October 13-19

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.

The Buick GS Grand Nationals will be hitting the historic track at Beech Bend Raceway this weekend at its 34th annual show. Bring the family out to the track for some of the greatest drag racing in the country, a car show, vendors and more.

General spectator admission is $20/day at the gate and includes the daily drag racing and car shows. Children ages 12 and under are free. For more information, visit the website below or call 270-781-7634.

Get ready to eat, drink and bid at the annual Spirits in the Depot, benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Kentucky at the Historic Railpark & Train Museum! For the past 13 years, this event has featured an extravaganza of local establishments in the highly-favored food and beverage show! Come out to savor the tasty samples from popular restaurants and beverage vendors.

While enjoying the delicious cuisines and beverages in the beautiful setting of the Historic Railpark & Train Museum, you can also dance to the live music of a popular local band. You will also definitely want to stop by the silent auction. For more information, please call 270-781-1180 or visit the website below.

Ongoing-Oct. 14 Kentucky Stages presents: A Streetcar Named Desire, SKyPAC, 270-904-1880, kentuckystages.org

Ongoing-Oct. 25 Pumpkin Festivals, Jackson's Orchard, Sat 8am-6pm, Sun 1-6pm, every weekend thru the end of October, 270-781-5303, jacksonsorchard.com

Ongoing- Oct. 31 "Germination" Exhibit, SKyPAC Main Gallery, sculpture by David Marquez, 270-904-5000, theskypac.com

Ongoing- Oct. 31 3rd Annual Scarecrow Trail, Lost River Cave, free, walk the Lost River Valley and see scarecrows built by the community lining the trails, 270-393-0077, lostrivercave.com

Ongoing- Nov. 1 Skeleton's Lair Scream Park, open every Friday-Saturday in October, ticket prices vary, four attractions: haunted woods, haunted hayride, 3D zone and doll factory, 270-622-8171, skeletonslair.com

Ongoing- Nov. 9 The "Great 8" Sinkhole Corvettes exhibit, National Corvette Museum, features the cars that fell victim to the sinkhole, 270-781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

October 13 Learn to Burn, Gallery 916, 6:30-8:30pm, workshop style class with Paul Buhrmester, 270-843-5511

October 13-14 Kenny Perry WKU Invitational, Club at Olde Stone, 1-800-5-BIGRED, wkusports.com

October 14-Nov. 25 Autumn Sky, WKU Hardin Planetarium, free, Tues/Thurs 7pm, Sun 2pm, 270-745-4044, wku.edu/hardinplanetarium

October 15 Don Williams, SKyPAC, 7:30pm, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

October 15 WKU Cultural Enhancement Series: BILL NYE, E.A. Diddle Arena, free, 7:30pm, 270-745-3121, wku.edu/go/ces

October 15 A Luncheon in Pink, La Gala, Breakfast at Tiffany's fashion show benefitting Tomorrow's Woman breast cancer survivors, $40/ticket

October 15 Steps for Samuel, Kereiakes Park Shelter 1, 6-8pm, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Event, 270-535-0645, tinyurl.com/stepsforsam

October 15-18 34th Annual Buick GS Nationals, Beech Bend Raceway, gsnationals.com

October 16 Olde Stone Fall Festival: Fashion, Frills and Food, 11am-5pm, Club at Olde Stone Village Hall, free, hourly door prizes, refreshments, music by Red Towel Entertainment, wine and cheese party 4-5pm, vendors, 270-393-4653

October 16 A Night Market, Community Farmers Market, 5-9pm, food trucks, artists, wine tasting, live music, folk school, communityfarmersmarketbg.com

October 16 Ron White, SKyPAC, 7:30pm, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

October 16-26 Public Theatre of Kentucky presents: Arsenic and Old Lace, Phoenix Theatre, 270-781-6233, ptkbg.org

October 17 TN Drifting, Beech Bend Raceway, 8am-4pm, 270-781-7634, www.beechbend.com

October 17 Bowling Green Gallery Hop, art galleries around town, 5-9pm, facebook.com/BGgalleryHop

