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A special two-part edition with host John Brunicon profiles two events endemic to culture in Bloomington: the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival and the “Hilly Hundred” bicycle race. In the first half-hour Brunicon is joined by Joe Anderson of Hilly Hundred, to talk about this weekend’s event. Joe discusses what it takes to put on a two-day, hundred-mile race through the hills of south central Indiana and some of the organizations benifit from the revenues generated by this event. In the second half-hour that we hear from George Huntington and John Byers of Lotus to talk about this year’s event (October 5 -8), the variety of musical offerings and the volunteers who make it all work. This year there will be six locations to enjoy music, food, visual arts and culture.