Community Calendar

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Join us for Gardening Days at the Homeplace. Just like in the olden days, it takes a community to make our heirloom gardens productive and delicious. While you volunteer, you will get the chance to learn all about heirloom crops, old fashioned gardening techniques, and how the harvests were baked and canned.

Although taking care of an old fashioned heirloom garden is lots of fun, it can also be hard work! Volunteers need to be comfortable with walking on uneven ground, working in outdoor conditions, and having limited access to cell phone service. Don't forget to pack a water, some sunscreen, and a snack.

McCracken County Library is now offering the services of a Community Support Advocate;

What A Community Support Advocate does:

• Provide resource navigation: Help connect you with community services such as food assistance, housing programs, healthcare, or transportation resources.
• Assist with forms and applications: Help fill out applications for benefits, job programs, or other social services.
• Connect to mental health supports: Offer information on local counseling, crisis lines, and mental health programs

Benefits: 

• Easy access to free, confidential help in a welcoming setting
• Personalized guidance based on your specific needs
• Help navigating housing, healthcare, and benefit systems
• Support with forms, applications, and documentation
• Empowerment to build confidence and self-advocacy skills
• Ongoing follow-up to ensure continued progress

While walk-ins are welcomed, scheduling an appointment will ensure your time slot!

Get ready to get a little wild in the library! Preschool-age kiddos are invited to play with all kinds of toys and make new friends during Play and Grow every Friday at Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library, 1101 Bethel St.
Play and Grow begins at 10 a.m. and we will start wrapping things up at about 11 a.m.
Some of our favorite Play and Grow toys include:
*STEM Viewmasters
*Magic drawing boards
*Magnatiles
*LEGOs
*Puppet theater
…and so many more!

If you want to hoot and holler about your literary opinion, join us on August 14th!

Are you feeling passionate about a book you despised? What about a book you loved? What about a controversial genre, or author? The movie was better than the book? Do you miss making powerpoints? Do you want to argue? Do you want to argue AND have junk food? Come to BOOK RANT! Powerpoints, poster boards, and passionate speeches are ENCOURAGED. Present your case, let the arguments commence, bring your laptop, your phone, a flash drive, or a file to send if you’re making a presentation, so that we can put it on the big screen! If you want to bring poster boards, do that instead! We will have junk food to fuel our cases, and you might leave with a new frenemy!

John “Jack” Worthing, a carefree young gentleman, is the inventor of a fictitious brother, “Earnest,” whose wicked ways afford Jack an excuse to leave his country home from time to time and journey to London, where he stays with his close friend and confidant, Algernon Moncrief. Algernon has a cousin, Gwendolen Fairfax, with whom Jack is in love. During his London sojourns, Jack, under the name Earnest, has won Gwendolen’s love, for she strongly desires to marry someone with the confidence-inspiring name of Earnest. But when he asks for Gwendolen’s hand from her mother, the formidable Lady Bracknell, Jack finds he must reveal he is a foundling who was left in a handbag at Victoria Station. This is very disturbing to Lady Bracknell, who insists that he produce at least one parent before she consents to the marriage.

Returning to the country home where he lives with his ward Cecily Cardew and her governess Miss Prism, Jack finds that Algernon has also arrived under the identity of the nonexistent brother Earnest. Algernon falls madly in love with the beautiful Cecily, who has long been enamored of the mysterious, fascinating brother Earnest.

With the arrival of Lady Bracknell and Gwendolen, chaos erupts and questions (and answers) emerge about Jack’s birth and family. How this classic comedy sorts itself out is sure to delight!

The Downtown Farmers Market is the largest farmers market in the region, providing a location for farmers, crafter and artisan bakers to promote their products directly to the consumers at a reasonable price, save family farms and stimulate the local economy. During peak season (June-July) more than 60 vendors are set up down 5th & Maple Streets at this premiere Kentucky Proud certified market.

If you are in town on Saturday mornings (May-October), be sure to visit the court square to shop, socialize or walk through.

It will become your favorite morning tradition!

The Downtown Farmers Market is sponsored by The Murray Bank.

The Paducah Homegrown Farmers' Market returns for the 2026 season on Saturday, April 18, running 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at its regular weekly schedule. Shop fresh produce, handcrafted goods, and local favorites while enjoying live music every week from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Opening day is also a Celebration Saturday, with an Earth Day event in partnership with WKCTC's Sustainability Committee. Special themed Celebration Saturdays are planned throughout the season, including Fit & Fun, Kid's Creative, Family Day, and a Fall Festival closing out the season on October 10. Stop by, stock up, and be part of what makes Paducah's community so vibrant.

Come to the Martin Area Farmers market with 35+ vendors on Saturdays. Customers have two chances to win one of our beautiful Farmers Market Vendor Harvest Baskets, generously filled with locally grown and handcrafted products donated from Martin Farmers Market vendors. Drawings will be held at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Children and adults can earn free produce through our Market Mile and Power of Produce (PoP) Kids Club programs! Adults ages 18 and older can earn a $3 produce token by participating in the Market Mile and youth ages 0–18 can earn a $3 produce token by participating in this week's Kids PoP Club activity. Stop by the Market Manager booth for details and participation information.

For Christian County Residents Only. Anyone picking up for another household must provide that household’s name, address, and the total number of household members.

The Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County is pulling all of its yearbooks out of storage for one Saturday full of school spirit.

Stop by the Pennyroyal Area Museum on Saturday, August 15 from 10am until 4pm to thumb through yearbooks from the following schools: Attucks High School, Bethel College, Christian County High School, Crofton School, Hopkinsville High School, Lacy School, Pembroke School, Sinking Fork School, South Christian School, and University Heights Academy.

The Museum will also have memorabilia from each school on display, and we invite people to bring items related to local education to donate to the museum’s collection.

For more information, visit our website or give us a call at 270-887-4270.