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Channeling the Upper Valley
5 S. Main Street, 1st floor, White River Junction, VT 05001
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August 30, 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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Making Movie Music
John Williams move over. Want to compose orchestral music for movies, TV shows, and video games? Check out this video by Chris Lehmann. "I have over a decade of experience doing this. I know the challenges of doing this online," says Lehmann, 26, now of Boston who grew up in Hanover and helped launch JAM's podcasting service. With Lehmann's help, you too can learn movie music scoring.
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"Oppenheimer" and Hiroshima
An anti-nuclear activist, an attorney, a novelist, and citizen journalist discuss the movie and the dropping of the A-Bomb on Japan in this roundtable discussion from the VT Institute for Civic and International Involvement. "It was a weapon against future generations and against nature," said host and community activist Sandy Baird.
From Town Meeting TV, CCTV
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Get Busy, People!
The future of work in today's distracted world. That was the subject of a recent Rockefeller Center lecture by computer science professor and New Yorker writer Cal Newport, author of A World Without Email. The Dartmouth alum proposes freeing workers from the tyranny of their email in-boxes. We can only hope....
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Find local government and school meetings for Hartford, Norwich, and Hartland, VT; Hanover, NH and Lebanon, NH (SAU88 only). Pictured: Hartford Selectboard 08/22/23
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Search for yoga, meditation, and religious services shared by local organizations at JAM On-Demand. Pictured: Norwich Congregational Church Sunday Worship 8/20/23
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@ the JAM space & Briggs Opera House
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FIRST FRIDAY SPEAK-OUT
Healthcare is a Human Right
Friday, Sept.1 5-7PM
FREE @JAM
Following Congress’ decision to eliminate extra federal funding for Medicaid, 15 million Americans, including 38,000 Vermonters, are at risk of losing Medicaid in 2023. Join JAM and The Vermont Workers’ Center for a speak-out on September First Friday where Upper Valley community members will be encouraged to come share their healthcare stories. Anyone and everyone is invited to speak up and/or listen to what others have to say about the need for universal healthcare.
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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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LIVE+DIGITAL MUSIC
Inbar Heyman Gets Loopy
Wednesday, Sept. 6 7PM
FREE @JAM
Inbar Heyman is a one-woman-band from Israel who performs her original music with a sophisticated loop station and a combination of unique instruments from all over the world, electronic sounds and household objects. Come see Inbar perform live at JAM!
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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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@ the JAM space & Briggs Opera House
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JAM Community-Produced Podcast
NEW Intersections!
Intersections is BACK! In episode 15, our guest shares their rich personal experience of community, of diversity, of inclusion and of exclusion in far off places including the Middle East and Africa, as well as in the United States, while pursuing a career as a member of the Air Force. They describe how their curiosity has informed their deeply rooted sense of community, and how this has evolved since moving to a small Vermont town a few years ago, and the challenges and rewards of becoming a part of the community fabric.
Intersections podcast was created to share our experience of community in the Upper Valley. o 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
Wednesdays 9/6 & 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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