Junction Arts & Media

JAM Film Club
2022-10-12 15:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
It’s an after-school film club! Join us in the JAM space every Wednesday and connect with other young filmmakers. Learn what goes into making a movie, then put it to use making your own. All equipment will be provided.
For more information and to register, click HERE.

jamLAB: Camera
2022-10-11 18:30 - 20:00, 2022-10-04 18:30 - 20:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
This hands-on workshop series focusing on Camera fundamentals for creating moving images is suited to all levels. You are invited to bring media projects-in-progress or ideas you’re incubating. Equipment will be provided (or bring your own) and can be borrowed between sessions for optional “homework” activities. For more info and to register, click HERE

First Friday @JAM: Jennings & Keller
2022-10-07 17:00 - 19:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Jennings & Keller is an award-winning nationally touring duo offering up 21st Century Americana with influences in folk, jazz, and roots music fused into a unique eclectic style that is refreshingly diverse.
FREE

JAM Scriptwriters' Group
2022-10-03 18:30 - 20:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Gather bi-weekly with a dedicated group to meet talented local writers, learn new script writing techniques, and receive peer feedback on your work.
Meetings are free of charge and not mandatory, but we encourage consistent participation to get the most out of this group!
For more information and to register, click HERE.

AmeUp Presents: Insights into Building a Successful Rural-Based Business with Matt Dunne, Executive Director, Center on Rural Innovation
2022-09-27 08:00 - 09:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Bring a coffee and join Matt Dunne, Executive Director of the renowned Center on Rural Innovation in conversation with the AmeUP Upper Valley creative community at the new CATV / JAM studios in White River Junction. This event is free but RSVP is requested to: AmeUpCoffee@gmail.com
Matt is a true thought leader when it comes to rural innovation. In addition to an early career in politics during which he served seven years in the Vermont House of Representatives on progressive economic efforts and youth empowerment, Matt was employed by the Clinton Administration as Director of the AmeriCorps*VISTA program overseeing 6000 full-time people in the fight against poverty. Following his later work as a strategy consultant to nonprofit and for-profit companies, Google hired Matt to create their community affairs program. More recently, his passion for empowering rural communities was turned into action with an appointment at the MIT Media Lab and when he founded the Center on Rural Innovation, an action tank dedicated to closing the opportunity gap in small towns and where he now serves as Executive Director.
Don’t miss hearing what Matt has to say about what Vermont and U.S. rural businesses need to know to thrive.

DJ Academy Demo Class
2022-09-25 14:00 - 15:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Learn the art and science of DJing with DJ Sean! Come by JAM and take a free demo course from the Upper Valley Music Center’s newest curriculum. DJ Academy includes the history of DJ’ing, reviewing and testing key equipment, mixing and playing music, downloading and organizing your own music library, and the entrepreneurial skills of starting and running a DJ business.
Ages: 12+

Live From 1085: JAM Launch Party!
2022-09-23 17:00 - 19:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
We’re live from 1085! Stop by to celebrate the past and the future of Junction Arts & Media on September 23rd from 5-7 PM at our “Live From 1085!” launch party, hosted in our new JAM location (5 S. Main Street, White River Junction, VT). Enjoy nibbles, drinks, a confessional booth, highlights from years past, and our multi-generational media making community.

JAM RetroTECHtive Exhibit
2022-09-12 09:00 - 2022-09-24 17:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
September 12 through the 24th, come find yourself, your community, and our histories in CATV’s open archive! During our open hours, we will be displaying a retrospective of CATV programs from the past 30 years. Watch selected content (newly digitized from our DVD archive) or search through our robust collection of physical media.

First Friday
2022-09-02 17:00 - 20:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
White River Junction hosts First Fridays, where shops, studios, and galleries stay open late. It’s an impromptu first Friday of the month party and exhibition.
Come dance with us, enjoy some delicious food and stroll our fancy new sidewalks to check out First Friday festivities with music at JAM, Long River Gallery, Flourish Beauty Lab and others in the WRJ downtown. Be sure to make your way to the Tip Top Building where Tip Top Pottery will be open ’til 9pm and hit up Ava’s Candy for a late summer ice cream cone and chill with a craft cocktail at Wolf Tree. Our local businesses on the Gates-Briggs block can use your extra love and support as we recover from recent basement flood. See you there!

POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER – AmeUp Presents: Insights into Building a Successful Rural-Based Business with Matt Dunne, Executive Director, Center on Rural Innovation
2022-08-29 08:00 - 09:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER
What does it take for a small town or rural business to be successful in America today?
Bring a coffee and join Matt Dunne, Executive Director of the renowned Center on Rural Innovation in conversation with the AmeUP Upper Valley creative community at the new CATV / JAM studios in White River Junction.
Matt is a true thought leader when it comes to rural innovation. In addition to an early career in politics during which he served seven years in the Vermont House of Representatives on progressive economic efforts and youth empowerment, Matt was employed by the Clinton Administration as Director of the AmeriCorps*VISTA program overseeing 6000 full-time people in the fight against poverty. Following his later work as a strategy consultant to nonprofit and for-profit companies, Google hired Matt to create their community affairs program. More recently, his passion for empowering rural communities was turned into action with an appointment at the MIT Media Lab and when he founded the Center on Rural Innovation, an action tank dedicated to closing the opportunity gap in small towns and where he now serves as Executive Director.
Don’t miss hearing what Matt has to say about what Vermont and U.S. rural businesses need to know to thrive.

Myth Makers – Musical Play Premiere
2022-08-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Hotel Coolidge, 39 South Main Street, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
In a thousand years, will there be music, or will music have to be conjured? (NOTE NEW LOCATION at HOTEL COOLIDGE)
Call it a utopian play — that is forward-looking, proposing something nearly perfect — seeking to be perfect as in the perfection of imagination — which, granted, is not real. Come see it anyway, a soap bubble reflecting the sky!
Original musical play written and directed by Duncan Nichols featuring Kate Magill, Soren Lavoie, Chico Eastridge, Emily Eastridge, Chris Hebb, Chiho Kaneko, WIll Moore, Noor Taher, Neal Meglathery, Henry Nichols, Alden Nichols, Rias Blaas, and Dan Daneen with costumes by Abby Smith, paintings by Antoinette Jacobson, and Dramaturgy by Mike Backman and Nora Jacobson

This event is a fundraiser for DIGS (Doorways Into Good Shelter) digsvt.org. DIGS is a housing organization in Lebanon/Hartford to help directly shelter unhoused people. We will be raising money for two of their small mobile houses — it’s a good cause and needs our support. Pay what you can. For your safety, the audience is asked to wear proper masks. Make plans to come and bring a little of your great energy, it’s a Sunday evening, and not a long show. Get back to your bed early! Help us celebrate the music and the future! Spread the word!

JAM Pop-Up Party
2022-07-30 16:00 - 20:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Come celebrate our successful crowdfunding campaign this Saturday from 4 – 8pm at JAM (5 S. Main Street White River Junction, VT in “Newberry Market” between Piecemeal Pies and Tuckerbox). There will be catering by Fulla Flava and music by DJ Sean! See you there 🙂
FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

jamCAMP: Martial Arts Movie Making Camp @ Okinawan Dojo
2022-07-25 09:00 - 2022-07-29 11:30 | Okinawan Dojo, 351 Miracle Mile, Lebanon, NH, 03784, United States
(NOTE: Registration for this camp only is handled directly through Okinawan Dojo.)
Would your child like to be a martial arts movie hero? (Or villain, maybe?)
In this popular camp, our instructors will help students create, rehearse, and film their very own martial arts movie.
Okinawan Karate Academy will partner with a professional filmmaker from CATV for this special camp.
Open to ages 6 and up, beginner to junior black belt.
9-11:30am at Okinawan Dojo, Lebanon NH
Tuition is $199 plus $25 tech fee

JAM Benefit A/V Yard Sale
2022-07-23 08:00 - 11:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Looking for another way to help build a new home for media arts in the Upper Valley?
Donate used camera/audio/ lighting gear any time until July 23, or come by and pick up a treasure!
JAM A/V Yard Sale
July 23 8am-11am
5 S. Main St., 1st floor
(former Newberry Market)
White River Junction, VT

