Building community in the Upper Valley of NH and VT through the media arts. | | Weekly Highlights // July 30, 2025 | |
Media education
Got life questions? Ask the JAM campers, who learned studio production, animation, and on-location filming this summer in WRJ! Enjoy the creativity of Upper Valley kids as they exercised new skills, fired up the podcast booth, flew drones, and made mischief, multimedia art, and new friends alike.
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Environmental policy
Dive into environmental law with the Vermont Law School’s 2025 Hot Topics summer lectures, where faculty and experts discuss how the war in Ukraine, avian flu, the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket,” and other topics shape policy. For even more Hot Topics, check out the 2024 lectures.
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Geopolitics
Gain insights on challenges facing the US in maintaining global and economic stability with the 2024 Osher at Dartmouth Summer Lecture series, a six-lecture series where professors, national scientists, and NBC news reporters explore US global leadership, autocracy, and disinformation.
| | Pictured: Hartland Selectboard 7/21/25 | | This week's civic highlight: Watch the Hartland Selectboard discuss the FY25 budget and the 2026 tax rate. Tune into JAM's coverage of this or your town's government and school board meetings live or pre-recorded @ UVJAM.ORG/WATCH | | | |
Pride Month
Joy must have been the unofficial theme of the parade held on the final day of WRJ Pride Week! Watch JAM's coverage of the celebration, a day of community and bringing people together. 7/26/25 produced by Rick Russell for JAM.
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@ JAM Podcasts & Audiobooks
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JAM Podcast
NEW! Roadside Vermont is a podcast about historical monuments, markers, and plaques that are all too easy to drive by. Host Kelby Greene travels to all 14 VT counties to discover quirky history hidden in rural roads. This season is supported in part by a grant from VT Humanities, in partnership with the VT 250s Commission and JAM.
EPISODE 1: Shawn Harrington from VT Folklife unravels the tale of the Manchester Vampire, a vampire panic in 1793.
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JAM Podcast
NEW EPISODE! The official podcast of the Upper Valley Nighthawks, member of the NECBL. Produced at the JAM Audio Studio in WRJ, VT. This week, pitchers Nick Tamburro and Charlie Jones discuss the final stretch of the Nighthawks season and potential playoff run.
The Nighthawks' last regular game is on Wed 7/30 at Maxfield Sports Complex in Hartford! Watch the Nighthawks' games on our channel here!
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TO OUR SPRING & SUMMER SPONSORS & DONORS!
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NH Gives donors: Evelyn Miller, Amity Ollis, Laura Papademas, Sean Donahue, Bill Chabot, Judith Reeve, Jordan Green, and Michelle Rogge
Sponsors: Center for Cartoon Studies, GMEDC Welcome Wagon
JAM Productions backers: UVEAR and Public Health Council of the Upper Valley, Steve Boyce, Nora Jacobson, Roberta Berner, Carla Kimball
Spring & Summer contributors: Helen Esmond, Jennifer Shepherd, Narain Batra, David & Susan Taylor, Leo Meyers, Eric Miller, Gerd Gemünden, Office of Pluralism & Leadership and LGBTQIA+ Employee Network at Dartmouth College
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JAM event
Tue Aug 12 5:30-7:30PM
FREE @JAM
Join us for our Annual Meeting! Highlights will include the 2024 Annual Report, Youth Media Advisory Board, Board and community advisory committee renewals, 2025 progress report, WRIF 2026 info, and snacks from Cappadocia Café!
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Art exhibit
Jul 1 - Aug 29 (library hours)
FREE @Norwich Public Library
We, the media makers who work at JAM, are excited to share our creative work in a multimedia exhibit at the NPL! The show is displayed in the Community Room; check open hours on the calendar here.
| | JAM events are made possible in part by grants from VT Humanities, VT Arts Council, NH Charitable Foundation, the Couch Family Foundation, and by charitable contributions from community members like you! | | | | The Briggs Opera House welcomes community arts groups to the historic theater in White River Junction, VT. JAM partners with Shaker Bridge Theatre to manage rental reservations for available dates, with optional media production services when available. | | |
How does my gift help JAM?
When you make a gift to JAM – Junction Arts & Media, your donation enables JAM to empower all Upper Valley residents to have a creative voice, actively participate in local democracy, and find joy and belonging in the Upper Valley community. JAM is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Your gift may be tax-deductible.
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Summer is here... Look cool for a worthy cause! Check out the selection of mugs, hoodies, t-shirts, crop-tops and more available at Strong Rabbit Design. A portion of all proceeds supports JAM's nonprofit work to build community in the Upper Valley through media arts.
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