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London Grammar frontwoman Hannah Reid has opened up about her struggle with long-term chronic condition fibromyalgia.

Lily Allen has told fans she wishes she could have her albums repressed on vinyl. The singer was responding to a tweet after someone asked her about the possibility of getting her discography repressed, to which she revealed that she’s always wanted to but is unable to because she doesn’t own the master recordings. A fan wrote on Twitter: “lily pleeeeease press your records on vinyl again!!! we are BEGGING!!!!!!” with Allen replying: “if i owned the masters i would have done it long a...

New York Times bestselling author Tayari Jones will participate in a virtual discussion on Feb. 23 as part of the NEA Big Read: Central Florida.

GPA: Ashland announces Tuition Relief Scholarship for fall semester Published by twalro@presspub... on Mon, 02/22/2021 - 5:51am By:  Press Staff Writer         First-time, full-time students who enroll at Ashland University this fall will have the opportunity to make use of a “2-for-1” Tuition Relief Scholarship.         Thanks to the generosity of AU’s trustees, first-time students who complete fall term with a GPA of 2.0 or better will...

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The Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library will reopen at 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 22 after being shut down for positive COVID-19 tests and inclement weather.

The Avalanches. Credit: Press. The Avalanches have shared some behind-the-scenes footage from the recording of their third album ‘We Will Always Love You’ to Twitter. The plunderphonics duo recorded the Australian Boys Choir for the record’s single and title track, which features Blood Orange. They’ve released a video of the young kids singing the chorus refrain, directed and recorded by the band’s Toni Di Blasi inside Auburn Uniting Church in Melbourne. The church’s broad acoustics...

This year's Big Read events at Hartford Public Library are all virtual, centered around the historical novel "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez.

ENTERPRISE — Fishtrap’s Big Read 2021, which is online-only again this year, is a true tale of resilience and survival — "In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex" by Nathaniel Philbrick. The month-long event kicked off this week. The National Book Award-winning tale is the story of the whaleship Essex which, in 1820, was the target of a sperm whale attack. The 85-foot long whale — perhaps the largest of that species anyone had witnessed — rammed the ...

After a year of struggling through the pandemic, it couldnt be a better time for a community-wide, uplifting initiative. Get ready for the Big Read. Lab Girl, a compelling memoir by scientist Hope Jahren, is the book selected for the Big Read Sangamon County. Reading, nature, science, art and discovery will all come alive through a plethora of virtual and in-person events during March and April. The many programs are inspired by the themes in the book. Reading the book is hig...