October 17-18 Skeleton's Lair Scream Park, FEATURING TONY MORAN THIS WEEKEND, open every Friday-Saturday in October through November 1, ticket prices vary, $30/all four attractions: haunted woods, haunted hayride, 3D zone and doll museum, 270-622-8171, skeletonslair.com

October 17-19 WKU Theatre & Dance Children's Theatre: The Enchanted Attic, Gordon Wilson Lab Theatre, Fri 4pm, Sat/Sun 3pm, $5, 270-745-3121, wku.showare.com

October 18 Great American Campout, Lost River Cave, spend the night in the valley with camping games and activities, registration required, 270-393-0077, lostrivercave.com

October 18 Faculty Viola Recital, FAC Recital Hall, 7:30pm, free, 270-745-3751, wku.edu/music

October 18 Spirits at the Depot, Historic Railpark & Train Museum, 6-9pm, $50/ticket, benefit for Big Brothers Big Sisters, food and beverages, silent auction, live music, 270-781-1180, bbbsky.com

October 18 Spookout Weekend, Barren River Lake State Resort Park, costume contest, treat or treating, pumpkin roll contest, 270-646-2151, parks.ky.gov

October 18 Medical Center 10K Classic, WKU campus, activities begin 7:45am, includes fun walk,5K, 10K, children's classic and more, www.themedicalcenter10kclassic.com

October 18 Hilltopper Hysteria, E.A. Diddle Arena, free admission and parking, 6-8pm, top off event for the WKU basketball season, meet the players, watch scrimmages, free items, 1-800-5-BIGRED, WKUSPORTS.COM

October 18 KYASA 6U-18U Fall Brawl, Buchanon Park, kyasa.org

October 18 O'Reilly Saturday Day Grudge Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 12-5pm, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

October 18 Southern Kentucky Team Penning Association Show, WKU Ag Expo Center, 8am, www.sktpa.weebly.com

October 19 NHRA Drag Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 10am, plus Super Pro King of the Track finals, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

October 19 Riverview at Hobson Grove Fall Lecture Series, 2pm, free, Victorian Unmentionables, featuring Sandy Staeball of the Kentucky Museum, 270-843-5565, Riverview at Hobson Grove on Facebook

October 19 Riverview at Hobson Grove Fall Lecture Series, 270-843-5565, Riverview at Hobson Grove on Facebook

October 23 Smokey Joe's Café, SKyPAC, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

October 25 O'Reilly Saturday Day Grudge Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

October 25 Girls Day Out, Sloan Convention Center, free, 270-791-4873, facebook.com/GDObyDanielle

October 25 OSCA Race, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

October 25 Strut Your Mutt/Howl-O-Ween Parade, Fountain Square Park, 270-782-1747

October 25 Museum Monster Mash, National Corvette Museum, 270-781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

October 25 WKU Football vs Old Dominion, Houchens L.T. Smith Stadium, 1-800-5-BIG-RED, wkusports.com

October 26 Funner-Ween, Bowling Green Ballpark, 270-901-2121, bghotrods.com

October 27 Halloween Watch and Paint, Gallery 916, 270-843-5511

October 27 A Halloween Spooktacular, Orchestra Kentucky, 270-846-2426, orchestrakentucky.com

October 31 Scare on the Square, Fountain Square Park, 270-782-1747

November 1 7th Annual Fall Classic Swap Meet & Flea Market, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

November 1 Light Up the Night, LD Brown Ag Center, 270-782-3402, hospicesoky.org

November 1 Inaugural Tower Climb, Pearce Ford Tower on WKU's campus, 270-745-4395

November 1 Checkered Flag Chase 5K, NCM Motorsports Park, checkeredflagchase.com

November 1 A Shaker Breakfast, South Union Shaker Village, $22/members, $25/non-members, seatings at 8:30am and 10:30am, a Civil War-era Shaker breakfast, 270-542-4167, shakermuseum.com

November 2 bg26.2 and Half Marathon Race, http://bg262.traxrunning.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.