Story JAM: Bi-Monthly Storytelling Circle
2025-07-24 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
THEME: “Newcomer”
In a society increasingly divided and isolated, storytelling can bring us together. Story Jam is a bi-monthly story circle where community members can meet to get to know each other through personal stories. All members of the Upper Valley community are invited to join the circle and share an unrehearsed 5-minute true story from their own life. No competition, no judgment, no lecturing, no ranting… Just share a story about something that happened to you and listen to other people’s stories. Whether you are a new or seasoned storyteller; whether you are shy or extroverted – all are welcome! The moderators will keep track of time to make sure everyone has a chance to speak.
Sponsored by Upper Valley Welcome Wagon
Green Mountain Center for Economic Developement’s Upper Valley Welcome Wagon helps to get new residents connected to the community and build great lives here. Find out more about UV Welcome Wagon: gmedc.com/welcome-wagon

For more info, reach us at storyjam@uvjam.orgFor questions about UV Welcome Wagon, reach out to James@gmedc.com

FLIPPING THE CAMERA: The Makers' Menagerie – Opening Reception at Norwich Public Library
2025-07-18 17:30 - 19:00 | Norwich Public Library, 368 Main St, Norwich, VT, 05055, United States
We, the media makers who work at JAM – Junction Arts & Media, are excited to pull back the curtain and share our creative work at the Norwich Public Library! Join us for an artists’ reception on Friday, 7/18 from 5:30PM-7PM on location in Norwich, VT.
“FLIPPING THE CAMERA: The Makers’ Menagerie” will be on display in the Community Room through August.
Exhibiting JAM Artists:

Ana Liu
Arantza Peña Popo
Cedar O’Dowd
Chico Eastridge
Jordyn Fitch
Mac Harp (in memorium)
Noah Mauchly
Richard Neugass
Samantha Davidson Green

The Librarians (Free Screening + Discussion)
2025-07-01 19:00 - 21:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Librarians emerge as democracy’s first responders in this powerful documentary about the recent American book bans and the heroes who battle them. Breakout group discussions moderated by librarians from Lebanon and Wilder/Quechee libraries will follow this screening.
In Texas, the Krause List targets 850 books focused on race and LGBTQIA+ stories, triggering sweeping book bans across the US at an unprecedented rate. As tensions escalate, librarians connect the dots from heated school and library board meetings nationwide to lay bare the underpinnings of White Christian Nationalism fueling the censorship efforts.
Despite facing harassment, threats and laws aimed at criminalizing their work, the librarians in this Sundance Film Festival hit maintain their sense of humor and the belief in their work’s importance. Their rallying cry for the freedom to read sets an inspiring example for all seeking to protect rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.
D: Kim A. Snyder, US, 2025, 1h32m

This film is presented in partnership with Hopkins Center For the Arts at Dartmouth College and Upper Valley Food Co-op Documentary Club.

Additional screening of The Librarians at The Hop on July 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM.
Made possible in part by VT Humanities and Joyful Living Fund.

JAM at Hartford Community Coalition (HCC) Block Party
2025-06-25 17:00 - 20:00 | Lyman Park, 167 Maple St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Join us for some family fun at the 10th annual Hartford Community Coalition (HCC) block party at Lyman Point Park in WRJ, celebrating Hartford’s resources and youth programming! JAM will be tabling and running a fun animation activity suitable for all ages. Additionally, there will be raffles, balloons, face painting, dance performances, and a free picnic dinner!
Learn more at www.hccvt.org!

GAME NIGHT
2025-06-24 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-05-27 18:30 - 20:30 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Drop in and play video and board games at JAM — free and welcoming to everybody! We’ll provide the games and consoles, but you may wish to bring your own controller if you have one. Participants must be at least 14 years old or accompanied/supervised by an adult.

