Week of May 13-19

Welcome to our "What's Happening" email, designed to provide you with a glance at opportunities for an unbridled good time in the Bowling Green area.

The Kiwanis Club of Bowling Green and BB&T present one of the largest regional Soap Box Derbies in the country. Friday, May 17th and Saturday, May 18th, will be the All-American Soap Box Derby at the Kiwanis Soap Box Derby Track located at Phil Moore Park. Children ages 7 to 17 are welcome to participate and the registration fee is now $55.

Racing action begins Friday at 5pm with stock racing, then Super Stock and Stock racing continue Saturday morning at 6:30am. An awards ceremony begins Saturday at 5pm. Call 270-791-3753 or visit the link below for more information.

Join the Fountain Square Players during their 34th season at Bowling Green's Phoenix Theater. Their latest comedy/drama, "A Southern Exposure," will be performed May 16-19. Ticket prices range from $8-12.

"A Southern Expsoure" is the story of an impulsive young woman raised by her grandmother and is searching for herself. In one grand moment, the 24-year-old Callie Belle decides to leave home and move to New York City with her boyfriend of three months. It's Callie's last year of college at the University of Kentucky, and her grandmother has no idea if she will finish what she started or throw it all away for a boy. For more details, please visit the website below or call 270-782-3119.

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

All phone numbers are area code 270 unless otherwise noted.

Ongoing -May 24 "Inspiration Re-Imagined," VSA exhibit by students at WKU and Drakes Creek Middle School, Spencer's Coffee House, 270-393-7060, vsartsky.org

Ongoing - June 30 Artwork by Herb Williams, SKyPAC Main Gallery, M-F 11am-6pm, 904-5019, theskypac.com

Ongoing - December 31 Three Local Artists: Blake Simms, Charlotte Babb and Matthew Simone, Capitol Arts Mezzanine Gallery, M-F 11am-6pm, 904-5019, theskypac.com

May 14, 16, 19 "Spaceship Earth," Hardin Planetarium show, Tues/Th 7pm, Sun 2pm, 745-4044, wku.edu/hardinplanetarium

May 14 Beaver Tuesday Night Drag/Oval Fun Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com

May 15 Silhouettes by Tim Arnold, Eloise Houchens Center, 10am-7pm, $40/pair, additional copies $10, 842-6761

May 15-19 AWDF Championship and Team Challenge, Barren River Lake State Resort Park, 100 of the top dog competitors in the U.S. and Canada, 202-9250, kentuckyhundesportklub.com

May 16 Kids' Ribbon Cutting at the Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom, Lost River Cave, 4-6pm, free, snacks, live music and hands-on activities celebrating the grand opening, 393-0077, lostrivercave.com

May 16-19 "A Southern Exposure," Fountain Square Players, Phoenix Theater, Th-Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm, 782-3119, fountainsquareplayers.org

May 16-19 SKyPAC Youth Theater presents: Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr., Th-Sat 7pm, Sun 3pm, 904-5015, theskypac.com

May 17 WWE World Tour Supershow, Diddle Arena, 7:30pm, ticketmaster.com

May 17 TS Performance Diesel Drags, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com

May 17-18 Stucky Music Festival, Park Mammoth Resort, 25 bands in a two-day camping music fest, concerts begin Fri. at 5pm and resume Sat. at 11 am, ticket prices vary and start at $20, 40% of proceeds benefit the Son Rhea Foundation, stuckyfest.com

May 17-18 16th Annual BB&T All-American Soap Box Derby Race, Phil Moore Park, ages 7-17, registration fee, 791-7953, bgkiwanis.org

May 18 Bowling Green Rose Society Rose Show, American Legion Post 23, 2-4pm, bowlinggreenrosesociety.org

May 18 Ice Cream Supper and Cake Walk, Boyce Community Center, 5pm, hamburgers, hotdogs, and meeting friends, bring items for the cake walk, 842-6667

May 18 Vette City Roller Derby, The Skate Box, 5pm Hot Broads vs. Red River Sirens, 7pm Vixens vs. BHPIV, vettecityrollerderby.org

May 18 West Kentucky Horse Sale, WKU Ag Expo Center, 11am, 365-7272, westkentuckyhorsesales.com

May 18 Junior Naturalist Program, Lost River Cave, pre-registration required, 393-0077, lostrivercave.com

May 18 The Spencers: Theatre of Illusion, SKyPAC, 7:30 pm, 904-1880, theskypac.com

May 18 4th Annual S-10 Super Nationals, Beech Bend Raceway, 8am-4pm, 781-7634, beechbend.com

May 18 O'Reilly Saturday Night Fun Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com

May 18 TRAX Running Kids Only Run, Bowling Green Airport, 4pm, for elementary school running clubs, 325 runners, run 5K or 2 miles, 904-4348

May 18-20 6th Annual Total Fitness Rapid Fire Youth Baseball Tournament, Ephram White Park, Warren County Parks & Rec, 842-5302

May 19 Fairy Garden Tour, 1-4pm, 8 gardens around town, refreshments 3-5pm at Children's Garden at Lost River Cave, $10 adults/$5 children advance, $12 adults/$7 children day of, 393-0077

May 19 NHRA Drag Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com

May 19 Fairy Garden Tour, 8 gardens around town, refreshments 3-5pm at Children's Garden at Lost River Cave

May 20 Tee Off to Help Out Golf Scramble, Bowling Green Country Club, 746-0255

May 22-24 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs.Great Lakes Loons, BG BallPark

May 23-25 Third Annual Barn Raising, National Corvette Museum

May 24-26 Memorial Day Madness ASA Youth Fastpitch Softball Tournament, Buchanon Park

May 24-26 NHRA Sports Nationals, Beech Bend Raceway

May 25 Junior Naturalist Program, Lost River Cave

May 25-26 SOKY Disc Golf Tournament, Phil Moore Park and Ephram White Park

May 25-27 KY State Open Cup Opening Round Youth Soccer Tournament, Lover's Lane Soccer Complex

May 30 95 Live, Beech Bend Park, featuring Charlie Worsham with Tyler Dean and Travis Dukes

May 31 Motown In Motion: A Great American Musical Extravaganza, SKyPAC

May 31- June 2 Glasgow Highland Games, Barren River Lake State Resort Park

June 1 The Caveman Chorus presents "American Bandstand," featuring Forefront, Van Meter Hall

cavemanchorus.org June 1 Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones, The Warehouse at Mt. Victor

June 1-2 State Open Cup, Final Four, Lovers Lane Soccer Complex

June 3-7 Bowling Green Youth Theatre Summer Camp, The Connexion

June 3-7 Sunburst Youth Theatre Day Camp, Phoenix Theatre

June 3-7 Kentucky Museum Summer Camp, Kentucky Museum

For your convenience, a bulletin board of events and a full brochure rack are located on the front porch of the Visitors Bureau if you need information when the main office is closed.