Datebook – October 26, 2010

It’s Tuesday, October 26.

Tonight Murray State’s OcTUBAfest starts at 7:30 in Performing Arts Hall of Doyle Fine Arts.  Hear soloists and the 15 member tuba-euphonium ensemble performing a diverse range of works including English madrigals.  The concert is free.

The Final U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Safe Boating Class of the year is set for this Saturday at the United Methodist Church, 214 Main Street in Cadiz.  It runs from 8 to 4 and costs $25.  Families are welcome.  Topics include licensing and documentation, first aid practices, navigation rules of the waters and more.  Pre-register at 270-924-0903.

Tomorrow there’s a free screening of Alabama based-Lee Fanning’s science fiction/adventure film, A Genesis Found, a touring independent feature, at 6:30 p.m. in Faculty Hall Room 208.  The story revolves around a unidentifiable skeleton found by a fictional CCC worker.

The American Red Cross collects blood Thursday from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 1601 Main Street in Murray.

See wkms.org for our news features on demand and more community events around the region.  Thanks for listening.

Datebook – September 10, 2010

It’s Friday, September 10.

Tonight the exhibition Message from Murray opens at Murray State’s Clara M. Eagle Gallery, sixth floor Doyle Fine Arts with a reception from 6 to 8. Visitors write messages on shipping boxes.

The Pow Wow in Hopkinsville is going on over the weekend despite the weather.

Learn English in free conversation classes, first floor Faculty Hall, 2 to 4 p.m. starting Sunday through December 5.

Sunday the Paducah Symphony Adult Chorus auditions for new members from 1 to 2 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church. Schedule audition at 270-444-0065.

Tomorrow see a judged corvette show at the riverfront in Paducah benefiting St. Nicholas Clinic. Registration is at 9. Trophy presentation is at 3.

Glema Mahr Center for the Arts at Madisonville Community College opens a show of quilts by the Piecemakers Quilt Club with a reception in the Anne P. Baker Gallery Sunday at 2 p.m.

Market House Theatre in Paducah presents its second weekend of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Showtimes and tickets at mhtplay.com.

There’s much more to see at wkms.org. Have a happy day!