Week of May 20-26

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.

Lost River Cave's Junior Naturalist program is designed for children ages 6-12 who will meet every other month to discover, investigate and enjoy fun adventures in the outdoors. They'll be learning about the intricate wetland ecosystems and crawling through muddy cave passages to learn about Kentucky's unique karst environment. The nature center programs at Lost River Cave are constructed to give children the best possible hands-on experience in the outdoors.

This month, kids will get to know the trees and wildflowers in their community and how these living organisms use their habitats. Kids will Investigate invasive plants and how they interfere with their environment. As an added bonus from this month onward, children can officially broaden their nature experience by playing in the Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom--a natural playground with an art studio, hand-on pollinator garden, make-and-do area and foxhole climb-through. Lost River Cave is working to become a nature center and the addition of this outdoor classroom creates another environment for children to receive more education about their environment.

Racing season is in full throttle this year at Beech Bend Raceway, which welcomes the NHRA Sports Nationals to town this weekend. This event features NHRA class racing, NHRA bracket racing, JEG'S Superquick Series, and the National Dragster Challenge with Wally's $5,000 to win SS/S Shootout presented by Nitro Plate.

For more on the official website of NHRA, click here. For more information on the event at Beech Bend Raceway, please call 270-781-7634, visit Beech Bend's website or click the website below.

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- June 23 "Spaceship Earth," Hardin Planetarium show, Tues/Th 7pm, Sun 2pm, 745-4044, wku.edu/hardinplanetarium

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 20 Tee Off to Help Out Golf Scramble, Bowling Green Country Club, 9am registration and tee off 10am, benefits HOTEL INC, individual $90, team $360, fee covers greens fee, cart, on course food, beverage and lunch, 746-0255

May 21 Beaver Tuesday Night Drag/Oval Fun Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com

May 22-24 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. Great Lakes Loons, BG BallPark, 901-2121, bghotrods.com

May 23-25 Third Annual Barn Raising, National Corvette Museum, Corvette enthusiast group, details at thevettebarn.com

May 24 Warren Central High School Graduation, E.A. Diddle Arena, 7:30pm, 781-2401, wcha.warren.k12.ky.us

May 25 South Warren High School Graduation, E.A. Diddle Arena, 9am, 467-7500, southwarrenhigh.com

May 25 Warren East High School Graduation, E.A. Diddle Arena, 12:30pm, 781-1277, wehs.warren.k12.ky.us

May 25 Lighthouse Academy High School Graduation, E.A. Diddle Arena, 4pm, 782-5410, warren.k12.ky.us/lighthouse/welcome.html May 25 Relay for Life benefit concert, Tidball's, 4pm, 8 bands playing to benefit Relay for Life, all ages welcome, 793-9955

May 25 Greenwood High School Graduation, 6:30pm, 842-3627, warrencountyschools.org/greenwood

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

May 24-26 ASA Youth Baseball Tournament, Ephram White Park, Warren County Parks & Rec, 842-5302

May 24-26 NHRA Sports Nationals, Beech Bend Raceway, National Dragster Challenge with Wally's $5,000 to win SS/S Shootout, 2700-781-7634, beechbend.com

May 25 Junior Naturalist Program, Lost River Cave, pre-registration required, 393-0077, lostrivercave.com

May 25-26 SOKY Disc Golf Tournament, Phil Moore Park and Ephram White Park, Warren County Parks & Rec, 842-5302, http://sokydiscgolf.com/soky-disc-golf-championships

May 25-27 KY State Open Cup Opening Round Youth Soccer Tournament, Lover's Lane Soccer Complex, approx 100-120 teams, 846-1010, sokysoccer.org

May 25-27 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. Fort Wayne TinCaps, BG BallPark, 901-2121, bghotrods.com

May 26 Bowling Green High School Graduation, Bowling Green High School, 2pm, 746-2300, www.b-g.k12.ky.us/

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

June 5 Concert in the Park lunchtime concerts, Fountain Square Park

June 6 Jason Isbell & Paul Thorn, The Warehouse at Mt. Victor

June 6 Dig into Reading Kickoff Event, Lost River Cave

June 4-9 400 Mile Yard Sale, along highway 68, more than 60 communities

June 7 Bowling Green Gallery Hop, various galleries around town

June 8 Second Saturdays Festival, Downtown at Fountain Square Park

June 8 24th Annual Tour de Cave, Bowling Green League of Bicyclists

June 9 Geocaching.com: How to use it, Lost River Cave

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. The CVB main office will be closed Monday, May 27, in honor of Memorial Day.