April 21-27

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.

Spring is in the air! Take it in at the 15th Annual Herb Festival at the Wild Bird & Nature Store beginning April 24 and running through May 4 from 9am to 6pm daily. Find items to dress up your garden! Sit in on a couple of seminars to learn more about re-purposing your garden, cooking with herbs, making wreaths and more.

Choose from herbs, perennials, antique and knock-out roses, fountains, bird baths, antique garden art and more. Look for the tents in the Midtown Plaza parking lot and celebrate the season of growth. For more information and a complete schedule of events, please call 270-746-0203 or visit the website below.

Explore the world of reading at the 16th Annual Southern Kentucky Book Fest this weekend at the Carroll Knicely Conference Center. Selected a Top 10 Spring Event by the Kentucky Travel Industry Association, the book fest celebrates the love of reading at a Children's Day event on Friday and the main festival and signing day on Saturday, where the public gets the chance to meet their favorite authors.

The featured author this year is Charlaine Harris, writer of Sookie Stackhouse fame, on which the television show TrueBlood is based. Admission to the book fest on Saturday is free. Authors ask that you please purchase their books on-site for signing. For more information and a complete schedule of activities, please call 270-745-4502 or visit the website below.

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

Ongoing- 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 21 Oz with Orchestra, SKyPAC, 7:30pm, Orchestra Kentucky VIP Series, 270-846-2426, orchestrakentucky.com

April 22 WKU Softball vs UK, 6pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED ,wkusports.com

April 22 UK Basketball coach John Calipari book signing, Barnes & Noble, 6pm, get the coach's latest book "Players First," 270-746-9779

April 22- May 22 "When the Universe was Young," WKU Hardin Planetarium, free, Tues/Thurs 7pm, Sun 2pm, 270-745-4044, wku.edu/hardinplanetarium

April 23 WKU Softball vs Lipscomb, 5pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

April 24 Jake Owen's Days of Gold Tour, featuring Parmalee and The Cadillac Three, E.A. Diddle Arena, 1-800-5-BIGRED, ticketmaster.com

April 24-26 NCM Bash, National Corvette Museum, 270-781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

April 24-28 An Evening of Dance, Russell Miller Theatre, FAC Hall, $12/ticket, Thurs-Sat/Mon 8pm, Sun 3pm, 270-745-3121, wku.edu/theatre-and-dance

April 24-May 4 15th Annual Herb Festival, Wild Bird & Nature Store, 9am-6pm, over 50 new perennials and herbs, 270-746-0203, facebook.com/WildBirdandNatureStore

April 25 With Voice and Song, The Symphony at WKU, 7:30pm, Van Meter Hall, 270-745-3121, bgwso.org

April 25 Crawfish Boil, 440 Main, crawfish with corn, sausage, potatoes and Cajun spice, live music on the sidewalk, 400main.com

April 25 Dear Prudence concert, Chaney's Dairy Barn, free, fun night of Beatles music, 6-8pm, 270-843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com

April 25 WKU Baseball vs. Arkansas-Little Rock, Nick Denes Field, 6pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

April 25 Southern Kentucky Book Festival Children's Day, Carroll Knicely Conference Center, 9am, 270-745-4502, sokybookfest.org

April 25-27 District 6 4-H Horse Camp, WKU Ag Expo Center, 270-842-1681, warren.ca.uky.edu/district6horse

April 25-27 KY ASA Girls fast pitch Softball 8U-18U Northern National Qualifier tournament, Buchanon Park, kyasa.org

April 25-27 AMRA Harley Spring Rally & Drags, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

April 25-27 9th Annual Park City Bash boys baseball tournament, ages 8-12& Under, Ephram White Park, playbpa.com

April 25-May 11 Main Stage Public Theatre of Kentucky presents: The Member of the Wedding, Phoenix Theatre, 270-781-6233, ptkbg.org

April 26 Vette City Roller Derby Home Bout, The Skatebox, 5pm, vettecityrollerderby.org

April 26 Jacksonian Days Festival, downtown Scottsville, spring fling, demolition derby, street fair, cruise-in, heritage day, bass tournament and more, 270-237-4782, scottsvilleky.info

April 26 Folk School: Tye Dye, Community Farmers Market of Bowling Green, 10am, $20, communityfarmsermarketbg.com

April 26 WKU Baseball vs. Arkansas-Little Rock, Nick Denes Field, 3pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

April 26 16th Annual Southern Kentucky Book Festival, Carroll Knicely Conference Center, 9am, headliner Charlaine Harris of Sookie Stackhouse fame, 270-745-4502, sokybookfest.org

April 26 Pre-Derby Sampling, Wildflower Gifts at Lost River Cave, 1-6pm, sample Bird Dog Whiskey made with real Kentucky Bourbon, live music from Shady Jake and the Upsetters, 270-393-0077, lostrivercave.com

April 26 WKU Jazz Band, Van Meter Auditorium, 7:30pm, free, wku.edu/music

April 26 BG Onstage presents Fairytale Fun Workshop, WKU Faculty House, 1-4pm, beginners workshop; kids 7-12, 270-282-6166, bgonstage.org

April 26-27 WKU Softball vs South Alabama, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

April 27 WKU Baseball vs. Arkansas-Little Rock, Nick Denes Field, 1pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

April 28-May 1 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. South Bend Silverhawks, BG Ballpark, Mon 7:05pm, Tues-Wed 10:35am, Thurs 7:05pm, 270-901-2121, bghotrods.com

April 28-May 3 17th Annual Southern Spring Tour with the Vintage Chevrolet Club of America, touring members drive their 1912-1954 Chevys across America, see the cruise-in on Fountain Square Park, 281-579-9834, vcca.org

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

May 10 March of Dimes Walk, Phil Moore Park, marchforbabies.org May 10 Second Saturdays Street Fair, Fountain Square Park, facebook.com/SecondSaturdaysBG

May 10 Hot Rides for Heroes, National Corvette Museum, https://www.facebook.com/events/226379737570941/?fref=ts

May 10 Folk School: Miniatures in Clay, Community Farmers Market of Bowling Green, communityfarmersmarketbg.com

May 10 South Union Shaker Village Lecture Series: A Behind the Scenes look at South Union's collections, South Union Shaker Village, shakermuseum.com

May 10 KY Foam Run, Skeleton's Lair Scream Park, 9am, kyfoamrun.com

May 10 The Addams Family, SKyPAC, theskypac.com

May 10 Stucky Music Festival, National Corvette Museum Amphitheater, facebook.com/StuckyMusicFestival

May 10-17 BB&T All-American Soap Box Derby Race Week, races Fri and Sat, Phil Moore Park, bgkiwanis.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.