A.J. Miceli is turning up the temperature on reality television Wednesday night.

The Gannon professor, and this editor’s career mentor, is presenting the lecture “Reality TV:  Meaner, Edgier, Nastier” at the Children’s Theatre area in the Blasco Memorial Library downtown tonight (Wed. 10/7/2009) at 7:00. The event is part of the One Book, One Erie and The Big Read campaign, described by it’s promoters as the following:

The idea of One Book, One Erie is to encourage all of Erie County to read the same book at the same time and then come together to discuss it. This year, we will again be reading  Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury in conjunction with The Big Read.

The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. The Big Read brings together partners across the country to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment.

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