"Paducah, Kentucky, is another good option at about 215 miles from Louisville. It has got eclipse viewing down pat after being in Monday's path of totality. Check out this city if you have an artistic bent…
"The western Kentucky town of Paducah had VIP seating and mighty fine weather for Monday’s celestial show. Paducah sits roughly halfway between Makanda, Ill., where the total solar eclipse lasted the longest, and Hopkinsville, Ky., where it was the darkest. The river town hosted eclipse-viewing events across the city, but the biggest was “Night at Noon” on the campus of West Kentucky Community and Technical College. That’s where a crowd of a few thousand watched the Earth’s only natural satellite devour the sun at 1:22 p.m. When “totality” happened, the temperature dropped 4 degrees (to a still toasty 88 Fahrenheit), the cicadas screeched and people cast aside their eclipse glasses and said either “Oh my god,” “Whoa!” or “Wooh!” as they took in the unforgettable image of a black disk wreathed by the white flames of the sun’s rarely visible corona. Totality lasted for 2 minutes and 21 seconds, but the memories made Monday afternoon on that campus lawn will last a lifetime."…
"Since the eclipse falls on what is predicted to be a sizzler of a Kentucky day, bartender Scottie Timmons of Silent Brigade Distillery decided to put a twist on his favorite summer cocktail, the mojito. In a sly hat tip to the moon, his version is made with the craft distillery’s Kentucky Moonshine. Timmons builds on the base by adding simple syrup, soda water and fresh orange mint he grows himself."…
"Former astronaut and Kentucky native Terry Wilcutt, who serves as NASA's chief of safety and mission assurance, will headline the "Night at Noon" eclipse party hosted by West Kentucky Community and Technical College on the lawn of the Challenger Learning Center. There will also be a NASA High Altitude Balloon Launch, organizers say, one of dozens across the country."…
"This quaint town at the confluence of the Tennessee and Ohio Rivers is a delightful surprise for folks who haven’t ever stopped halfway on the trip to St. Louis. With a 20-block downtown historic district, a vibrant arts scene, and a tradition as the center of the quilting universe, there are plenty of reasons to make the detour."…
Joseph Robertia will travel to Paducah to present his book, Life with Forty Dogs: Misadventures of Runts, Rejects, Retirees, and Rescues. The public is invited to attend two free events to meet the author and purchase his book…
"The Bluegrass State will experience its longest eclipse duration in Hopkinsville, but most of the western part of the state offers prime viewing. Head to Paducah for two minutes and nineteen seconds of total darkness along the new landing area that overlooks the joining of the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers."…
