February 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.

Looking for a special way to celebrate Valentine's Day? The Symphony at WKU is hosting its annual dinner and dance on Friday night at the WKU Augenstein Alumni Center ballroom. Themed as "The Symphony Sweetheart Soiree," it's sure to be a magical night.

The evening includes delicious food and good times spent with friends. Live entertainment features the band Match Daddy led by Steve Wilson. Dress is black tie optional. But seating is limited and no tickets will be sold at the door, so make reservations early. For ticket prices and more information, please call 270-745-7681 or visit the website below.

If you're a train enthusiast you won't want to miss this show and sale! Come out to the Historic Railpark & Train Museum on Saturday anytime from 10am to 3pm for family fun at the annual sHOw Modular Railroad Club of Southern Kentucky Train Sale & Show.

This unique show features more than 50 tables of modern trains in all scales, railroad memorabilia, modeling supplies, magazines, DVDs, books and art for sale. Check out the train museum and restored L&N Depot while you're there! For more information about the train show and sale or the railpark, please call 270-745-7317 or check out the website below.

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

Ongoing- March 1 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Exhibit, SKyPAC Children's Gallery, featuring works of Kentucky teen artists, 270-904-5015, theskypac.com

Ongoing- March 6 "Back to the Moon for Good," WKU Hardin Planetarium, Tues/Th 7pm, Sun 2pm, 270-745-4044, wku.edu/planetarium

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 10 Learn & Burn, Gallery 916, 6:30-8:30pm, wood burning class, $20, 270-843-5511, gallery916.net

February 11 Local author Tom Hunley, Warren County Public Library, 6pm, 270-781-4882, warrenpl.org

February 11 Stringing with Christie, Gallery 916, 6:30-8:30pm, jewelry creation, $20, bring your own beads, 270-843-5511, gallery916.net

February 12 Gallery 916 Paint Party, 6:30-8:30pm, featuring Nick Mantlo, $20, 270-843-5511, gallery916.net

February 12 WKU Women's Basketball vs Troy, E.A. Diddle Arena, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

February 12-23 Working: A Musical, SKyPAC, presented by Kentucky Stages, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

February 13 New York Times bestselling author Lis Wiehl, CEC Parish Hall, 6pm, free, 270-781-4882, warrenpl.org

February 13 WKU Men's Basketball vs Troy, E.A. Diddle Arena, 7pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

February 13 Kentucky Live! "Burley: Kentucky Tobacco in a New Century" with Ann K. Ferrell, Barnes & Noble, 7pm, free, 270-745-6121, wku.edu/library

February 13-15 Valentine's Day dinner specials, 440 Main, candlelight, soft music, surf & turf with filet and lobster, chardonnay steamed lobster tails, chocolate covered strawberries, 270-793-0450, 440main.com

February 14 14th Annual Game Day & Card Party, Eloise B. Houchens Center, 9am-4pm, $14 admission, snacks, lunch, door prizes, 270-842-6761

February 14 Chamber Music with Ching-Yi Lin & Friends, FAC Recital Hall, 7:30pm, free, wku.edu/music

February 14 WKU Baseball vs. Southern Illinois, Nick Denes Field, 3pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

February 14 The Symphony Sweetheart Soiree, WKU Augenstein Alumni Center Ballroom, 6pm, featuring Match Daddy, black tie optional, dinner and dancing, 270-745-7681, bgwso.org

February 14-16 The Dance Project, Gordon Wilson Lab Theatre, presented by WKU Theatre and Dance, Fri/Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm, $6/ticket, wku.edu/theatre-and-dance

February 15 WKU Women's Basketball vs South Alabama, E.A. Diddle Arena, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

February 15 WKU Baseball vs Southern Illinois, Nick Denes Field, 2pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

February 15 13th Annual sHOw Modular Railroad Club of SOKY Train Sale & Show, Historic Railpark & Train Museum, 10am-3pm, 50 tables of modern trains, memorabilia, modeling supplies, books, DVDs, 270-745-3717, historicrailpark.com

February 15 Sukoshicon, Sloan Convention Center, anime convention, vendors, sukoshicon.com/bowling_green/index.html

February 15 State Livestock Skill-A-Thon, WKU Ag Expo Center, 270-365-7541, ext 244, http://afs4hyouth.ca.uky.edu/

February 16 WKU Baseball vs Southern Illinois, Nick Denes Field, 1pm, wkusports.com

February 16 German Masters of Lieder, FAC Recital Hall, 3pm, featuring Sylvia Kersenbaum and Liza Kelly free, wku.edu/music

February 16 Backyard Habitat Program, Lost River Cave, 1-3pm, registration required, 270-393-0077, 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

February 24-25 Rock of Ages, SKyPAC, theskypac.com

February 27- March 2 The Secret Garden, SKyPAC, theskypac.com

February 27- March 4 Mardi Gras 2014, 440 Main, 440main.com

February 28 Idea Festival, WKU Downing Student Union, ideafestalbg.com

February 28- March 2 Home Expo 2014, Sloan Convention Center, bascky.com

March 1 Test & Tune Drags, Beech Bend Raceway, beechbend.com

March 1 L&N Railroad Luncheon, South Union Shaker Village, shakermuseum.com

March 1- April 5 US Bank Celebration of the Arts Exhibition, Kentucky Museum, 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.