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Celebrate Pride Month with JAM’s coverage of the “Dark Fantasy” drag show at the Main Street Museum, featuring performances by Double Dee, Panda Monium, and Bar Fight Jr. –– in a handmade, full-body cicada costume! The show was hosted by the Cobra Lily Collective, an Upper Valley mutual aid org supporting trans/gender-questioning folks. 11/15/25 Produced by Madison Niez and Chico Eastridge for JAM.
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At the launch of Vermont Humanities’ statewide reading program, hear cartoonists Joel Christian Gill, Marek Bennett, and Tillie Walden discuss Walden’s graphic novel, Charity and Sylvia. Following a real same-sex couple in the early 1800s, the novel utilizes archives from the Henry Sheldon Museum and is as much a groundbreaking biography as it is a story of America. 5/30/26 Produced by Chico Eastridge for JAM
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The Friends of the Quechee/Wilder Libraries hosted poets Ben Pease and Bianca Stone for an hour of poetry in community. Ben Pease is a poet, multi-disciplinary writer, and the Executive Director of Ruth Stone House. Bianca Stone is Vermont’s poet laureate and the author of poetry collection What is Otherwise Infinite, which received the 2022 Vermont Book Award. 5/21/26 Produced by Jan Abbott and Rick Russell for JAM.
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Watch the SAU88 School Board discuss academic standards and competencies as well as hear updates from the student wellness advisory committee, policy committee, and others. Tune into JAM's coverage of this or your town's government & school board meetings live or pre-recorded @ UVJAM.ORG/WATCH
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First Fri June 5 6-10PM
$5-20 suggested donation
JAM's annual Pride Prom returns, feat. music by Burly Girlies and Vallory Falls! Theme: Classic 80’s. We will elect gender neutral prom royalty and award prizes donated by our sponsors. Note: this event is all ages and substance free.
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Mon June 8 6-7:30PM
FREE @JAM
Want to get feedback on a screenplay, rough cut, podcast in progress, or more? We're welcoming Media Makers to a feedback sesh! Members share work and guests may attend and give feedback. Become a Media Maker here.
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Thu Jun 11 6-7:30PM
FREE @JAM
Open to all Lampshaders as well as any poet who is interested in reading an original piece or two. Poets have the opportunity to be videoed for JAM’s TV and YouTube channels. Watch past recordings 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! | | | | |
That One Movie
What makes a movie special? Is it the technical aspects, the acting, or a mix of everything? Join Noah Mauchly as he sits down with friends and artists to discuss what “that one movie” is for them!
S2 Ep 7: Noah and JAM operations manager Mike Cannon dive into Noah’s 2nd favorite movie of all time, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love, and try to articulate what makes the strange, stressful, and beautiful experience of watching the film so resonant.
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Registration open for fall Film & Media Courses
*NEW Intro to Documentary Filmmaking Course just added!* Dive into media education with JAM this fall, Intended for adults (16+), courses are designed by JAM staff members eager to share their passions and practices.
Dates: courses run Sep 14 – Oct 22
Courses: Animated Short Film Production, Screenwriting, Podcast Production, Drone Cinematography, and Beginner & Intermediate Video Editing, and Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking
| | JAM media education programs are made possible in part through grants from M&T Bank Foundation, Couch Family Foundation, NH Charitable Foundation, Jane B. Cook 1992 Trust, Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation, and Adimab, LLC Community Grant. | | JAM relies on diverse funding sources to sustain our nonprofit community media services promoting civic engagement and transparency in local government. We wish to thank the Comcast and VTel cable subscribers, voters in our service area towns, the State of Vermont, individual donors, local business sponsors, and public and private foundations who make JAM's work possible. | | Weekly Highlights - June 3, 2026 | | | | |
