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Saturday, May 26
Hands On St. Nick - A Makeover
St. Nicholas Family Clinic
1901 Kentucky Ave.
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Come help us give this 20 year old organization a NEW LOOK! Help us paint, clean, organize and create a welcoming environment for our patients and the community.

Specific needs include: taping & mudding supplies, paint & artwork groupings, rugs, blinds & plants/interior foliage, soft fluorescents, baby changing station (x2), office organizers, L-shape desk, chairs, coffee tables, flooring – wood laminate & vinyl or tile, and volunteers.

Having served almost 7,000 patients since opening in 1994, St. Nicholas Family Free Clinic has made a significant impact on the health of our community and region. We are looking forward to giving back to the clinic by recruiting local businesses and volunteers to help lay new floors, freshen the walls with new paint, and organize the space for people to be proud of. Featuring JLF Interior Designs.

John Paul Henry Opening Reception

imageAfter the Derby, join us this evening at Maiden Alley Cinema, 5-7 p.m., to celebrate the amazing work of John Paul Henry (one of our iList Paducah photographers!). His documentary photography has taken him all over the globe. John’s a former staff photog of the Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World and a Southern Illinois University-Carbondale grad. He recently moved back to Paducah and lives in LowerTown.

John’s essays center around the fading of lifestyles and changing of cultures, including this evening’s theme, American Fraternal Organizations.

Here’s his artist statement:

I grew up in an Elks Lodge. And I can remember as a teenager, washing dishes on Saturday night for a few 10 dollar bills. Patrons would ask me how many years until I was able to join. I never really knew the answer. I still don’t.

The honest answer is probably never.

My experiences popping into the Elks lodge as a youth have made me curious about other fraternal organizations. For five years I documented them routinely while working for newspapers. Memorial Day. Fish fries. Check presentations. These were people, coming together to have a good time, raise money for charity or provide a service.

And over the years I’ve heard much of the same story. Fewer members. Fewer dues. This isn’t to say all fraternal organizations are falling on hard times. With my experience, though, this seems to be the trend.

What will the American socialscape look like in 20, 30 years? Will there be lodges? Or e-Lodges? Will scholarship recipients receive electronic debt into their accounts without ever meeting those who raised money for their tuition? Where will we go to tell our stories and relate our adventures?

These prints are a document to what fraternal organizations are now. Real. Visceral. With the wood paneling. The bar stools. The fish batter. The fold-out tables. And the smiles.


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