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THE 54TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS The 54th annual GRAMMY Awards took place at The Staples Center tonight and music’s biggest night belonged to Adele.  The singer won six awards including Album of the Yearand Best Pop Vocal Album for 21 and Record of...

Hope in Sight Aisha Simjee, MD White Spruce Press; 240 pages Aisha Simjee is a tough cookie. On her first mission trip as an ophthalmologist, the Newport Beach resident flew to Guyana and set up her equipment in an unused school building. Shortly...

Reggae band Common Sense has been around the block for quite some time — since 1986, to be exact. After making music for almost three decades, the Laguna Beach-based band's still got the energy to jam and record another album, but it doesn't...

When Rock the Bells sets up in San Bernardino this fall, the traveling hip-hop festival will feature two of hip-hop’s most revered – and dead – voices: Wu-Tang Clan’s uproarious fallen member Ol’ Dirty Bastard and godfather...

News briefs from Aurora and Naperville. Music program cited Neuqua Valley High School was awarded a Grammy statue and $10,000 last week for being named this year's National Grammy Signature School. The top honor is awarded to one school in the...

Strawberry Festival A Strawberry Festival will start at 4 p.m. May 18 at the Shade Creek Ridge Church of the Brethren,1623 Ridge Road, Hooversville. Free will donations will be accepted. The proceeds will benefit the orphans in Honduras program. Fireman&...

THURSDAY — The Jessamine County Senior Center will host a “Seniorcise” fitness program for adults 60 years of age and older. The 10-week session will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10-11 a.m. and started April 23. The center is...

Fireman’s Adventure Race The Fireman’s Adventure Race June 1, includes a 5 kilometer walk/run through town that will also include some off-pavement terrain. The start and finish for the 5k will be at the Rockwood Fire Department. Breakfast...

ACTORS NEEDED FOR COMEDY FILM Allentown native and award-winning filmmaker Zeke Zelker is preparing to tour 15 U.S. cities to hold auditions for his film-in-progress "Billboard: An Uncommon Contest for Common People," a comedy about a billboard-sitting...

The whole family can learn ways to help Mother Earth on Mother’s Day weekend at the fifth annual Boonsboro Green Fest. The free event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at Shafer Park, offers music, children’s activities, speakers and...

Archery barbecue Mountain Bowmen Archery Club chicken barbecue fundraiser presale tickets. Pickup is 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 19 at the Mountain Bowmen Archery Club, 392 Archery Road, Berlin, along Route 219 (Berlin Plank Road) approximately two miles...

About 700 local musicians are holding concerts May 2-3 to benefit flood victims in La Plata, the capital of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The April 2 flash floods killed about 50 people as 12 inches of rain fell in a few hours. Thousands of citizens were...