Week of September 10-16

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.

If a trip to the beach equals hours of playing in the sand for your family, then see how you compare with the participants in this year's Festival of Sand competition, benefiting Kids on the Block. Schools from around the area, plan and work with their kids to create a sand sculpture to go along with this year's theme, "Animal Kingdom." Competitors will be sculpting all day Friday with judging at 4 p.m. The top three sculptures win cash prizes!

Come out early Friday evening to see the sand creations, congratulate the winners, enjoy a puppet show, play some corn hole, and let the kids play for a while, all for free!

South Central Kentucky Kids on the Block is a non-profit, educational puppet troupe of more than thirty puppets that offers K-6 children programs on physical challenges, medical conditions, and social and safety issues. Learn more about the Festival of Sand by following the link below or call 270-842-2259.

The Symphony at WKU invites you to introduce your kids to the magic of "A Spoon Full of Sugar" and other movie music from classic children's movies! Area orchestra students will join The Symphony for Poppins, Pirates and The Patriot this Saturday featuring music from Pirates of the Caribbean, Mary Poppins, The Patriot, Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland, and more!

Bring a picnic, a blanket and the whole family for this free hillside concert. Other activities include an "Instrument Petting Zoo" by Royal Music and Story Time by Barnes & Noble. When music and movement are a natural, joyous part of childhood, children benefit greatly in many areas of life. Language development, concentration, fine motor skills, listening, problem solving, and coordination are all impacted by early music and movement education.

For more information, follow the link below or call 270-745-7681.

To view the complete calendar of upcoming events, visit our Events section here.

All phone numbers are area code 270 unless otherwise noted.

Ongoing - Oct. 20 WKU Alumni Exhibition, SKyPAC Main Gallery, featuring George Vitorovich, Faye McClellan, Heath Seymour and Todd McCutcheon, Regular gallery hours: 11am-6pm Mon-F, panel discussion 9/22 5pm, 904-1880, theskypac.com

Ongoing - Oct. 21 Chaney's Corn Maze, Chaney's Dairy Barn, open daily, $7 includes scoop of ice cream, 4 & U free, 843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com

Ongoing - Oct. 28 September 11, 2001: A Global Moment Exhibit, National Corvette Museum, 8am- 5pm, includes rare & important artifacts from the World Trade Center, 781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

11 Beaver Tuesday Night Drags Fun Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, gates open at 6 pm, 781-7634, www.beechbend.com

11 WKU Volleyball, E.A. Diddle Arena, vs. Lipscomb, 7pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

13 Kentucky Live! Speakers Series, "Ghosting", Author Kirby Gann, Barnes & Noble, 7pm, free and open to the community, 270-745-6121, wku.edu/library

13-16 Parade of Homes, various home tours, $10 tickets, 270-781-3375, bascky.com

14 Stock Car Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, gates open at 5pm, racing at 8pm, $10, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

14 Connecting Farm$ to Local Market$, Corvette Museum Conference Center, workshop for farmers & food buyers, 8:45am- 3pm, $15 registration, 270-842-1681, ces.ca.uky.edu/warren/farmdollars

14 A Violin & Piano Duo, WKU Van Meter Hall, 7:30pm, Ching-Yi Lin violin, Graciella Kowalczyk piano, free & open to public, 270-745-3751, wku.edu/music

14-15 Walking Horse Show, WKU Ag Expo Center, 745-3976, www.wku.edu/expo

14-16 Makala Moonlight Madness Girls Fast Pitch Softball Tournament, Buchanon Park, bpettyasa@aol.com

14-16 Total Fitness Bombs & Balance boys baseball Tournament, Ephram White Park, Todd Stinson

15 Cumberland Presbyterian Church's Kuntry Store, 7 am-1 pm, craft items, baked goods, rummage sale items, breakfast and lunch served, silent auction and door prizes, 270-781-3295, bgcp.com

15 10th Annual Fall Festival, Potter Children's Home & Family Ministries, 9:30am, children's activities, food, auction, yard sale, 270-843-3038, potterministries.org

15 Junior Naturalist Program, Lost River Cave, 2-4pm, ages 6-12, $50 for all 6 programs, $10 individual session, 393-0077, www.lostrivercave.com/kidsactivities.html

15 Music in the Barn, South Union Shaker Village, 2-5pm, $15 per person, $25 per couple, $5 children 6-12, 800-811-8379, shakermuseum.com

15 Trashmasters Classic, Barren River Lake State Resort Park, annual shore cleanup, 1-800-325-0057

15 Mt. Victor Revue Concert, Mellow Mushroom, 8-10pm, facebook.com/mtvictorrevue

15 O'Reilly Saturday Night Fun Racing -No Points, Beech Bend Raceway, gates open at 5pm, 781-7634, www.beechbend.com

16 Southern KY Team Penning Association, WKU Ag Expo Center, 745-3976, www.wku.edu/expo

16 NHRA Drag Racing - No Points Bracket Finals, Beech Bend Raceway, gates open at 10am, 781-7634, www.beechbend.com

September 17 Orchestra Kentucky Season Opening Night, featuring Kentucky Capriccio by Neil Sedaka, SKyPAC

September 20 Pioneer Cemetery Lantern Tour Downtown BG across from SKyPAC

September 21 Lindsey Lou & The Flatbellys Concert, The Warehouse at Mt. Victor

September 23 WKU Chorale Fall Concert, First Christian Church

September 25 Pecha Kucha Night Bowling Green, Kentucky Museum

September 27 The Intergalactic Nemesis: Book One Target Earth, SKyPAC

September 27-30 AMRA Harley Davidson Drag Finals, Beech Bend Raceway

September 27-30 "Perfect Wedding", Fountain Square Players, Phoenix Theater

September 28-30 Skeleton's Lair Scream Park, Cemetery Road to 48 Locketts Dream

September 28 Gordon Lightfoot, SKyPAC

September 28-29 Pumpkin Festival, Jackson's Orchard

September 28-29 Starry Nights Music + Arts Festival, Ballance Farms

September 29 Bowling Green International Festival, Circus Square Park

September 29-30 Warbird Alley, SKYMAC Stahl Field