Community Calendar

Come and make a bowl with us at the Downtown Farmers Market! We will be set up in front of the MAG from 7-Noon on June 28th & you can make a bowl to be given away at Need Line's Empty Bowl Fundraiser. Kids are welcome - under 10 will need an adult helper. This event has been sponsored by FNB Bank & is free to the public.

Every Saturday From 7-noon stop by the Downtown farmer’s market and pick up some fresh produce, baked goods or homemade artisanal pieces. The market happens on 5th street and maple Street in Downtown Murray every Saturday from May to October!

The public is invited to join us at MAG to create a bowl for Need Line's annual Empty Bowl fundraiser! We will have a tent with demos in front of MAG during the Downtown Farmers Market & the indoor studio space will be open for the public to create bowls (to give, not keep). No experience necessary! All ages are welcome, but children will need an adult helper. Donations are accepted, but not required. Empty Bowls is pleased to be sponsored this year by FNB Bank.

Location:  306 North 2nd Street in historic downtown Paducah

Hours: Saturdays, 7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

2025 Season: April 19 through October 11 with Celebration Saturday events hosted monthly on the third Saturday featuring specific vendors, live music, and craft activities. A special Earth Day Celebration in partnership with WKCTC will be held on opening day, April 19.

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!

In partnership with the Obion River Regional Libraries, we’ll be turning Dinosaur Hall into a hub of reading and literacy activities featuring booths from libraries across the Northwest TN area. Each booth will inspire young guests to use their imagination and interact with the workers and resources available at their local library.

This year’s theme is “Color our World,” and guests will find that each activity and booth will represent that theme in a colorful and fun way. By participating in their local libraries’ summer reading programs, children can receive a ticket to access this event and explore the park afterwards free of charge.

Free admission to Discovery Park and the associated event is available only to young guests who participate in their local library’s summer reading program. Tickets must be obtained through participating libraries. Discovery Park does not distribute tickets. Guests must present their ticket at the front ticket counter for free entry on the day of the event.

The Museums of Hopkinsville-Christian County is excited to announce the next installment of the new Saturday Sleuths program on June 28 from 10:30am-11:30am. Designed for children ages 6-12, Saturday Sleuths will invite students to become detectives and help solve a history mystery at the museum on the last Saturday of every month.

Step right up to help us solve the mystery of “The Circus Catastrophe” at the Museum’s next Saturday Sleuths program. Just days away from opening night, the Pennyroyal Circus is having a lot of issues! Missing items, equipment failure, and a mysterious injury to the Ring Master are threatening to shut the show down before it even gets started. Help us figure out who or what is behind all the problems before the circus owner decides to cancel the circus and leave town!

The program will be held at the Pennyroyal Area Museum. The cost of the program is $3, but Museum Members will be given free admission.

If you have any questions, please contact the Museum at (270) 887-4270 or email our Learning Coordinator: brett@museumsofhopkinsville.org.

Step back in time with an old-fashioned soap making workshop at Discovery Park of America on Saturday, June 28.

To fit the old-fashioned theme, this class will take place in Wade Cabin, also known as the Craftsman Cabin, located in Discovery Park’s Settlement area. This introductory class will guide you through the process of making cold process soap from scratch, just like in the pioneer days.

In this immersive experience, you’ll discover:

• The history and tradition of handmade soap
• Basic soap chemistry and how it works
• Important safety measures when working with lye (sodium hydroxide)
• How to measure, mix and monitor temperatures
• Tools and equipment needed, including soap molds and liners

Participants will work together to make a large batch of soap—and each guest will take home a bar of the finished product. Whether you’re curious about historical practices or eager to try something new, this workshop is a perfect blend of science, history and creativity.

Tickets are $20 for members and $30 for non-members. Not a member? Join today!

Join Dr. Lionel Crews from the University of Tennessee at Martin Astronomy Department and the Discovery Park education team on Saturday, June 28, for the fourth informative Astronomy Night of the year. This month’s event is the rescheduled one from February and will be located in the Discovery Theater from 6-8 p.m.

Do you know how to find the North Star, The Big Dipper or Orion’s Belt? How about constellations like Leo, Gemini or Capricorn? How many constellations are there? What are the most unusual? Join us in the Discovery Theater for answers to these questions and more. The activity for the evening will be constellation string art.

PASSPORT TO THE UNIVERSE  

This is the fourth of eight Astronomy Night programs in 2025. Anyone who attends five or more of these events in the calendar year and completes our special training will receive a unique patch to commemorate the year’s astronomical events.

If you have already joined the passport program, don’t forget to bring your passports for this month’s stamp.

** ADULTS & TEENS ONLY ***
It's true- as part of Adult & Teen Summer Reading, on June 28th from 7pm-10pm, we'll be bringing a little bit of renaissance faire spirit to GCPL! Join us in your medieval finery, or fantasy costumes, and enjoy; crafts- make your own hennin hat (princess cone hat) and a painted medieval coat of arms or flag banner, food, games, frolicking (a walk around the story trail, a relaxing sit in our medieval style tents!) mostly indoors (we love air conditioning, still), as well as photo opportunities, and so much more! We really hope you join us!