Junction Dance Festival
2022-07-22 - 2022-07-24 | Briggs Opera House, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Free Dance Workshops, Screenings & Performances
Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Briggs Opera House
Click HERE for more info

jamCAMP: Animation
2022-07-18 13:00 - 2022-07-22 16:00 | Briggs Opera House, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Campers create their own animated characters and worlds through a variety of animation techniques, including stop-motion, claymation and motion-capture!
Entering grades 5-9
Directed by Jordyn Fitch
1-4pm at the Briggs, S. Main St., White River Junction, VT
($175, afternoons only)
To register, please visit our website.

jamCAMP: Breaking News - Multimedia Journalism
2022-07-11 09:00 - 2022-07-15 15:00 | Briggs Opera House, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
What are the roles and responsibilities of “the media” in our democracy? What makes a good story? How do we know “truth” in reporting? High school-aged participants will seek answers to these questions and more as active reporters. Choosing current issues of concern to them, participants learn responsible journalistic practices across digital media, including text, podcasting/radio, and TV/streaming. Nationally and locally recognized professionals from the field will share techniques for conducting interviews, verifying sources, evaluating “truth, and making strong creative choices of form and content to achieve engaging storytelling of service to the public.
Entering grades 9-12
Guest journalists include Maggie Cassidy, VTDigger, Jim Kenyon, Valley News, Rob Gurwitt, Daybreak, and Elizabeth Wilcox, author and journalist
9am-3pm at the Briggs, S. Main St., White River Junction, VT ($400)
To register, please visit our website.

Uprooting Addiction – Free Film Screening
2022-07-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Briggs Opera House, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Building a Positive Community (BAPAC) presents UPROOTING ADDICTION: Healing from the Ground Up, an important film about Trauma, Addiction, and recovery. This 1-hour film will be followed by a discussion with the filmmakers.
FREE Admission
at the Briggs Opera House
7:00 PM
RSVP (not required)

jamCAMP: Music Video Production
2022-07-05 09:00 - 2022-07-08 15:00 | Briggs Opera House, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Jam with Fiddle Ninja Jakob Breitbach and Jes Raymond to create rockin’ music videos! Campers get their hands on cameras, sound, editing and effects to learn studio music concert production, including live-streaming. Then, using their recordings, they’ll shoot and edit music videos. Music background a plus but not required!
Entering grades 5-9
Directed by Jakob Breitbach and Jes Raymond
9am-3pm at the Briggs, S. Main St., White River Junction, VT ($250/4 days)
To register, please visit our website.

jamCAMP: Studio Production
2022-06-27 09:00 - 2022-07-01 15:00 | Briggs Opera House, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Can’t tell a gimbal from a gobo? No problemo! Learn the fundamentals of studio production from vlogs to live news broadcasts. Get hands-on experience working with lights, sound, green screens, and a slew of other gadgets and gizmos. Be a grip. Be a gaffer. Be an audio tech. Be a cinematographer. Be an actor. Be yourself! Make friends and make a show.
Entering grades 5-9
9am-3pm at the Briggs, S. Main St., White River Junction, VT ($300)
Directed by Chico Eastridge, Senior Producer, CATV
To register, please visit our website.

JAM PRESENTS: PRIDE PROM
2022-06-24 18:00 - 22:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Celebrate Pride Month by jamming with us at JAM’s Pride Prom! Come dressed to the 9s with your dancing shoes on for an evening of music, photos, fun and more. It’s all the trimmings of prom in a safe, inclusive, and LGBTQ+ encouraged space. Fun for all ages, and all are welcome. Best dressed has the chance to be crowned Prom Royalty!

Thank you to our sponsors Good Neighbor Health Clinic & Red Logan Dental Clinic, Revolution, Still North, and Trailbreak Tacos.
With great support from The Pride Center of Vermont, Nancy the Girl, Open Door, Piecemeal Pies, and our “prom committee” volunteers from The Center for Cartoon Studies.
Junction Arts & Media located at 7 S Main St, White River Junction

Juneteenth, a Celebration of Freedom - The City of Lebanon
2022-06-19 17:00 - 19:00 | Colburn Park, 1 N Park St, Lebanon, NH, 03766, United States
Juneteenth, a Celebration of Freedom. The City of Lebanon Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commission invites the community to join us in the City’s inaugural Juneteenth celebration on June 19, 2022 at 5pm in Colburn Park, downtown Lebanon.

Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans. Although President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was issued January 1, 1863, it took more than two years for the institution of slavery to end in Texas. On June 19, 1865, Union Army General Gordon Granger read General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, proclaiming freedom for enslaved people in that state. President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independent Day Act into Law on June 17, 2021.

The program will include musical performances, a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, and a presentation about formerly enslaved people who resided in Lebanon and the abolitionist movement in our community. Traditional red punch and red velvet cake will be served. Please join us on June 19 at 5pm for this very special celebration of freedom!

Event will be recorded by and aired on CATV.

Hartford's 2nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration
2022-06-18 15:30 - 17:30 | Lyman Park, 167 Maple St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Hartford’s 2nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration at Lyman Point Park in WRJ. Sponsored by the Town of Hartford and Hartford Committee on Racial Equity and Inclusion.

Freedom & Unity Filmmakers Contest: Screening and Award Show
2022-06-17 | Briggs Opera House, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
The Freedom & Unity Filmmakers Contest: Screening and Award Show at the Briggs Opera House and Junction Arts and Media.
10 AM & 2PM: Screen all submitted films and vote for the audience choice award. Watch the films online or @ JAM (The JAM space is located in the Newberry Market storefront, between Tuckerbox and Piecemeal Pies)
5PM: Pizza Party @ JAM
7PM: Awards Showcase @ Briggs Opera House

WRIF FILM: EL GRAN MOVIMIENTO
2022-05-29 19:00 - 20:30 | VT
Stunningly shot in the ancient Bolivian highlands and contemporary La Paz, El Gran Movimiento (The Great Movement) is a musically structured blend of drama, documentary, political messaging, and avant-garde adventuring, with superbly textured images and a pulsing soundtrack.

WRIF FILM: PLAYGROUND
2022-05-29 15:00 - 17:00 | Briggs Opera House, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Belgium’s submission to the Academy Awards and shortlisted for a Best International Feature nomination, Playground takes us inside a world often hidden from adult eyes. Writer-director Laura Wandel locates the nascent prejudices and aggressions that plague our society in the newly formed relationships children forge when away from their parents.
Presented with an opening short film: “The Burden,” by Niki Lindroth von Bahr (14 min)

WRIF FILM: THREE MINUTES - A LENGTHENING
2022-05-29 12:00 - 13:30 | Briggs Opera House, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Presented in partnership with the Upper Valley Jewish Community
Three-minutes’ worth of 16mm film on the verge of ruin is what Glenn Kurtz found in his parent’s Florida home shortly after their passing. Frame by frame, slowed, stilled, played backwards and forwards, Three Minutes – A Lengthening interrogates the found footage to resurrect the people and the town that disappeared in one of history’s most monumental tragedies.

WRIF FILM: HIT THE ROAD
2022-05-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Briggs Opera House, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Panah Panahi, the son of the great Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, makes his feature-film debut with this tender, sharp-witted, and deeply moving comic drama. Come along on an inventive and eccentric exploration of familial love and loss, and bask in the joyful tour-de-force performance of child actor Rayan Sarlak.

Presented with an opening short film: “Precious Hair & Beauty,” by John Ogunmuyiwa (11 min)

WRIF FILM: CARAJITA
2022-05-28 15:00 - 17:00 | Briggs Opera House, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
There is love between Sarah (Cecile van Welie) and the family housekeeper who helped raise her, Yarisa (Magnolia Nunez). Their affection transcends the employer-employee relationship and approaches something more akin to that of mother and daughter. But there are barriers, too—of class and of race—and when a fatal event tears at the seams of their connection, those barriers threaten to become impossible chasms.
Post-screening Q&A with director Ulises Porra
Presented with an opening short film: “El Ruido Solar,” by Pablo Hernando (16 min)
