Community Calendar

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.

As the final event in our Savory Memories series, the Friends of the Calloway County Public Library invite community members of all ages to join us for a Book Tasting & Swap.

Participants are encouraged to bring one or more books to swap. Food-related books, cookbooks, memoirs, and books about family traditions are especially welcome, but any genre is welcome. Whether you enjoy mysteries, history, romance, nonfiction, children's books, or cookbooks, there will be something for everyone to discover.

When you arrive, you'll place your book on one of our themed "tasting tables," such as Comfort Food, Family Recipes, Chef's Specials, Appetizers, or Desserts. Guests will then have an opportunity to browse, sample, and learn about books from each table while enjoying coffee, snacks, and conversation.

Participants will receive a Book Tasting Menu to record books that catch their interest before selecting books to take home during the swap portion of the evening.

Guests are also welcome (but not required) to bring a favorite recipe card, cookbook recommendation, or food memory to share as part of the Savory Memories theme.

This event is free and open to all ages. Registration is encouraged but not required

Refresh your creativity with No Frills Crop!

Whether you’re scrapbooking, card-making, or working on any other project, this is the perfect setting to focus and get creative!

July 10 (10AM-12AM) + 11 (8AM-8PM)
Meals are not provided
$5 for one or both days | money collected will be given back in Simple Stories products

Space is limited – Call 270-559-0929 to RSVP or ask to be a vender!

The Empty Bowls Paducah Build-A-Thon brings community volunteers together to help create the handmade ceramic bowls used for the annual Empty Bowls fundraiser. Working alongside local potters, volunteers of all skill levels assist in making bowls that symbolize the fight against hunger in our community.

The finished bowls will be featured at the Empty Bowls Paducah main event on August 22, where guests will enjoy food donated by local restaurants and take home a handcrafted bowl as a reminder of the ongoing need to address food insecurity.

Learn more at https://emptybowlspaducah.com/.

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.

Refresh your creativity with No Frills Crop!

Whether you’re scrapbooking, card-making, or working on any other project, this is the perfect setting to focus and get creative!

July 10 (10AM-12AM) + 11 (8AM-8PM)
Meals are not provided
$5 for one or both days | money collected will be given back in Simple Stories products

Space is limited – Call 270-559-0929 to RSVP or ask to be a vender!

Ahhhh...Welcome You hot, humid, and sweaty season! You always give us Something Memorable! Let us engrave that in the form of photo so we will not miss it!

Downtown Jae and Artsy Matt, from McCracken County Public Library, will provide you a chance to preserve Your Moment of Summer 2026.

It is a outdoor portrait photoshoot program at Bob Noble Park in Paducah, KY. Meet us at the Shelter #4 (Next to the Boundless Playground)!

Come and join us! Reservation starts at June, 22th, 2026.

Note: Photo shoots will take about 15 minutes. Photos will be emailed to you after the event. Please call the Library and reserve your session on or after June 22nd of 2026 at 270-442-2510. Appointments will be available from 9:00 am to 4:15 PM. This is a one day only event.

In 2026, we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding. This special year also marks another important milestone – the 50th anniversary of the Pennyroyal Area Museum’s opening. Join us at the Pennyroyal Area Museum in downtown Hopkinsville on Saturday, July 11 at noon for a Birthday BBQ Bash, celebrating 50 years of the Museum making history in Hoptown.
The birthday celebration will include a Pioneers barbecue lunch, live Bluegrass music by the Todd County Boys, and a special program featuring Hopkinsville-Christian County Historian William T. Turner. Tickets are $15 per person and can be purchased online or in person at the Pennyroyal Area Museum.
Note: Ninth Street between Virginia and Liberty streets will be blocked off during the afternoon for the festivities.
This event is hosted by the Hopkinsville History Foundation, a nonprofit organization established in 2023 to support the mission of the museum.