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‘One Book, One Bloomington’ schedule announced

‘Fahrenheit 451’ book of choice for community event

Things will be heating up around town this spring in more ways than the weather.\nThe Bloomington Area Arts Council will kick off its annual One Book, One Bloomington communitywide reading project Feb. 28.\nThe community voted in December and chose “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury as this year’s book selection, said the arts council’s event coordinator, Heather Lynn.\nAbout 20 events around the community will be centered around Bradbury’s 1953 book. Events include book discussions, staged readings, a film viewing and a ritualistic burning ceremony at the Tibetan Cultural Center, 3655 Snoddy Road.\nA grant from the National Endowment for the Arts’ Big Read program allowed this year’s One Book, One Bloomington project to be five times its usual size, Lynn said. The grant helped the BAAC sponsor activities that appeal to all age levels, she said.\n“Not many adults read for pleasure anymore,” she said. “It’s a big problem.”\nNext month, the BAAC is offering a new way to get involved with One Book, One Bloomington through a judged art contest.\nArtists who create two-dimensional art aged 16 and up from Monroe, Brown, Lawrence, Green and Owen counties may enter their work in “The Artist Inferno: Hot! Hotter! Hottest!” Submitted artwork should explore and interpret the themes, characters or events of “Fahrenheit 451.”\nArtists will compete for cash prizes to be given by a panel of community judges. All artwork is due by 5 p.m. March 29 at the Showers Building, 501 N. Morton Ave., where it will be displayed through April.\nFor a contest entry form, visit the arts council’s Web site at www.artlives.org.

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