Week of July 5-12

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.

A new event rolls into Bowling Green this week as we welcome the Pontiac-Oakland Club International Annual Convention to Sloan Convention Center today through Sunday. But aside from the seminars and club meetings, these muscle & classic car enthusiasts will take a turn on the strip at Beech Bend Raceway Friday and Saturday for the Inaugural POCI Pontiac Nationals.

This car show, drag & autocross event is open to the public with the World's Fastest Pontiac being crowned Saturday. But it's not just about speed... the World's Slowest Pontiac will also be determined at the Convention Center earlier in the week!

If you can't make it out to the raceway, these visitors will be enjoying our local Bowling Green entertainment at Friday night's Concerts in the Park. See many of the participating cars on display including several antique Oaklands and the Smokey & the Bandit semi trailer. For more information, call 417-737-1469 or visit the link below.

Get your requests ready for some of the most lively entertainment to hit the Bowling Green scene in months. Get Down with Dueling Pianos takes place Saturday night and is sure to have you rolling with laughter to the nationally renowned "Sign Along, Clap Along, Comedy Revue" performed by the talented and hilarious musicians of Dueling Pianos International.

All proceeds raised from this event support the ongoing work of the "Friends of the Lost River" as a historical, geological, cultural, and educational site.

Purchase your choice of Entertainment Only at $25 per person and $45 per couple or enjoy Dinner & Entertainment for an additional $20 per person. Tickets are available at the Lost River Cave and Valley Visitors Center or by calling 270-393-0077.

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 - July 10 Cirque Africa, featuring the Kenya Safari Acrobats, Beech Bend Park, 781-7634, beechbend.com

Ongoing - July 26 Memphis Marsha Artists Gallery Exhibition, Capitol Arts Center galleries, 9-5pm, 782-2787, capitolarts.com

Ongoing - July 26 Untraditional Kentucky Artists Gallery Exhibit, Capitol Arts Center galleries, 9 am - 5 pm, 782-2787, capitolarts.com

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

Ongoing - July 29 Artworks, Inc. Members 4th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, WKU Fine Arts Center, artworksinc.org

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

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

5 Beaver Tuesday Night Drag/Oval Fun Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 6 pm, 781-7634, beechbend.com

5 BG Hot Rods v. Great Lakes, 7:05 pm, 901-2121, bghotrods.com

5, 7 & 10 "Venus: Our Sister Planet", WKU Hardin Planetarium, Tu & Th 7 pm, Sun 2 pm, physics.wku.edu/planetarium, 745-4044

5-15 Teen Theatre Extreme Camp, The Connexion, 9am-6pm, 535-3212

6 BG Hot Rods v. Lake County, 7:05 pm, 901-2121, bghotrods.com

7 BG Hot Rods v. Lake County, Duncan Hines Festival benefit night, 7:05 pm, 901-2121, bghotrods.com

8 Collector Car Appreciation Day, National Corvette Museum, 10 am- 7 pm, cruise-in, vendors, seminars, collector car parade to downtown, 781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

8 Stock Car Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, gates open at 5 pm, 781-7634, beechbend.com

8 BG Hot Rods v. Lake County, 7:05 pm, 901-2121, bghotrods.com

8 Concerts in the Park-The Thornz, Fountain Square Park, 6:30pm, Tyrone Dunn Experiment, Circus Square Park, featuring the Duncan Hines Festival Duck Derby, 7:30 782-0222, downtownbg.org

8-9 Rocky Mountain Horse Show, WKU Ag Expo Center, all day, 745-3976, wku.edu/agexpocenter

8-9 Chaney's Ice Cream & A Moovie Night, How To Train Your Dragon, movies begin at dusk, Chaney's Dairy Barn, 843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com

8-10 ASA Softball State Tournament, Ages 10-18, Ephram White & Buchanon Parks, all day, bpettyasa@aol.com

8-10 TNT Sports Baseball tourney, Basil Griffin Park, all day, 791-3573

9 Second Saturdays Street Fair, Downtown Fountain Square, 9 am- 3 pm, children's activities, sidewalk sales, music, 782-0222, downtownbg.org

9 Victorian Skills Workshop for Children, "Victorian Needlework", Riverview at Hobson Grove, 1 pm, 843-5565, bgky.org/riverview

9 O'Reilly Saturday Night Fun Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, gates open at 5 pm, 781-7634, beechbend.com

10 Southern KY Team Penning Association, Brown Ag Expo Center, 745-3976, wku.edu/agexpocenter

10 NHRA Drag Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, gates open at 11 am, 781-7634, beechbend.com

July 13-17 US Adult National Soccer Championships, Lovers Lane Soccer Complex

July 14-16 National Corvette Homecoming, Sloan Convention Center

July 16 Geocaching 101: Hiding a Cache, Lost River Cave & Valley

July 16 Southern Gospel Music, Capitol Arts Center

July 21-23 KY Junior Livestock Expo, WKU Ag Expo Center

July 22 Concerts in the Park, Savage Town & Blue Light Special

July 22-23 SKyMAC Vette City Big Bird 2011, Stahl Field

July 22-23 Chaney's Ice Cream & A Moovie Night, Shrek Forever After