Week of September 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.

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 28, 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. Hours are Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 6 p.m. For more information, visit the link below or call 270-781-5303.

"Access to the World" is the theme of this Saturday's annual Bowling Green International Festival and that is just what you will have at this wonderful event. Experience an International Paradise of nationalities as we come together to proudly share our unique cultures. The festival is a traditional celebration that honors the heritage and diversity among our residents through music, dance, demonstrations, authentic foreign foods, edu-tainment activities, cultural displays and an international bazaar.

Sample the flavors & styles with plenty of food and shopping opportunities, plus multiple stages will offer tons of unique entertainment. Admission is $4 per person with children 12 & under admitted for free. Visit the website at the link below for a "2 for $5" coupon or purchase the Restaurant Discount Card at the gate, good for 10% off at 35 local establishments, and get in for just $2 admission. Call 270-904-6339 to learn more.

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

24 An Evening with the UofL School of Music, Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center, 7pm, free & open to the public, 904-1880, theskypac.com

25, 27, 30 'Finding Your Way Around the Autumn Sky', WKU Hardin Planetarium, 7pm Tu & Th, 2pm, Sun, free admission, 745-4044

25 New York Times writer to discuss book on Army football, Barnes & Noble, 6pm, free and open to the community, 745-4502, warrenpl.org

25 'Our Earth, Our Money, Our Selves', Author Janisse Ray, Recital Hall at the WKU Fine Arts Center, 4pm, free and open to the public, 745-6477, wku.edu/womensstudies

25 Pecha Kucha Night Bowling Green, Kentucky Museum, gathering of creative minds presenting on a range of topics, FREE, cash bar, doors open 6:30pm, presentations begin 7pm, 745-6082, pecha-kucha.org/night/bowling-green

27 Kentucky Live! Speakers Series, "A Natural Wonder", Morgan Atkinson, The Kentucky Building at WKU, 7pm, free and open to the community, 745-6121, wku.edu/library

27 The Intergalactic Nemesis: Book One Target Earth, SKyPAC, 7:30 pm, 904-1880, theskypac.com

27 88.1 FM presents Secret Keeper Girl Live: The Pajama Party, Living Hope Baptist Church, 6:30 pm, 888-339-2936, wayd.wayfm.com/on-the-way/147-secret-keeper-girl.html

27 Author Sandra Brown, international best-selling author, Christ Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 6pm, 781-4882, warrenpl.org

27- Oct. 16 "The Presidential Image" Exhibit, WKU Mass Media & Technology Hall, 70 years of the best in White House photography, opening reception & lecture 9/27 at 5:30pm, 745-2067, wku.edu/journalism

27-30 "Perfect Wedding", Fountain Square Players, Phoenix Theater, Thur-Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm, 782-3119, fountainsquareplayers.org

27-30 AMRA Harley Davidson Drag Finals with Nostalgia Funny Cars and Dragsters, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com

28-30 Skeleton's Lair Scream Park, Cemetery Road to 48 Locketts Dream, opens at dusk, 622-8171, skeletonslair.com

28 Russian Romance; The Symphony at WKU, Van Meter Hall, 7:30 pm, $22 adults, $5 students w/ ID, 745-7681, bgwso.org

28 Gordon Lightfoot, SKyPAC, 7:30 pm, theskypac.com, 904-5000

28-Oct.2 Les Liaisons Dangereuses, WKU Russell H. Miller Theatre, FAC, 8pm except for Sun. at 3pm, adults $15/Students $12, 745-5845, wku.edu/theatre-and-dance

28-29 Starry Nights Music Festival, Ballance Farms, featuring Bowling Green-based bands Cage the Elephant, Sleeper Agent, Morning Teleportation, and more, starrynightsfestival.com

28-29 Kentucky Middle School State Girls Fast Pitch Softball Tournament, Buchanon Park, bpettyasa@aol.com

28-30 Slaughter Hill Penitentiary hosted by Cancer Cops, 707 E. Main Ave, Thursdays 7-9 pm, Fri- Sat 7-11 pm, $10, 535-1088

29 All Aboard Series: Historic Railpark & Train Museum Past, Present, Future, Larry Bailey speaker, Historic Railpark and Train Museum, 8:30am, 745-7317, historicrailpark.com

29 Free Mammoth Cave Discovery Tours, Mammoth Cave National Park, celebrate National Public Lands Day with free self-guided tour, 10am-1pm, 758-2180, nps.gov/maca

29-30 Nostalgia Drag Racing League Quick Fuel Fall Finals, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com

29-30 Southern KY Ranch Horse Association, WKU Ag Expo Center, 745-3976, wku.edu/expo

29-30 Warbird Alley, SKYMAC Stahl Field, military RC aircraft, skymacrc.com

30 "Nueva Musica para cuatro clarinets", WKU Fine Arts Center, Recital Hall Rm 189, 3pm, free & open to public, 745-3751, wku.edu/music

30-Oct 6 Leachman Buick/KHSAA Girls and Boys Golf State Championships, Bowling Green Country Club, khsaa.org

Ongoing every October weekend: Jackson's Orchard Pumpkin Festivals, Skeleton's Lair Scream Park, Slaughter Hill Penitentiary

October 4-6 R8C/ Xperience Reunion, National Corvette Museum

October 5-7 13th Annual NMRA All Ford World Finals, Beech Bend Raceway

October 5-7 Friends of the Library Used Book Sale, Historic Railpark and Train Museum

October 6 South Central Kentucky Heart Walk & 5k Run, Kereiakes Park

October 6-7 Pumpkin Pickin' Festival, Chaney's Dairy Barn

October 6-31 Scarecrow Trail, Lost River Cave

October 11 Kentucky Live! Speaker Series, "Blood Shed in This War", Michael A. Peake, Barnes & Noble

October 12 Bowling Green Gallery Hop, various studios & galleries around town

October 12-13 The Medical Center 10k Classic, race begins at Western Kentucky University

October 12-13 Pioneer Cemetery Lantern Tour, downtown cemetery across from SKyPAC

October 12-14 Tenn-Tuck Big Bucks & Little Bucks Race, Beech Bend Raceway

October 13 Vettes, Pets and Families, Annual Charity Car Show, BG Corvette Assembly Plant

October 13 The Mane Event- New Beginnings Horse Show, WKU Ag Expo Center

October 13 Arts in the Park, Covington Woods Park

October 13 Pam Tillis & Lorrie Morgan: Grits & Glamour Tour, SKyPAC

October 13 Great American Campout, Lost River Cave