Building community in the Upper Valley of NH and VT through the media arts. | |
Weekly Highlights // January 16, 2025 | |
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Media events @ JAM & Briggs Opera House
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Author Talk
TONIGHT Jan 16 6:30-8PM
FREE @JAM
Two local authors share their writing and photo projects of family history shaped by the Holocaust, exploring the role of family historians in keeping the archive alive.
Part of JAM’s “Mediated Lives” series exploring the role of our current media landscape in shaping American culture, free speech, and democracy.
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Film Festival & Comedy
Benefit Comedy Show
Feb 12 7:30PM
Ticketed event for 18+
Kick off WRIF with laughs! Headliner Paul Ollinger (NYC Comedy Festival) joins Ian Levy, Rufat Agayev, and Shaunak Godkhindi for a comedy night supporting JAM’s events and education programs. Tickets are $25 or $15 with your WRIF pass! For friends and lovers – get two general admission tickets for $40.
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Film Festival & Comedy
Festival Feb 13-16
SCHEDULE NOW LIVE!
All are welcome!
Presented by the Leslie Center for the Humanities at Dartmouth & Bio X Cell
JAM's annual festival of the best new global and local cinema is coming to the Briggs Opera House and JAM in downtown White River Junction. View the film line-up and buy tickets or passes!
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JAM events are made possible in part by grants from VT Humanities, VT Arts Council, NH Charitable Foundation, the Couch Foundation, and by charitable contributions from community members like you! | |
Justice
MLK on JAM
Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this weekend by viewing some of his historic orations on JAM On-Demand, including 1965 Selma speech, 1963 I Have a Dream speech, 1967 A Time to Break Silence on Vietnam and watch Upper Valley community members' Tributes to Martin Luther King, reading from Dr. King's trove of prophetic writings and speaking to their enduring relevance today.
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Mediated Lives
Time's up for TikTok. As the Jan. 19 deadline looms, find out how the Lebanon High School Justices adjudicated TikTok's case against the US government's "TikTok Ban" in the Supreme Court (aka Briggs Opera House) last November, with oral arguments for both sides presented by VT Law Pres. Rod Smolla.
Livestream/broadcast produced by JAM Digital Seniors, High School Media Fellows & staff
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Poetry at JAM
Inua Ellams
What’s in a name? Watch "Anonyms, "a JAM event where poet, playwright and Hop artist-in-residence Inua Ellams invited the audience to explore the stories and meanings behind their names, how they've shaped us, and to write impromptu poems inspired by images we associate with our names.
Produced by Cedar O'Dowd with Aidan Kennedy and Jordyn Fitch for JAM.
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Pictured: SAU 88 Lebanon School Board 01/08/25 | |
This week's civic highlight: Principal Smith gave a brief overview of the NEASC report during the most recent Lebanon school board meeting. Tune into this and your town's government and school board meetings live or pre-recorded @ UVJAM.ORG/WATCH | |
Filmmaker competition
Winter/Spring 2025
Registration now open
JAM is elated to once again host #PitchFest, a shark-tank style competition where local film and media makers have 5 minutes to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges with the hopes of winning money to bring their vision to life.
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Adult media learning
Winter/Spring 2025
Registration now open
We are often asked, "When are you going to have JAM Club for adults?" The answer is... now! This Winter/Spring JAM is offering courses in screenwriting, editing, animation, cinematography, and drone videography designed for adults (16+).
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After-school youth media
Spring sessions start March 17 – Register now!
Come to JAM Mondays for JAM's new after-school Video Gaming Club and and connect with other young media-makers to play video games, learn about e-sports, and come up with game design concepts! Grades 5-8 (Wednesday JAM Club is full)
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JAM media education programs and scholarships are made possible in part by grants from the Couch Foundation, Jane B. Cook 1992 Charitable Trust, Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation, NH Charitable Foundation and charitable contributions from community members like you! | |
@ JAM Podcasts, Audiobooks & Music
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JAM Community Podcast
Local co-creators Julius and Michelle pioneered podcasting at CATV in 2022 (now JAM) with Intersections, a platform for sharing our experience of community in the Upper Valley in a personal yet anonymous format. Listen to the 17 conversations they've recorded so far. To share your story or questions, you're invited to email them at: intersections@uvjam.org
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We reached for the stars and – together –we got there! Thank you for your generous contributions that made it possible to reach JAM's Annual Fund goal. Your support enables JAM to offer free and low-cost media arts programs to all in the Upper Valley. Here’s to more local creativity and connection in 2025! | | |
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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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