Week of June 24-30

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.

June 30, 1953 marked the day that the first of 300 Corvettes rolled off their Flint Michigan assembly line. The National Corvette Museum is celebrating the 60th Anniversary of America's favorite sports car. Thursday will kick off the event with an Evolution Display showcasing the first 60 years of Corvettes. There will also be the first display of "C7" Corvettes available to learn about the new Stingray firsthand. GM will provide a number of the new "C7" Corvettes along with members of the Corvette Team from Warren Tech Center and the Bowling Green Assembly Plant to answer questions and do a detailed walk-around of the new cars.

Friday will see the groundbreaking for the National Corvette Museum's Motorsports Park. The target date for at least part of the facility to open is the 20th Anniversary Celebration at Labor Day weekend, 2014. The 2-day 60th Anniversary event is open to all, no charge to members and only Museum admission for non-members. For more details, please call 270-781-7973 or visit the website below.

The Fountain Square Players present the comedy, "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" running Thursday-Sunday. A musical based on a popular 1998 film by the same title, it's about two fraudsters living on the French Riviera. Lawrence is a cultivated and suave gentleman who cons rich ladies out of their money. Freddy is a small time American thief who cons women into giving him money by telling made up stories about his sick grandmother. They soon find out that the small French town they live in isn't big enough to support two scammers.

Showtimes are 8pm Thursday-Saturday and 3pm Sunday at WKU's Van Meter Hall. For more information on ticket sales and the Fountain Square Players, please call 270-782-3119 or 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 24-25 District 6 4-H Horse Show, WKU Ag Expo Center, 745-3976

June 24-28 Kentucky Museum Summer Camp, Art Camp, 8am-12pm, $108 members/$120 non-members with drink and snack provided, ages 6-12, 745-2594, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum/education/summer_camps.php

June 24-29 SKyPAC Summer Camp: Beauty Lou & the Country Beast, grades 1-12, partnering with the Missoula Children's Theatre, 24-28:10am-4pm, 29: 10am-5pm, call for registration fees, 904-5006, theskypac.com

June 25 Beaver Tuesday Night Drag/Oval Fun Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com

June 25 Slaid Cleaves, The Warehouse at Mt. Victor, 6pm, 904-6677, thewarehouseatmtvictor.com

June 26 Concert in the Park lunchtime concerts, Fountain Square Park, 11:30am-1pm, bring a lawn chair and blankets, Brothers J, 782-0222, sfacebook.com/pages/Downtown-BG/167363636620664?ref=tn_tnmn

June 27-28 Corvette 60th Anniversary, National Corvette Museum, celebrating the June 30, 1953 birthday of America's iconic sports car, 781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

June 27-30 "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels", Fountain Square Players, WKU Van Meter Hall, Thur-Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm, 782-3119, fountainsquareplayers.org

June 28 Olde Stone "Run for the Exits" 5k Walk & 5k Run, The Club at Olde Stone, 7 p.m., reception 7:30-9 p.m., 535-9168, bgrr.com

June 28-30 ASA 10U, 16U & 18U Midwest Regional Qualifier Girls Fastpitch Softball Tournament, Buchanon Park, kyasa.org

June 28-30 AMRA Harley Davidson Summer Shootout & Rally, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com

June 29 Low Hollow 5K Trail Run, Weldon Peete Park, 9am, sponsored by the Kentucky Mountain Bike Association, kymba.org/bowlinggreen/?page_id=1238

June 29-30 Pickens Amateur Golf Championship, Crosswinds Golf Course, 36-hole medal play, 393-3559, http://www.bgky.org/golf/crosswindspickam.php

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

July 9- August 25 Night Sky Stories over a Summer Campfire, Hardin Planetarium, 745-0444

July 9 Wes Berry, Warren County Public Library

July 12-13 17th Annual Duncan Hines Festival, downtown BG

July 12-14 KY State Girls Fast Pitch Softball Tournament, Buchanon Park

July 12-14 1st Annual Auto Auction, National Corvette Museum, 300 classic cars

July 12 34th Annual Concerts in the Park Series, Fountain Square Park, Circus Square Park

July 13 Second Saturdays Festival, Downtown at Fountain Square Park

July 13 Kentucky Fried Concert, part of the Orchestra Kentucky Retro Series, SKyPAC

July 14 Shovels & Rope, The Warehouse at Mt. Victor

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.