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January
All of January 2008 
Weave a Rug in a Day  
Murray Art Guild  270.753.4059

January 4 

Free Youth Small Game Hunting and Trapping Week ends
  www.fw.ky.gov

January 4 - February 29 

Crow Hunting Season
    www.fw.ky.gov 

January 7

Plein Air Painting   
Murray Art Guild  270.753.4059 

Every Tuesday starting January 8 
Knights of Columbus Bingo Nights  
   Knights of Columbus Hall 6:30 p.m.

January 12 

Antique Tractor Show
      Cherry Agricultural Expo Center 270.809.3125 

January 14
MSU Spring Semester Begins

Murray State University  1.800.272.4MSU or www.murraystate.edu  

Every Thursday beginning January 17 
Knit Night
     Murray Art Guild 6 p.m. 270.753.4059

Every Thursday beginning January 17  
Life Drawing Studio
       Murray Art Guild 9 a.m. - noon    270.753.4059 

January 18-20 
West Kentucky Boat & Outdoor Show

Regional Special Events Center     270.492.6477 or www.westkyboatshow.com

January 19-20
AQHA Horse Show       Cherry Agricultural Expo Center 270.809.3125

January 19
Young Artist Concerto Competition     MSU Music Department Fine Arts Building  270.809.4288 

January 21
Archery Deer Season ends
     www.fw.ky.gov

January 24-27

Campus Lights
      Lovett Auditorium  270.809.4288

January 25-26 

Truck Pull
     Cherry Agricultural Expo Center 270.809.3125

January 28-31 
Intermediate Wire Jewelry      Murray Art Guild  270.753.4059 

January 31 
Bobcat hunting season ends
     www.fw.ky.gov


February
All of February 
Life Drawing Exhibition
     Murray Art Guild / Hosted at MSU  270.753.4059

February 2 

Motocross
    Cherry Agricultural Expo Center 270.809.3125 

February 4 
Plein Air Painting
   Murray Art Guild  270.753.4059 

February 8-10 
Home, Lawn, Garden and Living Show
    Regional Special Events Center  270.753.2400 

February 9 
Trivia Night
       Murray Main Street  270.759.9474 

February 9 
Motocross
    Cherry Agricultural Expo Center 270.809.3125 

February 10  
Rabbit and Quail Season ends
   www.fw.ky.gov 

February 11-14 
Star Spangled Salute theatre performance
     Lovett Auditorium  270.809.4421 

February 15-16 
Bull Blowout
     Cherry Agricultural Expo Center 270.809.3125 

February 21-23  
The Good Doctor theatre performance
    Wilson Hall 7:30 p.m. 270.809.4421 

February 22-24  
MSU Rodeo Team Barrel       Racing & Roping
    Cherry Agricultural Expo Center 270.809.3125 

February 22-March 9
Of Mice and Men
   Playhouse in the Park  270.759.2199  or    www.playhouseinthepark.net

February 28 

Presidential Lecture Series (featuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.)
   Lovett Auditorium  270.809.6951 

February 29 
Otter Hunting, Coyote Trapping, Fall Squirrel Hunting, Raccoon and Opossum, & Grouse  Season Ends
    www.fw.ky.gov 

February 29 
Muskrat, Mink, Beaver, Red Fox, Gray Fox, Weasel & Stripped Skunk Hunting/ Trapping
 
www.fw.ky.gov


March
1st Monday of each month, beginning March 3, 2008 
Plein Air Painting
  Murray Art Guild  270.753.4059

March 1-2
 
IHSA Hunt Show
   Cherry Agricultural Expo Center 270.809.3125 

March 9
“Visual Evidence” Juried Competition
  Robert O. Miller Conference Center  270.753.4059 

March 13
4-H Horse Judging
     Cherry Agricultural Expo Center 270.809.3125 

March 14-15, 2008 
Horse and Mule Pull
     Cherry Agricultural Expo Center 270.809.3125 

March 18
Bull Sale
    Cherry Agricultural Expo Center 270.809.3125 

March 21-23  
4th Annual USSSA Early Bird Mid-South Classic

 Murray Calloway County Parks  270.767.8326 or www.teamworkevents.com also www.murrayparks.org

March 22

Froggy Easter Egg Hunt
    Murray Calloway County Parks  270.753.2400 www.murrayparks.org

March 22  
Easter On The Square
  Murray Main Street Downtown Square  270.759.9474 

March 27
Contest Awards Night 
   Murray Woman’s Clubhouse  270.753.9640 

March 29 
Touch a Truck
   Murray Calloway County Parks  270.762.0325 www.murrayparks.org

