February 3 - 9

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.

Bowling Green welcomes back the Lone Star Championship Rodeo this weekend! Activities for the whole family are happening Friday through Sunday at the Leonard D. Brown Ag Expo Center at WKU's Ag Farm. Special events include bareback bronc riding, calf roping, cowgirl's breakaway roping, steer wrestling, team roping, barrel racing and brahma bull riding.

Other unique events include: Best Dressed Cowboy & Cowgirl Contest for kids 10 & under, Rodeo Clown Mighty Mike Wentworth and more. General admission tickets are $15. For more information, a complete schedule of events and ticket sales, please call 270-269-6000 or visit the website below.

The latest installment in Orchestra Kentucky's Retro Series is just in time to celebrate Valentine's Day. Endless Love is a concert at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center featuring love songs from '60s and '70s performed by Orchestra Kentucky, The Rewinders, and Retro Singers.

The concert begins at 7:30pm and tickets are currently on sale starting at $15. For an extra fee, ticket buyers will have the opportunity to dedicate a song to their loved one. To purchase tickets and find out more information, please call 270-846-2426 or visit the website below.

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

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

Ongoing- April 3 VSA arts Bowling Green Side by Side Exhibition, Kentucky Museum, 270-745-6080, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum

Ongoing- May 4 GPS Adventures Exhibit, National Corvette Museum, get lost in a GPS maze and learn geocaching, 270-781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

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

February 3 Modlin & Friends, Gallery 916, Singer/Songwriter Night, $10, 6:30-8:30pm, 270-843-5511, gallery916.net

February 4 WKU Cultural Enhancement Series: Abigail Washburn & the Wu Force, WKU Van Meter Auditorium, 7:30pm, free, wku.edu/culturalenhancement/

February 4 Kentucky Author Eddie Price, Warren County Public Library, 6pm, free, 270-781-4882, warrenpl.org

February 6 2014 Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner, Sloan Convention Center, 5:30pm, $65/ticket, 270-901-4610, bgchamber.com

February 7 D93 Presents: An evening with Gov't Mule, SKyPAC, 8pm, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

February 7-8 Nature Watch Weekend, Barren River Lake State Resort Park, see Sandhill Cranes migration, educational sessions, sunrise/sunset tours, registration, $40/adult, $20/children 8-12, ask for lodge rate,1-800-325-0057

February 7-9 Lone Star Championship Rodeo, LD Brown Ag Expo Center, 270-269-6000, lonestarrodeocompany.com

February 8 Sock Monkey Class, Spongie Acres Bed & Breakfast, 12-2:30pm, preregistration required, make your own sock monkey, spongieacresbedandbreakfast.com

February 8 Cupid's Chase 5K, Kereiakes Park, registration 8am, run 10am, $30/person, cupidschase5k.com

February 8 Folk School: Jolene Stone, Teacup Bird Feeders, Community Farmers Market, $10, communityfarmersmarketbg.com

February 8 Vette City Roller Derby Home Bout, The Skatebox, 5pm, vettecityrollerderby.org

February 8 Powder Puff Mechanics, National Corvette Museum, 10am-2pm, reservations requested, advance $10/participation includes lunch, learn proper care of a vehicle in hands-on seminars, 270-467-8852, corvettemuseum.org

February 8 Endless Love, Orchestra Kentucky Retro Series, SKyPAC, 7:30pm, love songs from the '60s and '70s, for an extra fee, buyers can dedicate a song to their loved one, 270-846-2426, orchestrakentucky.com

February 8 Spring Workshop: Basket Making, Kentucky Museum, Fruit Basket Making with Beth Hester, 9am-4:30pm, $50/members, $55/non-members, 270-745-2594, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum

February 11 Local author Tom Hunley, Warren County Public Library, warrenpl.org

February 12 Gallery 916 Paint Party, gallery916.net

February 12-23 Working: A Musical, SKyPAC, theskypac.com

February 13 New York Times bestselling author Lis Wiehl, CEC Parish Hall, warrenpl.org

February 13 Kentucky Live! "Burley: Kentucky Tobacco in a New Century" with Ann K. Ferrell, Barnes & Noble, wku.edu/library

February 14 WKU Baseball vs. Southern Illinois, Nick Denes Field, wkusports.com

February 14 The Symphony Sweetheart Soiree, WKU Augenstein Alumni Center Ballroom, bgwso.org

February 14-16 The Dance Project, Gordon Wilson Lab Theatre, wku.edu/theatre-and-dance

February 15 Sukoshicon, Sloan Convention Center, sukoshicon.com/bowling_green

February 15 State Livestock Skill-A-Thon, WKU Ag Expo Center, afs4hyouth.ca.uky.edu
Backyard Habitat Program, Lost River Cave, lostrivercave.com

February 18 Kentucky author Joe Cox, Warren County Public Library, warrenpl.org

February 19-22 Duck Duck Goose Spring/Summer Sale, Potter Children's Home Gymnasium, dkdkgoose.com/bowlinggreen/

February 20- March 2 The Barefoot Children in the City of Ward, Phoenix Theatre, ptkbg.org

February 20 Pokey Lafarge with The Deslondes, The Warehouse at Mt. Victor, thewarehouseatmtvictor.com

February 21 WKU Cultural Enhancement Series: Dr. Cornel West, WKU Van Meter Auditorium, wku.edu/culturalenhancement/

February 21 Sundy Best, The Warehouse at Mt. Victor, thewarehouseatmtvictor.com

February 22 Block & Bridle Winter Classic, WKU Ag Expo Center, wku.edu/agriculture/documents/previewshow2014.pdf

February 22 The Church Basement Ladies, SKyPAC, theskypac.com

February 23 Hospice Chocolate Festival, Sloan Convention Center, hospicesoky.org

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.