This one-day workshop serves as an introduction to media accessibility, focusing on audio description (AD). Our philosophy and approach to producing AD is framed in:
This workshop is intended for artists, arts administrators, educators, and anyone with interest in arts and cultural accessibility! Folks who attend this workshop will leave with ways to view audio description through a culturally inclusive, community-centered lens, and promote creativity as a motivator for accessibility over legal compliance. In this workshop, the presenters will cover self-descriptions, industry definitions of accessibility features, and how to move beyond the industry’s parameters, prioritizing accessibility at the organizational level, moving from compliance to higher creativity, and cross-disability access. We will have a presentation, samples of creative access, discussions, and a writing activity.
What to expect:
We’ll have an opportunity to review access needs at the beginning and prioritize attendees’ comfort. Large and small group discussions, multiple breaks, play and discuss video and audio samples of captions and audio description, eating and drinking are fine.
Please see the general outline for the session below:
Registration is limited. Please register here in Google Forms.
If you require assistance to fill out this form or prefer to share your registration information via email or phone, please email ejs421@lehigh.edu or call 610-758-6882. Questions, concerns, and any accessibility needs can also be directed to Elise at ejs421@lehigh.edu or call 610-758-6882.
Presenters:
Cheryl Green has worked as an Access Artist making creative and immersive captions for 12 years and audio description for six years. She brings her lived experiences of invisible disabilities and chronic illness to her access work with independent creators and disability-focused organizations including Superfest Disability Film Festival and Kinetic Light.
She’s a 2017 AIR New Voices Scholar, 2020 DOC NYC Documentary New Leader, 2023 Rockwood Documentary Leaders Fellow, Co-op Member at New Day Films, member of the Social Audio Description Collective, and co-host of Blind-Centered Audio Description Chat. Her blog, podcast, Pigeonhole, and documentary films are at www.WhoAmIToStopIt.com. When not working (and when working), she enjoys the fuzzy company of her Office Manager, a cat named RouRou.
Image description: Cheryl Green, a white Ashkenazi Jewish woman with olive complexion and long, dark curly hair stands in front of an enormous mural of running wild horses, staring off into the distance in the direction the horses are running. The screen print on her t-shirt is a delightful array of sharp knives and daggers and the words “No More Spoons.” A solemn crow tattoo adorns her upper arm, and her forearms are crossed in front of her, chiseled from too many years of typing too much.
Thomas Reid is the host and producer of Reid My Mind Radio, a podcast featuring compelling people impacted by all degrees of blindness and disability. Through his annual season, “Flipping the Script on Audio Description” Reid explores the art and examines its implications on the community.
A member of the Social Audio Description Collective and a freelance Audio Description Narrator, Thomas has appeared on projects for Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, PBS and more. He provides consultations for independent filmmakers, film festivals, co-facilitates workshops and serves as moderator or panelist for discussions on audio description and content accessibility.
Image Description:
Thomas Reid, a brown skin Black man with a smooth shaven bald head and full neat beard with a sprinkling of salt and pepper, smiles into the camera. He wears dark shades and a grey and black sweater with a black turtleneck.
This one-day workshop serves as an introduction to media accessibility, focusing on audio description (AD). Our philosophy and approach to producing AD is framed in:
Community centered
Culturally inclusive
Creative solutions over legal compliance
This workshop is intended for artists, arts administrators, educators, and anyone with interest in arts and cultural accessibility! Folks who attend this workshop will leave with ways to view audio description through a culturally inclusive, community-centered lens, and promote creativity as a motivator for accessibility over legal compliance. In this workshop, the presenters will cover self-descriptions, industry definitions of accessibility features, and how to move beyond the industry’s parameters, prioritizing accessibility at the organizational level, moving from compliance to higher creativity, and cross-disability access. We will have a presentation, samples of creative access, discussions, and a writing activity.
What to expect:
We’ll have an opportunity to review access needs at the beginning and prioritize attendees’ comfort. Large and small group discussions, multiple breaks, play and discuss video and audio samples of captions and audio description, eating and drinking are fine.
