Week of June 18- 24

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.

Bowling Green is certainly no stranger to group automotive tours, but this week's special guests are driving for a purpose... the Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis. Help us welcome Rally North America's "Rally DIXIE 2012" this Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning as teams race to Day 1's Finish Line and begin Day 2 of their trek here in Bowling Green.

This three-day, 80-car road rally beginning in Noblesville, IN and ending in Fort Walton Beach, FL will bring muscle, sports, exotic and other unique cars to town while raising awareness and funds for charity.

Head to Smokey Bones Tuesday evening where the finish line will be from 3:30- 8:30 p.m. or cruise over to Bruster's after 6:30 p.m. Then on Wednesday morning, spectators are highly encouraged to wave the teams off from 7:30- 9 a.m. at the National Corvette Museum. Special guests and Bowling Green natives Stuart Kirby and Deborah Renshaw Parker will be in attendance as the event's Grand Marshals! For more information, call 717-649-0385 or visit the link below.

Celebrate the official onset of summer with one of the season's best activities- an outdoor, evening concert! Although the orchestra won't be performing, One of These Nights: A Tribute to the Eagles will have fans dancing in the aisles and singing along. After the resounding response for the Eagles Tribute last April, The Rewinders return to thrill audiences once again with classic songs like, Take it Easy, Witchy Woman, Desperado, Tequila Sunrise, The Best of My Love, and Hotel California.

Part of the Orchestra's Retro series, which combines the driving beat of a rock band with the elegance of the original orchestral arrangements of timeless classics, this concert is the perfect prelude to a stellar Retro series beginning next month. To purchase subscriptions or single tickets, visit the link below or call 270-846-2426

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 - June 28 Mixed Media, Photography and Ceramics Exhibit, featuring works by Shanna Paul, Cathy Waugh, and Meghan Muir, Houchens Gallery, Capitol Arts Center, 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, 782-2787, capitolarts.com

Ongoing - June 28 Paintings by Catherine Lehman Exhibit, Mezzanine Gallery, Capitol Arts Center, 9am- 5pm Mon-Fri, 782-2787, capitolarts.com

Ongoing - June 30 John S. Hockensmith: Spanish Mustangs Exhibit, SKyPAC Main Gallery, M-F 11am-6pm, 904-1880, theskypac.com

Ongoing - July 27 Callaway Corvettes & 50th Anniversary of Z06 Exhibit, National Corvette Museum, 781-7973, 8am-5pm daily, corvettemuseum.org

Ongoing - July 30 Camp Big Red, Western Kentucky University, One Week Sessions, ages 6-12, 7:30am - 4:30pm, $125, wku.edu/campbigred

June 18-21 District 6 4-H Horse Show, WKU Ag Expo Center, 745-3976, wku.edu/expo

June 19-29 Arts Alive! Teen Extreme Camp, The Connexion, 9am-6pm, no camp on Sunday, showtime final Friday at 6pm, 535-3212, artsaliveky.weebly.com

June 20 Concerts in the Park, Noon in June Series featuring E.J. Rider Band (50s doo-wop), Fountain Square Park, 12pm, 782-0222, downtownbg.org

June 20 15th Annual Community Education Stand for Children Day, Bowling Green Ballpark, 9:30am, free, children's activities, 842-4281, commed.us

June 21 Twilight Concert Series, Southern KY Concert Band, WKU Ivan Wilson FAC Amphitheater, 7pm, free, bring blankets or lawn chairs, 745-3751

June 21-24 AMRA Harley Davidson Summer Shootout, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com

June 22-23 ASA 14-U "A" Girls Fast Pitch National Qualifier Softball Tournament, Buchanon Park, bpettyasa@aol.com

June 23 12th Annual Garden Tour & Tea, benefiting Kids on the Block, 10am- 2pm, $20 includes garden tour & light lunch at tea site, 842-2259, kykob.org

June 23 Nashville Backstage, Nashville North Series, Southern KY Performing Arts Center, 7:30, 904-1880, theskypac.com

June 23 Hike to the Moon, Barren River Lake State Resort Park, 5 pm, parks.ky.gov, 646-2151

June 25- July 8 Kids Festival 2012, Beech Bend Park

June 27 Concerts in the Park, Noon in June Series featuring Rhythm Recycled, Fountain Square Park,

June 28 Twilight Concert Series, Southern KY Concert Band, WKU Ivan Wilson FAC Amphitheater

June 28 Hobo Ball, Historic Railpark and Train Museum

June 29-30 Ice Cream & A Moovie, Chaney's Dairy Barn, Despicable Me

July 1 NHRA Drag Racing plus Jr. Dragster Challenge, Beech Bend Raceway

July 3 2012 Citizens First Thunderfest Independence Day Celebration, National Corvette Museum Amphitheatre

July 4 Fourth of July Celebration, Barren River Lake State Park,

July 6 Concerts in the Park, Friday Nights Live Series, Fountain Square & Circus Square Parks

July 6-7 ASA Girls Fast Pitch 6-U/8-U State Softball Tournament, Buchanon Park