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William Hookr 2/14

Amiri Baraka 2/21

Splatto Festival Chorus 2/28

The Sanctuary For Independent Media
The Sanctuary For Independent Media is a community media arts center located in an historic former church in Troy, NY. The Sanctuary hosts screening, production and performance facilities, training in media production and a meeting space for artists, activists and independent media makers of all kinds.

The Sanctuary is located at 3361 6th Avenue, three doors down from 101st Street in north Troy.

(518) 272-2390
info@TheSanctuaryForIndependentMedia.org
www.TheSanctuaryForIndependentMedia.org

upcoming jazz events:

Saturday 2/14 (8pm)
"The Symbol of the Unconquered" w/ William Hooker
Percussionist 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—originally advertised as a chance to come see “the annihilation of the Ku Klux Klan.”

Saturday 2/21 (8pm)
"Somebody Blew Up America" w/ Amiri Baraka & Rob Brown
The poet icon and political activist Amiri Baraka performs with Rob Brown, one of the New York City downtown music scene’s most in-demand saxophonists, in a reading of his new book “Somebody Blew Up America & Other Poems.”

Saturday 2/28 (8pm)
The Splatto Festival Chorus
This rare assembly brings together Todd Reynolds (Bang on a Can, Yo Yo Ma, Meredith Monk) on violins/laptop, Ed Mann (Zappa) on percussion/electronics, David Barrett (Banda Elastica, Splatter Trio) on saxophones, and Michael Bisio on bass.