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Channeling the Upper Valley
5 S. Main Street, 1st floor, White River Junction, VT 05001
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May 10, 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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@ the JAM space & Briggs Opera House
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Book Release Party & Reading
by Vievee Francis, with music by Steven Johnson @JAM
A Night of Poetry & Black Music
Free, RSVP required
Friday, May 19 7PM
Live music, BBQ, poetry reading and book signing, film preview, and dance party – gather at JAM to celebrate with acclaimed poet Vievee Francis the release of her new collection, The Shared World! Books available for purchase courtesy of Still North Books & Bar with eats by Wicked Awesome BBQ.
Live Blues music will be headlined by visiting artist Steven Johnson, grandson of blues legend Robert Johnson, of Crystal Springs, MS with band Kit Creeger, Doc Winslow, Steve Drebber, David Westphalen, and Jakob Breitbach. Catch a sneak peek of short documentary-film-in-progress by Samantha Davidson Green and Antonio Tarrell with Steven Johnson illuminating a missing chapter Robert Johnson’s life and living legacy in the Johnson grandchildren. The night will close out with a dance party with JAM’s own inimitable DJ gEnDerEnDer!
Made possible through support from Vermont Humanities, the Leslie Center for the Humanities at Dartmouth, and a Better Places grant.
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Multimedia arts installation @JAM:
"I Dream the Ghosts of Houses"
By Lynn Graznak
Free, on display May 5-31
Lynn Graznak makes art from the collision of disparate elements to create a multileveled dialogue between the surreal and the mundane. A multi-talented, community taught craftsperson, her work includes knitting, weaving, stitchery, felting, printing original photos on silk, doll making, 3D collage, wood and metal construction in combination with original poetry and fiction.
“I Dream the Ghosts of Houses” is Graznak’s first foray into video art, including elements projected onto textiles.
JAM free public media arts programs are made possible in part through a BETTER PLACES placemaking grant through the VT Dept. of Housing and Community Development.
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Changing the Mental Health Conversation
Learn Five Basic Signs of Mental Illness. That's the hope of John Broderick, Jr., in this Dartmouth Rockefeller Center lecture. The five signs? 1) Recognize emotional suffering; 2) Express concern. Offer support; 3) Act now; 4) Follow through and more. A former chief justice of the NH Supreme Court, Broderick is senior director of external affairs at Dartmouth Health and author of Backroads and Highways: My Journal to Discovery on Mental Health.
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Murphy Meets Sanders
Forty four percent of high school students feel persistently sad, according to Surgeon Gen. Vivek Murthy, and 33 percent of teen girls seriously considered taking their lives in 2021. "That number should alarm all of us....Mental health is the defining public health crisis of our time," according to Murthy who recently sat down with VT Sen. Sanders. "The good news is mental health challenges are often preventable and treatable." A major driver of teen mental health woes? Social media, says Murthy.
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Mental Health for Hospice Caregivers
End of life is a confusing, scary, difficult time. Dartmouth Health Chaplain Gary Shapiro and medical social worker Wendy Benedict talk about the help available for people and families. "I acknowledge and affirm caregivers' feelings and help them find strength and resilience inside themselves. For patients, so many struggle with loss of independence and accepting where they are now. Focus not on what you don't have but what you do have," says Shapiro. Courtesy of VNH: Visiting Nurse & Hospice for VT and NH.
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Hanover, NH Town Meeting
May 9, 2023 Hanover High School
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Find local government and school meetings for Hartford, Norwich, and Hartland, VT; Hanover, NH and Lebanon, NH (SAU88 only). Pictured: Hartland School Board 05/02/23
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Listen UPper Valley!
Hear new voices sharing their experiences of community in the Upper Valley on Intersections, produced by Michelle and Julius, or glean a hot top on what to read next on Shelf Help. Discover the powerful stories of resilience shared by Hartford Dismas residents who are Going the Dismas, and find a new sense of connection with others right here in your community through JAM Podcasts.
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FEATURED CAMP:
JAM Summer Camp
RADIO STORIES with Vermont Public's Lexi Krupp
July 10-14
Take a deep dive into audio storytelling with a public radio professional! Campers entering grades 8-12 will pitch and produce an audio story, along with learning the basics of what makes good radio, recording, interviewing, editing, and writing for the ear. Final projects will be offered to radio and streaming news outlets.
Whether it’s a TV show, film, podcasting, music video, animation, or yet to be discovered, JAM summer camps give you media tools and a crew of friends to help you create! Check out the full 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 the Briggs to manage rental reservations, with optional technical/media production services when available. Learn more!
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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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