together chimeric visions with songs and projected imagery\, she creates cinematic performances and musical dream worlds. Ryder performs with Hazel\, a disembodied taxidermy ram\, and with the band Dust Bowl Faeries. She is based in the New York Hudson Valley. \n\n\n\nZoey Kroll is an artist\, designer and urban farmer based in San Francisco\, CArydercooley.com \n\n\n\nBrandon Ballengée is a visual artist\, biologist and environmental educator based in Louisiana.  Ballengée creates transdisciplinary artworks inspired from his ecological field and laboratory research. Since 1996\, a central investigation focus has been the occurrence of developmental deformities and population declines among amphibians. In 2001\, he was nominated for membership into Sigma XI\, the Scientific Research Society. In 2009\, Ballengée and SK Sessions published “Explanation for Missing Limbs in Deformed Amphibians” in the Journal of Experimental Zoology and received international media attention from the BBC and others. This scientific study was the inspiration for the book Malamp: The Occurrence of Deformities in Amphibians (published by Arts Catalyst & Yorkshire Sculpture Park\, UK) and a solo exhibition at the Royal Institution of Great Britain (London\, England: 2010). From 2009 through 2015 he continued his amphibian research as a Visiting Scientist at McGill University (Montréal\, Canada) and\, in 2011\, he was awarded a conservation leadership fellowship from the National Audubon Society’s TogetherGreen Program (USA). In 2014 he received his Ph.D. in Transdisciplinary Art and Biology from Plymouth University (UK) in association with Zürich University of the Arts and Applied Sciences (Switzerland). In 2015\, he was the recipient of a fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) \n\n\n\nCurrently\, he is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Biological Sciences Department at Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge\, Louisiana)\, studying the impact on fishes from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. His project\, Crude Life Portable Museum: A Citizen Art and Science Investigation of Gulf of Mexico Biodiversity after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill\, is ongoing thanks to an Interdisciplinary Projects Grant Award from the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI)\, a project of the National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering and Medicine. \n\n\n\nBallengée’s artwork has previously been exhibited throughout the USA and internationally in more than 20 countries\, including Canada\, Argentina\, England\, Germany\, Italy\, Spain\, Slovenia\, Russia\, India\, China\, South Korea and Australia. In the summer of 2013 the first career survey of Ballengeé’s work debuted at the Château de Chamarande (Essonne\, France)\, and travelled to the Museum Het Domein (Sittard\, Netherlands) in 2014. A mid-career retrospective of his work opened in the fall of 2016 at the University of Wyoming Art Museum (Laramie\, Wyoming)\, which will travel to the Rowan University Art Museum (Glassboro\, NJ) and the Acadiana Center for the Arts (Lafayette\, Louisiana). \n\n\n\nHis art has been featured in several major US publications\, including ARTnews\, Art in America\, The New York Times\, New Yorker\, The New York Times Magazine\, Orion\, Audubon Magazine and Sculpture. Internationally\, it was also featured in Beaux Arts (France)\, Greenpeace Magazin (Germany)\, Liberation (France)\, L’Oeil (France)\, The Observer (England)\, The Guardian (England)\, Financial Times (England)\, BBC News (England)\, D’Ars (Italy)\, Domenica (Italy)\, Il Venerdi (Italy)\, SNACKS (China)\, The Sunday Guardian: New Dehli (India) and others.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/bio-art-after-dark-a-sanctuary-sustainer-soiree/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Performance,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170719T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170719T200000
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SUMMARY:Solidarity Phone Call Night
DESCRIPTION: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 pizza and snacks as we make calls to our core base of supporters and ask them to join us as Sanctuary Sustainers by signing up for a monthly contribution at any amount. You don’t have to be a monthly contributor to come help. and this is a great way to support this effort if a recurring donation is not in the cards for you. The Sanctuary is in the midst of our Campaign for Independence! The goal is to sign up 50 new Sustainers by July 25th to help wean the Sanctuary from tenuous arts and environmental grant funding. So far we have 26 new Sustainers. Can you help us make it to 50?
