October 20-26

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.

Bring the family for a fun morning of Halloween activities at the annual Museum Monster Mash on Saturday at the National Corvette Museum. This free event features arts and crafts, carnival games, Halloween tunes and a costume contest.

Collector cars will be parked outside under the Conference Center canopy, offering loads of goodies for kids at Trunk-or-Treat. There'll be hair spray paint, fingernail and face painting booths, plus pumpkin painting. For more information, please call 270-781-7973 or visit the website below.

Come out to the Bowling Green Ballpark on Sunday afternoon for the inaugural FUNNER-Ween event. The Halloween activities are free! Dress in your favorite costumes and bring your pets too, as there will be costume contests for both.

Kids will love the candy, pumpkin stencils, the zombie walk on the ball field and Axle's candy bag dash game. Bowling Green Hot Rods baseball merchandise specials will be available all afternoon. The ballpark concourse will be full of games, a prize wheel and face painters/balloon artists. Don't miss the Halloween cupcake eating contest. For more information, please call 270-901-2121 or check out the website below.

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

October 20 Faculty Jazz Quintet, Instrumental Rehearsal Hall at WKU, 7:30pm, free, 270-745-3751, wku.edu/music

October 20 Gingerbread Cookie Decorating, Gallery 916, 6:30-8:30pm, create a Halloween Cookie Bouquet with Tunde Dugansti, 270-843-5511, www.gallery916.net

October 21 BG OnStage presents: The Giver, adapted from Lois Lowry's book, Van Meter Hall, 6:30pm, 270-282-6166, bgonstage.org

October 21 6th Annual Golf Expo, South Lawn at WKU, 9am-3pm, skills challenges, contests, door prizes, 270-860-3709

October 21 Author Craig Johnson, Warren County Public Library Bob Kirby Branch, 6pm, free, 270-782-0252, warrenpl.org

October 22 Veteran Job Fair Extravaganza, Kentucky National Guard Armory, 9am-12pm, bring resumes and prepare for job interviews, 270-746-7265, focuscareer.ky.gov/career/

October 23 Smokey Joe's Café, SKyPAC, 7:30pm, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

October 23 Far Away Places Speaker Series: Two Scottish Countesses, Barnes & Noble, 7pm, free, 270-745-6121, wku.edu/library

October 24 English Inspiration, The Symphony at WKU, Van Meter Hall, 7:30pm, 270-745-3121, wku.showare.com

October 24 Student Recital, FAC Recital Hall at WKU, 11:30am, free, 270-745-3751, wku.edu/music

October 24-26 Skeleton's Lair Scream Park, $30/all 4 attractions: haunted woods, haunted hayride, 3D zone, doll museum, 270-622-8171, skeletonslair.com

October 24-26 ASA Girls fast pitch 6U-18U Softball tournament/Halloween Havoc, Buchanon Park, 270-683-9307, kyasa.org

October 25 O'Reilly Saturday Day Grudge Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 12-5pm, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

October 25 All Aboard Series: The History of Hospital Cars, Historic Railpark & Train Museum, 8:30am, free, 270-745-7317, historicrailpark.com

October 25 Girls' Day Out, Sloan Convention Center, free, 10am-4pm, food, fashion, free gifts, 270-791-4873, facebook.com/GDObyDanielle

October 25 OSCA Race, Beech Bend Raceway, $15 gate fee, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

October 25 Nats Halloween XXXI Disc Golf Tournament, Phil Moore Park and Hobson Grove courses, 270-996-2811, sokydiscgolf.org

October 25 Strut Your Mutt/Howl-O-Ween Parade, Fountain Square Park, 9am registration, 10am parade begins, dress up your pet, 270-782-1747

October 25 Trigger Hippy Concert, Capitol Arts Theatre, 8pm, tickets start at $20, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

October 25 Museum Monster Mash, National Corvette Museum, 10am-12pm, free, kid-friendly activities and trick or treating, 270-781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

October 25 Monster Dash 5K and 10K, NCM Motorsports Park, 6:30pm, run or walk, trick or treating for kids, eventful.com

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

October 25-26 Kick or Treat Classic Soccer Tournament, Lovers Lane Soccer Complex, 270-846-1010, sokysoccer.org

October 25-26 Geocaching Weekend, Barren River Lake State Resort Park, outdoor treasuring hunting game using a GPS device, chili dinner potluck on Saturday night, registration fees apply, 270-646-2151, parks.ky.gov

October 25-26 Kentucky High School Rodeo, WKU Ag Expo Center, activities daily and vendors, 270-498-7433, www.kyhsra.com

October 26 Senior Recital, FAC Recital Hall, 3pm, free, 270-745-3751, wku.edu/music

October 26 Funner-Ween, Bowling Green Ballpark, 2-4pm free, costume contests, zombie walk, candy bag dash, games, face painting, 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/

November 4 Lego Camp, National Corvette Museum, 270-467-8828, corvettemuseum.org

November 4 Remember, Remember, the 4th of November, FAC Recital Hall, 270-745-3751, wku.edu/music

November 6 Author Rick Bragg, Warren County Public Library Bob Kirby Branch, 270-782-0252, warrenpl.org

November 6-8 Vets 'n Vettes, National Corvette Museum, 270-781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

November 6-11 The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Russell H. Miller Theatre, wku.showare.com

November 6-23 Kentucky Stages presents: Laughter on the 23rd Floor, SKyPAC Carol Wedge Studio, 270-904-1880, kentuckystages.org

November 6 WKU Homecoming Concert, E.A. Diddle Arena, 1-800-5-BIGRED, ticketmaster.com

November 8 WKU Homecoming Football vs UTEP Houchens L.T. Smith Stadium, 1-800-5-BIG-RED, wkusports.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.