August 18-24

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.

Mellow Mushroom is celebrating its 40th birthday in a way out way! On Wednesday, August 20, the restaurant is throwing back prices to 1974 on select menu items. Small cheese pizzas will be $2.50, with some drinks under $1.

Dress in your grooviest clothes and come out for some live music, door prizes, a photo booth and more! The birthday bash begins Tuesday night with special 1974-themed Team Trivia and carries on into Wednesday from 11am to 11pm. For more information and exact pricing/restriction details, please call 270-393-1800 or visit the website below.

Orchestra Kentucky presents the second installment of its retro series this season with the legendary rock band Three Dog Night. The band registered 21 Top 40 hits, with three hitting number one, between 1969 and 1975.

Three Dog Night joins Orchestra Kentucky for an evening of their hits at SKyPAC on Saturday night at 7:30pm. Look forward to hits including Joy to the World, Mama Told Me Not to Come, One, Shambala, Eli's Coming, Never Been to Spain, An Old Fashioned Love Song, Out in the Country, Black and White, Celebrate, Family of Man, Easy to Be Hard and Liar. For ticket information and more details, please call 270-846-2426 or check out the website below.

Ongoing-August 29 Home in America, SKyPAC Main Gallery, Mon-Fri 11am-6pm, a tribute to the places where we begin in America, 270-904-5001, theskypac.com

Ongoing- August 30 Pickin' on the Patio, Boyce General Store, summertime concert series, free, 5:30-8pm, 270-842-1900, facebook.com/boycegeneralstore

Ongoing- Sept. 1 Skydome Sinkhole and "Great 8" Special Exhibit, National Corvette Museum, displays sinkhole and the recovered Corvettes from the sinkhole collapse on Feb. 12, 2014, photographs, international media coverage, 270-781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

August 18-20 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. Lake County Captains, BG Ballpark, 7:05pm, 270-901-2121, bghotrods.com

August 19 Beaver Tuesday Night Street Drags, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

August 20 Mellow Mushroom's Way Back 40 Birthday Celebration, 4-11pm, 1974 prices for small cheese pizzas and beer, 270-393-1880, www.mellowmushroom.com/bowling-green

August 20-2 Duck Duck Goose, Potter Children's Home Gymnasium, open daily 10am-8pm, dkdkgoose.com

August 21 Maryam and Marziyeh, authors of "Captive in Iran", Bob Kirby branch library, 6pm, free, 781-4882, warrenpl.org

August 21-23 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. Great Lakes Loons, BG Ballpark, 7:05pm, 270-901-2121, bghotrods.com

August 21-24 Sunburst Youth Theatre presents Pride and Prejudice, Phoenix Theatre, 270-781-6233, ptkbg.org

August 22 BB&T Concerts in the Park night series, Fountain Square Park 6-8:30pm, Circus Square Park 8-10:30pm, featuring The Swingtones and Bueler's Day Off, 270-782-0222, bgdowntowndistrict.com

August 22-23 Chaney's Ice Cream & a Moovie, Chaney's Dairy Barn, movie showing of "Planes" starts at dusk, free, no outside food or beverages, 270-843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com

August 23 Mud Happens, Phil Moore Park, 8am, registration $40, mudhappensfec.com

August 23 Three Dog Night, SKyPAC, 7:30pm, 270-846-2426, orchestrakentucky.com

August 23-24 KYASA 6U-18U End of Summer Bash, Buchanon Park, kyasa.org

August 27-28 Apple Festival, Jackson's Orchard, 270-781-5303, jacksonsorchard.com

August 28-30 NCM 20th Anniversary and Corvette Caravan, National Corvette Museum, 270-781-7973, corvettemuseum.org and http://corvettecaravan.com

August 29 WKU Football vs Bowling Green HOME OPENER, Houchens L.T. Smith Stadium, wkusports.com

August 29 Josh Turner as part of the Sounds of Independence Music Festival, SKyPAC, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

August 29 BB&T Concerts in the Park night series, featuring Wide Open Road and Skip Bond & the Fugitives, 270-782-0222, downtownbg.org

September 2 Songwriters Round 10, Gallery 916, 270-843-5511

September 4 Bluegrass Jams, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge, 270-792-3751 or 270-535-1139

September 4-7 U.S. Bank Balloons, Tunes & BBQ, Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport, featuring David Nail, balloonstunesbbq.com

September 5-7 Holley LS Fest, Beech Bend Raceway, lsfest.com

September 5-7 50th Annual Antique Show & Sale, Knights of Columbus Hall, 270-842-5991, bgantiqueshow.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. Our summertime seasonal hours are Mon.-Fri. 8am-5pm and Sat. 9am-3pm.