Please see the general outline for the session below:
Introduction to facilitators modeling self-descriptions
Industry definitions of AD and captions and moving beyond
Why does your organization prioritize accessibility?
Moving from Compliance to Creative accessibility
Cross-disability accessibility
Samples and large group discussion
Interactive activity
Q and A and open discussion
Registration is limited. Please register here in Google Forms.
If you require assistance to fill out this form or prefer to share your registration information via email or phone, please email ejs421@lehigh.edu or call 610-758-6882. Questions, concerns, and any accessibility needs can also be directed to Elise at ejs421@lehigh.edu or call 610-758-6882.
Event Image description: With delighted smiles on their faces, Thomas and Cheryl co-present on a video call from their home studios. Cheryl (she/her) wears a dark blue sweater with a honeydew-green accent and white cat-eye glasses. Thomas (he/him) wears a bright blue t-shirt with “The Mystery Machine” and characters from Scooby-Doo screen printed on it and dark shades.
Presenters:
Cheryl Green
CherylWithHorsesSquare.jpg
Cheryl Green has worked as an Access Artist making creative and immersive captions for 12 years and audio description for six years. She brings her lived experiences of invisible disabilities and chronic illness to her access work with independent creators and disability-focused organizations including Superfest Disability Film Festival and Kinetic Light.
She’s a 2017 AIR New Voices Scholar, 2020 DOC NYC Documentary New Leader, 2023 Rockwood Documentary Leaders Fellow, Co-op Member at New Day Films, member of the Social Audio Description Collective, and co-host of Blind-Centered Audio Description Chat. Her blog, podcast, Pigeonhole, and documentary films are at www.WhoAmIToStopIt.com. When not working (and when working), she enjoys the fuzzy company of her Office Manager, a cat named RouRou.
Image description: Cheryl Green, a white Ashkenazi Jewish woman with olive complexion and long, dark curly hair stands in front of an enormous mural of running wild horses, staring off into the distance in the direction the horses are running. The screen print on her t-shirt is a delightful array of sharp knives and daggers and the words “No More Spoons.” A solemn crow tattoo adorns her upper arm, and her forearms are crossed in front of her, chiseled from too many years of typing too much.
Thomas Reid
Grey and black sweater with Black turtle neck Headshot.jpg
Thomas Reid is the host and producer of Reid My Mind Radio, a podcast featuring compelling people impacted by all degrees of blindness and disability. Through his annual season, “Flipping the Script on Audio Description” Reid explores the art and examines its implications on the community.
A member of the Social Audio Description Collective and a freelance Audio Description Narrator, Thomas has appeared on projects for Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, PBS and more. He provides consultations for independent filmmakers, film festivals, co-facilitates workshops and serves as moderator or panelist for discussions on audio description and content accessibility.
Image Description:
Thomas Reid, a brown skin Black man with a smooth shaven bald head and full neat beard with a sprinkling of salt and pepper, smiles into the camera. He wears dark shades and a grey and black sweater with a black turtleneck.
Join us at the Bethlehem Farmers’ Market for a vibrant pop-up art experience with teaching artist Rebecca Kelly! Inspired by the joyful and imaginative works of Nellie Mae Rowe, featured in our current exhibition Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe, participants will create colorful, playful artwork of their own. You’ll also have the chance to contribute to a collaborative community art installation, which will be unveiled at a special Community Celebration on December 7. Come get creative and be part of something big!
🎤🎶 Open Mic Night @BAPL 🎶🎤
Join us for an open mic hosted by Bill Medei! Come enjoy listening to music, comedy, and poetry acts or sign up to perform yourself! 🎸😂📜
Performers, please arrive around 5PM to sign up. Currently, there is a fifteen-minute time limit for musicians and a six-minute time limit for poets and comedians. No registration is required. 🎙️✨
📅 Mondays, 5:00pm -7:30pm
📍 11 West Church Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018
Come showcase your talent or enjoy the performances! 🎵
🔗 More Info:https://bethlehemarea.librarycalendar.com/events/upcoming?keywords=mic
Steeples and Steel Mini-Bus Tours depart from
National Museum of Industrial History (NMIH)
DATE: NOVEMBER 9, 2024
PRICE: $30 per person and lunch included.
