Week of June 17-23

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.

South Central Kentucky Kids on the Block will be hosting their 13th Annual Garden Tour & Tea on Saturday, June 22 from 10 m to 3pm. Take tours of some of the most beautiful local gardens in the Bowling Green area before having lunch and tea at one of the garden sites.

A silent auction will be held at the tea site, which includes a variety of free passes to local attractions, vacation packages and more. Individual tickets are $20/person. All the proceeds go toward providing educational programming in local schools. For more information, please call 270-842-2259 or visit the website below.

The Symphony at WKU presents the next installment in its "Parties of Note" fundraiser: the Backyard Bluegrass Low Country Boil this weekend at South Union Shaker Village. This is a "Throw Down" between 440 Main Restaurant's Chef, Daniel Gonzalez, and local chef, Todd Dixon.

Both will prepare a seafood boil to the music of bluegrass band, County Line Bluegrass. Seating is limited and tickets are $50/person. To make reservations, please call 270-745-7681 and 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 29 Herb Williams "Call of the Wild", SKyPAC Main Gallery, M-F 11am-6pm, 904-1880, theskypac.com

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

Ongoing- July 21 "A Room of Imagination," Capitol Arts Houchens Gallery, M-F 11am-6pm, visitors can touch and participate with the work, 904-5019, theskypac.com

Ongoing- Sept. 13 Marquee of Excellence Exhibit, National Corvette Museum, 14-car exhibit featuring NCRS Top Flight and other pristine Corvettes, winners of the "Marquee of Excellence" awards, 8am-5pm, 781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

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 17-28 Bowling Green Youth Theatre Extreme Camp, The Connexion, 9am-6pm, $175, registration required, showtime Friday at 6pm, 535-3212, artsaliveky.weebly.com

June 17-19 District 6 4-H Horse Show, WKU Ag Expo Center, 745-3976

June 17-21 Kentucky Museum Summer Camp, Make it Camp, 8am-12pm, $108 members/$120 non-members with drink and snack provided, ages 8-13, 745-2594, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum/education/summer_camps.php

June 17-22 SKyPAC Summer Camp: The Frog Prince, grades 1-12, partnering with the Missoula Children's Theatre, 17-21:10am-4pm, 22: 10am-5pm, call for registration fees, 904-5006, theskypac.com

June 18 Beaver Tuesday Night Drag/Oval Fun Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com

June 18-20 Kentucky State Amateur Championship, Bowling Green Country Club, 800-254-2742, kygolf.org/tournaments/amateur-competitions/

June 19 Concert in the Park lunchtime concerts, Fountain Square Park, 11:30am-1pm, bring a lawn chair and blankets, Alley Cats, 782-0222, facebook.com/pages/Downtown-BG/167363636620664?ref=tn_tnmn

June 20 Southern Kentucky Concert Band, FAC Ampitheatre at WKU, free, 7pm, 792-5747

June 20 Winners By Choice, "Remember Who You Are," presented by BG Networking Women, speaker Stormi Murtie of The Center for Courageous Kids, Sloan Convention Center, 5:30pm, $15/person, 784-3950, bgnetworkingwomen.com

June 20-22 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. Lansing Lugnuts, BG BallPark, 901-2121, bghotrods.com

June 21 Oval Track Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 6pm, 781-7634, beechbend.com

June 21-22 Ice Cream & a Moovie, Chaney's Dairy Barn, free admission, The Lorax showing starts at dusk, 843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com

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

June 22 Ray Wylie Hubbard, The Warehouse at Mt. Victor, 6pm, 904-6677, thewarehouseatmtvictor.com

June 22 13th Annual Garden Tour & Tea, garden site visits 10am-2pm, tea 1-3pm, 842-2259, kykob.org

June 22 Backyard Bluegrass Low Country Boil, South Museum Shaker Village, 4pm, $50/person, 270-745-7681, shakermuseum.com

June 22 Free admission day, South Union Shaker Village, 9am-5pm, 800-811-6379, shakermuseum.com

June 22 O'Reilly Saturday Night Fun Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com

June 23-25 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. Lake County Captains, BG BallPark, 901-2121, bghotrods.com

June 23 NHRA Drag Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com

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

July 2-3 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. Dayton Dragons, BG BallPark

July 3 Thunderfest Independence Day Celebration, National Corvette Museum Amphitheater

July 4 Barren River Lake 4th of July Celebration, Barren River Lake State Resort Park, 1-800-325-0057

July 4-6 Peach Festival, Jackson's Orchard

July 5 34th Annual Concerts in the Park Series, Fountain Square Park

July 5-6 Ice Cream & a Moovie, Chaney's Dairy Barn

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.