February 9-15

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.

Celebrate Valentine's Day with Orchestra Kentucky and five-time Grammy-award winner, B.J. Thomas, playing some of country/pops greatest hits: Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song, Hooked on a Feeling, I Just Can't Help Believing, Rock and Roll Lullaby and Don't Worry Baby.

The B.J. Thomas performance is part of the Orchestra Kentucky retro series. Tickets start at $15. For more information, please call 270-904-1880 or visit the website below.

The Symphony Soirée is the signature annual fundraising event for The Symphony at WKU. The 2015 Symphony Soirée, Love Notes Encore! returns to the Augenstein Alumni Center on Saturday night at 6pm. The black-tie optional seated dinner and dance will feature music from the band, ACT IV Music, from Nashville.

Enjoy a silent auction and sampling of the annual "Parties of Note." Celebrating an "Around The World" theme this year, plans are being made for a Caribbean Dinner with the WKU Steel Drum band, a Candlelight dinner on the grounds of Jackson's Orchard and much more! Tickets are $75/person for general admission. For more information, please call 270-846-2426 or check out the website below.

Ongoing-Feb. 14 Mardi Gras King Cakes!, by pre-order only at Tea Bayou, Will you get the baby this year?, 270-904-3889, teabayou.com

Ongoing-Feb. 15 Mainstage Theatre presents: Days of Wine and Roses, Phoenix Theatre, 270-781-6233, ptkbg.org

Ongoing-Feb. 15 "When the Universe was Young" Planetarium Show, WKU Hardin Planetarium, free, Tues/Thurs 7pm, Sun 2pm, 270-745-4044, wku.edu/hardinplanetarium

Ongoing-March 31 Old Fashioned Sock Monkey Making Classes, Spongie Acres Bed & Breakfast, 6:30-8:30pm, weekly classes, 270-535-3368, spongieacresbedandbreakfast.com

Ongoing-April 12 Side by Side Art Exhibit, Kentucky Museum, Mon-Sat 9am-4pm, Sun 1-4pm, 270-745-2592, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum

Ongoing-May 10 Comets, Asteroids and Meteors: Great Balls of Fire, National Corvette Museum exhibit, 270-781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

February 10 WKU Cultural Enhancement Series: Mummenschanz, Van Meter Hall, free, 7:30pm, 270-745-3121, wku.edu/go/ces

February 11 Teafusion February workshop, Tea Bayou, 5pm, $10, registration required, hot toddies, learn which shots of liquor take your pot from teetotaler to tea, totally, 270-904-3889, teabayou.com

February 11-17 Mardi Gras Week specials, Tea Bayou, a new special every day until Fat Tuesday, gift card drawings daily, hurricans and Abita beer specials, 270-904-3889, teabayou.com

February 12 Every Leaf a Mirror: A Jim Wayne Miller Reader, Barnes & Noble, presented by WKU Libraries, 7pm, free, wku.edu/libraries

February 13 15th Annual Game Day and Card Party, Eloise B. Houchens Center, 9am, $15/person, includes snacks, hot lunch and table prizes, 270-842-6761

February 13 Big To-Do Fest Pre-Party, Tidball's, giveaways, jam session, announcing date of this year's festival, facebook.com/bigtodofest

February 13-14 Romance at the Railpark, Historic Railpark & Train Museum, elegant dinner on the Duncan Hines Dining Car, $99/couple, choice of ribeye or champagne chicken, reservations needed, 270-745-7317, historicrailpark.com

February 13-15 Lone Star Championship Rodeo, WKU Ag Expo Center, lonestarrodeocompany.com

February 13-15 The Dance Project, WKU Gordon Wilson Lab Theatre, presented by WKu Dept. of Theatre & Dance, $6, 270-745-3121, wku.showare.com

February 13-15 Honeymooner's Weekend, Barren River Lake State Park, karaoke, Not So Newlywed Game, music from DJ Scooter Davis, lodging packages available, 1-800-325-0057, http://parks.ky.gov/parks/resortparks/barren-river/

February 14 Bayou Valentine, Tea Bayou, 5-9pm, by reservation only, $29.95 Prix Fixe Menu, 1 appetizer, 2 entrees, 1 dessert, add a bottle of wine for $25, 270-904-3889, teabayou.com

February 14 WKU Women's Basketball vs Marshall, E.A. Diddle Arena, 1pm, 1-800-5-BIGRED, wkusports.com

February 14 B.J. Thomas, SKyPAC, 7:30pm, Orchestra Kentucky retro series, 270-846-2426, orchestrakentucky.com

February 14 Cupid's Chase 5K, Kereiakes Park, 10am, registration before Feb. 13 $30, race day registration $50, comop.org/cupidschase

February 14 2015 Symphony Soiree: Love Notes Encore!, Augenstein Alumni Center, 6pm, black tie optional seated dinner and live music, silent auction, bgwso.org

February 14 Carriage Love Rides, Rockn B Horse Farm, 3-8pm, options for private and semi private rides, extras include chocolates, flowers, photography, prices vary, 270-792-3838, rocknbhorsecarriage@gmail.com

February 14-16 Free Admission, Mammoth Cave National Park, certain cave tours apply, 270-758-2192, http://www.nps.gov/maca/index.htm

February 15 Bridal Fest Wedding Expo, Sloan Convention Center, 12-4pm, bridalfestbg.com

February 17-April 2 Exploring Space/Engineering for Space, Hardin Planetarium, 270-745-4044, wku.edu/hardinplanetarium

February 19 Author Pat Fitzhugh, Warren County Public Library Bob Kirby Branch, 270-782-0252, warrenpl.org

February 20 I Love Lucy Live on Stage, SKyPAC, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

February 21 International Fly Fishing Film Festival, WKU Downing Student Union, www.flyfilmfest.com

February 21 Sundy Best Salvation City Tour, Capitol Arts Theatre, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

February 21 Kentucky 4-H Livestock Skill-A-Thon, WKU Ag Expo Center, 270-365-7541, afs4hyouth.ca.uky.edu

February 22 Hospice Chocolate Festival, Sloan Convention Center, 270-782-3402, hospicesoky.org

February 23 The Music of Elmer Bernstein, SKyPAC, 270-846-2426, orchestrakentucky.com

February 24 Who Me, Yes, You: Sketches on Social Responsibility, BG Onstage, Van Meter Hall, bgonstage.org

February 27 Classical Masterworks, Van Meter Hall, 270-745-3121, wku.showare.com

February 28 Beauty and the Beast, SKyPAC, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

February 28 WKU Block & Bridle Winter Classic, WKU Ag Expo Center, wku.edu/expo

February 28- April 4 US Bank Celebration of the Arts Show, Kentucky Museum, 270-745-2592, wku.edu/kentukcymuseum

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.