Art

The Capitol Arts Alliance is featuring the artwork of Jennifer and Jesse Ray Sims in the classroom of the Health & Wellness Center at Greenwood Mall through September.

Capitol Arts Alliance’s exhibit at the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce for August includes Kim and Marlee Jones, paintings, weavings and mixed media; Brody Vincent and Sarah Gutwirth, paintings, in the Houchens Gallery; Brenda Brown, paintings and mixed media, in the Mezzanine Gallery, through Aug. 22. Jennifer and Jesse Ray Sims’ artworks are at the Health & Wellness Center, Greenwood Mall through September.

Campus

The Kentucky Museum galleries and The Museum Store are open from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. For more information, contact Earlene Chelf at 745-5263 or by e-mail at earlene.chelf@wku.edu or go to www.wku.edu/Library/kylm.

Exhibits at the Kentucky Building include: Robert Penn Warren: American Author (closes Aug. 30); Big Red: The All-American Mascot Turns 25; from the Kentucky Room: Art from the Kentucky Museum’s Collection; Felts Log House; Growing Up Victorian: A Kentucky Childhood; Roads, Rails and Rivers: Warren County Then and Now; and Hascal Haile: Guitar-maker to the Stars. For more information, call 745-2592.

Clubs

Jerry’s Lounge will have karaoke each Tuesday and Thursday. There is no cover charge.

The Deuce, 302 Morgantown Road, has country music from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. every Friday and Saturday.

The Brewing Company, 423 Park Row, has live music from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday through Saturday.

Good Tymes 2, 1607 U.S. 31-W By-Pass, has top 40 hits from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. every Wednesday through Saturday.

Spillway Bar and Grill, 2195 Old Louisville Road, will have karaoke from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. every Thursday with Rick Dunn.

Theater

Pine Knob Theatre will open “Daddy Took The T-Bird Away” Saturday. The show features music from the ’50s and ’60s, dancing and vintage cars. The show runs Saturdays through September at 8 p.m. Friday is the last day for “The Countdowns’ Rock ‘n’ Roll Show” to begin at 7 p.m. Tickets for both are $10 each. A ’50s-style diner is open before the shows. The Stinson Craft Shop is also open before the show and offers handcrafted items. Pine Knob Theatre is in Pine Knob in Grayson County, 35 miles north of Bowling Green. For more information, call Honus Shain at (270) 879-8190.

Odds, Ends

Bowling Green Public Library has a new calendar of activities listed for the next two months. Events range from making zoo puppets and other crafts to eating ice cream. For more information about events or library hours, go to www.bgpl.org.

Several events beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday will benefit the family of Austin Pellet, a 5-year-old boy awaiting a liver transplant. Events include games, a car show, an auction, food, music and more and will be at Better Built Garages, 2735 Russellville Road. For donations, auction items or more information, call 842-2918

Vette City Lions Club rib-eye steak sandwich sale fund-raiser will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Houchens Market No. 34. For more information, call Lyndell Graven at 843-1556 or 991-7554.

The Browning Volunteer Fire Department annual fair and auction will be at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Browning Fire Department, 3800 Browning Road. Activities include an auction, games, cake walk and drawing for a portable DVD player with a 7-inch monitor. All proceeds benefit the department. To donate a cake or other items for the auction, contact Douglas Cline for more information at 202-2159.

Friday is ice cream and “moovie night” at Chaney’s Dairy Barn, beginning at dusk. For more information, call 781-7634.

Tickets are still available for the Aug. 12 Willie Nelson concert at E.A. Diddle Arena. For ticket information, call 745-5222 or go to www.wkusports.

com.

The Woodburn Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual ice cream supper Aug. 13 at the Woodburn Ballpark. Activities will begin at 6 p.m. and include games, food, ice cream from Chaney’s Dairy Barn, music from Blue Highway Band, prize drawings (including a Gatlinburg getaway), cakewalk and an auction. Auction items include three club-level tickets and a parking pass for the Tennessee Titans’ home opener Sept. 18 against Baltimore. Proceeds will help support emergency services in the Woodburn district. For more information, or to donate a cake or auction item, call the station at 529-2301 and leave a message.

The Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra will kick off Beatlemadness5 week with a dinner/dance Beatles party, Here Comes the Sun, on Saturday at the Designer Show House in Fountain Trace Estates. Tickets for the party are $50 per person, which includes a tour of the Designer Show House, and may be purchased through the BGCO at 846-2426. Beatlemadness5 concerts will be Aug. 11 through 13. This will be the fifth year that local musicians play the music of the Fab Four.

Get Down in the Valley at Lost River Cave will be from 6 p.m. to midnight Aug. 13. The event, to benefit the cave, will feature Doc Livingston’s Swing Band and Skip Bond and the Fugitives. Food and beverages will be available for purchase and there will be free boat tours. Tickets are $15 in advance from the cave, Monticello Bank and Thompson’s Trophy Center and $20 at the door. For more information, call 393-0077.

The American Red Cross has blood drives scheduled: from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at the office, 430 Center St.; from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Christ Episcopal Church and from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Scottsville at Mennonite Community Harmony Church on Ky. 1332; from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at First Assembly of God Bowling Green; and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Greenview Regional Hospital.

Court Appointed Special Advocates will have a “Fire and Ice” indoor picnic Aug. 11 at First Christian Church from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will feature ice cream and spicy barbecue. Food will be available for $5 and there will be a silent auction and music from One Accord. Proceeds will benefit the CASA program.

Bowling Green League of Bicyclists, Greenways Commission and Operation P.R.I.D.E. are continuing the neighborhood bike rides the third Saturday of each month. Cyclists are asked to meet at 9 a.m. Aug. 20 at T.C. Cherry Elementary School. Helmets are required for the ride. For more information, call 745-0090.

The Giles County Society will have “Kentuckians Reading Kentuckians” at the Giles House near Knifley on Aug. 13. Writers may read for up to 12 minutes of their own work or that of another Kentucky writer. Non-writers also may read the works of others and writers are welcome to bring along copies of books to sell. Registration to read for the event, which is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., closes Monday. To register, call Jan Sparkman at (606) 878-6527 or 224-3676 or e-mail her at janzepub@altel.net. Hot dogs and soft drinks will be available for purchase or participants may bring a picnic.

UAW Local 2164 will host Joe Hemphrey, Kentucky state service officer for Kentucky’s Veterans of Foreign Wars, every third Tuesday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the hall at 712 Plum Springs Loop. He will be available to discuss such things as vision care, speeding up the claims process and registering for care at the VA clinic.

Bowling Green Parks and Recreation will offer adult and youth tennis lessons at Kereiakes Park through July. The sessions are Monday through Thursday for two weeks. Youth lessons are offered 7:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m., or 5:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Adult lessons are 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The cost of participating is $45 if the department provides a racket, or $40 if you bring your own. For more information, call 393-3249.

Bowling Green Parks and Recreation is accepting registration for the fall preschool program for 3- and 4-year-olds. For class times and fees, call 393-3249.

The Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs will have a representative in Warren County the second Tuesday of each month. Information about benefits will be available. For more information, call 885-9622 or (800) 928-9622.