Week of March 19-25

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 would take you several months if not the entire year to try out all the great restaurants in the area. Instead of making the rounds, come to one place and sample them all this Thursday evening as the South Central Chapter of the Kentucky Restaurant Association hosts the annual Taste of Bowling Green benefiting The Dream Factory. You'll sample the best tastes from over 40 restaurant and beverage suppliers all for one price while supporting a great cause.

There will also be door prizes, a silent auction, plus entertainment for the culinary feast will be provided by Jon Crosby and the Rescue Blues. Tickets are $40 in advance available at Chuck's Liquor locations, Balloon-A-Gram, and Service One Credit Union locations, or at the door for $45. Help make the wish of a critically-ill child come true! Visit the site below or call 270-799-1529 for more information.

With the arrival of Broadway in Bowling Green tonight, it comes as no surprise that the area is loaded with opportunities to see live theatre, music and dance this week. Damn Yankees hits the brand new stage at the Southern KY Performing Arts Center tonight for a sold-out performance, but the WKU Department of Theatre & Dance offers an alternative with [title of show] & Hard Candy at the Gordon Wilson Lab Theatre tonight and tomorrow. Check out the new WKU Choral Hall on Tuesday for "with perhaps the exception of rhythm," a faculty recital with Mark Berry, or head out Wednesday for Two Sides Resounding with Dr. Liza Kelly.

This weekend, the Art Education Task Force presents The Hundred Dresses at WKU Van Meter Hall on Friday, and The Capitol Arts Alliance presents its 2nd Stage Production of Spring Awakenings Friday & Saturday. South Warren High School's spring musical, Crazy for You, as well as BG Junior High School's Beauty and the Beast, Jr. will take place all weekend, and on Sunday, the WKU Choirs Spring Concert will be at Van Meter Hall at 4pm. More information about all of these performances can be found by following the link below to our Events page.

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 - Mar. 25 BGWC Youth Exhibition, Capitol Arts Center Galleries, M-F 9am-5pm, 782-2787, capitolarts.com

Ongoing - Mar. 30 Side by Side Art Exhibit, Kentucky Museum, featuring works by VSA Kentucky, 745-2592, vsartsky.org

Ongoing - Mar. 31 US Bank Celebration of the Arts, Kentucky Museum, M-Sat 9am- 4pm, 745-2592, wku.edu/museum

Ongoing - Apr. 10 Jennifer Anderson Engram Exhibit, WKU Ivan Wilson FAC 2D Corridor Gallery, wku.edu/art

Ongoing - April 15 It's A Nano World Exhibit, National Corvette Museum, 8am-5pm, 781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

Ongoing - April 30 "A House Divided: Civil War Money" Exhibit, Historic Railpark & Train Museum, 745-7317, historicrailpark.com

19 WKU Cultural Enhancement Series, Speaker Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, WKU Van Meter Hall, 7:30 pm, 745-5204, wku.edu/culturalenhancement

19 Damn Yankees, Broadway Series, Southern KY Performing Arts Center, 7:30pm, 904-1880, theskypac.com

19 Warren County Public Library Smiths Grove Branch Ribbon Cutting, 5pm, best-selling author Philip Gulley, 6pm, 563-6651, warrenpl.org

20 "Kentucky's Abraham Lincoln" History Mobile, Historic Railpark & Train Museum, 1:30-5pm, artifacts, images, video, interactive elements, free, 745-7317, historicrailpark.com

20 WKU Baseball vs. Belmont, Nick Denes Field, Tues 6pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

20-21 Prescribed Fires, Mammoth Cave National Park, smoke may be visible surrounding park, 270-758-2192

21 WKU Reach Week, Keynote Speaker: Dr. Brian Fagan, Van Meter Hall, Meet and Greet 6pm, Presentation 7pm, wku.edu/studentresearch

21-24 Duck-Duck-Goose Consignment Sale, Potter Children's Home Gymnasium, 10am-8pm, 779-5307, dkdkgoose.com/bowlinggreen

22 Test & Tune Drag Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, Noon-5pm, 781-7634, beechbend.com

22 WKU Chorale & Hope College Choir Concert, First Christian Church, 7:30pm, free, wku.edu/music, 745-3751

23 Women of Achievement Awards Banquet, BG Human Rights Comm., Knicely Conference Center, 6pm, $35, 782-7900

23 Civil War Days for Area Schools, Kentucky Museum, 2 sessions available, 8:30am & 11:30am, 745-2592

23-24 USFA Girls Fast Pitch softball tournament, Buchanon Park, bpettyasa@aol.com

23-25 WKU Baseball vs. FIU, Nick Denes Field, Fri 6pm, Sat 3pm, Sun 1pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

23-25 Tenn-Tuck Big Bucks & Little Bucks Race, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com

24 Reach Week, 42nd Annual WKU Student Research Conference, Gary A. Ransdell Hall, 8:30-4, Conference Speaker: Dr. William Tad Pepper 4:30pm, wku.edu/studentresearch

24 WWE SmackDown: Road to WrestleMania 28, WKU E.A. Diddle Arena, 7:30pm, 1-800-5-BIGRED, ticketmaster.com

24 West KY Horse Sale, WKU Ag Expo Center, 745-3976, wku.edu/expo

March 29- Apr.1 39 Hours, Rich Pond Baptist Church Easter Production

March 29-April 1 "Murder on the Nile", Fountain Square Players, Phoenix Theater

March 30 Sam Bush, Nashville North Series, SKyPAC

March 30 WKU Choral Concert, RedShirts &TrebleMakers, First Christian Church

March 30-31 Total Fitness Connection's Run and Walk for Children, Basil Griffin Park

March 30- April 1 Willy Wonka, Greenwood HS Spring Musical, Capitol Arts Center

March 30-April 1 2012 Black Diamond Blues & Tattoos Convention, Sloan Convention Center

March 30- April 1 Amateur Disc Golf Championships, various courses around town

March 31 Easter Egg Hunt, Riverview at Hobson Grove

April 1 Symphony Chamber Series, Chandler Memorial Chapel

April 5-7 Bowling Green Hot Rods Season Opener vs. South Bend Silver Hawks, BG BallPark

April 5 Casting Crowns, WKU E.A. Diddle Arena

April 7 13th Annual Great Teddy Bear Run, Warren County Justice Center

April 8 Easter Brunch, 440 Main Restaurant