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Building community in the Upper Valley of NH and VT through the media arts.

Weekly Highlights // May 28, 2025

WATCH

@ Streaming on UVJAM.ORG, JAM On-Demand, JAM YouTube, and Cablecast app

@ JAM Government Channel on Comcast 1085/VTel 170

@ JAM Upper Valley Channel on Comcast 1075/VTel 169

Community events

Sing along!

Warm your heart to the Bugbee Center’s karaoke rendition of Roger Miller’s “King of the Road”! JAM is excited to lend PA systems to the Bugbee Center and other community spots to enhance community ties, let people get creative, and have fun. Shared with JAM by the Bugbee Center.

Technology

Forecast on AI

Explore the relationship between AI and national security in this Osher “Great Decisions” lecture by Norwich University professor Narain Batra, who discusses the impact of AI on military strategy and predicts how AI might be regulated. 5/13/25 produced by Rick Russell and Jan Abbott for JAM.

Books

Chronicling seasons

Renew your appreciation for Vermont's changing landscapes in this Norwich Bookstore author talk with writer Ted Levin and illustrator Jeanette Fournier, as they discuss their book, The Promise of Sunrise: Finding Solace in a Broken World. 4/8/25 produced by Jordyn Fitch for JAM.

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT @ JAM

Pictured: Hartland Selectboard 5/19/25

This week's civic highlight: Watch the Hartland Selectboard discuss updates with town businesses and the Town and Highway Capital Plan Tune into JAM's coverage of this or your town's government and school board meetings live or pre-recorded @ UVJAM.ORG/WATCH

CALL TO ACTION

VOTE for JAM!

"Best Nonprofit" Contest by SEVEN DAYSIES!

Thanks to your support, JAM is a FINALIST in the Seven Daysies! Help us win a $10K grant from the Vermont Community Foundation by voting for JAM! (Voting round ends 6/10)

INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Click the link to your left. Click on Junction Arts & Media, and it'll take you to a register/sign-in page. Enter your email. Then, enter your name and ZIP.

2) Confirm your registration with the code sent to your email (extra step to prevent multiple votes).

3) Link should return you to the "Best Nonprofit Voting Page" (first link).

4) Select Junction Arts & Media from the multiple choice questions.

GATHER

@ JAM

Writing group

Scriptwriters Group

Every other Monday

Mon Jun 2 5:30-7PM

FREE @JAM

Gather bi-weekly with a dedicated group of talented local writers for an informal peer review circle. To join, email: cedar@uvjam.org

Pride Month

Pride Prom IV

Fri Jun 6 7-11PM

$5-10 donation @JAM

On First Friday, JAM’s Pride Prom returns! Theme is “Cruising”––button yer best breeches and sail VT’s high seas! We’ll rock out to local music, take photobooth pics, and crown Prom Royalty!

Video & board games

Game Night

Every 4th Tuesday

Tue Jun 24 6:30-8:30PM

FREE @JAM

Play video and board games at JAM! Bring your own controller if you have one. You must be 14+ or accompanied by an adult.

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!

LISTEN

@ JAM Podcasts & Audiobooks

JAM Podcast

Mediated Lives

NEW! Episode 4: Samantha and Lebanon NH City Manager Shaun Mullholland join forces to discuss how media and the work of local government intersect – or collide – and how changes in the broader political culture and media landscape telescope to the local, for better and worse. With an emphasis on optimistic problem-solving and fearless navigation of the human beings inside the politics, Shaun breaks down growing AI use, communication tactics, the importance of the arts, reaching out across the aisle, and more.

CREATE

Media Education @ JAM

Youth media arts camps

JAM High School Animation & Film Intensive Camps

July 14 - Aug 1

Registration now open

We still have spaces for high schoolers to dive into advanced filmmaking and animation this summer! 1- and 2-week camps.

NEW! Youth leadership

Youth Media Advisory Board

1 monthly meeting

Applications now open

Are you an influencer? Join the Youth Media Advisory board to share your opinions with the JAM staff and board and shape JAM programs on social media and digital wellbeing. Ages 15-21

JAM Competitions

48 Hour Film Slam

May 30 5PM - Jun 1 6PM

Registration now open

Are you a filmmaker? Do you love a challenge? On 5/30, contestants will have 48 hours to write, shoot, edit, and export an original short film! Then join us at JAM on 6/1 for a celebratory evening screening and PRIZES!

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!

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 Theatre to manage rental reservations for available dates, with optional media production services when available.

SUPPORT JAM

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.

JAM Drip

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.

JAM – Junction Arts & Media

Contact us at info@uvjam.org