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  • Art In Action

    This mural was created from 2009 to 2011, with the understanding that our lives are impacted by the condition of the cities where we live; that creativity is a fabulous teacher; and that art opens doors. A collaboration of Troy Alley Action, School One Community Art Program and Taylor Apartments Troy Alley Action www.troyalleyaction.org Artist Marcus Kwame Anderson www.marcuskwame.com A Media Alliance Production www.MediaSanctuary.org

    Published 3 weeks ago

    By The Sanctuary for Independent

  • ACLU President Susan Herman "Taking Liberties"


    On the 10th anniversary of the Patriot Act, ACLU president Susan N. Herman challenges the belief that we can buy security by squandering our freedom in "TAKING LIBERTIES: The War on Terror and the Erosion of Democracy." Recorded live at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy NY on Thursday, October 13, 2011. Co-sponsored by Market Block Books and the New York Civil Liberties Union Capital Region chapter. Visit www.mediasanctuary.org for more information.

    Published 1 month ago

    By The Sanctuary for Independent

  • Sidi Toure and Friends "Ca Va?"


    Sidi Toure, guitarist extraordinaire from Mali, jams with his friends Jambala Maiga (on kuntigui) and Domu Maiga (on kurbu) at The Sanctuary for Independant Media in Troy NY on October 6, 2011. Visit www.mediasanctuary.org or www.myspace.com/siditoure for more information.

    Published 1 month ago

    By The Sanctuary for Independent

  • Sean Hemmerle at the Sanctuary


    Artist talk about "Media Nodes" by photographer Sean Hemmerle recorded in the Underground Gallery at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY on Saturday, November 5, 2011. Award-winning photographer Sean Hemmerle, in collaboration with the Columbia Journalism Review, took his camera into newsrooms around the country. "People throw around this word all the time, mostly disparagingly: &aposoh, the media,&apos and &aposmedia spin," he says. "That made me think: who is the media? And what about the media? I wanted to put a face on these media nodes, the places where news is &aposmade.&apos" www.seanhemmerle.com www.mediasanctuary.org

    Published 2 months ago

    By mediasanctuary, The Sanctuary for Independent , Andrew

  • Chiwoniso "In This Life"


    Mediasanctuary.org; Zimbabwean singer songwriter Chiwoniso performing at The Sanctuary for Independent Media... For more info on latest news, tour dates, CD&aposs, downloads and plenty more, CHECK OUT: http://www.cumbancha.com/chiwoniso OR http://www.myspace.com/chiwoniso

    Published 3 months ago

    By The Sanctuary for Independent

  • Michael Moore at Occupy Wall Street (clip 1 of 2)


    Michael Moore speaks with a group of occupiers in Liberty Plaza near Wall St. in Lower Manhattan on the night of Sept. 26, 2011

    Published 4 months ago

    By mediasanctuary, The Sanctuary for Independent , Andrew

  • Bio-char with David Yarrow


    Bio-char with David Yarrow is a lesson in organic gardening and soil improvement on a lot tended by the Collard City Growers in North Troy, NY. Local youth from this neighborhood are putting lessons from David Yarrow into practice in an education program sponsored by the Uptown Summer (a collaboration between Youth Media Sanctuary, Collard City Growers, The Missing Link Street Ministry, DIY SnackShops, and Troy Bike Rescue.

    Published 5 months ago

    By mediasanctuary, The Sanctuary for Independent , Andrew

  • "My Love and I" Todd Nelson's TN3


    www.MediaSanctuary.org This episode of "Live From Lock One," our ongoing series of live recordings of local musicians performing before a studio audience, features electric guitarist Todd Nelson, fret-less bassist Kyle Esposito and drummer Manuel Quintana performing music from their new album, Here. They were joined by special guests trumpeter John Hines, percussionist Bob Resnick and Pat Conover on harmonica. It was recorded on June 4, 2011 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy NY.

    Published 7 months ago

    By The Sanctuary for Independent

  • The Have & Have Nots


    A short documentary profiling Madena Henderson as she explores the cost of education. ; Madena went on to be awarded a prize to receive $2000 by POV to build the project into something bigger with the help of professional mentors.

    Published 8 months ago

    By mediasanctuary, The Sanctuary for Independent , Andrew

  • YMS Spring 2011 Behind The Scenes


    YMS Spring 2011 Behind the Scenes. ; Editing work by James Eleby.

    Published 8 months ago

    By mediasanctuary, The Sanctuary for Independent , Andrew

  • Q & A with James Howard Kunstler


    www.MediaSanctuary.org Documentation of the lively question and answer with James Howard Kunstler after his talk at The Sanctuary for Independent Media on April 14, 2011. Kunstler is one of the world&aposs loudest critics of suburban sprawl and the impending fossil fuel shortage. His nonfiction series on suburban sprawl, new urbanism and the end of the cheap oil era includes: The Geography of Nowhere, The City in Mind: Notes on the Urban Condition, Home from Nowhere and The Long Emergency. His latest novel, World Made By Hand, is a fictional account of the issues raised in The Long Emergency. He is also the author of eight other novels.

    Published 10 months ago

    By mediasanctuary, The Sanctuary for Independent , Andrew

  • Helen Caldicott on Our Childrens' Legacy


    www.mediasanctuary.org www.helencaldicott.com

    Noted anti-nuclear activist Dr. Helen Caldicott speaks about the effect of radiation on children, calling for a revival of anti-nuclear activism. Excerpted from a talk at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY on November 13, 2010.

    Published 1 year ago

    By mediasanctuary, The Sanctuary for Independent , Andrew

  • Helen Caldicott on the Nuclear Power Conspiracy


    www.mediasanctuary.org www.helencaldicott.com

    Noted anti-nuclear activist Dr. Helen Caldicott speaks about the suppression of medical data that gives cover to the special interests pushing nuclear power. Excerpted from a talk at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY on November 13, 2010.

    Published 1 year ago

    By mediasanctuary, The Sanctuary for Independent , Andrew

  • Sam Cooke: Another Saturday Night


    The Sanctuary is proud to present musical theater at its finest with a new original production of an original historical play by Michael Monasterial entitled, "Sam Cooke: Where You Been?"It's an American Pop Fable that illuminates the life and musical genius of an American original. The pop singer who wrote, performed and produced 24 Billboard hits over his 8 years at the top of the charts was also a pioneer in the Civil Rights movement and an inventor of musical styles that are still incorporated in pop and gospel music 50 years later.

    Published 1 year ago

    By mediasanctuary, The Sanctuary for Independent , Andrew

  • Chris Hedges "Inverted Totalitarianism"


    (excerpt) Death of the Liberal Class, presented on October 15, 2010 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy, NY.

    Christopher Hedges, whose book “Death of the Liberal Class" (Perseus) came out the day gave of this presentation, is also the best-selling author of "War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning" (2003), which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. A quote from the book was used as the opening title quotation in the critically-acclaimed and Academy Award-winning 2009 film, The Hurt Locker. The quote reads: "The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug." ;Hedges, whose column is published Mondays on Truthdig, spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He has reported from more than 50 countries and has worked for The Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, The Dallas Morning News and The New York Times, for which he was a foreign correspondent for 15 years.

    Published 1 year ago

    By mediasanctuary, The Sanctuary for Independent , Andrew

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