Tagged: Paducah

The United Way of Paducah McCracken County is engaging in work visioned in the Impact Poverty Study. Executive Director Ashley Wright updates Paducah Rotary this week and WKMS listeners on the work underway and the progress made thus far.

See more at United Way of Paducah's website.

Thursday at 9:30 a.m. The Carson Center in Paducah presents the Paducah Symphony Orchestra in performance for the second time in its Class Acts Education Series. 3rd through 6th graders are going to hear a concert featuring the music of Bizet, Beethoven, Copland, and many more. PSO Artistic Director and Conductor Raffaele Ponti tells us more about the show and the instrument "petting zoo" feature. Click here for more information.

Kate Lochte continues our series of interviews with young people of western Kentucky who are finding success “out there” in major markets.  This time we meet a co-founder of the Brian Blade Fellowship Band, Jon Cowherd.

Pianist Jon Cowherd is a member of jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson's band, and his instrumental work has graced albums by the likes of Rosanne Cash, Lizz Wright, Iggy Pop, Marc Cohn, Mark Olson and Victoria Williams. He tours with Ms. Wilson, Rosanne Cash and also his Fellowship Band, which he co-founded with percussionist /bandleader Brian Blade with whom he discovered musical brotherhood while both were students at Loyola University in New Orleans. 

Last year, WKMS proudly welcomed Paducah Bank as a new underwriter and corporate partner. This year, Paducah Bank is celebrating a milestone 65th anniversary. After creating a charter in the summer of 1947, the Paducah Bank opened for business in January of 1948 with total assets of $100,000.

After 65 years of banking and financial services, Paducah Bank remains the only locally-owned bank in the Paducah and has earned numerous accolades including Best Place to Work in Kentucky (2006), Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce's Business of the Year (2008), and one of the Top 15 Small Workplaces in North America by the Wall Street Journal (2008). 

Maiden Alley Cinema is embarking on its second season of the series Science on Screen funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation & Coolidge Corner Theatre through the Art House Convergence Film Theatres Conference, an educational program organized by the Sundance Institute. Kate spoke with Landee about the series on Sounds Good. See more information at Maiden Alley's website.

Paducah, Kentucky's Brooks Stadium will host a World Series... of sorts this summer. The Division II National Club Baseball Association World Series is a tournament for college age athletes that features the top eight teams from NCBA Division II.