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Channeling the Upper Valley
5 S. Main Street, 1st floor, White River Junction, VT 05001
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September 13, 2023
Thank you for considering a gift to support JAM's non-profit mission to build community through the media arts.
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Fiddle Ninja Magic
Jakob Breitbach of Wilder, VT, has a black belt on the violin. He and partner in life as well as music, the one and only Jes Raymond, make up the duo Beecharmer. In this episode of JAM's long-running series The Magic's in the Music produced by Barbara Krinitz of Lebanon, NH, Breitbach explains how music theory unlocked the door to improvisation and talks about playing on the streets of Galina, Ohio, at age five.
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Tell Me How You Breathe
“Who gets to breathe freely, fully, with ease,” is a necessary question for our time, right at the intersection of eco-activism, social justice, and public health. With the nourishment of participatory ceremony and song, the Loom Dance Esnemble grounds this political conversation in the physical body to incite the radical act of collectively imagining a more just and beautiful world.
Produced by Jan Abbott and Rick Russell for JAM at The Junction Dance Festival in White River Junction, VT July 2023.
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Norman Rockwell
models reunite
The great illustrator lived in West Arlington, VT, from 1939 to 1953. Townsfolk and children posed for his classic Saturday Evening Post magazine covers. Now grown, child models recall fun times in his studio. Experts and museum curators tell his life story, discuss how his work matured, and reveal how he created his iconic paintings. Courtesy GNAT-TV
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Find local government and school meetings for Hartford, Norwich, and Hartland, VT; Hanover, NH and Lebanon, NH (SAU88 only). Pictured: Hanover Selectboard 09/11/23
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Search for yoga, meditation, and religious services shared by local organizations at JAM On-Demand. Pictured: The Church of Christ at Dartmouth College: The Confessing Church 9/3/23
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@ the JAM space & Briggs Opera House
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INTERACTIVE MEDIA EXHIBIT
Healthcare is a Human Right with Vermont Workers Center
Sept. 1-30 M-F 9AM-5PM
FREE @JAM
The Vermont Workers Center is collaborating with JAM to create a month-long, interactive exhibit that integrates their “Healthcare is a Human Right” media campaign with physical space. Upper Valley residents are encouraged to come by JAM in September to record a short video or take a photo explaining why healthcare is important to them. Or, if being on camera isn’t for you, you can also come by and view the ongoing portrait series which JAM will add the photos and videos taken in their space to throughout the month.
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AMEUP COFFEE MEET-UP
Wednesday, Sept. 20 8-9AM
FREE @JAM
Hear how entrepreneurs, creatives, nonprofits and other organizations are using AI technology like DALL-e and ChatGPT in innovative ways to help build their businesses. Then join a discussion on the challenges and opportunities of these innovations. The talk will be led by Tim Tregubov, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at Dartmouth and Co-Founder & Director of Digital Applied Learning and Innovation (DALI) Lab, an experiential learning program where student designers and software engineers build technology tools with partner organizations. The discussion will include live examples and invite participation from the audience.
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FILM SCREENING + LIVE MUSIC
Passion in a Pandemic
Thursday, Oct. 12 7PM
FREE @Briggs Opera House
Former opera singer Jennifer Chambers and celebrated Italian conductor Filippo Ciabatti teach opera to public high school students in the midst of the Covid pandemic. The young singers open up to the camera about their dreams and challenges, as they learn and perform arias from four celebrated operas, Don Giovanni, Cosi van tutte, Magic Flute and Lakme.
New documentary by Norwich, VT filmmaker Nora Jacobson, Passion in a Pandemic, will have its PBS premiere through NETA and New Hampshire PBS in the fall of 2023, with the launch of a study guide funded by NH Humanities. Join us for the broadcast PREMIERE celebration screening, live music performance, filmmaker & participants Q&A!
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SCHEDULE & PASSES NOW AVAILABLE
Farm-to-Film Fest
Saturday, October 21
@JAM and around White River Junction
JAM, Vital Communities and King Arthur Baking Company have teamed up to present a unique one-day Farm-to-Film Fest of films, live music and dance, food, activities, and farmer meet-and-greets to build awareness of the importance of adopting regenerative farming practices rooted in indigenous agriculture traditions as a climate solution and the harms of our current unsustainable food system. Our mission is to promote Upper Valley farms that are taking direct climate action and to share hopeful solutions to the climate crisis.
Made possible with support from Vermont Humanities.
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NEW Intersections
JAM Community Podcasts
In episode 16, Julius and Michelle welcome an Upper Valley guest facing challenges of access to community as a single parent. A proponent of environmental and food justice, our guest's work in the trenches to identify community members’ needs and meet them through funding opportunities shapes their vision of the multiple layers and diverse issues that arise when we talk about community and what it means to belong, to be valued and inclusive.
To share your story or questions with co-creators Michelle and Julius, you’re invited to email them at: intersections@uvjam.org
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@JAM
Fall registration now open!
JAM Club
It’s an after-school film and media making club! Join us in the JAM space weekly to connect and create with other young media makers. Learn many different aspects of media making from short films to animation to podcasts and more! All equipment will be provided.
Wednesdays 9/13-11/8
3:30-5:30PM
Grades 6-12
$275 - tuition assistance or waiver available
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@JAM
Free! RSVP required
JAM Equipment Orientation
Wednesday 9/20
5:30-6:15PM
Fridays 9/15 & 9/29
12-12:45PM
Participating in the JAM Equipment Orientation is now a prerequisite to borrowing any form of production equipment. The purpose of this orientation is to both ensure you feel comfortable and confident using any of our plethora of A/V equipment to achieve your production goals, but also to teach the proper handling and care techniques to ensure the longevity of our communal A/V arsenal.
If you are looking to borrow equipment for a personal production, or would just like a quick and dirty intro to basic production equipment and techniques, please sign up for the next orientation that works with your schedule.
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Reserve the Briggs Opera House for your next show
The Briggs Opera House welcomes community arts groups of every kind to present performances in the historic theater in downtown White River Junction, VT. JAM has partnered with Shaker Bridge Theater, new resident theater company at the Briggs Opera House, to manage rental reservations for available dates, with optional technical/media production services when available. Learn more!
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Get JAM swag and support community media arts!
CROP TOPS for summer! Mugs! Hoodies! T-shirts! Beanies! Help support our non-profit mission to build community through media arts, and look cool while you're at it.
Thank you for supporting JAM!
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From around the region...
JAM (CATV) partners with the Vermont Access Network (VAN) for HD (high def) community-produced content on Comcast 1070 (VT) and streaming everywhere.
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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. | |
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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
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