Week of October 24-30

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 Capitol presents its first production of an exciting new endeavor this weekend, the Capitol Second Stage. Reaching into a different type of theatre than what is usually found in the area, this 18 & up group kicks things off Friday and Saturday with Bat Boy: The Musical.

Bat Boy found in cave! Just in time for Halloween, the Weekly World News regular is on the loose in Hope Falls, WV, taking out the local cow population. Filled with a huge cast of hilarious characters from the suspicious townsfolk to Bat Boy and his adopted family, perfect house wife Meredith, her typical teenage daughter Shelly, and her husband sinister veterinarian Dr. Parker.

Everyone has dark, dark secrets in this hilarious musical send-up of the horror genre. Bat Boy: The Musical is for Mature Audiences ONLY! Visit the link below or call 270-782-2787 for tickets to this unique performing arts offering!

Looking for a safe place to take the kids for Halloween celebrations this weekend? Get extra mileage out of that costume and take them to the Museum Monster Mash this Saturday at the National Corvette Museum for some Trick-or-Treating on the indoor Corvette Boulevard! Free arts and crafts activities include Cookie Decorating, Mask Making and Coloring Activities.

Carnival games featuring Duck Pond, Go Fish, Bean Bag Toss, Ring Toss and Pinko are only 25 cents a play with prizes. Enjoy Halloween tunes and a costume contest at 2pm. This free event will take place inside the Conference Center and along the Boulevard and is separate from museum tours.

Be sure to visit in November when all service men & women and their immediate families are honored with free museum admission.

Follow the link below or call 270-781-7973 for more information.

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. 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. 2 Lunt Memorial Exhibition, Trapasso Photography Exhibit, Capitol Arts Center, 782-2787, capitolarts.com

Ongoing - Nov. 8 Bobby Campbell: Wayfinding, 2D Corridor Gallery Ivan Wilson FAC, 745-3944, wku.edu/art

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

Ongoing - Nov. 28 Christopher Olszewski Paintings, WKU FAC Main Gallery, Native American artist, 745-3944, wku.edu/art

Ongoing - Dec. 10 Preserving the Past, Sustaining the Future, Juried Quilt Show Celebrating FACS, Kentucky Museum, 9am-4pm, 842-0686

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

24 Paws for a Cause, Montana Grille, 100% proceeds to BG/WC Humane Society, 3-10pm, 746-9746, montanagrille.com

25 Big Red vs. Big Blue Alumni Game, WKU E.A. Diddle Arena, 7pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED

25, 27, 30 NASA's Year of the Solar System, WKU Hardin Planetarium, free, all ages, 7pm Tues & Thur, 2pm Sun, 745-4044, wku.edu/physics

26 WKU Campus Sustainability Day, presentations, tours, dinner, 745-2508, wku.edu/sustainability

26 WKU Physics Night, Thompson Complex Lobby, 8pm, free demonstrations & activities, 745-5940, physics.wku.edu

27 Goblin Fest, Historic Railpark Train Museum, 6pm, Featuring Animal Tales' Creepy Critters, free tickets, 745-7317

27 Creative Writing Reading Series - Sallie Bingham, excerpts from new collection Mending: New and Selected Stories, WKU Cherry Hall Rm 125, 7pm, 745-5781

27-31 Warren County Asylum Haunted House, 707 E Main Ave, benefits Am. Cancer Society, 7pm, $10, 535-1088

27-31 The Massacre, KOA Campgrounds, Indoor haunt plus Hydratrek Ride, Hay rides, & Haunted Putt-putt, $25 all four, $15 Massacre only, open 7pm, 202-9220, horrorindustriesonline.com

28 Symphony Concert Series, Keyboard Carnival, WKU Van Meter Auditorium, 745-5222, thesymphonyatwku.org

28 Monster Dash, presented by Alvaton Fire Dept., benefiting Joseph Hope Foundation, Kereiakes Park, 7pm, 5K Race & 1-mile Fun Walk, trick-or-treat off the fire trucks, 792-4664

28 WKU Soccer vs. Middle Tennessee, WKU Soccer Complex, 6pm, 745-5222, wkusports.com

28 WKU Volleyball vs. Denver, E.A. Diddle Arena, 7pm, 745-5222, wkusports.com

28-29 Bat Boy the Musical, Capitol Arts Alliance 2nd Stage Production, Capitol Arts Center, 10pm, 782-2787, capitolarts.com

28-31 Skeleton's Lair, Haunted Woods, Hayride & 3D Zone, live actors, open at dark, $20, 622-8171, skeletonslair.com

29 KMEA Kentucky State Marching Band Championships, WKU Houchens-Smith Stadium, 5pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED, kmea.org

29 All Aboard Series, "It's All About You," Historic Railpark & Train Museum, 8:30am, 745-7317, historicrailpark.com

29 WKU Volleyball vs. North Texas, E.A. Diddle Arena, 1pm, 745-5222, wkusports.com

29 Saturday Day Fun Racing with Wild Street Shootout, Beech Bend Raceway, Noon, 781-7634, beechbend.com

29 Joseph's Hope Golf Scramble, Crosswinds Golf Course, 8am, 792-4664, joeshope.com

29 Mammoth Cave Free Discovery Tours for area residents, Mammoth Cave National Park, 758-2192

29 Sun Belt Conference Men's & Women's Cross Country Championships, Kereiakes Park, 10am, 745-5222, wkusports.com

29-30 Pumpkin Festival, Jackson's Orchard, Sat 8am -6pm, Sun 1- 6pm, 781-5303, jacksonsorchard.com

29-30 Kick or Treat Soccer Championships, Lovers Lane Soccer Complex, sokysoccer.org

29-30 KY High School Rodeo, WKU Ag Expo Center, 745-3976, wku.edu/expo

30 NHRA Drag Racing w/ Super Gas Pro Bracket King of Track, Beech Bend Raceway, 10 am, 781-7634, beechbend.com

October 31 Scare on the Square, downtown Fountain Square

November 1-2 Rizpah Shrine Circus, WKU Ag Expo Center

November 3 March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auction, Knicely Conference Center

November 4-5 The Ultimate ABBA Concert, WKU Van Meter Hall

November 4-6 Gypsy Vanner National Show, WKU Ag Expo Center

November 5 Veteran's Day Parade, beginning at 6th & College

November 5-6 World's Greatest Studio Tour, 19 artist studios & residences around town

November 10-13 Blood Relations, Phoenix Theatre

November 11 Bowling Green Western Choral Society Fall Concert, WKU Van Meter Hall

November 11-13 Tartuffe, Capitol Arts Youth Theatre

November 12 19th Annual Old Fashioned Christmas Walk, Christ United Methodist Church