Junction Arts & Media

(Coffee &) Tea with JAM and Bread
2026-03-02 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-03-03 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-03-04 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-03-05 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
It’s exactly what you think it is! Come hang out in JAM before that early morning screening and fuel up for a full day of festival going with a selection of– you guessed it, coffee, tea, jam, and breads galore!

Brown Bag Lunch: Festival Welcome
2026-03-02 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Bring a lunch and munch with us in the JAM space to learn more about all the ways you can engage in our festival this year.

Brown Bag Lunch: StoryJam
2026-03-04 12:00 - 13:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
As part of the White River Indie Film Festival (WRIF) we are holding a special pop-up StoryJam. Bring a lunch and join us in the JAM space for StoryJAM, an informal and inclusive storytelling circle where you are invited to share an unrehearsed 5-minute true story from your own life. If you don’t have a story, just come and listen.

The theme is: “Drama”

As always, the theme is fluid and open to your personal interpretation. If you have a good story that doesn’t exactly fit the theme, you are absolutely welcome to tell it. No RSVP required, the event is free and open to the public. All are welcome!

RESCHEDULED! The JAM Movie: Live Screenplay Table Read
2026-03-04 19:00 - 21:30 | Private: Northern Stage, 74 Gates St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Announcement: due to inclement weather tonight (Tuesday 3/3) this event has been rescheduled. The new date is Wednesday 3/4 at 7PM.
JAM’s making a movie! This summer, JAM will launch its first ever Summer Feature Film Intensive where participants will join the JAM crew as we create a feature film right here in the Upper Valley!
The script is here and we’re ready for you to read it! We will take audience volunteers to read parts live as we work through the entire script and open it up to community feedback.
RVSP HERE

Meze on Main Street: A Love Story Post Show Lunch with Filmmakers
2026-03-05 12:45 - 14:00 | Private: Cappadoccia Cafe, 5 South Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Eat the food from the movie and talk to the filmmakers Jim Zein and Samantha Davidson-Green.

Theater of the Absurd Puppet Show & Circus
2026-03-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Briggs Opera House, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
“What a great time to be alive if you love the theater of the absurd.” – David Lynch
For fans young and old of The Muppet Show and PeeWee’s Playhouse, WRIF presents Theater of the Absurd – a live smorgasbord of circus, puppetry, and music!
Kids tickets(12 & under): $17, Adult tickets: $23. Included in all WRIF passes. GET TICKETS HERE.
HOSTED BY CONTENT CLOWN

Bex Love (they/them) is a heart centered trickster who makes musical puppetry spectacles under the name Content Clown. Their work celebrates the ancient connection between queerness and the natural world, and utilizes the absurd to push against societal boundaries, in order to discover a more liberated world. Bex is also a member of the Sable Ensemble, and the Community Engagement Organizer for The Sable Project, an off-grid artist residency and event space in Stockbridge, VT. Listen to their album “Gender, Feels” here.
FEATURING
“Pattie Peels Out” by Ria Blaas

“Pattie Peels Out” tells the story of Pattie the potato, who finds the courage to venture outside her potato box where she encounters perils unknown to potato-kind. Ria Blaas has been performing with her ensemble, Upper Loveland Puppets throughout New England at schools, fairs, resorts, daycares and senior centers for over 15 years, presenting their cast of characters to audiences young and old. Blaas is accompanied by puppeteers, Glennis Gold & Cody Williams. Check out Ria’s work here.
Sable Ensemble

The Sable Ensemble is a curated group of alumni from The Sable Project in Stockbridge, VT who come together to collaborate on live performances featuring dance, puppetry, and shenanigans. The group includes Otto Pierce (he/him), Sable’ Founder and Creative Director, Jessica Lee (she/her), Sable’s Director of Operations, and Bex Love, Sable’s Community Engagement Organizer.
Liam Gundlach

Liam grew up performing with Circus Smirkus, then went on to study at the Circus School of Quebec. As a circus artist, a street performer and a hospital clown, Liam finds beauty in what is simple and relatable, giving equal value to the big trick as to the small moment of wonder. Now based in Boston, you can find out what Liam is up to here.
Elliot McGary-Walters

Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Elliot discovered circus arts in 2019. While training on a variety of apparatus, he quickly fell in love with aerial rope. In 2023, he moved to Brattleboro, Vermont to attend NECCA ProTrack professional training program. Here he discovered and began training tightwire and bottle walking. He is training hard in year 3 of ProTrack, and is looking forward to graduating in 2026.
Oscar

Cal Wicker is 20 years old and is training at the New England center for Circus Arts, in their professional training program as a dance trapeze major and acrobatic theater minor. They started as a competitive gymnast but once they found Circus there was no going back. Tonight you’ll meet Oscar, Cals mime who they have been creating over the last two years of training.

Dabke Community Dance with Raq-On Dance
2026-03-07 17:00 - 18:00 | Briggs Opera House, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Join Shadia and Amity from Raq-on Dance for a presentation on common social dances from Lebanon, Iraq, and Palestine! Learn the steps to join any social Dabke line at weddings, celebrations, and restaurants. Participants will also hear and learn about the drums and rhythms used.

INSTRUCTORS:
Shadia Tohme became passionate for dance at a young age from social dancing at festivals in the Turkish and Lebanese communities in Boston area. In 1972 she became professionally involved as a soloist and troupe member. Most of her Middle Eastern dance training has been with Middle Eastern artists both in U.S. and in Lebanon. Toured U.S., Canada, South & Central America with percussionist & folk dancer husband Ibrahim Maalouf and top ME artists on the U.S. Arabic entertainment circuit for eight years. During these tours, she created numerous Oriental & folkloric choreographies in productions that are still currently performed by local artists. Shadia has been teaching classical/folkloric classes & workshops in Canada and the U.S. for over forty five years and still going strong! In 1985 she created Mirza Dance Ensemble and has performed with them throughout New England. Over one hundred members and five generations successfully entertained audiences in numerous cultural festivals, college programs and traditional wedding celebrations until 2015. She continues to inspire and support future generations of dancers through her teachings and costume designs.
Amity Alize has studied Middle Eastern and North African folkloric dances for two decades and continues to deepen her knowledge through annual travels to Egypt. She has shared the art of Raqs Sharqi with thousands in the North East. Founder of the multi-award winning Raq-On Dance studio, Amity encourages dancers to develop their own unique voice. She was invited to teach and perform at the Camp Negum Dance Festival in Cairo in 2015. She is the director of the annual Shimmyathon Festival and has hosted over a hundred events featuring national and international dancers. She can be seen performing at weddings, theatre shows, fundraisers, and venues featuring Middle Eastern bands. She offers workshops across the United States and abroad. raq-on.net

Indie Sleaze Dance Party
2026-03-07 22:15 - 23:30 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Smudge out that eyeliner and claw those skinny jeans out of the bowels of your closet. We’re getting messy mid 2000’s style at our indie sleaze dance party at JAM. DJ geNdErENdeR will be spinning the dance-punk tunes of their childhood.
