Week of June 20-26

Welcome to our weekly "What's Happening" email, designed to provide you with a glance at opportunities for an unbridled good time in the Bowling Green area.

It's not often one of our area museums opens a new exhibit with a Ball, but tonight's Hobo Ball at the Historic Railpark & Train Museum is very fitting to celebrate its new Hobo Times Exhibit. Dress in your best hobo attire and you may even win prizes! Food, drink and music by Barren River Trio will be available and tickets are $15 each or 2 for $25.

But if you can't make it for the Ball, be sure to visit the Museum soon to experience the history and mystique of Hobos through Hobo Nickel folk art, Hobo symbols and a Hobo Jungle. Hobo Symbols appeared on buildings, fences and trees as a means of communication telling other travelers of the good or bad experiences to expect there. Creative Quilters Guild, a local quilting group, has re-created Hobo Symbols into fabric art.

Visit the link below or call 270-745-7317 for more information.

Beat the heat with the best ice cream in town at Chaney's Dairy Barn this weekend as they present Ice Cream & a Moovie and Barnfest. On Friday and Saturday beginning at dusk, spread out the blanket or the lawn chairs and watch Happy Feet while listening to the crickets, feeling the summer breeze and enjoying ice cream! The movie is free, but please don't bring any outside food or drink.

Head out early on Saturday to hear live music on the farm as Barnfest 2011 begins at 4 pm with musical guests Amanda Ousley, Preston Coly, Shine and Easy Street. The evening will be emceed by former Miss Kentucky and Amazing Race contestant Mallory Ervin, and the Woodburn Antique Tractor & Engine Club will have some vintage equipment on display.

For more details and information, call 270-843-5567 or visit the link below.

To view the complete calendar of upcoming events, click here and visit our Events section.

All phone numbers are area code 270 unless otherwise noted.

Ongoing - June 24 "The Artist Within" Exhibition, VSA ArtsACCESS Gallery, M-F 8:30 am- 4:30 pm, 781-0872

Ongoing - June 28 Kim Jones & Hai Ri Han Gallery Exhibition, Capitol Arts Center galleries, 9-5pm, 782-2787, www.capitolarts.com

Ongoing - June 30 Kentucky Down Under Teacher Appreciation Month, Teachers free with school ID, 800-762-2869, www.kdu.com

Ongoing - July 29 Chaney's Summer Family Farm Tours, Mondays & Fridays, 11am & 1pm, $7 per person, 843-5567, www.chaneysdairybarn.com

Ongoing - August 5 "Observations: Real & Imagined", Memphis Marsha's Art Gallery, 392-0188, memphismarshas.com

20 Singer/ Songwriter Night and Benefit, benefitting Broadway the Clown Nick Wilkins, Chaney's Dairy Barn, 6-8 pm, 843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com

20-22 4-H Horse Show, Brown Ag Expo Center, 745-3976, www.wku.edu/agexpocenter

20- July 30 Chevrolet Nova Exhibit, National Corvette Museum, M-Su 8am- 5pm, 781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

21 Author Karen Kingsbury, First Baptist Church, 6 pm, 781-4882, warrenpl.org

21 Made in the USA Food & Wine Evening, Franklin Brickyard, 6:30 pm, 270-586-9080

21 "Venus: Our Sister Planet", WKU Hardin Planetarium, 7 pm Tu & Th, 2 pm Sun, 745-4044, physics.wku.edu/planetarium/

21 Mammoth Cave Free Discovery Tours, Mammoth Cave National Park, 758-2192, nps.gov/maca/index.htm

22 Concerts in the Park-Noizejoi, Fountain Square Park, 12:00pm, 782-0222, downtownbg.org

23-26 Oliver!, The Phoenix Theatre, Thurs.-Sat. 8 pm, Sun. 3 pm, 782-3119, fountainsquareplayers.org

23-26 AMRA Harley Davidson Summer Shootout, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com

24 BG Hot Rods v. Dayton, 7:05 pm, 901-2121, bghotrods.com

24-26 ASA Softball Qualifying Tournament, Ephram White & Buchanon Parks, all day, 842-5302

25 Aviation Heritage Park Hangar Party, BG/WC Regional Airport, Gates open 5 pm, Dinner 6 pm, The Tyrone Dunn Experiments plays 8 pm, aviationheritagepark.com

25 Kids on the Block Garden Tour & Tea, 10 am- 2 pm, various locations, 842-2259, www.kykob.org

25 Vette City Vixens Roller Derby vs. Black-n-Bluegrass, Skate Box, 5pm, 843-3394, vettecityrollerderby.com

25 Southern Gospel Music, Capitol Arts Center, 7 pm, 782-2787, capitolarts.com

25 BG Hot Rods v. Dayton, 7:05 pm, 901-2121, bghotrods.com

25-26 Pickens Amateur Championship 2011 (Golf), Crosswinds Golf Course, 393-3559

25 Summer for the Soldiers! Southern Lanes parking lot, 10 am - 3 pm, soldierssupportofbg.webs.com

26 BG Hot Rods v. Dayton, 2:05 pm, 901-2121, bghotrods.com

26 Annual Butterfly Celebration!, Lost River Cave, 1- 4pm, 393-0077, lostrivercave.com

June 29 Concerts in the Park-Rick Arnold, Fountain Square Park

June 30 Country Concert with Walker Hayes and Mackenzie Morgan, Beech Bend Park

July 1 Thunderfest, National Corvette Museum Amphitheater

July 2-3 Miniature Horses Show, WKU Ag Expo Center

July 5-10 Pontiac-Oakland Club International, Sloan Convention Center & Beech Bend Raceway

July 8 Concerts in the Park-The Thornz, Fountain Square Park; Tyrone Dunn Experiment, Circus Square Park

July 8-9 Chaney's Ice Cream & A Moovie Night, How To Train Your Dragon

July 9 Second Saturdays Street Fair, Downtown Fountain Square