Art

VSA arts of Kentucky holiday sale runs through Dec. 23. The gallery is at 515 E. 10th Ave.

Shelley Owens’ photography is showing at the Cancer Center at The Medical Center through Dec. 15.

The work of Bowling Green native Granville Mitchell is on display through Nov. 30 at the Warren County Public Library Bob Kirby Branch at 175 Iron Skillet Court. Mitchell is a self-taught artist who works as a ticket agent at the Greyhound Bus Terminal.

The 2009 All Kentucky Juried Exhibition will be Friday through Jan. 4 at the Capitol Arts Center.

The Presbyterian Church Gallery is showcasing artworks by church members and others affiliated with the church through Saturday. The exhibit, “Celebrating Our Gifts,” features a variety of paintings, works on paper and mixed media. This exhibit is the second of two church-affiliated exhibits for 2009. The exhibit may be seen from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The public is invited to the reception and to the gallery during viewing hours.

“Salade Nicoise: Paintings By Marsha Heidbrink” is on display through Nov. 30 at The Medical Center’s Health & Wellness Center in Greenwood Mall. Regular hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday.

Kim Soule’s paintings and Bill VanTassel’s glass continue on display at Memphis Marsha’s Art Gallery, 524 E. 12th Ave. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. For more information, visit www.memphis

marshas.com.

The watercolor work of Kim Skipper will be featured at the Warren County Public Library Main Branch, 1225 State St. Thelma Green will exhibit her art at the Bob Kirby Branch at 175 Iron Skillet Court. Both exhibits run Dec. 2-30.

“Side by Side Statewide” is an exhibition of artistic collaborations from Bowling Green, Louisville, Lexington, Somerset and Murray that all participated in the Side By Side Visual Arts Program offered by VSA arts of Kentucky. The exhibition will be at the Kentucky Library and Museum through Dec. 6. The artwork was created by students with disabilities and professional artists working side by side.

Campus

Western Kentucky University’s Hardin Planetarium continues its Star of Bethlehem presentation. The annual show displays the Bethlehem sky around the time Christ was born, and discusses several astronomical possibilities for the Christmas star. Show times will be at 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 10. It is closed for Thanksgiving. Doors open 30 minutes before the program and no one is admitted once it starts.

Western Kentucky University’s Department of Art opened its 2009 Student Juried Exhibition, on display through Friday in the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center Gallery, which is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Many pieces are for sale.

Exhibits at the Kentucky Building: “Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society Annual Show,” “Portrait of a Town: Cave City, Kentucky,” “A Star in Each Flag: Conflict in Kentucky,” “Recommended by Duncan Hines,” “Western 100,” “Roads, Rails and Rivers,” “Hascal Haile: Guitarmaker to the Stars” and “Taking the Mystery out of Prehistory.” For more information, call the Kentucky Building at 745-2592.

Clubs

The Factory at Cave City will feature the Moon Woods Band from 8 p.m. to midnight on the first Saturday of each month. The facility is on U.S. 31-W, just north of the Ky. 90 intersection across from Dollar General Store.

Saturday Night Karaoke with Wayne Hallet will be from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. each Saturday at Burgers on the Square in Franklin. The smoke-free facility is for the entire family, with the bar for adults only after 9 p.m. For more information, go to www.burgers

onthesquare.com.

Ricky Beavers has karaoke Friday nights at the Brown Jug, U.S. 31-W By-Pass in Bowling Green, beginning at 8 p.m., and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays at Flealand in Bowling Green.

Miss Kitty’s, 3315 Louisville Road, has live bands beginning at 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; Wednesdays feature karaoke and Thursdays feature acoustic music, nightly specials and pool tables. There is no cover charge. For more information, call 782-7777. Miss Kitty’s also offers a safe ride home program.

Betty’s Bar has karaoke with T. Roy on Wednesday and karaoke each 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.

Music

Western Kentucky University’s Steelband will have a concert at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1 in the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center Recital Hall. Admission is $4. On Dec. 2, there will be a free trombone studio in the recital hall beginning at 7:30 p.m. WKU’s Choral Winterfest is at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 at Eastwood Baptist Church. Tickets are $10, $8 and $5. For more information, call 745-3751.

