Community Calendar

AQS QuiltWeek 2025 | April 23-26

Experience a week filled with quilts at AQS QuiltWeek in Paducah, Kentucky! Participate in quilt workshops, attend engaging lectures, and journey down aisles of fabrics, notions, and more at the Vendor Mall. Immerse yourself in the beauty of award-winning quilts, semi-finalist contest quilts, and special exhibits that will surely inspire you.

Don't forget to take some time to explore the local area during the quilt show, including the charming riverfront and downtown shopping options. With so much to discover and enjoy, you may find yourself wanting to extend your stay for the entire week!

Plan Your Stay Your Way!

Plan your visit with our QuiltWeek resources, including lodging, transportation details, and maps & guides!

Make the most of your time in Paducah with the Artful April Events Guide, your go-to resource for QuiltWeek activities, dining, and more.

The Purchase Area Development District hosts a KDVA Veterans Claims Clinic on April 24, 2025, from 9 am to 5 pm. This is an opportunity for veterans and families to file claims for veterans disability compensation, non-service connected pensions, survivor benefits, healthcare, and educational benefits.

Please bring:
DD214
Medical records
Marriage license
Social security numbers

Find locally grown healthy produce, fresh-cut flowers, proteins, baked goods, bourbon & spirits, handcrafted items & more! Every Thursday from 4pm-7pm and now every 2nd Saturday from 9am-12pm starting in May!

The Christian County Cooperative Extension Service is excited to partner with local community partners to host this year’s World’s Greatest Baby Shower! Join us for an evening of resources from community partners, giveaways, and a presentation from nutrition experts.

This event is for expectant mothers or babies up to 6 months old. One guest per mother/baby is permitted.
April 24, 2025

5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Christian County Extension Office
2850 Pembroke Road
Hopkinsville, KY 42240

Community partners can register as a vendors by contacting mary.lovelace@christian.kyschools.us.

Co-Sponsored by Kentucky Humanities --an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities

Kentucky’s Shaker villages, South Union and Pleasant Hill, drew converts from the South. Those converts brought their own well-established manners, customs, and cultural biases into environments and systems that had been designed by Shakers rooted in the Northeast.

South Union, in particular, had a difficult time adapting and, consequently, created a material culture and maintained a folklife that was unique among Shaker villages. From the food they ate to the furniture they produced ... from the way they spoke to the methods in which they constructed buildings ... the Kentucky Shakers were set apart from their northern counterparts.

Kentucky's Shaker Villages' stories are colorful, humorous, heart-breaking and fascinating.

Tommy Hines is a graduate of Western Kentucky University with an undergraduate degree in Music Theory and Folk Studies, and a Master of Arts degree in Historic Preservation and has spent his career as Executive Director of South Union Shaker Village.

Hines received the Ida Lee Willis Service to Preservation Award from the Kentucky Heritage Council (2001), the Edith Bingham Excellence in Preservation Education Award from Preservation Kentucky (2018), and the Frank R. Levstik Award for Professional Service from the Kentucky Historical Society (2020).

All programs are free & open to the public 

Dr. Eugene Poole, Jr.: Hopkinsville’s Connection to the U.S. Capitol

The Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County invites you to our next History on Tap on Thursday, April 24 at 6:30pm at Hopkinsville Brewing Company for a special program by Taylor Hayes about Dr. Eugene Poole, Jr.

Hopkinsville native Dr. Eugene Poole, Jr. is an architect and certified project construction manager who oversaw the restoration of the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, D.C. In addition to his extensive resume as an architect, Dr. Poole is also an ordained minister, former professor of religion and philosophy, and a talented tapestry and quilt artist. Join Taylor Hayes, president and CEO of the Christian Chamber of Commerce, for an exploration of the life and career of this most remarkable local man.

History on Tap is a free series that seeks to share local history in a relaxed, fun setting. Programs are typically held on the last Thursday of the month at 6:30pm at Hopkinsville Brewing Company.

For more information, follow us on Facebook or give us a call at 270-887-4270.

The Pennyroyal Area Museum is located at 217 East 9th Street and is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am until 4pm. 

Tickets for this event are ON SALE NOW! Get them here: https://www.thecarsoncenter.org/events/detail/matthew-west

Matthew West is a five-time GRAMMY® nominee, NSAI’s 2022 Songwriter-Artist of the Year, ASCAP’s 2023 Golden Note Award recipient, and a multiple ASCAP Christian Music Songwriter/Artist of the Year winner. He has received an American Music Award, a Billboard Music Award, K-LOVE Fan Awards, GMA Dove Awards, and has been named Billboard’s Hot Christian Songwriter of the Year. A recipient of the Rich Mullins Impact Award, West also received a Primetime Emmy® Award nomination for Original Music & Lyrics for the title track for the feature film “The Heart of Christmas.” Dubbed “one of Christian music’s most prolific singer-songwriters” (Billboard), West has been awarded RIAA Gold and Platinum certifications and notched 34 number one songs combined as an artist and songwriter. In addition to his own recording career, he has co-hosted the K-LOVE Fan Awards seven times and has more than 250 songwriting credits to his name, including cuts by Anne Wilson, Rascal Flatts, Scotty McCreery, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, Mandisa, Danny Gokey, Casting Crowns and others. He has 15 studio albums under his belt, the latest released in 2023, a double album – MY STORY YOUR GLORY. Composed of 22 tracks, the first part of the double album, MY STORY, embodies the countless stories fans have shared with the songwriter over the years as well as personal experiences and the second part, YOUR GLORY, marks his first official Gospel worship album. West’s most recent single “Don’t Stop Praying” released earlier this year marks his biggest streaming single debut in West’s 20-year career. Adding author to his list of accolades, West has written seven books to date: “Give This Christmas Away,” “The Story Of Your Life,” “Forgiveness,” “Today Is Day One”, “Hello, My Name Is, “The God Who Stays” and his latest, “My Story Your Glory 30-Day Devotional” with one more slated for 2024. He is also passionate about providing hope and healing through the power of prayer and story. Along with his father, Pastor Joe West, they founded popwe, a non-profit ministry helping others to craft, share, and live a more meaningful life. Please visit popwe.org for more information.

Dot, Meg, Carol, and Ellie are back in Dot’s Northwoods cabin for Meg’s bachelorette party, but Meg and Sheriff Tom Lane have other ideas—a secret plan to elope at the cabin that night while everyone else is still out for the party. Carol and Ellie make similar secret plans to rendezvous with their respective men, Rick and Bubba, making the cabin a bit more crowded than Meg and Tom had anticipated.

Showtimes:

Thursday, April 17 @ 7:15 pm
Friday, April 18 @ 7:15 pm
Saturday, April 19 @ 7:15 pm
Sunday, April 20 @ 2:30 pm

Thursday, April 24 @ 7:15 pm
Friday, April 25 @ 7:15 pm
Saturday, April 26 @ 7:15 pm
Sunday, April 27 @ 2:30 pm

This stunning documentary, made by a Cuban director who now lives in Spain, is built on archival government footage of the 1971 public “confession” of dissident poet Heberto Padilla. In a sweltering room filled with Cuba’s most important writers, Padilla—recently released from prison—recants his political beliefs and begins to denounce some writers in the audience for sharing his “crimes.” Presented as part of The Spanish Film Club series with the support of Pragda and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.

This is our annual fundraiser for the youth ministry yard sale. We have vintage, collectibles, antiques, tools, dishes, clothes, and lots of items to interest almost anyone. This is an indoor sale, so rain or shine come check us out. We are really excited about some of the unique items we have for sale. For more information you can also contact KD Riley, coordinator of the event at 270-488-2414