Week of December 10

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.

"In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines." Celebrate the holidays with Madeline and Mrs. Clavel! The Art Education Task Force presents "Madeline's Christmas," a holiday favorite for the whole family!

Disaster strikes when everyone gets the flu except Madeline. Find out how Christmas is a time for miracles. Showtimes are Friday night at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. For more information, please call 270-779-2185.

Visit downtown Bowling Green on Saturday for some holiday cheer and classic Christmas traditions. Head to 601 State Street and let the Downtown Redevelopment Authority help make your shopping easy and festive this year with the State Street Christmas Village! Over 40 booths will be on site from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a live tree farm, plus outdoor vendors will be selling 'junk in the trunk' for last minute bargains.

But that's not all! Get into the holiday spirit with a taste of old Bowling Green when you hop into a horse-drawn carriage. Step back in time with carriage rides being offered downtown during the State Street Christmas Village hours. Come play cornhole while you shop, listen to live music and enjoy some hot beverages in the chilly winter air. For more information, please call 270-782-0222.

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

All phone numbers are area code 270 unless otherwise noted.

Ongoing - Dec. 13 Henderson: A Week in the Life of a Kentucky County Exhibit, WKU Mass Media & Technology Hall Gallery, M-F 9am- 5pm, 745-4144

Ongoing - Dec. 22 Trees of Christmas "Let's Enjoy an International Christmas", Eloise B. Houchens Center, 9am-3pm, 842-6761

Ongoing - Dec. 22 ArtWorks All Kentucky Juried Exhibition, Thoroughbred Sq. behind Rafferty's, artworksinc.org

Ongoing - Dec. 31 Creating a Barn Quilt: Drakes Creek Middle School Exhibit, SKyPAC Children's Gallery, 904-5000, theskypac.com

Ongoing - Dec. 31 Ed Nash: Terrains Exhibit, SKyPAC Main Gallery, 904-5000, theskypac.com

Ongoing - Dec. 31 Country Music Stars and Cars Exhibit, National Corvette Museum, 8am- 5pm, 781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

Ongoing - Dec. 31 VSA Kentucky Family of Artists, Houchens Gallery at Capitol Arts Center, M-F 11am-6pm, 904-7019, vsartsky.org

Ongoing - Jan. 2 Christmas at the Kentucky Museum, Christmas tree display, Mon.-Sat. 9am-4pm, 745-2592, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum/

11 2nd Annual Estate Jewelry Show, Morris Jewelry, 9:30am-6pm, 843-6103, morrisjewelrybg.com

11, 13, 16 "2012 Doomsday! Predicting an End, or Just a Cycle?" WKU Hardin Planetarium, 7pm Tues/Th, 2pm Sun, 745-4044, physics.wku.edu/planetarium

12 Non-Doomsday Asteroid Viewing, WKU Thompson Complex Central Wing, 7pm, free, 745-6203, http://wku.edu/physics/

13 Tea with Mrs. Claus, Riverview at Hobson Grove, 3:30pm, $15, Reservations required, 843-5565, bgky.org/riverview

14 Christmas Open House, Warren County Courthouse, 2nd floor, 2-4pm, all are welcome, 842-1535

14 Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, SKyPAC, 7:30pm, 904-1880, theskypac.com

15 Breakfast with Santa, Chaney's Dairy Barn, 8-9:30 am and 10-11:30am, Adults $10.95, Children ages 3-10 $6.95, ages 2 & under free, Reservations required, 843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com

15 WKU Fall 2012 Commencement Ceremonies, E.A. Diddle Arena, 9:30am/2pm, wku.edu

15 Caveman Chorus presents "Christmas is Coming," SKyPAC, 7pm, visits with Santa beginning at 5:30pm, $8, 904-1880, theskypac.com

15-16 A Down Home Christmas, Eastwood Baptist Church, 6pm, free admission, eastwoodbc.org

16 WKU Lady Toppers Basketball vs. Southeast Missouri State, E.A. Diddle Arena, 2pm, 800-5-BIGRED, wkusports.com

18 Miracle on 34th Street The Musical, SKyPAC

18, 20, 23 "2012 Doomsday! Predicting an End, or Just a Cycle?" WKU Hardin Planetarium

21 The Last Waltz, PTK at the Phoenix Theatre

21 Mt. Victor Revue Concert, Mellow Mushroom

22 Breakfast with Santa, Chaney's Dairy Barn

22 State Street Christmas Village, 601 State St.

22 Carriage Rides, Downtown Bowling Green starting at 601 State Street

24 Candlelight Lord's Supper Service, First Baptist Church

27 WKU Men's Basketball: WKU vs. FIU, E.A Diddle Arena wkusports.com

29 WKU Lady Toppers Basketball vs. North Texas, E.A. Diddle Arena

29 All Aboard Series, Trains of Discovery: The Making of the National Parks Historic Railpark and Train Museum

29 WKU Men's Basketball vs. North Texas, E.A Diddle Arena

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