March 16-22

Gear up for fun! Welcome to our "What's Happening" email, where we share details about events going on this week in and around our own Hot Rod City, USA.

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Returning this year are the annual events for the BG Gallery Hop across downtown! The galleries, museums and studio centers from around the city have gathered for the annual Bowling Green Gallery Hop, opening their doors for the public to tantalize their creative senses with great original art. Take this opportunity to observe, ask questions and enjoy getting acquainted with area artists and our city's gallery locations.

More than a dozen venues are on the 2015 Gallery Hop, some of which are Art Matters, B & J Gallery, Candle Makers on the Square, Gallery 916, Ingen Art Gallery, Kentucky Museum, The Pots Place Co-op and several more! The Gallery Hop takes place five times per year. Please check out the website below for more information and gallery hop locations.

IdeaFestival Bowling Green 2015 will be Friday in the Downing Student Union auditorium at WKU and explore the theme of "Ideas, Innovation, Invention." Returning to Bowling Green for a second year, the IdeaFestival welcomes speakers throughout the day to provide inspiration for our own creativity. You can attend IFBG 2015 for free! Sign up now

Speakers include keynoter John All from the WKU Geography Department (pictured on the left), who will tell of his journey falling down a crevasse in the Himalaya, along with other speakers like Mitch Wright, the general manager of the NCM Motorsports Park, Dave Tatman, Associate Vice President for Advanced Manufacturing at WKU, and other representatives from the area buy local movement, branding experts and more! For a complete list of speakers and the IdeaFestival schedule, please visit the website below.

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 4 US Bank Celebration of the Arts Show, Kentucky Museum, Mon-Sat 9am-4pm, Sun 1-4pm, 270-745-2592, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum

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

March 19 Still Running: The Autobiography of Kentucky's Nate Northington, The First African American Football Player in the Southeastern Conference, Barnes & Noble, 7pm, free, wku.edu/libraries

March 19-21 After Hours: The Last Five Years, Phoenix Theatre, 270-781-6233, ptkbg.org

March 19-21 BPA Baseball Tournament, Ephram White Park, warrencountygov.com/departments/Parks-Recreation

March 19-21 KY ASA Baseball Tournament, Buchanon Park, warrencountygov.com/departments/Parks-Recreation

March 20 BG Gallery Hop, art galleries around downtown, 5-9pm, free, facebook.com/BGgalleryhop

March 20 IdeaFestival Bowling Green, Downing Student Union, "Ideas, Innovation, Invention," ideafestivalbg.com

March 20 WKU Faraway Flix Series presented by WKU Libraries: Unclee Boonmee Who Can Recall his Past Lives, WKU Faculty House, 6:30pm, wku.edu/libraries

March 20-22 Evolution Performance Driving Schools, NCM Motorsports Park, Autocross Pad, 800-538-3883, motorsportspark.org

March 20-22 QuickFuel Tenn-Tuck Bracket Bash-Big Bucks & Little Bucks Race, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

March 20-22 Xtreme Xperience, NCM Motorsports Park, West Track, 800-538-3883, motorsportspark.org

March 21 Junior Naturalist Program, Lost River Cave, 10am-12pm, discover connections in nature, 270-393-0077, lostrivercave.com

March 21 Sokomics Expo, Carroll Knicely Conference Center, 11am-7:30pm, comics, art, pop culture, $15/adults, kods 10&under free, $25/VIP package and early admission, sokomicsexpo.com

March 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

March 21 Quilters Day Out, Cavalry Baptist Church, 9am-3pm, $1/ticket or $5/6 tickets, free demos, door prizes, quilt displays, vendors, country store items for sale, lunch, 270-842-5554

March 21 CSA Fair, Community Farmers Market, 8am-1pm, cooking demos, specials, giveaways, communityfarmersmarketbg.com

March 21-22 4th Annual BPA Shake the Rust Tournament, Ephram White Park, playbpa.com

March 22 Riverview after the Civil War talk, Riverview at Hobson Grove, 2pm, featuring Dr. Michael Trapasso, free, 270-843-5565, bgky.org/riverview

March 21 Quilters Day Out, Cavalry Baptist Church, 270-842-5554

March 22 Riverview after the Civil War, Riverview at Hobson Grove, 270-843-5565, bgky.org/riverview

March 23 NCM Open Track Day, NCM Motorsports Park, 800-538-3883, motorsportspark.org

March 26 Spring Open House, Riverview at Hobson Grove, 270-843-5565, bgky.org/riverview

March 27 Comedian Brian Regan, SKyPAC, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

March 27-29 The Marriage of Figaro, Van Meter Hall, 270-745-3121, wku.showare.com

March 28 Hilltopp Music Fest, National Corvette Museum Amphitheater, 270-901-8016, HillTopp Music Fest on FB

March 28 Lost River Music Fest, featuring ZZ Top, Kentucky Headhunters and Black Stone Cherry, Bowling Green Ballpark, lostrivermusicfest.com

March 29 NHRA Drag Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

April 4 Broom Making Demonstration, South Union Shaker Village, 270-542-4167, southunionshakervillage.com

April 4 Brunch with the Bunny, Historic Railpark & Train Museum, 270-745-7317, historicrailpark.org

GIVEAWAY HINT #2: Do you have "adventures in good baking?"

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.