{"id":46293,"date":"2017-09-19T21:35:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T01:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=46293"},"modified":"2017-09-19T21:43:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T01:43:01","slug":"venture-academy-series-feature-notable-lehigh-valley-business-education-arts-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=46293","title":{"rendered":"Venture Academy series to feature notable Lehigh Valley business, education, and arts leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>VENTURE ACADEMY IV<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>FALL 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>BUILDING A CREATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE<br \/>\nCOMMUNITY IN BETHLEHEM<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u2013<\/div>\n<p><strong>BETHLEHEM, PA<\/strong> &#8212; The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts (Charter Arts) kicks off its fourth installment of the Venture Academy Series for adults, with a talk by Tony Hanna, Executive Director of the Bethlehem Redevelopment Authority on Tuesday, September 26th from <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1380866289\"><span class=\"aQJ\">6-7:30pm<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0 This fall series of guided explorations, which will focus on building a creative and sustainable community with an emphasis on the collaborative contributions of governmental, business, educational, cultural and arts leaders, will then continue <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1380866290\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Tuesday<\/span><\/span> evenings and feature additional talks by:\u00a0 Mark Erickson of Northampton Community College, John Saraceno of Saraceno Design, Jeff Vaclavik of Deja Brew Coffeehouse, Doug Roysdon of Mock Turtle Marionette Theatre, Anna Russell of Allentown Public Theatre, and John Callahan, former mayor of Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p>The Venture Academy, now in its second year and fourth installment, is a series designed to promote provocative ideas, images, and sensations for venturesome adults seeking to cope with an increasingly complex, bewildering, exciting, interesting, and sometimes scary world.\u00a0 The Venture Academy is produced by Norman Girardot, Professor Emeritus, Lehigh University in collaboration with the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts\u2019 Adult Enrichment Workshop Series.\u00a0 Presenters volunteer their time to the Venture Academy and proceeds benefit the Charter Arts Creativity Fund for Teachers which supports distinctive creative projects and opportunities for teachers at Charter Arts.<\/p>\n<p>All sessions take place at the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts at 321 East 3rd Street in Bethlehem <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1380866291\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Tuesday<\/span><\/span> evenings from <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1380866292\"><span class=\"aQJ\">6-7:30pm<\/span><\/span> from <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1380866293\"><span class=\"aQJ\">September 26- October 31<\/span><\/span> (excluding <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1380866294\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Oct. 24<\/span><\/span>). The fees for the series range from $20 for a single session to $85 for a full series pass. \u00a0(There is also a buddy\/couple pass available).\u00a0 Registration is over the phone at <a href=\"tel:%28610%29%20868-2971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">610-868-2971 Ext. 3185<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">For more information about the series and each individual talk, please visit: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.charterarts.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.CharterArts.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1505956634061000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE9OzkC5OpOU3tmjUjs9rNz3e__RA\">www.CharterArts.org<\/a> or call <a href=\"tel:(610)%20868-2971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">610-868-2971 Ext. 3185<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information &amp; Image\u00a0Provided By:<br \/>\nAnn Gillette<br \/>\nManager of Public Relations and Media<br \/>\nLehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts<br \/>\n321 East 3rd Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.CharterArts.org\"><strong>www.CharterArts.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/charter-arts.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}