Building community in the Upper Valley of NH and VT through the media arts. | | Weekly Highlights // April 2, 2025 | |
Art & performance
Experience the beautiful third rendition of director Rachel Bersen’s dance series Novel Formats #3: Loop, an improvisational dance and performance in collaboration with artists, musicians, and JAM Senior Producer Chico Eastridge on the road in NYC. 2/27/25 produced by Chico Eastridge for JAM.
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Comedy
Laugh until your sides hurt with first class comedians Paul Ollinger, Rufat Agayev, Shaunak Godkhindi, and Ian Levy at this stand-up JAM benefit extravaganza that kicked off WRIF 2025! Hosted by Ali Reza Punjani. 2/12/25 produced by Chico Eastridge, Jordyn Fitch, Rick Russell, & Kelsie Hogue for JAM.
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Author talk
Discover the history of Lunar New Year, ancestral stories, and traditional foods in first-gen immigrant Zed Zha’s author talk for her humorous, colorful, and introspective picture book, Why We Eat Fried Peanuts, at the Norwich Bookstore. 2/08/25 produced by Rick Russell and Jan Abbott.
| | Pictured: Norwich Selectboard 3/26/25 | | This week's civic highlight: The Norwich Selectboard members discuss committee updates and town goals. Tune into JAM's coverage of this or your town's government and school board meetings live or pre-recorded @ UVJAM.ORG/WATCH | | |
@ JAM Podcasts & Audiobooks
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NEW! JAM Community Podcast
Listen and WATCH host Narain Batra as he interviews VT State Senator and JAM Board Vice-Chair Joe Major, in this new "video podcast" recorded at the JAM studio that features conversations on American power, geopolitics, history, culture, freedom, philosophy, artificial intelligence, and beyond.
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Interactive art exhibit
Fri Apr 4 5PM-7:30PM
FREE @JAM
On First Friday, JAM invites you to fold paper cranes with artists Mona Shiber and JuPong Lin to add to the Peacebirds project. Lin will read from her play, “Phoenix in the Holy Land,” about a town’s fight to end the assault on Palestinian life.
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JAM event
Thu Apr 24 6PM-7:30PM
FREE @JAM
A free poetry open mic event hosted at 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 community access station and YouTube channel.
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Art exhibit
Weekdays 9AM-5PM
Apr 11 - May 30
FREE @JAM
View Peña Popo’s comics journalism that illuminate stories about queerness and belonging. Register for a free zine workshop with the artist on First Friday 5/2/25.
| | 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! | | FILM @ HOPKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS & JAM | | | |
Sat April 5 2PM & 7PM
Ticketed event @ Loew Auditorium
Experience the annual selection of 14 “best of the best" international animated short films. Samurai warriors, soccer players, singing cats, and pigs who cook are just a few of the colorful characters to wow your imagination! Discussion follows with curator Ron Diamond. Co-sponsored by JAM and the Center for Cartoon Studies. Use Promo Code HOPFRIEND for $5 tickets!
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JAM Staff Featurette: Sharing the humans behind the magic of JAM!
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Digital Content Manager
Nick Arvizu
What do you do? I gather content and media from productions and community members and put them where they need to go. I also schedule what goes out to air on the cable channels.
What do you love about JAM? I love that JAM provides opportunities to learn how to create, and that we bring the community together!
What upcoming event are you excited about? I'm a gamer, so I'm excited to drop into JAM's next game night on 4/22.
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Adult media learning
4 Sessions Apr 5 - 26
Registration now open
Discover the excitement of drones! For students 16+. Instructor: Ben Fletcher
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Youth media arts camps
Jul 10 - 14
Registration now open
Elevate your animation skills this summer! 1-week camp for high schoolers. Instructors: Jordyn Fitch & Noah Mauchly
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Youth media arts camps
Jul 21 - 25, Jul 28 - Aug 1
Registration now open
Run a two-week intensive film shoot and produce a short this summer! 2-week camp for high schoolers. Instructors: Chico Eastridge
| | JAM media education programs are made possible in part by grants from Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation, Jane B. Cooke Trust, the Joyful Living Fund, Adimab LLC, the Couch Family Foundation, and donations from community members like you! | | | | The Briggs Opera House welcomes community arts groups to the historic theater in White River Junction, VT. JAM partners with Shaker Bridge Theater to manage rental reservations for available dates, with optional media production services when available. | | |
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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Spring is here... Look cool for a worthy cause! Check out the selection of mugs, hoodies, t-shirts, crop-tops and more available at Strong Rabbit Design. A portion of all proceeds supports JAM's nonprofit work to build community in the Upper Valley through media arts.
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