Evenings Upstairs

In the next installment of its Evenings Upstairs series, the McCracken County Public Library hosts Murray State history professor Dr. Brian Clardy presenting "Segregation in Public Accommodation: A Focus on Cherokee Historic State Park." WKMS Morning Edition host Daniel Hurt speaks to Clardy ahead of the presentation discussing the legacy of segregation in the United States.

The McCracken County Public Library hosts McCracken County Coroner Amanda Melton in the library's next installment of its Evenings Upstairs series. Morning Edition host Daniel Hurt speaks to Melton ahead of the presentation.

Tracy Ross speaks with author and historian Todd Carr ahead of his Virtual Evening Upstairs presentation, "Cave-in-Rock Pirates and Outlaws," this Thursday, November 18th.

Since 1994, the flagship Adult Services program series at the McCracken County Public Library has entertained and educated the public with performances…

The sprawling expanse of Appalachia has been used as the backdrop for campfire stories, scary stories, and urban legends, shared by avid story-tellers and…

Pat Fitzhugh, author of The Bell Witch: The Full Account, gives tonight's Evenings Upstairs presentation at the McCracken County Public Library. Legends…

Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Bill Cunningham will present a talk on the history of the Kentucky State Penitentiary at Eddyville Thursday, Sept. 8 at the…

John T. Scopes was born and raised in Paducah and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery. A school teacher, Scopes garnered national recognition as the defendant…

A "haint" is an old-fashioned Appalachian mountain term for "haunt" and can be anything from Bigfoot in the woods to a ghost in the house. On Sounds Good,…

The McCracken County Public Library, Hotel Metropolitan and the Kentucky Humanities Council collaborate in an Evenings Upstairs at the Library on Thursday…