March 29-30 
AQHA Horse Show
    Cherry Agricultural Expo Center 270.809.3125

April
April 4-6
Spring Classic & Custom Car Show
Regional Special Events Center  270.809.5577 

April 4-5
Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana Annual Meeting   Murray State University, Curris Center
For more information, email keolson@wk.net

April 5-6 

Spring Youth Only Turkey Season  
www.fw.ky.gov 

April 12-13  
KY Junior Rodeo
   Cherry Agricultural Expo Center 270.809.3125 

April 12 - May 4
Spring Turkey Season
    www.fw.ky.gov

April 13

Young Masters Youth Exhibition
       Murray Art Guild  270.753.4059

April 16
FFA Field Day
     Cherry Agricultural Expo Center 270.809.3125 

April 16 
All Campus Sing
   Steps of Lovett Auditorium 4:00 p.m. 270.809.4288 

April 17-20 
Tartuffe theatre performance
    Robert E. Johnson Theatre 7:30 p.m. /2:30 p.m. 270.809.4421 

April 18-20 
7th Annual USSSA Rotary Invitational
Murray Calloway County Parks  270.767.8326 or www.teamworkevents.com   www.murrayparks.org

April 19 

MSU Summer Orientation
    Murray State University  1.800.272.4MSU or www.murraystate.edu 

April 24 
Kappa Evening of Chocolate Delight
Murray Woman’s Clubhouse  270.753.9640 

April 25-May 11
The Who’s Tommy
    Playhouse in the Park  270.759.2199 or www.playhouseinthepark.net

May
May 1

Adult Drawing Workshop
      Murray Art Guild  270.753.4059

May 2-3

Relay for Life
Stewart Stadium

May 3 

Kelso’s Mule Sale
        Cherry Agricultural Expo Center  270.809.3125 

May 8-10, 2008 
MSU Alumni Reunion Weekend

Murray State University  1.800.272.4MSU or www.murraystate.edu  

May 3
Murray’s Spring City Wide Yard Sale

Freedom Fest’s semiannual fund-raiser takes place from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
270.759.2199 or www.tourmurray.com
 

May 10
MSU  Spring Commencement

Regional Special Events Center  1.800.272.4MSU or www.murraystate.edu

May 16-18 

3rd Annual USSSA Spring Fling
  270.767.8326 or www.teamworkevents.com  

May 17
Saturday Market Begins
     Downtown Square  270.759.9474

May 17
N.I.T.R.O. (National Import Tuner Racing Organization) Murray Calloway County Parks www.murrayparks.org    For more information, 270.519.5188

May 17-18 
Box of Frogs Dessert Cabaret    
Playhouse in the Park  270.759.2199 or  www.playhouseinthepark.net  

May 24 
Pool Opens
   Murray Calloway County Parks  270.762.0325 www.murrayparks.org

May 24-25 
Spring Fly-in
    Irwin Field  Murray R/C Model Club    www.murrayrc.com

May 26 -  August 1   
Summer Break Camp
  Monday through Friday children can participate in camp activities at the park
Murray Calloway County Parks  270.762.0325


June
Every Friday in June and July  
Harvest Land Ministries--Movie in the Park
    Murray Calloway County Parks  270.759.5107
www.murrayparks.org

June - July 

Summer Art Youth Series
        Murray Art Guild  270.753.4059

June 6-8 

10th Annual USSSA West Kentucky Invitational

Murray Calloway County Parks  270.767.8326 or www.teamworkevents.com  

June 6-7
MSU Summer Orientation
   Murray State University  1.800.272.4MSU or www.murraystate.edu  

June 6-10 
A Year with Frog & Toad
    Playhouse in the Park  270.759.2199 or  www.playhouseinthepark.net  

June 7 
Rotary Soapbox Derby
270.759.9474

June 7 - 20 
Spring Squirrel Hunting Season
     www.fw.ky.gov  

June 8 
Red Cross Tea Party
         Murray Woman’s Clubhouse  270.753.9640 

June 13-14
Hannigan Happening
   270.753.4256 www.hannigantrikes.com

June 14 
Father’s Day Car Show
   Downtown Square  270.759.9474 

June 17-18 
MSU Summer Orientation
   Murray State University  1.800.272.4MSU or www.murraystate.edu  

June 17-July 13 
The Miss Firecracker Contest
 Playhouse in the Park  270.759.2199 or  www.playhouseinthepark.net

June 20-22

USSSA State Championships
   Draffenville, KY  270.767.8326 or  www.teamworkevents.com  

