Week of June 10-16

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.

One of Bowling Green's biggest auto events is coming to town this weekend! The 11th Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion will run June 13-15 at Beech Bend Park. Come check out this three-day festival of speed, hot rods and American automotive enthusiasm. Produced by the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, the reunion brings to life the sights, sounds and people who made history in the early days of drag racing, land speed racing and the golden age of American car culture. The reunion honors some of the top names in hot rodding from the past and features an array of cool drag cars, street rods and customs of the historic and present-day hot rod eras.

The hot rod reunion has been awarded many honors: a Kentucky Travel Industry Association Top 10 Event for Summer 2013 and one of the 10 Premier U.S. Events by Painless Performance and Street Rodder Magazine. There will be loads of family-fun activities all weekend, such as nostalgic drag racing, the sensational Cacklefest and SoffSeal Show N Shine. Information, including a full activities schedule, entry forms and tickets, are available through the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum by calling 1-800-884-NHRA (6472) or visiting the website below.

Come out to this year's Aviation Heritage Park Hangar Party to celebrate the marvels of aviation engineering and grand unveiling of the newest addition to the Aviation Heritage Park plane exhibit. Bring the family out for a barbeque dinner, vintage aircraft display and aerial demonstrations.

Live music will be provided by Skip Bond & the Fugitives. Take a photo in the cockpit of the F-111F "War Horse," the newly-restored plane calling Aviation Heritage Park home. The gates open at 5pm. Adult tickets are $30 and kids ages 6-12 are $15. Tickets can be purchased Ford's Furniture, Morris Jewelry, Nat's, Barbara Stewart Interiors, Miracle Mattress and on the park's main website. For more details, please visit 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- June 16 Kent Family Magic Circus, Beech Bend Park, admission included with park, 781-7634, beechbend.com

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

June 10-14 Sunburst Youth Theatre Day Camp, Phoenix Theatre, 10am-3pm, performance Fri 6pm, $85/child, 781-6233, ptkbg.org

June 10-14 Kentucky Museum Summer Camp, Chinese Culture Camp with Winny Lin, 8am-12pm, ages 7-12, $108 members/$120 non-members includes drink and snack provided, 745-2594, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum/education/summer_camps.php

June 10-15 SKyPAC Summer Camp: Jack & the Beanstalk, grades 1-12, partnering with the Missoula Children's Theatre, Mon-Fri:10am-4pm, Sat: 10am-5pm, call for registration fees, 904-5006, theskypac.com

June 12 Concert in the Park lunchtime concerts, Fountain Square Park, 11:30am-1pm, bring a lawn chair and blankets, Joey Hayes, 782-0222, facebook.com/pages/Downtown-BG/167363636620664?ref=tn_tnmn

June 13 An Evening with New York Times bestselling authors Steve Berry and Lis Wiehl, 6pm, CEC Parish Hall, 781-4882, warrenpl.org

June 13 Southern Kentucky Concert Band, FAC Amphitheater at WKU, 7pm, free, 792-5747

June 13-15 11th Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, presented by AAA, Beech Bend Raceway, opens 8am daily, 781-7634, beechbend.com, museum.nhra.com

June 14 Summer Soulfest, Bowling Green Ballpark, 7:30pm, 846-2426, orchestrakentucky.com

June 15 Cruising to the Community Center, Boyce Community Center, 12pm, an afternoon of fun with a cookout, antique and unique cars and DJ playing oldies, 842-6667

June 15 Garden Glory, The Garden Patch and Pelly's Farm Fresh Market, day-long event, antiques, vintage gardenware, Americana and more, 563-3411

June 15 Aviation Heritage Park Hangar Party, BG/WC Regional Airport, 5pm, tickets $30/adult $15/kids 6-12, dinner, dancing, aerial displays, unveiling the F-111 War Horse, aviationheritagepark.com

June 16 Dad's free on Father's Day, Dinosaur World, dad receives free admission with a fully paid child admission, 773-4345, dinosaurworld.com

June 19 Concert in the Park lunchtime concerts, Fountain Square Park

June 22 Ray Wylie Hubbard, The Warehouse at Mt. Victor

June 20-22 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. Lansing Lugnuts, BG BallPark

June 21-22 Ice Cream & a Moovie, Chaney's Dairy Barn

June 21-23 ASA 10U & 12U National Qualifier Girls Fastpitch Softball Tournament, Buchanon Park

June 22 13th Annual Garden Tour & Tea, garden site visits 10am-2pm

June 23-25 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. Lake County Captains, BG BallPark

June 25 Slaid Cleaves, The Warehouse at Mt. Victor

June 26 Concert in the Park lunchtime concerts, Fountain Square Park

June 27-28 Corvette's 60th Anniversary, National Corvette Museum

June 27-30 "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels", Fountain Square Players, Phoenix Theater

June 28 Olde Stone "Run for the Exits" 5k Walk & 5k Run, The Club at Olde Stone

June 28-30 AMRA Harley Davidson Summer Shootout & Rally, Beech Bend Raceway

June 29 Low Hollow 5K Trail Run, Weldon Peete Park

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.