February 24 - March 2

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.

Idea Festival Bowling Green is part of a new wave of innovation. The theme is "Creativity and Innovation." This one-day event features thinkers and innovators from a variety of fields: health, art, entrepreneurship, global issues, sustainability, etc. The keynote speaker is Bill Capodagli, who will present Dreams and Dreamers: How to Innovate Like Walt Disney and the Pixarians.

Three more sessions throughout the day feature speakers eager to share their creative solutions. Through the help of sponsors, Innovate Kentucky hopes to establish Idea Festival Bowling Green as a new tradition at WKU that will help accomplish the initiative's goal: spark innovation - one idea at a time. Festivities begin at 8:30am with speakers running until 4:15pm. For more information, please contact Innovate Kentucky at WKU by phone at 270-745-3015 or visit the website below. Follow the festival live on Twitter using #IFBG2014.

Presented by the Builders Association of South Central Kentucky, the Home Expo 2014 will feature approximately booths showcasing products and services to enhance your life. Turn your home improvement, remodeling and design dreams into reality! Browse home products and services from builders and designers to landscapers and much more.

Admission is $10 or 2 for $15. The expo is at Sloan Convention Center and runs Friday 5-8 pm, Saturday 10am-5pm, and Sunday 1-5pm. Call 270-781-3375 or visit the website below for further details.

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

February 24 South Warren Girls Basketball Tournament, Phil Moore Park Gym, southwarrenhigh.com

February 24-25 Rock of Ages, SKyPAC, Broadway Series, 7:30pm, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

February 26 Gallery 916 Paint Party, 6:30-8:30pm, featuring Nick Mantlo, $20, 270-843-5511, gallery916.net

February 27- March 2 The Secret Garden, SKyPAC, performed at the Carol Wedge Studio Theatre, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

February 27- March 4 Mardi Gras 2014, 440 Main, special New Orleans dinner menu, live music, dancing, giveaways, beads, 270-793-0450, 440main.com

February 28 US Bank Celebration of the Arts Vernissage Party and Opening Reception, Kentucky Museum, 7:30-9:30pm, 270-745-6080, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum

February 28 Idea Festival, WKU Downing Student Union, 8:30am-4:15pm, $10/students, $20/public, feat guest speaker Bill Capodagli of Disney and Pixar, 270-745-3015, ideafestalbg.com

February 28- March 2 Curtains, Van Meter Auditorium, Fri/Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm, $18/ticket, $15/student tickets, presented by WKU Theatre and Dance and the Music Dept., wku.edu/theatre-and-dance

February 28- March 2 Home Expo 2014, Sloan Convention Center, presented by the Builders Association of South central Kentucky, 270-781-3375, bascky.com

February 28- March 2 2014 Used Book Sale, Warren County Public Library Bob Kirby Branch, Fri 7am-7pm, Sat 8am-5pm, Sun 1-5pm, 270-745-4502, sokybookfest.org

March 1 Hilton Garden Open House, Hilton Garden Inn, 1-3pm, complimentary food, drinks, room and breakfast package door prizes, 270-438-1075

March 1 Test & Tune Drags, Beech Bend Raceway, 12-5pm, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

March 1 L&N Railroad Luncheon, South Union Shaker Village, 12pm, reservation required, $22/members and $25/non-members, late 19th century menu, 270-542-4167, shakermuseum.com

March 1 Southern Kentucky Team Penning Association Show, WKU Ag Expo Center, 8am, sktpa.weebly.com

March 1- April 5 US Bank Celebration of the Arts Exhibition, Kentucky Museum, Mon-Sat 9am-4pm, Sun 1-4pm, 270-745-6080, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum

March 3 Reel Piano Music feat. Michael Chertock, SKyPAC, orchestrakentucky.com

March 5 Happy Gas Improv Troupe, Phoenix Theatre, ptkbg.org

March 8 Test & Tune Drags, Beech Bend Raceway, beechbend.com

March 8 Spring Workshop: Basket Making, Kentucky Museum, Easter Basket with Lynne Ferguson, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum

March 8-9 USA Olympic Fast Pitch Softball Team Clinic, Buchanon Park, kyasa.org

March 9 NHRA Drag Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, beechbend.com

March 12-16 Houchens/KHSAA Girls' Sweet 16 Basketball Tournament, WKU E.A. Diddle Arena, khsaa.org

March 13-16 Fountain Square Players present: God of Carnage, Phoenix Theatre, fountainsquareplayers.org

March 14 Totally 80's Totally Murder, Chaney's Dairy Barn, chaneysdairybarn.com

March 15 Lucky Bear Hustle 5K, Ephram White Park, traxrunning.com

March 15 Vette City Roller Derby Home Bout, The Skatebox, 5pm, vettecityrollerderby.org

March 15 Test & Tune Drags, Beech Bend Raceway, beechbend.com

March 15 Philly Soul, Orchestra Kentucky Retro Series, SKyPAC, orchestrakentucky.com

March 16 NHRA Drag Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, beechbend.com

March 16 Backyard Habitat Program, Lost River Cave, lostrivercave.com

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.