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LEAD BY RAYCE GILBERT & IVAN HACKER

Rayce Gilbert wears many hats (literally). He has been playing video games since he was 4 years old and has been making YouTube videos about them for 10 years. He is also a producer for Junction Arts & Media. His aim is to use his media skills and experience to make a meaningful difference in the world.

Ivan Hacker is passionate about art and competitive gaming, always striving to refine his skills and take on new challenges. Whether it’s working on personal projects or competing, he enjoys pushing his limits and achieving success. He values collaboration, as working with others helps him grow and makes the experience more fulfilling.
May’s game night is sponsored by GMEDC’s VT Welcome Wagon Project!

JAM Scriptwriters Group
2025-06-16 17:30 - 19:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Gather monthly with a dedicated group of talented local writers for an informal peer review circle. To join our email chain and stay in the loop, contact cedar@uvjam.org

PRIDE PROM IV: CRUISING
2025-06-06 19:00 - 23:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
SAVE THE DATE
On the First Friday of June, JAM’s Pride Prom is returning for our fourth year in a row. Our 2025 theme is “Cruising” so button yer best breeches and be ready to sail Vermont’s high seas! We’ll rock out to local music, commemorate the night with photo booth pictures, and crown Prom Royalty!
Clothing and book swap from 7-9 PM!
Featuring
Miss America
Wolf Girlz
Jonee Earthquake
theymademedoit
THANK YOU TO OUR SEAFARING SPONSORS

And Pirate Partners
Cocktails and mocktails by Babes Bar and arepas available for purchase from Moon & Stars. Health resources provided by Reproductive Freedom Fund New Hampshire .

ALL HANDS ON DECK!
Interested in sponsoring Pride Prom or partnering with JAM to put on this annual highlight of Pride month? Contact cedar@uvjam.org

48 Hour Film Slam 2025 Screening & Awards
2025-06-01 18:30 - 20:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Come see short films made in 48 hours by local people!
To participate in the filmmaking fun, register HERE before 5:59 PM on May 30th.

48 Hour Film Slam 2025 Launch
2025-05-30 17:00 - 18:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Calling all local filmmakers!
It’s JAMs 48 Hour Film Slam!
The rules are simple:

Register to participate in the competition using the form on this page. Registration closes May 30th at 4:59pm. $20 registration sliding scale.
Attend our launch meeting on May 30th at 5:00pm to receive the prompt, film requirements, and to start the clock!
Starting at 6:00 PM, all contestants will have 48 hours to write, shoot, edit, and export an original short film under 7 minutes.
Films are due at 6:00 PM, June 1st, and can be submitted in person at JAM, or via a google drive link (provided at the launch meeting)
Celebrate! Invite all your friends and that one weird cousin to the final screening where we will show all the films and announce this years winners!

Awards & Prizes

Official prize$ TBA.

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JAM Spring Media Education Final Showcase
2025-05-21 17:30 - 19:30 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Come celebrate the creations of film and media makers of all ages and experience levels! Please RSVP.
The showcase will feature final projects or selected work from ALL NINE(!!!) Media Education programs at JAM this Spring including:

JAM Film Club
JAM Video Game Club
Youth Media Fellowships
Special Needs Support Center Film Lab
Intermediate Screenwriting
Intermediate Editing
Animation
Short Format Cinematography Intensive
Drone Cinematography

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Graphic by JAM Animation student, Sebastian Thauvin.

Story JAM: Bi-Monthly Storytelling Circle
2025-05-15 18:00 - 19:30 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
In a society increasingly divided and isolated, storytelling can bring us together. Story Jam is a bi-monthly story circle where community members can meet to get to know each other through personal stories. All members of the Upper Valley community are invited to join the circle and share an unrehearsed 5-minute true story from their own life. No competition, no judgment, no lecturing, no ranting… Just share a story about something that happened to you and listen to other people’s stories. Whether you are a new or seasoned storyteller; whether you are shy or extroverted – all are welcome! The moderators will keep track of time to make sure everyone has a chance to speak.

