Week of October 3-9

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.

The best high school golfers in the state return to town this week for the Leachman Buick GMC Cadillac/ KHSAA Girls' and Boys' State Golf Championships at Bowling Green Country Club. The guys kick the annual tournament off with practice rounds today before competition rounds tomorrow and Wednesday followed by the ladies' competition rounds on Friday and Saturday.

Participants consist of the top two teams plus the top four individuals not on a qualifying team from each of the girls' eleven regions, and the top two teams plus the top three individuals not on a qualifying team from each of the boys' twelve regions. Leachman Buick GMC Cadillac extended last year its title sponsorship of the event through 2020 securing the championships in Bowling Green.

For more information or a complete schedule, follow the link below.

Ask anyone around Bowling Green about their favorite fall activity and chances are you will hear the name Jackson's Orchard. Their annual, weekly Pumpkin Festivals are back in season every Saturday and Sunday through October 23 and what better way is there to kick off fall than with a trip to the pumpkin patch!

Get your decorating and cooking pumpkins & gourds, take a wagon ride, brave the corn maze, ride the Cider Slider, and stock up on cider, relishes, baking mixes, and other goodies from their barn.

Other children's activities include a petting zoo, face painting, straw castle, pony rides, and goat ranch. Spend the whole afternoon or just long enough to fill up the trunk! This free, family-friendly event is one you don't want to miss. For more information, visit the link below or call 270-781-5303.

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 - Oct. 7 Mark Sheppard:Illustrations, WKU FAC 2D Corridor Gallery, contemporary culture, wku.edu/art

Ongoing - Oct. 21 VSA Kentucky Collection, ARTACCESS Gallery, 8:30am- 4:30pm, 781-0872, vsartsky.org

Ongoing - Oct. 31 Chaney's Dairy Barn Corn Maze, M-Sat 7am- 9pm, Sun 12-8pm, $7, 843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com

Ongoing - Oct. 31 Home School Month, Kentucky Down Under, 800-762-2869, kdu.com

Ongoing - Oct. 31 Dog Month, Dinosaur World, Get $2 off per admission per dog, 773-4345, dinosaurworld.com

Ongoing - Nov. 11 Yours for the Carters: The Vintage Sound Collections of Freeman Kitchens Exhibit, Kentucky Museum, 745-2592, yoursforthecarters.tumblr.com/

Ongoing - Dec. 31 100 Years of Chevrolet Exhibit, National Corvette Museum, 8am- 5pm daily, 781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

3 Japanese Traditional Dance & Music Tour, WKU Van Meter Hall, 7 pm, free, 745-5203

3, 4 Noises Off, WKU FAC Miller Theatre, 8 pm, 745-5845, wku.edu/pcal

3-9 Fall Break Bash, Lost River Cave, special $4 admission, activities, 393-0077, lostrivercave.com

3-Nov.8 Christopher Olszewski Paintings, WKU FAC Main Gallery, Native American artist, 745-3944, wku.edu/art

4 WKU Volleyball vs. Middle Tennessee, E.A. Diddle Arena, 7 pm, 745-5222, wkusports.com

4, 6, 9 NASA's Year of the Solar System, WKU Hardin Planetarium, free presentation suitable for all ages, 7 pm Tu & Th, 2 pm Sun, 745-4044, wku.edu/physics

6-8 Warren County Asylum Haunted House, 707 E Main Ave (Reservoir Hill), benefits American Cancer Society, opens 7 pm nightly, $10, Appearance by John Carpenter 10/20, 535-1088, Cancer Cops Asylum on Facebook

7 WKU Soccer vs. FIU, WKU Soccer Complex, 6 pm, 745-5222, wkusports.com

7 WKU Volleyball vs. Troy, E.A. Diddle Arena, 745-5222, wkusports.com

7-8 Skeleton's Lair, Haunted Woods, Hayride & 3D Zone, live actors, open at dark, $20, 622-8171, skeletonslair.com

7-9 Tenn-Tuck Big Bucks & Little Bucks Race, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com

8 Delafield Homecoming Festival, Sugar Maple Square, music, food, games, crafts, car show, 10 am-10 pm, 784-4325

8 WKU Volleyball vs. South Alabama, E.A. Diddle Arena, 5 pm, 745-5222, wkusports.com

8 2nd Saturdays Street Fair, downtown Fountain Square Park, downtownbg.org

8 Fourth Annual Artworks, Inc. Art Fair, Lost River Cave & Valley, 10am- 5pm, 393-0077, artworksinc.org

8 Old Fashioned Farm Days, Pelly's Farm Fresh Market, Smiths Grove, sorghum making, quilting bee, corn shelling, wool spinning, 563-3411

8 Walk in the Park, Mammoth Cave National Park, benefiting the Friends of Mammoth Cave, 9 am, $15 adults, $5 seniors & children, 597-7604, FriendsofMammothCave.org

9 WKU Soccer vs. Florida Atlantic, WKU Soccer Complex, 1 pm, 745-5222, wkusports.com

9- Nov. 2 Lunt Memorial Exhibition, Capitol Arts Center, Houchens Gallery, Photography Exhibit by Michael Trapasso, Mezzanine Gallery, 782-2787, capitolarts.com

Fridays & Saturdays through Halloween Skeleton's Lair Haunted Woods, Hayride & 3D Zone

Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays through Halloween Warren County Asylum Haunted House

Saturdays & Sundays through Oct. 23 Pumpkin Festival, Jackson's Orchard

October 13-16, 20-23 & 27-30 It Was A Dark and Stormy Night, The Phoenix Theatre

October 15 The Medical Center 10K Classic, begins at WKU

October 15 New Beginnings Therapeutic Riding: The Mane Event, WKU Ag Expo Center

October 15 Bellewoodstock, Capitol Arts Center

October 17 Carmen, Orchestra Kentucky VIP Series, Van Meter Hall

October 19-22 31st Buick GS Nationals, Beech Bend Raceway

October 20 CMT On Tour featuring Luke Bryan, WKU E.A. Diddle Arena

October 21 Bowling Green Gallery Hop, various locations around town

October 22 WKU Homecoming vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, Houchens-Smith Stadium