Channeling the Upper Valley
5 S. Main Street, 1st floor, White River Junction, VT 05001
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February 22, 2023
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Find someone to dance with!
A great message in life. It was the order of the evening at Norwich, VT's Tracy Hall for a recent Family Contra Dance. "Join hands with your neighbors!" cried caller David Millstone. "Keep your elbows down, and look at the person you're dancing with." Hey, that's pretty good advice for life in general. Sweet ol' time tunes provided by the Norwich Community Band.
Produced by Chad Finer
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Indigenous Healing at Dartmouth
A member of the Diné tribe in New Mexico, Dr. Lori Alvord attended Dartmouth and became a surgeon. "People have wisdoms that go very far back," Alvord told a Dickey Center audience. Her lecture focused on healing properties of Navajo ceremonies. "Life begins with an energy that comes into our being....We are connected to that energy through sacred winds, which is our breath."
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Top 10 Scams of 2022
"We always have to be on the lookout," says VT Attorney General Charity Clark. "The number one tool scammers use is to spike your emotional response," she said. "If you are being solicited and have a sense of false urgency that is being manipulated, take a moment to pause." The best thing to do? Hang up or call the VT Consumer Assistance Program. The top scam last year? The 'Fake Package Scam." From CCTV
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@ the JAM space & around the Upper Valley
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First Friday @JAM March 3
Media Arts Exhibit Opening
5-7PM
Redlining Our Souls
Artist Laura Di Piazza (b. NYC) will exhibit work from her Redlining Our Souls (ROS) series, opening First Friday with the artist from 5-7pm and running through the month as the centerpiece of JAM’s March theme “Home in the World,” an examination of housing justice locally and globally. The exhibition includes a slide projection highlighting racial covenants in property deeds that included restrictive clauses preventing white homeowners from re-selling or renting to Black Americans. The altered segregation redlining maps and descriptions are paired with the artist’s abstracted integrative paintings.
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March 10
LunaFest
Vermont Works for Women (VWW) is kicking off the LUNAFEST® 2023 season, a film festival of award-winning short films by and about women, in the Upper Valley! Join us for an in-person screening at The Briggs Opera House on 5 South Main Street in White River Junction, VT on Friday, March 10, 2023.
All proceeds benefit VWW’s mission to
promote economic justice and advance gender equity.
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Tickets & Passes now on sale!
March 23-26
WRIF 2023
White River Indie Films (WRIF) returns with our 18th annual film festival of new global and local cinema, filmmaker talkbacks, workshops and events at the Briggs Opera House and JAM in White River Junction, VT.
Full line-up and ticket link coming soon!
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Upper Valley voices on
JAM Podcasts
Just over a year ago, JAM (CATV) launched a podcasting function to help new voices (literally) be heard, striving to build bridges of empathy and strengthen community in the Upper Valley through podcasting. If you haven't browsed the 57 original episodes created by community members like yourselves yet, you're in for a treat. Take a listen... you might be inspired to start your own!
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JAM Lab Weekend Intensive:
Fun with Green Screens!
10AM-2PM Saturday, February 25th
This weekend intensive is all about green screens. Why to use them, how to use them, and everything in between. Participants will learn how to set up green screens, light them for filming, and how to edit that footage in post to create transportive backdrops from your wildest imagination. Suited for all levels, ages 12 and older, no previous experience required. All equipment will be provided.
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CREATIVITY + MEDIA LITERACY + FRIENDS
JAM Media Arts Camp
June 26th - Aug 4th
What’s your media jam? Whether it’s a TV show, film, podcasting, music video, animation, or yet to be discovered, JAM summer camps give you media tools and a crew of friends to help you create. Each week offers a unique focus aimed at different age groups with a shared foundation in multimedia production skills.
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Reserve the Briggs Opera House for your next show
The Briggs Opera House welcomes community arts groups of every kind to present performances in the historic theater in downtown White River Junction, VT. JAM has partnered with the Briggs to manage rental reservations, with optional technical/media production services when available. Learn more!
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From around the region...
JAM (CATV) partners with the Vermont Access Network (VAN) for HD (high def) community-produced content on Comcast 1070 (VT) and streaming everywhere.
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JAM – Junction Arts & Media supports lifelong learning to engage the tools of media for individual and community expression in the Upper Valley. | |
JAM – Junction Arts & Media
5 S. Main Street, 1st Floor (in the Newberry Market)
White River Junction, VT 05001
Contact us at info@uvjam.org
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