Reservations Required: Call Susan Vitez at Office No. 610.861.0600. Ticket sales final.
Bus Tour begins at the National Museum of Industrial History (NMIH) at 602 East 2nd Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
Free Parking is available in the lot across the museum.
TOURS: 9:30 AM – St Joseph’s Windish R.C. Church
1:00 PM – St. John’s Windish Lutheran Church
Lunch Included: Enjoy Steelworker’s Overtime Lunch and $2 off coupon for NMIH
Website: Steelworkers Archives
Email: info@steelworkersarchives.com
Back by popular demand, 101 Years of Broadway recreates the greatest moments from the finest shows of the century featuring the actual stars of shows such as The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, CATS, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Jekyll & Hyde. These amazing performers light up the stage with songs from the hit shows in which they starred. Neil Berg presents brilliantly revived arrangements of Broadway classics and thrilling numbers from Broadway’s newest hit shows.
Join us for four sessions exploring the growth and stories of local plants and people, encouraging hands-on interaction with the garden. Each session will be led by community gardener, musician, and artist Nia Watson, along with guest storytellers.
Register here. Advanced registration is appreciated but not required.
Ancestral Story Share
Saturday, October 26, 6 pm
The Lehigh valley community is invited to gather in the garden with songs, photos, mental memory stories and tradition stories that have been passed down over time. There will be the opportunity to share these cherished memorabilia in small groups or as a whole. The garden will be transtormed into a space to hold such energy. Ceremony and ritual is intertwined in all of our lives all around the world in different ways. This is a chance to break from the routines that consume our day to day and gather in love with one another.
This program was made possible in part by Southside Tomorrow, a 6-year revitalization program of Community Action Development Bethlehem and the City of Bethlehem, with support from Univest Bank & Trust Co., Embassy Bank for the Lehigh Valley, People’s Security Bank and Trust, PPL Electric Utilities, and Provident Bank.
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Nia Watson is a song poet & educator, and has evolved into her art form over the last six years. Taking journal entries and transforming them into song poems inspired by life experiences. Influenced by nature, specifically birds, their flying patterns and songs. She creates other visuals as well when inspired. Nia is also a yoga instructor offering diverse classes to the valley for the past decade. She has taught early childhood since 2009. Currently, Nia is in the midst of learning to be a birth worker to support birthing beings themselves and those who are growing within them from conceiving to postpartum. Her classes and community offerings weave all the parts of herself together. Offering movement with a touch of playfulness and songs to soothe everyone present. Nia has performed here in the Valley, Philadelphia Amsterdam and Rio de Janeiro. She hopes to keep learning and growing and sharing the lessons she learns along the way.
Join us as we say “see you next season” to some of the plants in the garden. Melanie Lino will join us to offer a cooking demonstration. We also invite you to bring a recipe to collage and contribute to our community cookbook! We will finish the evening off with some tunes and dancing.
What holds a community better than music and a meal?! Looking forward to celebrating with you!
Much Love,
Nia
Join us for four sessions exploring the growth and stories of local plants and people, encouraging hands-on interaction with the garden. Each session will be led by community gardener, musician, and artist Nia Watson, along with guest storytellers.
Register here. Advanced registration is appreciated but not required.
What better way to close one season and welcome the next than with a garden P A R T Y! We invite you to join an evening of sharing stories, artmaking, meeting plants, and dancing into the sunset! Melanie Lino of From Lino will be sharing some eats. Rachel and Franco Abbott will be giving us a taste of their monthly class offering from the Yoga Loft. We will close out the evening with DJ Jamal Knight bringing us some soulful tunes! Can’t wait to celebrate with you!
This program was made possible in part by Southside Tomorrow, a 6-year revitalization program of Community Action Development Bethlehem and the City of Bethlehem, with support from Univest Bank & Trust Co., Embassy Bank for the Lehigh Valley, People’s Security Bank and Trust, PPL Electric Utilities, and Provident Bank.
