April 14-20

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.

Coming new to Bowling Green this weekend is the SoKomics Expo! Fun for the whole family, the expo is a multi-genre convention highlighting the works of local talents of every variety, including artists, comic creators, authors and musicians.

The expo will be held at the Carroll Knicely Conference Center from 10:30am to 8:00pm. Admission is $15, with special VIP options and perks available too! Kids ages 10 and under are free! For more information, please call 270-904-1278 or visit the website below.

The newest exhibit at the National Corvette Museum is opening this week. On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 a sinkhole collapsed within the Skydome building of the National Corvette Museum. While we are fortunate that no one was in the building at the time of the incident, the hole did claim eight prized Corvettes. A "Great 8" Exhibit will be available from April 18 until August 3, showcasing the eight Corvettes "as-is", related artifacts, media clips, information on caves and sinkholes and more.

After August 3 the cars will be moved into the restored Skydome and displayed until early September when they will be transported to Warren, Michigan, for repairs at the General Motors Design Center. For more information about the exhibit and the National Corvette Museum, please call 270-781-7973 or visit the website below.

Ongoing-April 17 "PlanetQuest: Discovering Worlds Around Other Stars," WKU Hardin Planetarium, Tues/Thurs 7pm, Sun 2pm, free, 270-745-4044, wku.edu/hardinplanetarium

Ongoing-May 23 Kentucky Arts Council's "Identity," Capitol Arts Houchens Gallery, exhibit features work by artists with disabilities, call for hours, 270-904-5000, theskypac.com

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

April 14-16 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. Kane County Cougars, BG Ballpark, Mon-Tues 7:05pm, Wed 10:35am, 270-901-2121, bghotrods.com

April 15 Author Kim Vogel-Sawyer, Bob Kirby Library, 6pm, free, 270-781-4882, warrenpl.org

April 17 A Taste of Bowling Green, Sloan Convention Center, 7pm, live music by Tyrone Dunn and the Kin-Foke, $40/ advance ticket includes all you can eat and drink, $45/ticket at the door, 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, 7pm, free, 270-745-6121, wku.edu/library

April 17-19 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. Clinton LumberKings, BG Ballpark, 7:05pm, 270-901-2121, bghotrods.com

April 18 TN Drifting, Beech Bend Raceway, 3-11pm, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

April 18 WKU Baseball vs. South Alabama, Nick Denes Field, 6pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

April 18-20 Lady Gator Softball Border Battle Buchanon Park, 270-842-3627

April 18- August 3 Skydome Sinkhole "Great 8" Special Exhibit, National Corvette Museum, displays the recovered Corvettes from the sinkhole collapse on Feb. 12, 2014, photographs, international media coverage, 270-781-7973, corvettemusuem.org

April 19 WKU Baseball vs. South Alabama, Nick Denes Field, 3pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

April 19 Test & Tune Drags Plus Super Gas & SS/S Combo, Beech Bend Raceway, racing at 12pm, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

April 19 Earth Day Invasive Plant Pull and CITO, Lost River Cave, 1-4pm, help out the nature reserve, 270-393-0077, lostrivercave.com

April 19 6th Annual Spring Classic Swap Meet & Flea Market, Beech Bend Raceway, 8am, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

April 19 Sokomics 2014, Knicely Conference Center, 10:30am-4pm, live music, original art, art contest, charity auction, facebook.com/sokomicsexpo

April 19 Family Enrichment Venetian Ball, presented by Steve Rose of Werner Lowe, Carroll Knicely Conference Center, familyenrichmentcenter.com

April 19 Southern Kentucky Team Penning Association Show, WKU Ag Expo Center, 8am, sktpa.weebly.com

April 19 Sundy Best concert, Bowling Green Ballpark, after the Hot Rods game, tickets to the game get access to the concert, 270-901-2121, bghotrods.com

April 19-20 Free Admission, Mammoth Cave National Park Passage Tours, nps.gov/maca/index.htm

April 20 Easter Buffett, 440 Main, reservations 11am-2pm, $20.95/adults, $10.95/Kids 10 & under, kids 4 & under free, space limited, 270-793-0450, 440main.com

April 20 WKU Baseball vs. South Alabama, Nick Denes Field, 1pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

April 21 Oz with Orchestra, SKyPAC, orchestrakentucky.com

April 24 Jake Owen's Days of Gold Tour, featuring Parmalee and The Cadillac Three, E.A. Diddle Arena, ticketmaster.com

April 24-26 NCM Bash, National Corvette Museum, corvettemuseum.org

April 24-May 4 15th Annual Herb Festival, Wild Bird & Nature Store, facebook.com/WildBirdandNatureStore

April 25 With Voice and Song, Van Meter Hall, bgwso.org

April 25-27 AMRA Harley Spring Rally & Drags, Beech Bend Raceway, beechbend.com

April 25-May 11 Main Stage Public Theatre of Kentucky presents: The Member of the Wedding, Phoenix Theatre, ptkbg.org

April 26 Jacksonian Days Festival, downtown Scottsville, www.scottsvilleky.info

April 26 16th Annual Southern Kentucky Book Festival, Carroll Knicely Conference Center, sokybookfest.org

April 26 Pre-Derby Sampling, Wildflower Gifts at Lost River Cave, lostrivercave.com

April 28-May 3 17th Annual Southern Spring Tour, Vintage Chevrolet Club of America, vcca.org

April 29 New York Times bestselling author Andrew Gross, Bob Kirby Library, warrenpl.org

May 1-11 Lombardi, SKyPAC, theskypac.com

May 1- June 29 The Art of Misha Ambrosia, SKyPAC Main Gallery, theskypac.com

May 2 Habitat for Humanity Wine Tasting, Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 270-745-9224

May 3 Traliblazers SS Club, Beech Bend Raceway, beechbend.com

May 3 Beech Bend Amusement Park opens for the season, 10am-6pm, beechbend.com

May 3-4 National Train Day Celebration, Historic Railpark & Train Museum, historicrailpark.com

May 3-4 WKONA Spring Classic, Lovers Lane Soccer Complex, sokysoccer.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.