Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)

06/09/2026

06/05/2026

Thanks to everyone who came out to the EMPAC Pride Kickoff Party! Big thanks to the RPI LGBT+ Task Force () for bringing the tie-dye station, and mad shoutout to Paintbrush Charlie for the tunes! Happy Pride! 🌈

06/03/2026

Our friends at The Egg () have an exciting performance coming up: FUJI|||||||||||TA (), the Japan-based sound artist known for his hand-fabricated pipe organ made with just 11 pipes and no keyboard, performs Sunday, June 14 at 8PM in Albany!

Opening the evening is the Lea Bertucci, Cleek Schrey, Ben Vida, and Henry Fraser Quartet (), , , ), a group of artists with local roots whose work investigates the structural and dramatic possibilities of sound through amplified woodwinds and strings, electronics, voice, and tape.

Presented by
Sunday, June 14, 2026, 8PM
The Egg, Albany, NY

Tickets are available at the link in ‘s bio!!

05/18/2026

We are excited to announce the return of the TOPOS Music Festival, September 2–5, 2026!

What does music know about us that we don’t yet know about ourselves?

TOPOS returns as a space for gathering, inquiry, and discovery. Across four days of performances, live podcasts, film screenings, and conversation, the festival creates occasions for deepened listening and critical encounters: music as a means of articulating that which resists articulation. Mark your calendars!

Featuring Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith, Miho Hatori, Edward George, Fred Moten, Paul Abbott, Improv Spaces, Rock City Falls Trio, Sun Dogs, and The Silent Light. Curated by Amadeus Julian Regucera.

More info at the link in bio!

05/15/2026

Kick off Pride at EMPAC with a relaxed, come-as-you-are evening of creativity, music, and good company. Decorate your own Pride gear (BYO), make a custom flag heart charm, hang with community, and help build some excitement for the weeks ahead. Featuring live music from Troy band Paintbrush Charlie. All are welcome!

05/04/2026

Full-body gratitude to all our audiences, participants, artists, and partners, for your joyful and thoughtful presence at the inaugural Corpus Festival last week!

This year’s theme was about space, body, and formations of power and played out all over the building. Next year, Corpus Fest will be back with new ideas and new artworks to share, but in the meantime, peek into the temporary world we made together at EMPAC with a few selections from our camera roll!

It’s not too late to catch the last two lobby installations: Meg Foley & Carmichael Jones’s Primordial and Kate Ladenheim’s Monumental Death, on view weekdays 11AM–5PM through May 8.

04/23/2026

The inaugural Corpus Festival opens today! Whether you stop through to visit the installations and Book Bar or RSVP for performances and talks, everything is free to attend.

ACCESSIBILITY

A Low Sensory Space will be available in the building during open installation hours, and Yanira Castro | a canary torsi’s Raft has its own Low Sensory Hours (listed below).

Raft also integrates accessibility practices like a care toolkit to navigate the installation, and live Audio Description (AD) for blind and visually impaired people (upon request).

We can arrange parking and hold seats for wheelchair users and companions. All-gender and wheelchair-accessible interior restrooms are available on each public-access level. All four venues can be accessed via interior public elevators.

Contact EMPAC’s Box Office at via the contact form online or by calling 518.276.3921 (voice only). Visit our website for more information. LINK IN LINKTREE

Low Sensory Space Hours: 11AM–10PM Friday and Saturday; 11AM–6PM Sunday.

Raft Low Sensory Hours: 11AM–12PM Thursday, April 23; 11AM–12PM + 6–7PM Friday, April 24; 11AM–12PM + 4–5PM Saturday, April 25

04/20/2026

Corpus Festival welcomes Troy’s own Yellow Lab Vintage & Books for a pop-up bookstore and reading lounge at EMPAC. Curated by Jessica DuPont alongside festival artists and the curator, the space features titles exploring space, place, performance, and embodiment.

Settle into the lounge with a drink from Evelyn’s Café and browse a mix of new and used books for sale, alongside artists’ personal, annotated copies on display. A place to linger, read, and connect with the ideas shaping the festival.

📍 Evelyn’s Café
📅 April 23–25
🎟 Free, no RSVP necessary

04/17/2026

Community Supper (SOLD OUT!)

Corpus Festival opens with a gathering.

Co-hosted by Yanira Castro, this free, family-style long-table supper brings together artists and collaborators from across Troy and the Capital Region for an evening of shared food, conversation, and care.

Featuring Indonesian-inspired dishes by Chef Ria Ibrahim, healing beverages from YesFolk Tonics, and creative contributions by Jude Abu Zaineh and Taína Asili, the supper centers storytelling, nourishment, and the act of coming together.

This event is already at capacity, but we’re excited to share the artists and partners who make it possible, and to invite you to explore the many other events happening throughout the festival!