August 17-24

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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A brand NEW event is coming to South Union Shaker Village this weekend! Head out on Saturday to the South Union Appraisal Day, where accredited appraisers from Case Antiques Inc., Auctions & Appraisals of Knoxville and Nashville will provide verbal auction estimates. These are professional members of the Appraisers Association of America and the International Society of Appraisers.

Bring items that may be considered for evaluation, like paintings, sculpture, silver, pottery and porcelain, documents, maps and books, Asian antiques, Civil War items and other decorative and historic items. Furniture items and other large items may be evaluated using photographs if their size prohibits them from being brought in. Items believed to be Shaker in origin are especially welcome. For more information, please call 270-542-4167 or visit the website below.

Join Orchestra Kentucky for its latest retro series production this weekend at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center. Beginning Saturday evening at 7:30pm is the Blood, Sweat & Tears World Tour! Nominated for 10 Grammy Awards and winning three, enjoy an evening of hits, including "You've Made Me So Very Happy", "Spinning Wheel," "And When I Die," "Hi-De-Ho," and "Lucretia MacEvil."

For more information on this performance and other Orchestra Kentucky shows, please call 270-846-2426 or visit the website below.

Ongoing-Aug. 23 New Horizons at Pluto, WKU Hardin Planetarium, free, Tues/Thurs 7pm, Sun 2pm, 270-745-4044, wku.edu/hardinplanetarium

Ongoing-Sept. 13 Moonshine to Finish Line: The History of NASCAR exhibit, National Corvette Museum, 270-781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

August 17-21 RF/SM High Performance Driving Experience, NCM Motorsports Park, 800-538-3883, motorsportspark.org

August 18 Beaver Tuesday Night Street Drags, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com
August 18 Cruisin for a Cure Car Show, Bruster's Ice Cream parking lot, 5-8pm, free, 270-392-0981

August 18-20 Bowling Green Hot Rods baseball vs. Fort Wayne Tincaps, BG Ballpark, 270-901-2121, bghotrods.com

August 19-22 Duck Duck Goose Consignment Event, Potter Children's Home Gym, open daily 10am-8pm, dkdkgoose.com

August 20 5th Annual Heirloom Tomato Festival, The Foundry, 5-7pm, feat. 30 varieties, needmoreacres.com

August 20-22 Radicle Gathering, Edge Hill Farm, self-sustainability guide, 40 workshops, 12 bands, radiclegathering.com

August 21 BB&T Concert in the Park Music Series, Circus Square Park, feat. Bueler's Day Off, free, 7-10pm, 270-782-0222

August 21-22 Ice Cream & a Moovie, Chaney's Dairy Barn, Up, free hayrides 6-7pm, free, 270-843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com

August 21-23 KY ASA Girls Fast Pitch Softball Tournament, Buchanon Park, kyasa.org

August 22 Mud Happens: One Bad Mud Run, Phil Moore Park, register 7am, race 8am, 270-781-6714, mudhappensfec.com

August 22 South Union Shaker Village Appraisal Day, 10am-4pm, $10 per item appraised, accredited appraisers from Case Antiques, Inc. in Nashville and Knoxville, 270-542-4167, southunionshakervillage.com

August 22 O'Reilly Saturday Night Grudge Racing plus Super Gas, Beech Bend Raceway, 5pm, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

August 22 Pickin' on the Patio, Boyce General Store, 5:30-8pm, free, feat. Ashley Caudill, 270-842-1900, facebook.com/BoyceGeneralStore

August 22 BS&T Blood, Sweat & Tears World Tour, SKyPAC, 7:30pm, Orchestra Kentucky retro series, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

August 22 Pysanky Workshop, Kentucky Museum, 10am-2pm, $45/members, $40/non-members, 270-745-2594, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum

August 22-23 Sportbike Track Time, NCM Motorsports Park, 800-538-3883, motorsportspark.org

August 23 NHRA Drag Racing plus Super Gas, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

August 23 TRSCCA, NCM Motorsports Park, 800-538-3883, motorsportspark.org

August 23 Saxophone Recital, WKU Rehearsal Hall, 3pm, free, wku.edu/music

August 23 NHRA Drag Racing plus Super Gas, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

August 25 Free Admission, Mammoth Cave National Park, certain cave tours apply, 270-758-2192, http://www.nps.gov/maca/index.htm

August 26 Welcome Back WKU Festival, South Lawn WKU, 866-330-2422, bgchamber.com

August 28-30 KY ASA Hot August Nights Girls Fast Pitch Softball Tournament, Buchanon Park, kyasa.org

August 29 Farm to Table Candlelight Dinner, Jackson's Orchard, $50/person, one of the 2015 Parties of Note by the Symphony at WKU, 270-745-7681, thesymphonyatwku.org

September 3-5 NCM's 21st Anniversary celebration, National Corvette Museum, 270-781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

September 4 Sip-N-Paint, Ingen Art Gallery & Studio, ingenartgallery.com/art-classes

September 4-5 Ice Cream & a Moovie, Chaney's Dairy Barn, 270-843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com

September 5 LTX Shootout, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

September 5 Broom Making Demonstration, South Union Shaker Village, 270-542-4167, southunionshakervillage.com

September 5-7 Apple Fest, Jackson's Orchard, 270-781-5303, jacksonsorchard.com

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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.