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November 29, 2021

Weekly Highlights

Support CATV

Channeling the Upper Valley on local cable channels Comcast 1075/1085, VTel 169 &1169/170&1170, streaming at catv8.org,

CATV On-Demand, and YouTube .

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Sing for Joy on SPARK

Join choral director and music innovator Patricia Norton, who believes singing is a learnable skill that sparks joy, promotes wellness, bolsters courage and creates healthier individuals and communities. Learn how Norton's pandemic innovations inspired a documentary in-progress.

SPARK is produced and hosted by Amanda Rafuse, edited by Loren Howard.

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Honoring Veterans

Patriotic music, a posting of the colors, and speeches honoring the sacrifice of those who served highlight this moving ceremony. Shared by the Veterans Administration Hospital in White River Junction, VT via Facebook, now airing on CATV.

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Garden Show in November?

Missing all that summer color? Rewind to join Susan Edwards, president of the Hanover Garden Club, and savor quince, hellebores, forsythia, and more perennials in the Howe Library's Virtual Garden Tour & Flower Show 2021.

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New Norwich Bookstore Author Talks

Curl up with a new series of author-talk videos from the Norwich Bookstore—everything from works about Viking women by Nancy Marie Brown in The Real Valkyrie, the love story of Nora and James Joyce in Nora: The Love Story of Nora and James Joyce by Nuala O’Connor, hardboiled detective action by Dartmouth lecturer Saul Lelchuk in One Got Away , and an analysis of U.S. military strategy in The Generals Have No Clothes by William Arkin.

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Upper Valley Religious Services

Join your local house of worship or visit a new one Sundays on CATV cable 1085 or CATV On-Demand.

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Local Government on CATV

Visit catv8.org for local government and school board meetings live on cable, YouTube, streaming and at CATV On-Demand.

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CATV Podcasts

Listen to new episodes of SPARK and other popular CATV content now on CATV Podcasts. Got an idea for a podcast? CATV's getting set up to help you produce it!

Coming up at CATV...

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Cold Reads & Hot Drinks Screenwriters' Group

with CATV

Monday 11/29 at 8pm

Briggs Opera House Lobby

Join us for our inaugural writing group get-together! All are welcome. Bring pages to share or just come meet us and check it out.

Organized by local filmmaker Cedar O'Dowd. No RSVP required!

Questions? Email [email protected]

Fall Media Labs run through 12/8

$35/Lab, $90/3 or $150/all 7

Stretch new creative muscles or get back in shape while meeting fellow

Upper Valley media professionals sharing their trades and talents in master class-styled “media labs.” No previous experience required.

Cinematography

Wednesday 12/1 6-9pm

CATV at HACTC (or via Zoom)

Curious to learn how to give the ordinary that “cinema magic”? From depth of field to focal length, 3-point lighting to chiaroscuro, this workshop will help inspire you to paint with light to tell your unique story.

Peter Ciardelli received his MFA in Media Studies (Film Production) from the University of New Orleans. He has worked on music video, commercial, television and feature film projects in a variety of capacities.

Acting for the Screen

Friday 12/3 6-9pm

or Sun 12/5 1-4pm

CATV at HACTC (or via Zoom)

Get out of your head and into the action. It is my mission to draw out your most alive, present, and proactive performance – embracing your uniqueness and channeling it into every role that you play. In this workshop we’ll explore the particularities of acting for the screen.

Richard Waterhouse is an acting instructor at Brown University and University of the Arts. He is one of the founders of Fuller Road Artist Residency in Newbury, VT. Richard began his career as an actor and member of three professional acting unions before transitioning to teaching 25 years ago.

Digital Film & Video Editing

Wednesday 12/8 6-9pm

or Sunday 12/12 1-4pm

CATV at HACTC (or via Zoom)

Shot video you don’t know what to do with? Documentary footage at risk of never getting seen? We will explore the magic of editing to help you make new meaning out of moving images. Participants can bring projects or practice on ours in the CATV media lab where we’ll get hands on Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere.

Samantha Davidson Green (MFA, Film Production, UCLA) joined CATV as Executive Director in 2021, bringing her background as an independent filmmaker, public media television executive, and film and theater educator of K-12, Dartmouth and lifelong learners.

From around the region...

CATV partners with the Vermont Access Network for HD (high def) community-produced content on Comcast 1070 (VT) and streaming everywhere.

CATV supports lifelong learning to engage the tools of media for individual and community expression in the Upper Valley.

CATV's team also covers local community events, government, and school board meetings for cable and streaming. Contact us to get involved!

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Media Lab in the Hartford Area Career & Technology Center

1 Gifford Road, White River Junction, VT 05001

Now also in the Briggs Opera House

5 S. Main Street, White River Junction, VT 05001