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Hello, Upper Valley!
Thank you to the 350 people who walked through our doors for TWIST (the Twin State Comic & Zine Fair) last Friday! If you were one of those people, you may have received a JAM “business card” with information about our org, and a link to our content submission page. As you’ll see from this week’s highlights, we love programming community-produced video content on nature or other small observations about our region, especially this time of year.
– Ana (Communications Coordinator)
| | This week's Upper Valley features | | Community planting day. After winning a grant in 2024 from the USDA Forest Service, the Lebanon Tree Advisory Board and Department of Public Works organized a tree-planting event last month. First-time planters and experienced gardeners alike improved and beautified the town’s urban forest by planting 9 trees by Lebanon Middle School and 8 trees by Lebanon High School, adding to the over 220 trees planted by the Advisory Board. 9/26/26 Produced by Rick Russell for JAM. | | | | White River neighbors. Peek inside the tiny alcoves about fifty feet from JAM’s front door in the historic Gates Briggs building, where our even tinier neighbors live –– baby sparrows nesting in the roof. We are happy to be located in a central part of town and to “rub shoulders” with cute wildlife. Produced by Rick Russell. | | | | Homage to Bob Dylan. Listen to Ali T, Brooks Hubbard, Bow Thayer, Krishna Guthrie, Jim Yeager, and Jenna Rice perform the entirety of Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks album at the Briggs Opera House. The tribute concert was produced by Pat Halpin, who also organized a performance of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska last year. 8/24/26 Produced by Chico Eastridge for JAM | | | | |
Norwich Selectboard 9/23/26
Watch the Norwich Selectboard meet for a regular and special meeting, held specifically to allow the group to respond to the Town Manager’s annual performance evaluation process.
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Infrared landscapes filmed by UV youth! We’re excited to share that so soon after the Summer Feature Film Intensive, alumni from the program have already begun their own projects.
Lebanon High students Simon Trussell ('27) and Adelaide Jones ('28) met August Abbott (Mascoma High '28) this summer while filming JAM’s first feature film Valley Transit, and are now creating their own film called “The Creator.”
Shot entirely in infrared photography, this fantasy project explores the creative process and COVID-19…and was fully funded on Kickstarter! Read their full interview here.
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On display through October and November... is our annual animation loop exhibit! These animations by local artists are an eclectic mix of bits, bobs, and cycles that we thought deserved to be watched over and over. Have a short animation to submit? Email cedar@uvjam.org.
Running Oct 1 - Nov 30 @ JAM
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Get feedback on your Works-in-Progress... at Media Maker Monday, a space for our local media maker community. Media Maker Members may share screenplay pages, video rough cuts, podcast ideas, etc. Guests are invited to check it out and share feedback. Ready to join? Become a JAM Media Maker here!
Mon Oct 12 6-7:30PM @ JAM
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Expand your media toolbox with... Intermediate Video Editing or Documentary Filmmaking in JAM's fall media ed courses for adults (16+). Whether you're dipping a toe or leveling up, these small-group workshops led by JAM staff flex to support your media-making goals.
Running Oct 15 - Nov 17 @ JAM
| | JAM provides diverse media services to the greater Upper Valley region of VT and NH and is often able to provide media coverage of community events for broadcast on JAM channels. JAM also provides professional for-hire media services for custom video and audio production needs. JAM broadcasts, streams, and archives local content on cable, and we support year-round live media coverage of public government and school board meetings as core to our public access service commitment. Learn more at uvjam.org. | | | | |
JAM Media Services client spotlight:
The Upper Valley MedTech Collaborative hired JAM to livestream and record their pitch event night. JAM can deliver completed media files to clients for use on their own social media channels, websites or other platforms. JAM staff are available for consultations on your media services needs.
| | JAM relies on diverse funding sources to sustain our nonprofit community media services. 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 our work possible. JAM media education programs and events are made possible in part by grants from VT Humanities, VT Arts Council, NH Charitable Foundation, Couch Family Foundation, M&T Bank Foundation, Jane B. Cook 1992 Trust, Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation, Adimab, LLC Community Grant, and charitable contributions from community members like you. | | Weekly Highlights - Oct 7, 2026 | | | | |
