February 16-22

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.

WKU is hosting the International Fly Fishing Film Festival this Saturday at Downing Student Union. See some of the world's greatest fly fishing videos and enter in silent auctions for high quality outdoor recreation giveaways, including fishing items from Cabela's, Fly South, the Lexington Angler, Temple Fork Outfitters, Canoe Kentucky and more!

The doors open at 6pm with the film screenings starting at 7pm. Tickets can be purchased online for $10 through February 20, but will be $15 at the front door. Proceeds benefit the WKU Recreation Administration program. For more information, a schedule and a complete list of giveaway and silent auction items, please call 270-745-2498 or visit the website below.

One of the area's favorite festivals returns on Sunday at the Sloan Convention Center. The Hospice Chocolate Festival runs from 2 to 5pm! With more than 30 food vendors offering sweet treats, a kids candy store and activities, art and craft vendors, there's plenty to see!

Tickets are $14, $6 for children ages 6-12, and kids ages 5 and under are free. Returning again is the VIP experience, where participants get inside the festival one hour early and receive an event t-shirt for $28. Ticket sales are limited! For more information, please call 270-782-3402 or see the website below.

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

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 17 -April 2 Exploring Space/Engineering for Space, Hardin Planetarium, free, Tues/Thurs 7pm, Sun 2pm, 270-745-4044, wku.edu/hardinplanetarium

February 18-21 Duck Duck Goose Children's Consignment Event, Potter Children's Home Gym, 400 consignors, 10am-8pm, dkdkgoose.com

February 19 Architecture by Moonlight: Rebuilding Haiti, Redrafting a Life, presented by WKU Libraries, Barnes & Noble, 7pm, free, wku.edu/libraries

February 19 Author Pat Fitzhugh, Warren County Public Library Bob Kirby Branch, 6pm, free, discussing "The Bell Witch," 270-782-0252, warrenpl.org

February 19 WKU Women's Basketball vs UAB, E.A. Diddle Arena, 7pm, 1-800-5-BIGRED, wkusports.com

February 20 Faraway Flix WKU Libraries Series: Un Hirondelle A Fait Le Printemps, WKU Faculty House, 6:30pm, free, wku.edu/libraries

February 20 I Love Lucy Live on Stage, SKyPAC, 7:30pm, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

February 21 WKU Women's Basketball vs Middle Tennessee, E.A. Diddle Arena, 2pm, 1-800-5-BIGRED, wkusports.com

February 21 Carving Whimsies workshop with Chris Radus, Kentucky Museum, registration required, 270-745-2592, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum

February 21 International Fly Fishing Film Festival, WKU Downing Student Union, doors open 6pm, event begins 7pm, $15/ticket at the door, auction ad giveaway items, free parking, proceeds benefit WKU Recreation Administration Program, www.flyfilmfest.com

February 21 Sundy Best Salvation City Tour, Capitol Arts Theater, 8pm, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

February 21 Kentucky 4-H Livestock Skill-A-Thon, WKU Ag Expo Center, 8am-6pm, 270-365-7541, afs4hyouth.ca.uky.edu

February 22 Hospice Chocolate Festival, Sloan Convention Center, 2-5pm, $14/adults, $6/kids ages 6-12, VIP tickets $28, free games for kids, live music, silent auction, celebrity cookie eating contest, 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

March 5-8 Fame, Jr., Capitol Arts Theatre, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

March 6 Terry Fator, SKyPAC, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

March 6-8 Builders Association of South Central Kentucky Home Expo, Sloan Convention Center, 270-781-3375, bascky.com

March 6-8 SOKY Book Fest Used Book Sale, Warren County Public Library Bob Kirby Branch, wku.edu/libraries

March 7 WKU Women's Basketball vs Old Dominion, E.A. Diddle Arena, 1-800-5-BIGRED, wkusports.com

March 7 Southern Kentucky Team Penning Association Show, WKU Ag Expo Center, 270-287-1007, sktpa.weebly.com

March 7 Test & Tune Drags, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

March 7 10th Annual Penguin Plunge, Sloan Convention Center, 270-782-0280, jaforkids.com

March 7 Broom Making Demonstration, South Union Shaker Village, 270-542-4167, southunionshakervillage.com

March 7 L&N Railroad Luncheon, South Union Shaker Village, 270-542-4167, southunionshakervillage.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.