APRIL 20, 2017 ISSUE
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NEWS

 
June 12 - 15
Kentucky Opry Tours
The Ark Encounter & Creation Museum

Kentucky Opry Tours & Diamond Tours invite you to come along to the Amazing Ark Encounter & Creation Museum. 3 Days 4 Nights $499.00per person (dbl occupancy). TRip includes Motorcoach transportation
3 Nights Lodging
6 meals
Admission to New, Stunning Ark Encounter & Creation Museum and more.


  WEB LINK | Phone: (270) 527-3869

EVENTS
APRIL 20
The Hooten Hallers at Maiden Alley
Paducah, KY. 

With Leonard the Band
The Hooten Hallers are a blues, soul, and rock n' roll band from Columbia, Missouri. They are: John Randall (Guitar/ Electric Lap Steel/ Vocals), Andy Rehm (Standing Drums/ Falsetto Vocals) and Kellie Everett (Baritone & Bass Saxophones/ Harmony Vocals). Known for their raucous live shows and influenced heavily by the canon of American roots music, this hard touring band does everything in their power to bring that music to you.  8:00pm Admission $8 in advance, $10 at Door.

   WEB LINK | Phone:270.441.7007


APRIL 20 - 26
LBL EVENTS
Golden Pond, KY. 
Homeplace 1850s Working Farm

Thurs, April 20 
3:30-4:30pm |  Feedin' Time on the Farm
Fri, April 21
3:30-4:30pm |  Feedin' Time on the Farm
Sat, April 22
10am-2pm  |  Beginning Spinners' Workshop
1-3pm  |  Starting Seeds and Paper Packets
3:30-4:30pm  |  Feedin' Time on the Farm
Sun, April 23
1-3pm  |  Field Work with Mules, Dan and Todd
3:30-4:30pm  |  Feedin' Time on the Farm
Mon, April 24
3:30-4:30pm |  Feedin' Time on the Farm
Tues, April 25
3:30-4:30pm |  Feedin' Time on the Farm
Wed, April 26
3:30-4:30pm |  Feedin' Time on the Farm.

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APRIL 21
Southern Nights Gospel
Draffenville, KY. 
Featuring some great bands, groups, and soloists.  There is No Admission, but a love offering donation will be taken for the groups. This month is  Kentucky Opry's own "Aaron Watkins" & Four Fold. Showtime 7:30pm.

  WEB LINK | Phone: (270) 527-3869

APRIL 21,23,24 & 25
Zoo Keepers Wife at Maiden Alley
Paducah, KY. 

Starring Jessica Chastain
Directed by Niki Caro
The Zookeeper's Wife tells the account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the German invasion. PG-13.
  • Friday,7:00pm
  • Sunday, 4:00pm
  • Monday, 7:00pm
  • Tuesday, 7:00pm

   WEB LINK | Phone:270.441.7007

April 21-27
Calvert City Drive-IN
Calvert City, KY. 
Smurfs& Fate of the Furious
Open Friday Saturday &
Tuesday - Thursday
Closed Sunday and Monday
Box Office and Grill open at 4:30PM
Double Feature Showing

   WEB LINK | Phone:270. 395 4660

APRIL 21
Sounds of Memphis
Grand Rivers, KY.
Its the birthplace of Rock & Roll, the home of the Blues, the starting point for Soul. And it's where a young man from Tupelo became the King...The music of Beale Street has influenced generations and the music is still alive today...      Badgett Playhouse 2pm.

     | WEB LINK  | Phone:   (888)  362-4223


APRIL 22
Beginner & Instrumental Eliminations
Draffenville, KY. 
Winners from the past 12 weeks in the Beginner & Instrumental divisions compete to move into the Semi-Finals! Come out and Vote for you favs. Also the Kentucky Opry will perform.

  WEB LINK | Phone: (270) 527-3869

APRIL 22
The Kid & the King
Grand Rivers, KY.
The incredible story of Terry Mike Jeffrey. From meeting Elvis in 1969 at the age of 15 
to a life-long relationship with Graceland, this is a story and the music that everyone will love. Badgett Playhouse 7pm.

     | WEB LINK  | Phone:   (888)  362-4223

APRIL 26-29
Quilt Week
Paducah, KY.
Paducah welcomes fiber artists the world over to experience the renowned AQS QuiltWeek® - Paducah. In addition to exhibits of the most exquisite quilts being created today, AQS hosts a variety of special events, a vendor mall with approximately 400 vendor booths and a series of classes and lectures. Each year, thousands of quilters participate in the AQS School of Quiltmaking, workshops conducted by world-class instructors. The original AQS QuiltWeek event is set apart by competitors, attendees and attendees from around the world.

     | WEB LINK

APRIL 28
Langston Hughes' Ask Your Mama
Paducah, KY

Twelve Moods for Jazz Featuring the Ron McCurdy Quartet
Adults: $30 Students/Children: $15
7:30 p.m.
A multimedia concert performance of Langston Hughes kaleidoscopic jazz poem, "Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz is Hughes homage in verse and music to the struggle for artistic and social freedom in America and abroad in the early 1960s. Featuring the Ron McCurdy Quartet, this creative collaboration of words, sounds and images explores the wonderful world of blues, gospel songs, boogie woogie, bebop and progressive jazz, Afro-Cuban mambo music, West Indian calypso, African drumming and more!


