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Channeling the Upper Valley

5 S. Main Street, 1st floor, White River Junction, VT 05001

June 5, 2024

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WATCH

Broadcasting now @ JAM Upper Valley Channel on Comcast 1075/VTel 169 & 1169

Broadcasting now @ JAM Government Channel on Comcast 1085/VTel 170 & 1170

Streaming @ uvjam.org, JAM On-Demand, YouTube

Up, up and away

The skies over the Upper Valley will fill with balloons again June 14-16 when New England's longest-running annual hot air balloon festival returns to Quechee, VT. Enjoy highlights from the 2021 and 2023 festival captured by Samantha Davidson Green and Rick Russell for JAM, then maybe you'll be inspired to book a balloon ride this year and float among the stars!

Drug Company Abuse

At a Burlington press conference on escalating medical costs on May 17, U.S. Senator Peter Welch expressed shock at VT's "unreal" housing prices, called out prescription drug prices as "outrageous" due to drug companies' "abuse" of the market and government policies, and called for reform. "The price gouging has got to stop."

From Town Meeting TV at the Center for Media & Democracy

Recycled Fashion

Middle schoolers' fashion visions became reality last week at JAM when rePlay Arts presented "reUse Runway," the culmination of a spring after-school program teaching design with recycled materials. The fashionistas rocked the red carpet in styles ranging from "sassy purple-ilicious" and "fashionable feathers" to "ice-cream drip." JAM's after-school media club was there to capture the glamor!

Produced by JAM Club

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT @JAM

This week's civic highlight: The towns of Hanover and Lebanon have approved Gaza cease-fire resolutions. Hartford's Selectboard was set to vote yesterday. Citizens spoke pro and con at last week's meeting. "The Selectboard has a moral obligation," said member Brandon Smith, who was arrested protesting at Dartmouth in May. "Where do we stop as a board at calling out things?" asked board member Lannie Collins.



Tune into government and school meetings LIVE on JAM cable channels 1075/1085 (Comcast) or 169/170 VTEL, streaming on our website, or JAM's YouTube channel, or find recordings by searching JAM On-Demand for your town's meeting recordings.

Pictured: Hartford Selectboard 05/28/24

GATHER

@ JAM space

Live music at First Friday

Radiate with Lisa Piccirillo, Jes Raymond and Allison Fay Brown

Friday, June 7 5:30-7:00PM

FREE @ JAM

Gather at JAM for a live performance preview of Lisa Piccirillo’s forthcoming release of “RADIATE,” a new album celebrating creative reclamation after big life transitions. Enjoy additional performances by local music talents Jes Raymond and Allison Fay Brown!

Saturday Pop-Up Workshop

Experimental Animation Workshop with Noah Mauchly

Saturday, June 8 10-2:30PM

FREE @ JAM

Anyone can create exciting, unique animation, regardless of age, experience or technical proficiency! Learn the basics of animation software to let your imagination run wild and have fun exploring experimental animation. This workshop is for adults, but all experience levels are welcome!

CREATE

@the JAM space

SUMMER

JAM Camps

June 24 - August 2

One-week JAM Camp and Animation Intensive still have spaces! (Film Intensive now waitlist only.) Fee assistance/waiver available thanks to grants from Adimab, Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation, and Jane B. Cook Trust.

ON-GOING

JAM Equipment Orientation

Wednesdays 5:30PM

Fridays 12PM

Learn how to use our circulating A/V gear available FREE for local residents to achieve your production goals.

Community Arts space available for rentals

Reserve the Briggs Opera House

for your next event or show

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.

LISTEN

@ JAM Podcasts, Audiobooks & Music

JAM community podcast

Intersections

On community in the Upper Valley

This Pride Month, take a listen to Episode 5 of the Intersections podcast archive for a personal perspective of a new Vermonter's experience being transgender in the Upper Valley.

Intersections co-creators Michelle and Julius wanted to create a platform for sharing our experiences of community in the Upper Valley. To share your story or questions, you’re invited to email them at:  intersections@uvjam.org

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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