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Close out National Poetry Month with a celebration of the Upper Valley’s vibrant poetry scene at the 2025 Ninth Annual Hartland Poetry Fest, presented by Hartland Community Arts and the Hartland Public Library. Watch more of JAM’s coverage of local poetry events here. 4/11/25 Produced by Rick Russell & Jan Abbott.
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Acclaimed poet Vievee Francis brought The Shared World to JAM for a very special evening in 2023. In her poetry collection, Francis imagines the ideas, ideals, and spaces of the Black woman, delving into inherited memories and restrictions between families, lovers, and strangers, and the truths of Black woman as mother, with or without child.
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Palestinian poets and poets in solidarity in Palestine came together for this 2024 community reading organized by Upper Valley for Palestine (UV4PAL), which includes poems such as “If I Must Die” by Refaat Alareer (1979-2023), read in both English and Arabic. 1/17/2024 Produced by Cedar O’Dowd & Drew Boyce for JAM.
| | Pictured: Lebanon School Board 4/8/26 | | |
Watch the Lebanon School Board approve Superintendent goals and discuss school policy on absences, truancies, and use of buildings, facilities and more. Tune into JAM's coverage of this or your town's government & school board meetings live or pre-recorded @ UVJAM.ORG/WATCH
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Shelf Help
Shelf Help is a podcast where booksellers (Yankee Bookshop, the Norwich Bookstore, & Still North Books & Bar) help you answer one of life’s trickier questions: What should you read next?
Episode 3: This episode honors April’s poetry month with a selection of poetry from each bookseller. You will be inspired to read each recommendation.
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Fri May 1 6-8:30PM
FREE @JAM
On May's First Friday, sing (or even play) along to your favorite tunes with JAM Operations Manager and actual father of three, Mike “Mike Daddy” Cannon. FREE and open to all ages!
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Thu May 14 6-7:30PM
FREE @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 TV and YouTube channels. Watch past recordings here!
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Fri May 15 - Sun 5/17
$20 per team @JAM
Write, shoot, and edit a short film in just 48 hours and win a ca$h prize! Register to participate by 5/15 4:59PM, and attend our launch at 5PM. Films are due on 5/17 6PM, where we'll screen them at JAM.
| | 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! | | Pictured: "Valley Transit" table reading at Northern Stage during WRIF 3/4/26 | | |
This summer, we're making a movie titled Valley Transit for our Summer Feature Film Intensive (SFFI) program! The project will capture the beauty of the Upper Valley and tell a story that resonates universally.
If you are interested in volunteering as a crew member, fill out the form below!
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Make movies and friends at JAM Camp 2026!
Whether it’s filmmaking, podcasting, music video, animation, or more, JAM Camp gives you media and a crew of friends to help you create. For grades 4-8. Sessions run 6/22 - 7/3. SESSION 2 IS ALMOST FULL. Register now!
The JAM Summer Feature Film Intensive for high school and college is now full. We are accepting applications to be placed on the waiting list.
| | JAM media education programs are made possible in part through grants from M&T Bank Foundation, Couch Family Foundation, NH Charitable Foundation, Jane B. Cook 1992 Trust, Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation, and Adimab, LLC Community Grant. | | JAM relies on diverse funding sources to sustain our nonprofit community media services promoting civic engagement and transparency in local government. 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 JAM's work possible. | | Weekly Highlights - Apr 29, 2026 | | | | |