For more info, reach us at storyjam@uvjam.org

Louise Glück: Vermont’s Nobel Laureate - Vermont Humanities Snapshot Series Event
2025-05-07 18:00 - 19:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Vermont’s landscapes inspired Nobel Laureate Louise Glück’s best poems, ones that reflect on the resilience, loss, and beauty that connect human experiences with the natural world. Vermont novelist, poet, and professor Elizabeth A.I. Powell explores the transformative work of this seminal artist.
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About Elizabeth A.I. Powell

Elizabeth A.I. Powell is the author of three books of poems, most recently “Atomizer” (LSU Press). Her second book of poems, “Willy Loman’s Reckless Daughter: Living Truthfully Under Imaginary Circumstances” was a “Books We Love 2016” by The New Yorker. Her novel, “Concerning the Holy Ghost’s Interpretation of JCrew Catalogues” was published in 2019 in the U.K. Recent poems appear in The New Republic, American Poetry Review, Women’s Review of Books, among others. She is Professor of Creative Writing at Northern Vermont University.
About Vermont Humanities Snapshot Series
Vermont Humanities Snapshot Series Events are free talks held at public libraries around Vermont and streamed online. Watch past Snapshot presentations here.

Make A Zine With Your Ex: A Breakup Zine Workshop with CCS Fellow Arantza Peña Popo
2025-05-02 17:00 - 19:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
We’ve all been through a breakup…but have you ever made a zine about it? This workshop is a brief survey of zines and art books that explore the inevitable phenomenon of the breakup. Not only do we explore zines that ruminate on heartbreak and ruptures–we’re also gonna make some zines of our own! Through this tender collaborative spirit, we’re going to find the ways we can find catharsis in conceptualizing our heartbreak!
This workshop will take place in-person at JAM. Bring a sketchbook and your favorite drawing tool(s). We will also provide paper and mark-making tools for the creation of zines. Inviting your ex is encouraged, but not required, for participation! Feel free to come alone or with friends <3

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This workshop was developed & written by Arantza Peña Popo & Anthi Sklavenitis.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Arantza Peña Popo (they/she) is currently a Fellow at the Center for Cartoon Studies. She is an Igntaz-Award nominated cartoonist, illustrator and zinester who grew up in Atlanta Georgia. She’s also made several editorial illustrations for publications like the LA Times, New York Times, Washington Post, and had a short but wonderful stint as a New Yorker cartoonist. She’s been invited to show her work at multiple art book and comics fairs around the world in Berlin, Los Angeles, and Montreal. Her vibrant comics focus on queerness, isolation, mental instability and hazy boundaries of the inbetween.
With generous support from

JAM CLOSED! VERMONT ACCESS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING
2025-05-02 09:00 - 17:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
The multiverses have collided! Community access stations from across the state of Vermont will be gathering in JAM. today. We’ll be closed to the public while we will each meet our alternate universe selves! Maybe we’ll kiss! Maybe we’ll fight to the death! Find out at our First Friday zine workshop or on Monday when JAM reopens for normal office hours.
Find out more about Vermont Access Network here.

"Healthcare is a Human Right" Medicaid Cuts Discussion With VT Workers' Center
2025-04-27 14:00 - 16:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Join the Vermont Workers’ Center for a presentation on the impact Medicaid cuts will have on Vermonters and the steps we can take to fight back! A group discussion where everyone will have the opportunity to share their own healthcare stories and insights will follow. Snacks and drinks provided!
Learn more about VT Workers’ Center @ workerscenter.org

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Lampshade Poets Open Mic
2025-04-24 18:00 - 19:30 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Open to all Lampshaders as well as any poet who is interested in reading an original piece or two. Poets have the opportunity to be videoed for JAM’s community access station and YouTube channel if they wish.