Country singer Chris Young will be in concert Dec. 11 at Western Kentucky University’s L.D. Brown Agricultural Exposition Center. Doors will open at 6 p.m. with the concert at 7:30 p.m. Opening acts will be Josh Thompson and Bowling Green’s own Easy Street. Tickets are $25 plus a $3 service fee per ticket and are on sale at the ag center daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. To order by phone, call 745-2578.

Touch, from Dayton, Ohio, will be in concert from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Nov. 27 at the National Corvette Museum. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Tickets can be obtained by calling 784-2907, 563-3758 or 782-8906.

Barren River Lake State Resort Park will have an open mic jam session the first Tuesday of each month. All musicians are invited to participate in the Tuesday Tunes Jam Sessions from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. inside the Louie B. Nunn Lodge and The Driftwood Restaurant. Dinner hours are 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Calvin Ray’s Live Music & Restaurant in Leitchfield features live music with Calvin Ray and The Blue Moon Highway Band from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. each Saturday. For more information, call (502) 538-2893.

Dumplin’s Diner in Adairville has a karaoke contest each Saturday night. Entry fee is $5 and first prize gets $100. For more information, call (270) 539-5413.

Lucio, along with The Rose Band, performs at Main St. Music in Morgantown from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays. Simply Country Band performs from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays at Main St. The facility is behind McDonald’s.

Karaoke is at Southern Lanes every Friday and Saturday night from 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. There is no cover charge.

Odds & Ends

Bowling Green’s Downtown Lights Up will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 3 at Fountain Square Park. Sponsored by Standing Stone Ministries, the event will include live entertainment, lighting of the trees, free carriage rides and free hot chocolate, cider and cookies with merchants. For more information, call 746-2988.

Volunteers are needed for Landmark Association’s Christmas Tour of Homes on Dec. 5. Two-hour shifts from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. are available. Contact Laura Harper Lee to volunteer at laura.harper.lee

@wku.edu or at 781-0935.

Retired Brig. Gen. Dan Cherry will speak at the Warren County Public Library, 1225 State St., at 6 p.m. Dec. 1. Cherry will discuss his book “My Enemy … My Friend.” Cherry is president of Aviation Heritage Park, an educational facility in Bowling Green dedicated to inspiring the youth of today by exhibiting aviation artifacts that represent the careers of distinguished aviators from southcentral Kentucky. This event is free and open to the public.

The Salvation Army will hold a yard sale Saturday to help support young adult activities. There will be children and adult clothing of all sizes, toys, home decor and more at 400 W. Main Ave., in the parking lot in front of the Thrift Store. Call 843-3485 with any questions or to make donations.

Santa’s Secret Hands Festival will be Saturday at Brownsville Community Center. The event helps raise money to provide gifts and food for the community’s neediest families during the holidays. There is a cornhole tournament at noon and a talent contest following a 3 p.m. auction.

Mammoth Cave District of the Boy Scouts of America will have a Fall Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the National Guard Armory in Glasgow. There will be camping and scouting exhibits, games, concessions and activities for the whole family. Volunteers also will be able to sign up boys for scouting troops.

“Light Up Glasgow” will be Nov. 27. Events will include music and refreshments. At 3:30 p.m., Jolly Old Saint Nicholas will be available at the courthouse gazebo for pictures with children and pets. Cost is $5 per picture (4×6), with a portion of the proceeds donated to The Salvation Army and the Barren River Animal Welfare Association. Additional picture packages are available. The Christmas tree and courthouse lighting will be at 5 p.m.

Western Kentucky University Libraries’ Far Away Places series at 7 p.m. today will feature Barry Kitterman, author of “The Baker’s Boy: A Novel.” Kitterman, a faculty member at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn., will discuss his novel, which was inspired by his work as a Peace Corps volunteer in Belize in the 1970s. The program is at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1680 Campbell Lane. A book signing will follow.

November is Dog Month at Dinosaur World. Dog owners will receive $2 off admission when accompanied by their friendly pets on leashes. All four-legged friends will receive a dog biscuit. Special promotions and adoption opportunities will be available with the Barren River Animal Welfare Association.