  WEB LINK | Phone: (270) 534-3212

APRIL 29 
Empty Bowls
Mayfield,KY 
Twenty restaurants in Mayfield and Graves County will  offer samples of their tasty cuisine Saturday, April 29, at the festive 4th annual Empty Bowls Event.
From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. you can try out a smorgasbord of yummies at the big community gathering, which raises money for the Mayfield-Graves County Food Pantry. The eating extravaganza will be held at Trace Creek Baptist Church's Family Life Center, 3357 State Route 131.
For a $15 ticket each diner gets to pick from a mixture of a unique hand-painted bowls and specially selected bowls to gather samples of the goodies. After eating, participants take the bowls home as a reminder of hungry people around the world and in their own community.

     | Phone:   (270) 328-8801

APRIL 29 
2017 Benton Cruise In
Benton,KY 
Make plans now to be at the Benton Cruise In at the Benton Court Square! Registration begins at 4:00pm - 7pm 
Admission is FREE! 
Hot rods, classics, musclecars, motorcycles, customs and more are all welcome!!!

  | Phone: (270) 527-8677

APRIL 29 
5K in honor of Heart Warrior Addi Pervine
Murray,KY
The race begins at the General Supply Services Building off Chestnut Street on Murray State's campus. All proceeds from the 5K will go to benefit heart families with care packages, bills, and other needs. 9am. $20

| WEB LINK  | Phone: (270)  535-9414

May 11 - Vince Gill coming 
Paducah, KY. 
One of the most popular singers in modern country music, Vince Gill is famous for his top-notch songwriting, world-class guitar playing and warm, soaring tenor, all wrapped up in a quick and easy wit. Gill achieved his big breakthrough in 1990 with "When I Call Your Name," which won both the Country Music Association's Single and Song of the Year awards as well as a Grammy.  Gill has won 18 CMA Awards, including Song of the Year four times - making him the mostawarded artist in that category in CMA history. Since 1990, Gill has won 20 GRAMMY Awards. 

| WEB LINK  | Phone: (270)  450-4444

May 27 - 28 10th Annual Spring into Summer Salutes Fort Campbell
Hopkinsville, KY. 
 Activities will run Saturday May 27th from 12pm-9pm and Sunday May 28th from 12pm-6pm. Both days of the festival will include many new and exciting activities. There will be fifteen free carnival rides, a hilarious wild west stage show "Tumbleweed Crossing", This laugh-a-minute show is an award winning Wild West comedy gunfight stunt show. It will take you on a zany trip back to the Wild West where laughs fly like bullets and hilarity law of the land.  You can also memorialize your visit to this year's festival by getting free pictures at the photo booth, having a free caricature drawing done, or make a video with the ever popular Boogie Heads. Saturday will feature an extended parachute jumpers show before the concert featuring Tyler Farr, and after the concert there will be a gorgeous fireworks show that will certainly be 

|Phone:270-439-5675

COMMUNITY

Two  Toastmaster Meetings in Western Kentucky
Paducah & Marshall County 


Toastmasters helps people develop communication and leadership skills. You can learn to speak in public with confidence through evaluations and encouragement from experienced speakers. Work at your own pace through an organized program that adds new skills with each project. 

Paducah Meeting location: MSU Paducah Regional Campus, Room 219. From 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm every Thursday. Donnie McKinney 270-217-1222

Marshall County club meets every Monday 6:45 pm at the Quality Inn - Draffenville  173 Carrol Road Benton Ky contact Clay Campbell 270-703-2700

Clubs meet every week except on National Holidays


| WEB LINK | E-MAIL | Phone: (270) 217.1222

Kentucky Opry Tours Trips 2016


2017 Trips

SOLD OUT! April 27 - May 3 2017 (Thurs - Wed) - Washington DCTrip For all details go to  Kentucky Opry Diamond Tours
$739 per person (dbl. occ.)

$499.00 per person (dbl occ)


SEPT 10 -16 2017  - Myrtle Beach Show Trip & Charleston,SC.  For all details go to Kentucky Opry Diamond Tours
$705 per person (dbl. occ.)

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| WEB LINK | E-MAIL | Phone: (270) 527-3869

Fri & Sat
Lakeland Jamboree - Live Music for All Ages

Cadiz, KY

- Listen to the Music. Friday & Saturday evenings 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. 61 Jefferson Street. 



| Phone: (270) 924-0900 


Senior Dance
Cadiz, KY
The Trigg County Senior Citizens Center, 127 Joy Lane, has announced there will be a dance on the 2nd & 4th Thursday of each month from 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Admission is $5 per person and all proceeds go to the home delivered meals program.

| Phone: (270) 522-8341 


SUNDAY 10:30am
Kentucky Lake Cowboy Church

Draffenville, KY

 Brother Chris Clarke, Savanna, Carson, Hunter, Clay and all the folks at Kentucky Lake Cowboy Church want to invite you to come on down and join us at the Kentucky Opry each Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. for Cowboy Church. Casual clothes are welcomed. Feel free to wear your favorite jeans, boots, and cowboy hat! You'll feel right at home with the "down home" flavor of the country/bluegrass/gospel music and down-to-earth preachin' from God's Word. Be sure to come early for free coffee and donuts!! We'll save you a good seat!!! Kentucky Opry Theatre


| WEB LINK | E-MAIL | Phone: (270) 527-3869 













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