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/solidarity-phone-call-night/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170711T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170711T173000
DTSTAMP:20240126T163052Z
CREATED:20170711T174300Z
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SUMMARY:Uptown Summer Begins
DESCRIPTION: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 new local youth this year. Over the span of 5 weeks\, our neighborhood youth become community leaders\, environmental stewards\, media producers\, storytelling artists\, scientists\, researchers\, and local volunteers. Via all these diverse roles\, the youth and their mentors will create a multimedia documentary called Echoes from Lock One. Join us for three events: An in-progress showing of Echoes from Lock One at Troy Night out with the Rensselaer County Historical Society; End of Uptown Summer Party and Echoes from Lock One documentary showing; and Bio-Art After Dark: A Sanctuary Sustainer Soiree.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/uptown-summer-begins/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170614T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170614T200000
DTSTAMP:20240126T154019Z
CREATED:20170614T182800Z
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SUMMARY:Post-Industrial Ecologies of the Hudson River Estuary with Seed Bomb Art Workshop
DESCRIPTION:In his talk and workshop\, ecological artist\, writer\, and activist Oliver Kellhammer will frame post-industrial ecologies as sites of renewal and the emergence of novel processes. Together\, we will bio-map our area to begin a field guide to the biodiversity of our North Troy neighborhood brownfields. Followed by a Seed Bomb Art work party with a hands-on demo of how to make a seed bomb. Made from compressed soil and seeds\, seed bombs are designed to be thrown into areas that are degraded\, physically abused\, or in need of vegetation. We’ll release seed bombs along our bio-mapping journey!
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/post-industrial-ecologies-of-the-hudson-river-estuary-with-seed-bomb-art-workshop/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170613T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170613T200000
DTSTAMP:20240126T152620Z
CREATED:20170514T010000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240126T152620Z
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SUMMARY:Troy Bike Rescue’s Annual BikeFest
DESCRIPTION: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!
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/troy-bike-rescues-annual-bikefest/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Fundraiser
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170612T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170612T170000
DTSTAMP:20240116T173709Z
CREATED:20170512T183600Z
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SUMMARY:“Insane Clown President” with Journalist Matt Taibbi
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBiography\n\n\n\nMatt Taibbi\, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Divide\, Griftopia\, and The Great Derangement\, is winner of the 2007 National Magazine Award for Columns and Commentary. \n\n\n\n“One of the most important voices in contemporary American journalism” – Independent \n\n\n\n“Matt Taibbi is one of the few journalists in America who speaks truth to power” – Bernie Sanders \n\n\n\n“Matt Taibbi is the best polemic journalist in America” – Felix Salmon
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/insane-clown-president-with-journalist-matt-taibbi/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170610T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170610T220000
DTSTAMP:20240116T172554Z
CREATED:20170610T184300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240116T172554Z
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SUMMARY:"The Prison in Twelve Landscapes" with Filmmaker Brett Story
DESCRIPTION:More people are imprisoned in the United States at this moment than in any other time or place in history. The Prison in Twelve Landscapes unfolds as a cinematic journey through a series of prison landscapes. The film screening will feature introductions from local prison justice advocates.  \n\n\n\n\nCapital Area Against Mass Incarceration–Taina Asili & Arts and Action Committee poem\n\n\n\nPrison Action Network — Judith BrinkNY State Prisoner Justice Network/\n\n\n\nBLOCK program– Diamond Owens poem\n\n\n\nParole Justice NY — Naomi Jaffe\n\n\n\nParole Justice Committee of Capital Area Against Mass Incarceration and Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement (CAIC)– Alicia Barraza and Doug VanZandt\n\n\n\nand others\n\n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by iEAR Presents! