March 31 - April 6

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.

One of Bowling Green's annual auto events is coming to town this weekend at Beech Bend Raceway, the Challenger Fest 5! Activities will be happening all weekend long, including a cruise-in, car show and drag racing.

Spectating at the drag strip on Saturday runs 8am-4pm and admission is $5/person and kids ages 12 and under are free. For more information, please call Beech Bend Raceway at 270-781-7634 or visit the Challenger Fest website below.

The 15th Annual Great Teddy Bear Run for the Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center is coming up on Saturday. The run is motorcycle parade that tours through Bowling Green. The rally point is the Warren County Justice Center, and registration begins at 9:30am with the parade leaving at 11:15am and ending at the Harley Davidson Bowling Green store an hour later.

Admission at Harley Davidson is $5 per person. Lunch will be provided by Back Woods Grillin, with silent and live auctions at the Harley store. For more information, contact the Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center at 270-783-4357, or see the Center's website at below.

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

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

Ongoing- April 12 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

March 31-April 1 "Elephant's Graveyard" and "God," Gordon Wilson Lab Theatre at WKU, recommended for adult audiences, 8pm both nights, $5/admission, 270-745-3121, wku.showare.com

March 31-April 4 Spring Break Art Day Camp, Kentucky Museum, 8am-12pm, children 6-12, 270-745-2594, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum

March 31-April 4 Nature Discovery Camp, Lost River Cave, campers age 6-12 will learn about the environment, critters and plant life, $85/members and $100/non-members, 270-393-0077, lostrivercave.com

April 2 WKU Softball vs MTSU, 5pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

April 3-5 Hudson-Valentine Longhorn Cattle Sale, WKU Ag Expo Center, 270-393-2012, wku.edu/expo

April 3-6 The Importance of Being Earnest, SKyPAC, presented by Kentucky Stages, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

April 3-6 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. South Bend Silverhawks, BG Ballpark, Thurs-Sat 7:05pm, Sun 2:05pm, 270-901-2121, bghotrods.com

April 4 WKU Baseball vs. Arkansas State, Nick Denes Field, 6pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

April 4-6 KY Stingrays Baseball Tournament, Buchanon Park, totalfitnessconnection.com/doyle-academy

April 4-6 Challenger Fest 5, Beech Bend Raceway and Holiday Inn University Plaza Hotel, activities throughout the weekend, 270-781-7634, challengerfest5.com

April 5 15th Annual Great Teddy Bear Run, rally at Warren County Justice Center 11:15am and end at the Harley Davidson store at 12:15pm, 270-783-4357, bracac.org

April 5 Spring Fling, Boyce General Store, 10am-3pm, free, food, family games, craft booths, live music by the Matchsellers, 270-842-1900, facebook.com/BoyceGeneralStore

April 5 WKU Baseball vs. Arkansas State, Nick Denes Field, 3pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

April 5-6 WKU Softball vs Louisiana-Lafayette, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

April 5-6 ASA Softball Melting Snow Classic, Buchanon Park, 6U-8U, 270-683-9307, kyasa.org

April 6 NHRA Drag Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

April 6 Faculty Recital with Heidi Alvarez on flute, FAC Recital Hall, 3pm, free, wku.edu/music

April 6 WKU Baseball vs. Arkansas State, Nick Denes Field, 1pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

April 8 Saxophone Chamber Music Faculty Recital with John Cipolla, FAC Recital Hall, wku.edu/music

April 10 International Bestselling author Jeffery Deaver, Warren County Public Library Bob Kirby Branch, warrenpl.org

April 11 San Jose Taiko Drummers, SKyPAC, theskypac.com

April 11-12 South Union Seminar, South Union Shaker Village, shakermuseum.com

April 11-13 Amateur Championships Disc Golf Tournament, Phil Moore, Basil Griffin, Ephram White, bowlinggreendiscgolf.com

April 12 Second Saturdays Street Fair, Fountain Square Park, 10am-3pm, facebook.com/SecondSaturdaysBG

April 13 Community Day, SKyPAC, theskypac.com

April 17 A Taste of Bowling Green, Sloan Convention Center, 270-793-1022, tasteofbowlinggreen.com

April 17 Faraway Places Series: "The Great War (World War I) in the Soviet Imagination," with Karen Petrone, Barnes & Noble, 745-6121, wku.edu/library

April 18 TN Drifting, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

April 18- August 3 Skydome Sinkhole "Great 8" Special Exhibit, National Corvette Museum, 270-781-7973, corvettemusuem.org

April 19 Test & Tune Drags Plus Super Gas & SS/S Combo, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

April 19 Earth Day Invasive Plant Pull and CITO, Lost River Cave, 270-393-0077, lostrivercave.com

April 19 Sokomics Expo 2014, Knicely Conference Center, facebook.com/sokomicsexpo

April 19 Family Enrichment Venetian Ball, Carroll Knicely Conference Center, familyenrichmentcenter.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.