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Exhibit: Arantza Peña Popo's Visual Journalism
2025-04-11 - 2025-05-30 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Comics journalism engages journalistic practices and cartooning techniques to explain true, current events in a visually engaging way.
Arantza Peña Popo first started her journalism career as a student at USC’s Annenberg School for Journalism. She later on went to work at NPR-Affiliated public radio station KPCC in Los Angeles and as a Story Art Fellow at Business Insider in New York. She has done comics journalism reporting for the Washington Post, LA Times, The Stranger Seattle, and Business Insider. She uses her comics journalism work to illuminate stories about queerness and belonging through the magical storytelling power of comics. See Peña Popo’s full color illustrations projected on the walls of JAM this month along with original art on display during open hours.
Attend a FREE zine workshop with the exhibiting artist on First Friday, May 2.
ABOUT THE ARTIST

Arantza Peña Popo (they/she) is currently a Fellow at the Center for Cartoon Studies. They are an Igntaz-Award nominated cartoonist, illustrator and zinester who grew up in Atlanta Georgia. They’ve also made several editorial illustrations for publications like the LA Times, New York Times, Washington Post, and had a short but wonderful stint as a New Yorker cartoonist. She’s been invited to show her work at multiple art book and comics fairs around the world in Berlin, Los Angeles, and Montreal. Her vibrant comics focus on queerness, isolation, mental instability and hazy boundaries of the in between.
With generous support from

Fold PeaceBirds on First Friday
2025-04-04 17:00 - 19:30 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
On First Friday April 4, JAM invites our Upper Valley community to fold doves and cranes with artists Mona Shiber and JuPong Lin that will be added to the project to honor every life flown too soon. JuPong Lin will read aloud poetry from her play, “Phoenix in the Holy Land” which tells the story of three ceasefire activists involved in a small town’s fight to end the assault on Palestinian life.
ABOUT The PeaceBirds Project
The PeaceBirds Project is a community engaged art action that integrates shared stories of grief and renewal amidst the anguish of the repeated erasure of the people, culture, history, Land and Water in what is left of Palestine. This project grew out of a shared desire of two artist friends, Mona Shiber and JuPong Lin, to transform the agony of witnessing atrocities happening around the world. See the exhibit in JAM until April 5, 2025.

In Partnership with Upper Valley for Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace VT/NH

Cookies for the Community
2025-03-31 17:00 - 18:30 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
For Trans Day of Visibility, Cobra Lily Collective invites trans, nonbinary, gender queer, gender nonconforming, and gender questioning individuals of all ages to stop by for free cookies donated by King Arthur Baking Company from 5:00 – 6:30PM at JAM!

How To Stay Sane While Losing Your Mind: A Rock Opera By Sir Babygirl
2025-03-08 16:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-07 19:00 - 23:00 | Briggs Opera House, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
The world premiere of Sir Babygirl’s experimental rock opera, “How To Stay Sane While Losing Your Mind,” crashes into Briggs Opera House March 7th and 8th. Mixing Greek mythology, absurdism and queer camp, we join Sir Babygirl’s Persephone in Hell, a few days before her annual return to Spring. What could go wrong? It’s only nature after all.

After a growing recording and touring career pre-pandemic, Sir Babygirl lost it all, moved back home, and has spent the last several years rebuilding her zany world from the ashes up, one musical number at a time. This is her sophomore album, in operatic form. Join her and her incredible band of musicians and local creative and technical talents as they bring help bring an Odyssey of the human condition to the Upper Valley. Flowers & Dollar Bills encouraged.

A JAM Co-production!

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Story JAM: Bi-Monthly Storytelling Circle
2025-03-06 18:00 - 19:30 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
This month’s theme is “Speaking Up”
In a society increasingly divided and isolated, storytelling can bring us together.Story Jam is a bi-monthly story circle where community members can meet to get to know each other through personal stories. All members of the Upper Valley community are invited to join the circle and share an unrehearsed 5-minute true story from their own life. No competition, no judgment, no lecturing, no ranting… Just share a story about something that happened to you and listen to other people’s stories. Whether you are a new or seasoned storyteller; whether you are shy or extroverted – all are welcome! The moderators will keep track of time to make sure everyone has a chance to speak. Read more about StoryJAM and Upper Valley storytelling in The Valley News and Daybreak!