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBiography\n\n\n\nBrett Story is a writer and independent non-fiction filmmaker based out of Toronto and New York. Her films have screened at True/False\, Oberhausen\, Hot Docs\, the Viennale\, and Dok Leipzig\, among other festivals. Her first feature-length film\, the award-winning Land of Destiny (2010)\, screened internationally and was broadcast on both Canadian and American television. Her second feature documentary\, The Prison in Twelve Landscapes (2016) was awarded the Special Jury Prize for Canadian Feature Documentary at Hot Docs\, the Prize for Best Canadian Documentary at the DOXA Documentary Festival\, and a Special Jury Mention at the Camden International Film Festival. The film will be broadcast on PBS’s Independent Lens in 2017. Her journalism and film criticism have appeared in such outlets as CBC Radio and The Nation magazine\, and she is currently completing a book manuscript for the University of California Press titled The Prison out of Place. Brett holds a PhD in geography from the University of Toronto and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Place\, Culture and Politics at the City University of New York Graduate Center. She was the recipient of the Documentary Organization of Canada Institute’s 2014 New Visions Award and the 2016 Governor General’s Gold Medal from the University of Toronto for academic excellence. Brett is a 2016-2017 Sundance Institute Art of Nonfiction Fellow. \n\n\n\n“I have worked with prisoners and on criminal justice issues\, in Canada and the USA\, for over a decade as an activist\, journalist\, artist and academic. I have long thought about how such coercive structures have come to be so normalized within our social landscapes. No country in the world has a prison population as vast as the United States’\, and yet for many people imagining a world with fewer prisons feels like an impossible task. As a filmmaker with a geographer’s eye\, I spend a lot of time considering the relationship between where we are\, what we see\, and how we think. While films that bring us inside penitentiaries to convey the humanity of those incarcerated can have important stories to tell\, I can’t help but feel the limitations of a cinema whose highest aspiration is simply that of evoking sympathy. I want the imagery to do more\, and wonder if seeing prisons differently might be key to thinking about prisons differently.” \n\n\n\n“Unexpectedly moving… an unsettling mural of systemic damage.” NY Times (CRITICS’ PICK) \n\n\n\n“Story’s film illuminates a void” — The Village Voice \n\n\n\n“The film we need in the present moment of the carceral state.” — Judah Schept\, Antipode \n\n\n\nWinner: Special Jury Prize – Canadian Feature Documentary\, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival \n\n\n\nWinner: The Colin Low Award for Canadian Documentary\, DOXA Documentary Film Festival
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/the-prison-in-twelve-landscapes-with-filmmaker-brett-story/
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Screening,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170603T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170603T220000
DTSTAMP:20240126T162808Z
CREATED:20170603T175700Z
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SUMMARY:5th Annual Freedom Festival with Taína Asili y la Banda Rebelde
DESCRIPTION: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 outdoors at Freedom Square—featuring the local band that rocked the stage at the Women’s March on Washington! Enjoy music by Taina Asili and more!  \n\n\n\nRain location is next door at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. \n\n\n\nCo-sponsor Activity Tables\n\n\n\n\nSanctuary Art: Freedom Flags / Facepainting with volunteers from LUSH! / plus more\n\n\n\nChildrens’ Museum:  With live animals\n\n\n\nNATURE Lab Troy Citizen Science:  Perfume botany station plus styrofoam-eating mealworms \n\n\n\nCornell Cooperative Extension\n\n\n\nTransition Troy: Bike powered smoothies and more\n\n\n\nNorth Central Little League\n\n\n\nUnity House: Resources showcase\n\n\n\nThe Friends of the Library: Sign up for a library card on the spot\n\n\n\nTroy Zero Waste: Compost arts and eco-education activities\n\n\n\nLeague of Women Voters of Rensselaer County: register to vote\n\n\n\nLeaders Leading Troy: Stop the Violence presentation\n\n\n\nTEAM HERO / BLOCK: Stop the Violence poetry by Diamond Owens and Tai Nikki O\n\n\n\nTroy Bike Rescue: Bike Auction \n\n\n\nCapital Women: “March for Truth” sign-making table  \n\n\n\nTroy Sanctuary movement: info table\n\n\n\nCompassion and Choices NY\n\n\n\n\nFood\n\n\n\n\nBarbeque by Unity House \n\n\n\nCollard City Growers delights integrated into delicious food from our KitchenSanctuary chefs Azure\, Jonathan\, Intaba\, Jim and others!\n\n\n\nCake from Bella Napoli and sweet deserts!