Week of July 11-17

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 been thirty years since the love affair began between Bowling Green and the Corvette. Celebrate that relationship this weekend at the 30th Anniversary National Corvette Homecoming at Sloan Convention Center featuring tons of fun for Corvette owners and general enthusiasts alike with Corvettes from all across the U.S. and Canada. Also invited to the celebration this year are Corvette's "cousins" in the GM group of automobiles, the Cadillac XLR and XLR-V.

See the special "Iconic 30" display with selected Corvettes from each year's production in Bowling Green lined up for this historic event. Seminars, car corrals, vendor swaps, arts & crafts booths, judged shows, the All-Corvette & XLR parade, and a party Saturday night round out the celebration.

General admission is just $10 per day. Visit the link below for more details or call 270-791-2117.

The US Adult Soccer Association National Cups take place this weekend with twenty-four regional champions descending upon Bowling Green in hopes of capturing titles in the most prestigious amateur soccer tournament in the United States. Leading the way are two 2010 National Cup champions looking to defend their crowns, NY Pancyprian Freedom in Men's Open and Eagles SC in Women's U23. Also returning are 2010 Men's O30 National Cup semi-final participants, United SC and Royal Eagles Kickers.

Competition begins Friday morning with the Men's Over 30 games followed by the Women's Cup and the Men's Open. Friday afternoon will be the Men & Women's Under 23 games before the Men's Amateur semi-final that evening. All six championship games will be played Sunday with two games at 8 am, two at 10:30 am, and two more at 1 pm. Follow the link below to more information or call 270-846-1010.

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 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

11-July 25 Kids Festival 2011!, Beech Bend Park, featuring Kent Family Circus, 781-7634, www.beechbend.com

12 Author Dorothea Benton Frank, Christ Episcopal Church, 6:00 pm, www.warrenpl.org, 781-4882

12 Beaver Tuesday Night Drag/Oval Fun Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, gates open at 6 pm, 781-7634, www.beechbend.com

14 Pride and Prejudice, movie viewing, Riverview at Hobson Grove, 1- 3 pm, $8, 843-5565

14-17 Subaru-IMBA Trail Care Crew Visit, Nolin Lake State Park, training seminars for land managers, mountain bike clubs, trail building, 286-4511, www.imba.com/tcc

14-17 Tenn-Tuck Extreme Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, Time?, 781-7634, www.beechbend.com

15 Concerts in the Park-Jenny Lu & The Klassic Krew, Fountain Square Park, 6:30pm, Andy & The Rockers, Circus Square Park, 7:30 782-0222, www.downtownbg.org.

15-16 Santa Gertrudis Show & Sale, Brown Ag Expo Center, 745-3976, www.wku.edu/agexpocenter

15-17 Total Fitness Late Summer Swing & Finish, Ephram White Park, all day, Baseball, 782-3503, tstinson@totalfitnessconnection.com

15-17 2011 KYASA Entry-Free Fastpitch Softball Championship, Buchanon Park, all day, bpettyasa@aol.com

16 Parade of Ponds, tour Koi fishponds and water gardens around town, 10 am- 4 pm, $10 adults, children 10 & under free, Alex's Lemonade Stands available at each location, 991-2561, www.klaid.org/ombudsman

16 Tour de Town: Water Park Ride, Bike ride leaving from Preston Miller Park, 9 am, www.bikebg.org

17 Southern Gospel Music, Capitol Arts Center, 2 pm, 782-2787, www.capitolarts.com

17 Geocaching 101: Hiding a Cache, Lost River Cave & Valley, 2-4 pm, 393-0077, www.lostrivercave.com

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

July 23-30 Southern KY Fair, Lampkin Park Southern KY Fairgrounds

July 23 July Jam!, Capitol Arts Center

July 27 United Way Day of Caring, community wide volunteer day

July 28-31 ASA Girls' Class A 14-Under Northern National Fast Pitch Tournament

July 29 Concerts in the Park-Ernie Smalls Blues Band & Easy Street

July 29-30 Civil War Day Camp, South Union Shaker Village