Various free computer classes are being offered this month at the Warren County Public Library. For a schedule, visit www.wcp

library.org.

Shakertown at South Union’s Holiday Market will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 4. Tickets are $10 and include admission, coffee and dessert. The sale also will be going on from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 5. Admission is a canned good. For more information, call (270) 542-4167.

The American Red Cross has blood drives each Friday at its office, 430 Center St., from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and the second Saturday of each month from 8 a.m. to noon. Additional drives will be from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Dec. 1 at Simpson Elementary School, 721 Witt Road in Franklin; noon to 5 p.m. Dec. 7 at Community Education Complex, 799 Veterans Way in Morgantown; from noon to 6 p.m. Dec. 7 at the National Guard, 600 Armory Drive in Russellville; from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Dec. 7 at Alvaton Elementary School, 1 Robert Morgan Lane; from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 9 at First Baptist Church, 621 E. 12th Ave.; from noon to 6 p.m. Dec. 11 at Auburn Baptist Church, 115 N. Lincoln St.; from noon to 6 p.m. Dec. 11 at Scottsville Baptist Church, 301 E. Main Ave.; and from noon to 6 p.m. Dec. 15 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 2232 Smallhouse Road.

Edmonson County Lions Club Christmas Parade will be Nov. 28. For more information, call (270) 597-2222.

November is Military Appreciation Month at the National Corvette Museum and all military personnel, firefighters, police officers and their immediate families will receive free admission during November. All branches, including active, retired and Reserve members, will be honored with free admission when presenting a military or service ID.

Breakfast with Santa & Mrs. Claus – A Corvette Christmas will be at 9 a.m. Nov. 28 at the National Corvette Museum. Tickets, which can be purchased in advance from the museum or Bowling Green Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. Breakfast includes wraps, scones, fruit and more. There will be storytelling, holiday performances and vendor boots. For more information, call the museum at 781-7973.

Chaney’s Dairy Barn will have its holiday open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 28.

Historic Russellville’s Holiday Open Houses will be from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. There will be a trolley to transport shoppers, and crafters will be set up at the Fourth Street Theater and Old Armory. For more information, call (270) 726-1303.

Tickets are available for Shakertown’s annual Holiday Market at the museum. Admission to the Dec. 4 preview party is $10. For information and reservations, call (800) 811-8379.

A waiting list has been started for the reading of “The Polar Express” on Dec. 14-17 at the Old L&N Depot. To add your name to the list for the free readings, call 745-7317.

The Fireside Chat Book Club will meet at 6 p.m. on the third Tuesday each month at the Warren County Public Library’s Bob Kirby Branch at 175 Iron Skillet Court. The next book will be “The Great Gatsby” in conjunction with the Big Read. Free copies of the book are available to those who wish to participate. For more information about joining the book club, contact Marilyn Mattingly at marilynm@warrenpl.org or call 782-0252.

Community Education is offering oil painting on Wednesday evenings at Hobby Lobby. For more information about this class and others, call 842-4281, or visit www.commed.us and click on adult enrichment.

Tickets remain for a free talk by author Richard Paul Evans at 6 p.m. Monday. Evans has written 12 consecutive New York Times bestsellers and is one of few authors to have hit both the fiction and nonfiction bestseller lists. Evans’ latest book, “The Christmas List,” will be available in October. Tickets are available at the Warren County Public Library, main location, and the Bob Kirby Branch. Due to space limitations, the event will be next door in the Fellowship Hall of the Christ Episcopal Church. For more information, contact Jayne Pelaski at jaynep@warrenpl.org or call 781-4882.

Kentucky State Parks offers 10 percent off lodging and camping rates for current and former members of the military. The discount is good for lodge rooms, cottages and campgrounds any time of the year, based on availability. To get the discount, guests will need to show proof of service such as discharge papers, military ID or VFW member card, at check in.

A regional chess club will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesdays and 1 p.m. Wednesdays at Barnes & Noble Booksellers. Players of all ages and talents are welcome. For more information, call 991-0126.

A veterans representative will be at The Salvation Army, 400 E. Main Ave., at 9 a.m. the first Thursday of each month. For more information, call 746-7425, Ext. 104.

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