\n\n\n\n\nMusic\n\n\n\nTaina Asili is a Puerto Rican singer\, songwriter\, bandleader and activist carrying on the tradition of her ancestors\, fusing past and present struggles into one soulful and defiant voice. Residing in Albany\, NY\, she performs her social justice with her eight-piece band\, Taína Asili y la Banda Rebelde. Taína Asili’s voice exudes strength of Spirit\, filling listeners with the fervor for freedom and inspiring audiences dance to the rhythm of rebellion. During Taína Asili’s 20-year career of creating music for social change she has toured the country many times\, toured Europe from Ireland to Germany\, and has performed in Canada\, Mexico\, and Puerto Rico. Taína Asili has performed at many well-known festivals and venues\, sharing the stage with renowned artists and activists such as Talib Kweli\, Cornel West\, Ursula Rucker\, Sonia Sanchez\, Tom Morello\, Paula Cole\, Jello Biafra\, and The Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars.http://tainaasili.com/ \n\n\n\nKatani is a melodic\, lyrical duo of hip hop performance Raptivists committed to truth telling\, self-loving and consciousness raising\, based in Troy and Albany. They are devoted to unlearning the ideas that keep us all in chains and sharing our truth through the arts as a way to heal\, connect\, find joy\, grow and make space for those often silenced. Their RebelRap Floweticism is influenced by a roster of greats such as Lady of Rage\, Queen Latifah\, Lauryn Hill\, Beyoncé\, Billie Holiday\, Janet Jackson\, Erykah Badu\, Jamila Woods\, Janelle Monáe\, Frank Ocean\, Motown\, Kemba\, Kendrick Lamar and The Internet to name a few.http://www.misogynah.com/ \n\n\n\nWith presentations by: \n\n\n\nBLOCK / Team Hero– Stop the Violence presentation\, poem by Diamond Owens and Tai Nikki O \n\n\n\nLeaders Leading Troy — Stop the Violence presentation.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/5th-annual-freedom-festival-with-taina-asili-y-la-banda-rebelde/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170527T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170527T200000
DTSTAMP:20210419T124547Z
CREATED:20210419T124546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210419T124547Z
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SUMMARY:Collard City Growers Annual Plant Sale
DESCRIPTION:Help support Collard City Growers through purchase of a variety of annuals and perennials at very affordable prices. We also welcome barters (annual for annual or perennial for perennial) if you have plants to trade. Let us know if you have any requests and we will start the seeds for you now! We also welcome plant donations if you have extras you would like to donate to the cause!
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/collard-city-growers-annual-plant-sale/
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Fundraiser
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170527T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170527T200000
DTSTAMP:20240126T161547Z
CREATED:20170527T210000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240126T161547Z
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SUMMARY:Collard City Growers Annual Plant Sale
DESCRIPTION:Help support Collard City Growers through purchase of a variety of annuals and perennials at very affordable prices. We also welcome barters (annual for annual or perennial for perennial) if you have plants to trade. Let us know if you have any requests and we will start the seeds for you now! We also welcome plant donations if you have extras you would like to donate to the cause!
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/collard-city-growers-annual-plant-sale-2/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Fundraiser
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170524T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170524T220000
DTSTAMP:20240126T161236Z
CREATED:20170524T181400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240126T161236Z
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SUMMARY:“Letters From Iraq” with Rahim Alhaj Trio
DESCRIPTION:The Iraqi-American oud virtuoso and composer is a two-time Grammy nominee\, National Endowment for The Arts National Heritage Fellow\, and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings artist—traveling the world to “give voice to the voiceless.” A powerful musical meditation on consequences in a post-war reality\, Oud player Rahim Alhaj\, a native of Iraq and a naturalized American citizen\, came into possession of a number of letters written by Iraqis who described such events\, experienced during the American occupation and the subsequent hideous sectarian violence.  \n\n\n\n“Basically\, these letters are short stories\, real stories\, of what happened to Iraqi women and children\,” says Alhaj.  \n\n\n\nSome of these letters came to him directly\, some were passed on to him by others\, and one story was told to him face-to-face by his nephew\, the handicapped boy who fled an attack. \n\n\n\nThe letters came to Alhaj during his 2014 visit to Iraq—his second since fleeing into Jordan as a refugee in 1991—and he was able to meet most of the letter writers. “My hope is to reach people\, because these things have been forgotten\,” he says. “This is real\, and the world has to understand. It could happen anywhere. This record is not just about Iraq. It happened in Syria\, it happened in Libya\, it happened in Yemen\, it could happen here—the same stuff. I’m hoping this record can reach more people\, to open their eyes and hearts: ‘Wait wait wait a minute—not under my name\, not again.’ ” \n\n\n\nAlhaj originally conceived of these pieces for oud and string orchestra\, but because orchestras are expensive and not always available\, he revised his concept for the trio. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPraise for AlHaj\n\n\n\n“Music is Good. I feel lucky to have heard Rahim Alhaj. His music is beautiful\, mysterious\, and powerful. I’ve never heard anything like it. He has his own voice–his own sound. As the world becomes more and more complicated\, confusing\, and frightening\, there is one thing I am certain of–Music is good. Music can bring people together. Music has power. Music heals. What Rahim is doing is important. I hope many people will have the chance to hear his new album\, Home Again\, made up of his own very personal compositions. Listen. He’s an inspiration. Music is good.” —Bill Frisell \n\n\n\n“I feel privileged to have met Rahim AlHaj here in New Mexico\, and to have been introduced to his extraordinary oud music. I am deeply moved by his artistry and his passion. He shares one of the great gifts of his culture with us all\, and I am reminded in the most beautiful way possible of the essential connections between all peoples everywhere when compassion and art and our hearts meet. Rahim’s music touches me profoundly\, and I believe that it goes a long way to soften the differences and anger in the world\, and to offer all of us hope.” —Ali MacGraw\, Actress & social activist \n\n\n\n“The Iraqi oud player Rahim Alhaj is a poet. His CD\, The Second Baghdad\, displays his strong lyrical gifts\, sharp sense of rhythm\, and capacity for intense\, often poignant\, emotional expression. He is a storyteller in music\, his songs are like tales that speak directly to the heart. He is fluent and subtle master of oud\, a beguiling instrument with ancient roots. In his hands it creates an intimate art that speaks vividly\, touching regions words cannot reach. it also dissolves distance as AlHaj makes his homeland and its peoples come alive and reminds of our common humanity.”  —Joanne Sheehy Hoover\, Music critic\, Albuquerque Journal
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/letters-from-iraq-with-rahim-alhaj-trio/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170520T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170520T220000
DTSTAMP:20240126T160158Z
CREATED:20170520T182000Z
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SUMMARY:Michael Bisio Accortet
DESCRIPTION:Chronicling more than 30 years of acclaimed Troy-native bassist Michael Bisio’s life as a composer in song form and otherwise\, balancing freedom and swing in a euphorically compelling quartet. Named after its unusual instrumentation\, Accortet is the eponymous debut of a group led by renowned contrabassist Michael Bisio\, featuring the unique frontline of accordion and sax\, played by Art Bailey and Adam Seigel\, respectively\, with Michael Wimberly manning the drums. \n\n\n\nAccolades\n\n\n\nAn in-demand sideman among free jazz luminaries such as Joe McPhee\, Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp\, Bisio seldom issues albums as a bandleader these days\, making this recording all the more intriguing for its inclusion of some surprisingly accessible material\, starting with the joyous opener\, “AM.” The tune’s sunny harmonies\, buoyant bass lines\, and upbeat rhythms belie Bisio’s reputation as an uncompromising avant-gardist\, offering contrast to his usual work. \n\n\n\n“Bisio takes a prominent role\, guiding and directing the ensemble from behind his bass\, and laying down sturdy contrapuntal commentary. His speech-like inflections are noteworthy during his wiry fast fingered solo passage on “Henry’s Theme” and also in his lyric intro to the attractive mid-tempo ballad “I Want To Do To You What Spring Does To Cherry Trees.” – John Sharpe\, allaboutjazz.com \n\n\n\n“I Want to Do to You What Spring Does to Cherry Trees” is one of the most purely lovely pieces of music in recent memory.” – Phil Freeman\, New York City Jazz Review
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/michael-bisio-accortet/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Jazz Music,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170510T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170510T183000
DTSTAMP:20240311T151022Z
CREATED:20170510T184500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240311T151022Z
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SUMMARY:Be The Media! Workshop with Brett Story: The Relationship of Media and Activism-How to Develop Social Issue Films
DESCRIPTION:An intimate discussion on the relationship between art and politics\, cinema and activism\, and how to use film more expansively to speak to social issues.  \n\n\n\nSponsored by iEAR Presents!