Nia Watson is a song poet & educator, and has evolved into her art form over the last six years. Taking journal entries and transforming them into song poems inspired by life experiences. Influenced by nature, specifically birds, their flying patterns and songs. She creates other visuals as well when inspired. Nia is also a yoga instructor offering diverse classes to the valley for the past decade. She has taught early childhood since 2009. Currently, Nia is in the midst of learning to be a birth worker to support birthing beings themselves and those who are growing within them from conceiving to postpartum. Her classes and community offerings weave all the parts of herself together. Offering movement with a touch of playfulness and songs to soothe everyone present. Nia has performed here in the Valley, Philadelphia Amsterdam and Rio de Janeiro. She hopes to keep learning and growing and sharing the lessons she learns along the way.
Melanie Lino is a dynamic entrepreneur, devoted mother, and community organizer. She’s the visionary behind the well-respected bakeshop, @from.lino, celebrated for its delectable dominican-inspired sourdough pastries. Melanie also co-founded non-profit collective, @afrosinnature, a space created to provide accessible outdoor experiences to folks in marginalized communities. With a strong dedication to her multifaceted roles, Melanie approaches each endeavor with grace and intentional energy, making her an inspiring force to reckon with.
The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts (Charter Arts) Visual Arts Department’s Winter Student Exhibit will open with a FREE Reception on November 1, from 6-8 PM in the school’s Corpora Gallery as part of the Southside Arts District’s First Friday celebration. The exhibit will be on display through January 17, 2025.
This much-anticipated annual exhibition offers an opportunity to view a variety of impressive student work. The exhibit features a diverse array of mediums as it showcases emerging talent and highlights the students’ commitment to their craft. Through their work, these young artists explore powerful themes of identity, connection, and emotion, offering fresh perspectives on the world around them.
The visual arts program of study at Charter Arts provides a well-rounded, structured, and classical fine art education. Approached as an academic as well as artistic discipline, the sequence of courses inspire students to form connections across the curriculum. Students progressively build conceptual understanding as they work to advance skills in drawing, painting, sculpture, digital design concepts, photography, art history, and professional practices.
Over the course of study within the visual arts program, students develop a portfolio expressive of their active studio participation, work ethic, personal inquiry, passion for art, and dedication to skill advancement.
The department hosts both professional and student exhibitions in the school’s Corpora Gallery throughout the year.
ABOUT THE LEHIGH VALLEY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS (Charter Arts):
Charter Arts is an audition-based public charter school that provides a comprehensive curriculum for high school students, grades 9-12, who have a dedicated passion for the creative and performing arts. Students major in one of seven artistic areas: dance, instrumental music, literary arts, production arts, theatre, visual arts, or vocal music.
Charter Arts’ rigorous curriculum fosters both academic and artistic excellence for its students. The school’s impressive Future Ready PA Index ranking, Advanced Placement (AP) exam statistics, Keystone Exam statistics, SAT scores, prestigious artistic accolades, and graduation rate, are testaments to the outstanding education that Charter Arts provides.
Charter Arts is ranked #1 Best Charter High School in PA & #1 Best Public High School Teachers in PA on Niche’s 2025 Best Schools in America Rankings. Charter Arts was one of only four Lehigh Valley schools to make The Top 100 Public High Schools in PA on U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Schools.
To learn more about the Charter Arts Visual Arts Department and the school, prospective students and families are invited to attend the school’s Fall Open House event on November 16th or contact the Charter Arts Admissions Office. For more information, visit www.CharterArts.org.—
🎤🎶 Open Mic Night @BAPL 🎶🎤
Join us for an open mic hosted by Bill Medei! Come enjoy listening to music, comedy, and poetry acts or sign up to perform yourself! 🎸😂📜
Performers, please arrive around 5PM to sign up. Currently, there is a fifteen-minute time limit for musicians and a six-minute time limit for poets and comedians. No registration is required. 🎙️✨
📅 Mondays, 5:00pm -7:30pm
📍 11 West Church Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018
Come showcase your talent or enjoy the performances! 🎵
🔗 More Info:https://bethlehemarea.librarycalendar.com/events/upcoming?keywords=mic
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