For more info, reach us at storyjam@uvjam.org

White River Indie Film Festival 2025
2025-02-16, 2025-02-15, 2025-02-14, 2025-02-13 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
View White River Indie Films 2025 schedule.

Filmmaker Friday Master Classes
2025-02-14 09:00 - 16:15 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
On Friday, February 14, WRIF will host a series of master classes aimed at filmmakers aspiring to hone their craft. Enrollment fee is $15 each, $45 for all 5 classes or included in the WRIF pass, supporter pass, or student pass.
View White River Indie Film Festival 2025 schedule.

PeaceBirds
2025-02-14 - 2025-04-05 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
The PeaceBirds Project is a community engaged art action that integrates shared stories of grief and renewal amidst the anguish of the repeated erasure of the people, culture, history, Land and Water in what is left of Palestine. What is happening to Palestine parallels the continual nation-building, ongoing land-grabs, “slow violence” of colonization and collective massacres worldwide. And what is happening in Palestine opens up a crack, a liminal space in which all kinds of disruptions and syncopations can occur. This project grew out of a shared desire of two artist friends, Mona Shiber and JuPong Lin, to transform the agony of witnessing atrocities happening around the world. Both artists come from lineages of occupation and struggle for sovereignty, from Palestine and from Taiwan; both lands and peoples that have suffered from the “monstrosity” of colonization, empire-building, enslavement and bondage of living beings. This project invites all to fold doves and cranes to befriend our monsters, to transform the monstrosities of modernism.

PeaceBirds at Goddard College, February – March 2024
ABOUT MONA SHIBER AND JUPONG LIN

Mona Shiber, MFA, of Clear Vision Studio, is a visual artist who is a first generation Palestinian America whose art has been shown locally, nationally & internationally. She has worked with groups on an array of community art projects, also teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels and mentoring all levels. Her middle eastern roots grew out from an upbringing in the Deep South, with a true gumbo mix of racial diversity, Mardi Gras and Epiphany, jambalaya and makloubeh.
JuPong Lin is an independent artist-scholar and cultural worker who dances with horseshoe crabs and makes ceremony with cranes. Her work is dedicated to hospicing the dying colonized world and using the arts and poetics to create futures of joyful interspecies co-becoming. JuPong’s current poetry and socially-engaged art projects focus on shifting the paradigm of conquest and violent occupation by narrating new kinds of stories and worlds in pluriverses (many worlds) that honor beloved heartplaces. JuPong was a faculty member in the MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts at Goddard College for nearly 20 years before the College closed in 2024. She recently completed her doctorate in Environmental Studies at Antioch University New England.
Read more about PeaceBirds

WRIF, LAUGH, LOVE
2025-02-12 19:30 - 21:00 | JAM – Junction Arts & Media, 5 S Main St, White River Junction, VT, 05001, United States
Get ready for an unforgettable night of laughs and help us kick off WRIF with a bang, featuring headliner Paul Ollinger, fresh off of headlining the NYC Comedy Festival. Other acts include Ian Levy, Rufat Agayev, and Shaunak Godkhindi. This event is a fundraiser for JAM – Junction Arts & Media’s year round events and education programming and will make the JAM experiences you love possible in 2025!
Sponsored by Tuck School of Business
DEALS!

Only $15 single tickets with any WRIF pass.
For friends and lovers – get two general admission tickets for $40.
Tuck student? Email wrif.help@uvjam.org with your student email and the subject line “WRIF LAUGH LOVE” to claim a discount code for up to 2 free tickets pre-purchased by Tuck Business School.

View White River Indie Films 2025 schedule.