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/be-the-media-workshop-with-brett-story-the-relationship-of-media-and-activism-how-to-develop-social-issue-films/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170506T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170506T210000
DTSTAMP:20240301T185736Z
CREATED:20170506T185900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240301T185736Z
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SUMMARY:NATURE Lab Workshop: Sculpting a Water Retentive Landscape
DESCRIPTION:Create several garden beds on contour using a simple A-frame level. The resulting swales stop\, spread\, and sink water\, maintaining optimal hydration in the landscape… \n\n\n\nA NATURE Lab workshop with Collard City Growers gardener and coordinator Christian Grigoraskos \n\n\n\nAs environmental stewards in our community\, water security is at the forefront of our consciousness. We are constantly looking for ways to preserve and respect water as a precious resource (BECAUSE IT IS!). Utilizing rainwater barrels and closed-loop aquaponic systems are a couple of ways that we plan to manage our water supply in the garden\, but there are techniques for building efficient irrigation systems directly into the landscape. \n\n\n\nJoin us to learn how to build the most open-source\, democratic\, and FREE irrigation system out there: SWALE & BERMS. \n\n\n\nThe resulting garden beds will become our community cooking greens patch: collards\, kale\, and chard — here we come! Participants of this workshop will leave with plans for building their own A-frame level and muscle memory to dig swales and berms in their own backyards. \n\n\n\nA “swale” is a level trench dug on the contour line that acts as a bowl of water for a thirsty landscape. A “berm” is a mound\, or garden bed\, on the downhill side of the swale that prevents collecting water from escaping. Together\, the swale and berm are a perfect duo that function to stop\, sink\, and spread rainwater. This system is\, as one article puts it\, “as old as the hills\,” and is an incredibly simple\, multi-purpose solution for hydrating surrounding plantings\, mitigating stormwater run-off\, reducing erosion\, and replenishing and filtering water as it percolates back down to the water table.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/nature-lab-workshop-sculpting-a-water-retentive-landscape/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170506T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170506T180000
DTSTAMP:20240311T150232Z
CREATED:20170506T185400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240311T150232Z
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SUMMARY:NATURE Lab Workshop with Caroline Wollard: “Forming Gift/Free/Mutual Aid/Barter Networks”
DESCRIPTION:Think through creating networks with community asset mapping and resource-sharing using Woolard’s Idea Lab\, offering tools and strategies for participants to sustain The Sanctuary’s environmental campus and beyond. Artist and organizer Caroline Woolard begins the workshop with a quick presentation on seven solidarity economy models that establish local wealth and community resilience. Participants will then work in small groups to brainstorm ways to refine and adapt these models to the Sanctuary and the surrounding neighborhood.  \n\n\n\nThe models Caroline will present include local currency\, worker-owned businesses tied to anchor institutions\, real estate investment cooperatives (based on http://NYCREIC.com )\, barter-based learning spaces (based on http://tradeschool.coop )\, and mutual aid agreements for sacred operations (based on Loomio.org\, PublicLab.org\, AS220\, and WOW Cafe Theater). \n\n\n\nSponsored by iEAR Presents! \n\n\n\nMore about the Sanctuary’s goals\n\n\n\nOur community is already very much involved in bartering\, gifting with the intention of supporting each other\, building out the work of the Sanctuary – and moreover\, building physical infrastructure and a place to grow\, live\, and provide resources to help each other. We welcome new ideas Caroline and other will bring to the table here!! \n\n\n\nA little bit of background: we have/own/develop seven lots on the block in North Troy on 6th Avenue between Glen Avenue and 101st Street. This is an economically devastated area and we have purchased abandoned lots transforming them into community gardens\, soil remediation centers\, environmental education hubs\, presentation areas\, food forests\, an aquaponics center\, media centers and art galleries\, and a soon-to-come citizen science center. All of these areas serve the very local community and beyond. We consider this our “campus\,” if you will – and focus this living learning campus on issues of social and environmental justice. \n\n\n\nMore about Caroline Woolard\n\n\n\nCaroline Woolard (b. 1984) is a New York-based artist who co-creates projects and systems