June 26-27 
 Western Rivers Livestock Expo
Cherry Agricultural Expo Center 270.809.3125 

June 31 - July 1  
4-H Horse Camp
         Cherry Agricultural Expo Center  270.809.3125

July
Week of July 4 
Hazel Dealer’s Choice Sale

Enjoy this antique shopping district on the Kentucky-Tennessee state line Hazel, Ky   

July 4-6 8th
Annual USSSA Freedom Fest Invitational
Murray Calloway County Parks  270.767.8326 or teamworkevents.com

July 4 
Freedom Fest
Opening Ceremony, Downtown Street Fair and Block Party  270.759.2199 or www.tourmurray.com  

July 5
Freedom Fest     Parade, Bark in the Park, Downtown Street Fair, Squealin’ on the Square, Fireworks and FROGGY County Music Concert featuring  The Charlie Daniels Band  270.759.2199 or www.tourmurray.com  

July 6 
Freedom Fest
    Gospel Explosion, Family Day in the Park and closing ceremony  270.759.2199 or www.tourmurray.com  

July 12-13
MSU Summer Orientation
  Murray State University  1.800.272.4MSU or www.murraystate.edu  

July 22-23  
MSU Summer Orientation
  Murray State University  1.800.272.4MSU or www.murraystate.edu

August
August 1-3
City Wide Sidewalk Sale
   270.753.5171 

August 1-3
6th Annual USSSA Back to School Bash
  Murray Calloway County Parks  270.767.8326 or www.teamworkevents.com  

August 2 
Flower Show-Murray Main Street
   Downtown Square  270.759.9474 

August 20
MSU Fall Semester Begins
  Murray State University  1.800.272.4MSU or www.murraystate.edu  

August 30-31
R/C Modelers Fly-in
  Irwin Field  Murray R/C Model Club   www.murrayrc.com

September
September 5-7
USTA League Tennis Mixed Doubles State Championship 


September 12-13

Ice Cream Festival
    Murray Calloway County Parks  270.762.0325 www.murrayparks.org

September 12-14 
Western Kentucky Highland Festival
   Includes Ceilidh, Highland games and Celtic pipe bands  Patrick Stewart  270.444.9453

September 17-28 
 
Photography Exhibit
  Murray Art Guild at Robert O. Miller Conference Center  270.753.4059

September 20

Murray’s Fall City Wide Yard Sale
--7 a.m. to 3 p.m.  270.759.2199 or www.tourmurray.com

September 21 
Featured Artist Exhibition
  Murray Art Guild  270.753.4059

September 27 
Arts On The Square
  Downtown Square  270.759.9474

October
October 4 
Hazel Days Celebration
   Hazel, Ky   

October 11
Murray State University Homecoming
  Murray State University  1.800.272.4MSU or www.murraystate.edu

October 11
Saturday Market Ends
 

October 17-November 2 
Dark of the Moon
   Playhouse in the Park  270.759.2199 or   www.playhouseinthepark.net  

October 25 
Annual Creative Arts Bazaar
   Murray Woman’s Clubhouse  270.753.9640

October 25
St. Leo’s Catholic Church Fall Festival    Contact, Linda Onhemus – 753.3876

October 30 

Trail of Treats
   Murray Calloway County Parks  270.762.0325  www.murrayparks.org

November
November 6-8
Holiday Sale
  Murray Art Guild at Robert O. Miller Conference Center  270.753.4059

November 7-8
 
Western Kentucky Fiddle Festival
   Lovett Auditorium  270.759.2199  www.tourmurray.com  

November 16 
Holiday Open House
  Merchants of Murray open their doors with holiday specials all over Murray  270.753.5171 

November 24 - December 31 

Christmas in the Park
    Murray Calloway County Parks  270.762.0325  www.murrayparks.org

December
December 5 
Main Street Merriment on Dickens Alley
   Downtown Square  270.759.9474 

December 5-21
A Christmas Story
    Playhouse in the Park  270.759.2199 or   www.playhouseinthepark.net  

December 6  
Rotary Christmas Ham Breakfast
 

December 7
Holiday Open House
  Murray Woman’s Clubhouse  270.753.9640 

December 7  
Member’s Exhibit
    Murray Art Guild  270.753.4059 

December 12
 Sigma Breakfast with Santa
    Murray Woman’s Clubhouse  270.753.9640 

December 13
MSU Fall Commencement
  Regional Special Events Center  1.800.272.4MSU or www.murraystate.edu  

December 14 
Kappa Tour of Homes
   Murray Woman’s Clubhouse  270.753.9640