January 6-12

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 new year begins with a new set of ongoing art exhibits at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center and the Capitol Arts Center. Local artists put their skill on display for visitors at the SKyPAC Main and Children's galleries and the Capitol Arts Houchens and Mezzanine galleries. Showcasing now through January 17, the SKyPAC galleries feature the works of Kathryn Dettwiller and local kids for the Country Peddler Ad Design contest.

The Capitol Arts Houchens gallery features works by Holy Trinity Lutheran School children and teacher Jill Willis for its "The Color of My Heart" exhibit, running now through February 14. See the art of a young Cuban immigrant who recently moved to Bowling Green with Alejandro Sala Torres' works on display at the Capitol Arts Mezzanine Gallery now through May 31. For more information on all these galleries, please call 270-904-5000 or visit the website below.

Kick off the New Year with a focus on improving your health and making lifestyle changes. The 2014 Health & Wellness Expo brings together healthcare service providers, safety agencies and community organizations to provide free health screenings and information on healthy living.

Special presentations and demonstrations take place on Saturday, January 11, from 8am to 12pm, plus door prizes are awarded. All services and information are free. For more information and a complete schedule of events, please call 270-745-1010 or visit the website below.

Ongoing- Jan. 17 Kathryn Dettwiller: Crossing Time artwork, SKyPAC Main Gallery, 904-5000, theskypac.com

Ongoing- Jan. 17 Country Peddler Design Ad art exhibit, SKyPAC Children's Gallery, 904-5000, theskypac.com

Ongoing- Jan. 26 "Starry Tales for a Winter Night," Hardin Planetarium, free, Tues/Thurs 7pm, Sun 2pm, 745-4044, wku.edu/planetarium

Ongoing- Feb. 14 The Color of My Heart exhibit, Capitol Arts Houchens Gallery, 904-5000, theskypac.com

Ongoing- May 31 Alejandro Sala Torres art exhibit, Capitol Arts Mezzanine Gallery, 904-5000, theskypac.com

January 8 WKU's Women's Basketball vs Georgia State, E.A. Diddle Arena, wkusports.com

January 8 Better U Series: New Fit You, Warren County Public Library, 12pm, featuring Steven O'Nan, ACE Certified Personal Trainer, free, 781-4882, warrenpl.org

January 9 WKU Men's Basketball vs Georgia State, E.A. Diddle Arena, 7pm, wkusports.com

January 9 Author Randy Westbrook, Warren County Public Library, 6pm, free, 781-4882, warrenpl.org

January 11 Health & Wellness Expo 2014, Sloan Convention Center, 8am-12pm, personal health screenings and demonstrations, safety seminars, chair massages, 745-1010, themedicalcenter.org

January 12 College Goal Kentucky, Mass Media & Technology Hall, Room 166, 2-4pm, 745-5159, kasfaa.com/CollegeGoalKY/

January 15 WKU Women's Basketball vs Arkansas Little Rock, E.A. Diddle Arena, wkusports.com

January 16 WKU Men's Basketball vs UALR, E.A. Diddle Arena, 7pm, wkusports.com

January 18 WKU Men's Basketball vs Arkansas State, E.A. Diddle Arena, 7pm, wkusports.com

January 18 Junior Naturalist Program, Lost River Cave, 10am-12pm, Connections in Nature, 393-0077, lostrivercave.com

January 18 Side by Side Exhibit Opening Reception, Kentucky Museum, 2-4pm, at the Dorothy Grider Gallery, 745-6080, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum

January 18- April 3 VSA Arts Bowling Green Side by Side Exhibition, Kentucky Museum, 745-6080, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum

January 18- May 4 GPS Adventures, National Corvette Museum, get lost in a GPS maze and learn geocaching, 781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

January 20 Martin Luther King Breakfast, Parker Bennett Curry Elementary School, 7:30am, 781-5358

January 20 Martin Luther King Symbolic March, 10am, begins at Warren County Justice Center and ends at State Street Baptist Church with a special program at 11am, 781-5358

January 20 Free Admission, Mammoth Cave National Park Passage Tours, http://www.nps.gov/maca/index.htm

January 23 Better U Series: Be a Prepper, Warren County Public Library, 6pm, disaster preparedness made easy, presented by the Red Cross, free, 781-4882, warrenpl.org

January 24-25 Nature Watch Weekend, Barren River Lake State Resort Park, see Sandhill Cranes migration, educational sessions, sunrise and sunset watching tours, registration required, $40/adult, $20/children 8-12, ask for a crane lodge rate,1-800-325-0057

January 24- February 9 Sense and Sensibility, presented by the Public Theatre of Kentucky, Phoenix Theatre, 270-781-6233, ptkbg.org

January 25 Lego League Robotics Championship, E.A. Diddle Arena, http://orgs.wku.edu/kyfll/

January 25 An Evening With Will Kimbrough & Lisa Oliver Gray, The Warehouse at Mt. Victor, 8pm, $20/ticket, 904-6677, thewarehouseatmtvictor.com

January 25 Spring Workshop: Print Making, Kentucky Museum, Gelli Prints with Missi Carini, 10am-2pm, $30/members, $35/non-members, 745-2594, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum

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.