for the solidarity economy. Her feminist\, transdisciplinary method connects discrete objects to aligned contexts of circulation. For example\, Woolard builds sculptures for barter only as she also co-creates international barter networks; she fabricates model Shaker housing and she also co-convenes organizers of community land trusts; she co-creates card games for the commons as she also directs a study center for group work. \n\n\n\nThe multi-year institutions Caroline Woolard has co-founded include barter networks OurGoods.org (2008-2016); TradeSchool.coop (2009-2017); cross-sector organizing network SolidarityNYC (2009-2013); cultural equity advocacy group BFAMFAPhD.com (2014-2017); and the NYC Real Estate Investment Cooperative (2015-2017). Recent commissions include WOUND\, Cooper Union (2016); and Capitoline Wolves\, Cornell University (2016)\, and MoMA Studio: Exchange Café (2014). Group exhibitions include Crossing Brooklyn\, Brooklyn Museum (2014); and Living as Form\, Creative Time (2011). Woolard’s work has been supported by residencies at LMCC (2017); NewInc (2016); MoMA (2014); Queens Museum (2014); and Watermill (2011) and through fellowships at Eyebeam (2013); and the MacDowell Colony (2009) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Woolard
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/nature-lab-workshop-with-caroline-wollard-forming-gift-free-mutual-aid-barter-networks/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170429T204500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170429T230000
DTSTAMP:20240301T185019Z
CREATED:20170429T191400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240301T185019Z
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SUMMARY:An Irresistible Resistance Dinner hosted by The Yes Men\, with special guest Franklin Lopez
DESCRIPTION:An Evening You Can’t Forget (no matter how hard you try) in support of The Sanctuary for Independent Media! Food and Hosting by The Yes Men. Entertainment by Franklin López of Submedia.TV  \n\n\n\nFood! Six courses of organic local cuisine–each one containing a lesson of resistance explained by Mike Bonanno of The Yes Men. Action! Franklin Lopéz\, radical media activist of Submedia.TV fresh from Standing rock\, slinging incisive video clips to get your gears cranking.  \n\n\n\nFranklin López is an anarchist filmmaker from occupied Borikén (Puerto Rico.) He is the founder of SubMedia.tv\, an independent video ensemble that cranks out anarchist\, anti-capitalist\, anti-colonial films and agit-prop. The films are not your run-of-the-mill activist videos\, but snarky music-driven productions that emphasize humor and creativity and are unabashedly radical. You will leave with a full stomach\, a stimulated mind\, and that deep sense of satisfaction knowing you are helping the Sanctuary survive and resist!
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/an-irresistible-resistance-dinner-hosted-by-the-yes-men-with-special-guest-franklin-lopez/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170429T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170429T200000
DTSTAMP:20240301T185325Z
CREATED:20170429T193200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240301T185325Z
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SUMMARY:SCHEDULE CHANGE DUE TO ILLNESS: “Economic Update" with radio host Richard Wolff
DESCRIPTION:SCHEDULE CHANGE DUE TO ILLNESS: We just learned that Richard Wolff is suffering from a severe flu; his doctor advises him not to travel or expose others to his illness.  We wish him a speedy recovery.  We will be in touch with advance ticket purchasers to arrange refunds if desired.  Sorry for the inconvenience.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/schedule-change-due-to-illness-economic-update-with-radio-host-richard-wolff/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170429T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170429T170000
DTSTAMP:20240301T185147Z
CREATED:20170429T190300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240301T185147Z
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SUMMARY:NATURE Lab Workshop: Unleashing the Power of High School Environmental Advocates- Water Security in Hoosick Falls and Beyond -  POSTPONED
DESCRIPTION:POSTPONED – Presented by Hoosick Falls High School Students with Ken Facin\, Hoosick Falls Superintendent of Schools. Hoosick Falls has been in the news because of a widespread groundwater contamination crisis. Unleash the power of high school environmental advocates! Join in a free-ranging conversation about grassroots advocacy.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/nature-lab-workshop-unleashing-the-power-of-high-school-environmental-advocates-water-security-in-hoosick-falls-and-beyond-postponed/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Panel Discussion
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