Community Calendar

Lunch buffet + bingo happening every Wednesday from 11-3!

Buffet starts at 11
Bingo at 12:30 (lasts about an hour)
Free lunch certificate raffles just for playing
No need to play to enjoy the buffet…
but it definitely makes it more fun

The Calloway County Public Library is creating a new Strategic Plan to guide the library over the next few years and needs unique perspectives, ideas, and feedback.

Every community member's input is valued, whether from a daily or occassional visitor or someone who simply wants to see our community thrive. Community members will directly shape the services, programs, and spaces CCPL offers. We appreciate everyone's time and commitment to making our library a vibrant hub for all.

We invite community members to attend one of the upcoming public forums at the Calloway County Puublic Libary and share thoughts to help shape CCPL's Strategic Plan.

Three sessions will be held:
Wednesday, July 22 from 5:00-7:00 PM
Thursday, July 23 from 6:30-7:30 PM
Saturday, July 25 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

You’ve got projects you want to work on, and we’ve got the space for you to use!
-Tables to spread out as needed
-Climate controlled environment
-Can be quiet or chatty! Bring headphones to catch up on your favorite shows or listen to an audiobook.
-Most importantly — we have snacks. We’ve got all kinds of K-cups and cookies for an evening pick-me-up.
-Plus! Shehan and Mari-Alice are on hand to help as needed. Between the two of them, they have a reasonable amount of experience with crocheting, knitting, cross stitch, sewing, and a teeny tiny little bit of embroidery.
Yarn and Yap meets at 5 p.m. Thursdays at Hopkinsville-Christian Co. Public Library. They meet upstairs. Elevator access is available.

All meetings begin at 6:00 PM unless otherwise noted here. Meetings are held in the Council Chamber on the first floor of the Hopkinsville Municipal Center at 715 South Virginia Street. Meetings are broadcast live on YouTube and by tuning to City TV on Spectrum Cable Channel 376.

The Calloway County Public Library is creating a new Strategic Plan to guide the library over the next few years and needs unique perspectives, ideas, and feedback.

Every community member's input is valued, whether from a daily or occassional visitor or someone who simply wants to see our community thrive. Community members will directly shape the services, programs, and spaces CCPL offers. We appreciate everyone's time and commitment to making our library a vibrant hub for all.

We invite community members to attend one of the upcoming public forums at the Calloway County Puublic Libary and share thoughts to help shape CCPL's Strategic Plan.

Three sessions will be held:
Wednesday, July 22 from 5:00-7:00 PM
Thursday, July 23 from 6:30-7:30 PM
Saturday, July 25 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Movies in the Park is a family-friendly movie series. The movies are in Bob Noble Park on an inflatable screen set up in the grassy area near the Music Garden between the Noble Park Pool and Lake Gerry B. Montgomery.

Bring a blanket or lawn chairs, snacks, and insect repellent.

Each movie starts at dusk, approximately 8 to 8:15 p.m. There is no charge to attend!

78th Annual Dawson Springs BBQ

July 24 - July 25

One of Hopkins County’s biggest annual festivals!

Friday 7/24

11 am-3 pm: Dine-in at Dawson Springs Community Center (or until sold out)

11 am-2 pm: Drive-thru service at Dawson Springs Community Center

6 pm-9 pm: Downtown street fair, live music by Instant Zeal, vendors, food trucks, beer garden, and old-fashioned fair games!

8:30 pm: Raffle drawing at the Square, Veterans Park

Fireworks to celebrate America’s 250th immediately following the drawing.

Saturday 7/25

7:30 am: 5k Race at Dawson Springs Community Center

8 am: Golf Scramble at Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park

8 am- 12 pm: BBQ Car Show- Downtown Square

The Parks & Recreation Department holds a summer music series at Noble Park with live music at the Noble Park Amphitheatre on Fridays beginning at 5:30 p.m. Each event is approximately two hours long. Some evenings will have one performer for the two-hour block while other evenings will feature two performers.

Parking is available by Shelter #9 (across roadway from amphitheatre) and the Noble Park Pool. Sit on the steps of the amphitheatre or bring a blanket or lawn chairs.

Join Atomic City Tours as they walk you through Paducah’s unsavory past. Learn about the city’s former “red light district,” discover the location where multiple Western Kentucky moonshiners were tried for the selling and distilling of the illegal substance.

Did you know a Wild West Show called Paducah home? That’s right! Learn about the infamous characters who created Buckskin Bill’s Wild West Show. Visit a spot associated with one of Paducah’s longest unsolved murders that occurred on the most dangerous road in Western Kentucky, Paducah’s Pool Road. Learn about these topics and others on our Wicked Paducah walking tour!

The 0.5 mile low-intensity tour is 60 minutes, wheelchair accessible, and features five stops along the scenic streets of Paducah’s downtown. This tour meets on the sidewalk in front of the Columbia Theater at 504 Broadway Street, Paducah, Kentucky, 42001.

Recommend for ages 16 and up.

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.