What’s going on in our area.

Art

The Capitol Arts and the Cancer Treatment Center of The Medical Center have partnered to feature a bimonthly exhibit of art in patient waiting areas. Tom Poole’s watercolors are on display through November.

Jon Thomas is exhibiting paintings in the Chamber of Commerce Community Room during October.

Paintings by Laurin Notheisen will be on display in the classroom of the Health and Wellness Center in Greenwood Mall during October and November.

The works of Michaele Ann Harper, Marsha Heidbrink and Susan Stuckert will be on display through Oct. 22 at Memphis Marsha’s Art Gallery and Classes, 524 E. 12th Ave. The exhibit will include watercolors, digital photographs, collages and photographs transferred to stone. For more information, call 843-1726.

Campus

The annual Homecoming Concert will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in Van Meter Auditorium as a culmination of Western Kentucky University’s Homecoming weekend. The concert will feature the University Choir under the direction of Dr. Paul Hondorp, and the Symphonic Band under the direction of Dr. John Carmichael. During the concert, two people will be inducted into the WKU Music Department’s Wall of Fame – Sheila Harris Jackson, noted operatic soprano, and Franz Joseph Strahm, dean of Western’s School of Music from 1910 to 1935 and former student of Franz Liszt. The concert is free.

The WKU Woodwind Ensemble will have a recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center Recital Hall. The recital is free.

The WKU Department of Music will present the John Martin Jazz Trio in concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center Recital Hall. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students. All proceeds will go toward the David Kelsey guitar scholarship.

Western Kentucky University’s Hardin Planetarium opened its new season. The program &#8221New Tour of the Solar System“ will take audiences on a visual tour of the solar system. The program features digital images of the planets taken by robot-probe spacecraft. It includes several recently released photographs and new special effects. Doors open 15 minutes before showtimes and no one is admitted after a show begins. Programs are at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Oct. 23, and at 7:30 p.m. today, Tuesday and Oct. 20, 25 and 27.

Belly Dancing will be offered at the Preston Center in two sessions. First session is from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Nov. 1 and the second session is Thursdays through Nov. 3 at the same time. The cost is $15 for students, $20 for faculty and staff and $25 for community. Pre-registration is required at the Preston Center. For more information, call 745-6531 or Alissa Arnold at 745-6543.

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 send an e-mail to earlene.chelf@wku.edu or go to http://www.wku.edu/Library/kylm.

Exhibits at the Kentucky Building include: 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 has 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, has karaoke from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. every Thursday with Rick Dunn.

Music

Dumplin’s Diner in Adairville has a karaoke contest each Saturday night for the next six weeks. A $5 entry fee is charged and first prize is $100. For more information, call (270) 539-5413.

Odds, Ends

Rolling Thunder, Chapter 2 Kentucky, is hosting a Motorcycle and Classic Car Dice Run at 8:30 a.m. Saturday in Beaver Creek Park in Glasgow. Registration will be at 115 Beaver Trail. The event itself will be from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., with a $10 fee per driver, which includes one dice game form, and $5 per passenger. Additional dice game forms cost $5 each. There will also be a 50/50 drawing and other prizes given away. Lunch plates will be provided by Bolton’s Landing at a cost of $5 each. In the event of rain, the dice run will be Oct. 22. For more information, call (270) 646-5500 or (270) 646-7100.

A special night of fun and festivities will be from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday at the Greenwood Skate Center. Live music by The Cru Band and Go Aberdeen will be featured, along with carnival games. Admission is $6 per person and all proceeds benefit hurricane victims.

October’s &#8221Kentucky Live“ program is from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. tonight at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1680 Campbell Lane. This month’s presenter is Bill Jackson, owner of Jackson’s Orchard and Nursery Inc. Jackson will talk about his family-owned business, which has been in operation since the late 1970s. The event is free.

The Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra and Bowling Green Chamber Singers will present a concert entitled &#8221A Choral Cornucopia,“ sponsored by the Ervin G. Houchens Foundation at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at Living Hope Baptist Church. The public is invited to join maestro Jeffrey Reed at 6:45 p.m. for a pre-concert Coffee Chat and a free cup of Starbucks coffee in the church’s fellowship hall, sponsored by Barnes & Noble Booksellers. Regular ticket prices are $20 for adults and $7 for students and are available at the door, on the Internet at http://bgchamberorchestra.org or by phone at 846-BGCO. Tickets may also be purchased at BGCO headquarters at 1046 Elm St.

Southern Kentucky Prom Expo, a prom fashion show with more than 100 dresses, will be at 2 p.m. Nov. 13. There will also be accessories, limousines and tux rental available for viewing and questions. For more information, contact Donna Bagwell at (270) 618-5017.

The Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association is sponsoring an appreciation dinner and dance for all Bowling Green Police Department staff, current and retired, at 6 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Searcy Way. Food will be provided by Elegant Occasions and music will be by Tim Livingston’s Music for All Occasions. All members of the CPA, current and alumni, Explorers and cadets are also invited to this free event. To sign up, call Tim Livingston, chairman of the CPAAA, at 846-3641.

The Bowling Green Shrine Club will host its annual Silly Skate at Greenwood Skate Center from 6 p.m. to midnight Friday. The cost is $6 for one session (6 p.m. to 9 p.m. or 9 p.m. to midnight) or $11 for the whole six hours. All proceeds benefit the club in its programs for children being treated at Shriner’s hospitals.

A community yard sale will begin at 6 a.m. Saturday at Flea World to benefit the American Red Cross, victims of the Gulf Coast hurricanes and The Salvation Army. To contribute items, drop them off at Greenwood Skate Center or Gregory Lee’s Restaurant. Sponsors include Gregory Lee’s, GM Employees Retirement Group, the crew at Greenwood Skate Center, Bowling Green Shrine Club, the Bowling Green Order of the Eastern Star and other civic, church and scout groups. For more information or to adopt a table at the event, call 843-3394.

The Bowling Green Fraternal Order of Police will host its annual Scare Skate event from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Halloween. Admission is free for ages 13 and under. The night will include a costume contest for all ages, apple bobbing and candy bags for children.

The Medical Center Health and Wellness Center in Greenwood Mall will hosting a community blood drive from noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday. For more information, call 745-0942 or (877) 800-3824.

The Medical Center Health and Wellness Center in Greenwood Mall is offering several classes: Mommy and Me exercise classes from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. each Friday, recommended for moms with children 2 months to 15 months old, $20 a month or $5 a class or $15 a month for The Women’s Center and Men’s Health Alliance members and health dollars will be honored; Relaxation and Toning will be from noon to 12:30 p.m. Mondays at the Health and Wellness Center; Limber for Life will be from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Fridays at the center; and Breast Cancer Bingo, which will include bingo, prizes, refreshments and information about breast cancer, will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 25 at the center; for more information or to pre-register, call the center at 745-0942 or (877) 800-3824 or log on to http://www.TheMedicalCenter.org; How Do You Spell Relief While Pregnant will be at 6 p.m. Oct. 25 at The Medical Center Auditorium.

Skeleton’s Lair Haunted Woods has returned for its sixth season. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for kids under 12. Sponsored in part by Pizza Hut, the lair is open from dusk to midnight each Friday and Saturday through Oct. 28. For more information, call Sherryl Lockett at (270) 622-8171 or go to skeletonslair@aol.com.

The Bowling Green Public Library will conclude its series about religions and spirituality &#8221On Common Grounds“ with a discussion about Hinduism today. For more information, contact Alisa Carmichael at 781-4882, Ext. 203.

The American Red Cross has a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each Friday at the office at 430 Center St. Other drives will be from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at Scottsville Road Baptist Church, 6330 Scottsville Road; from noon to 6 p.m. Monday at Morgantown Mission, 109 W. G.L. Smith St.; from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday at Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd.; from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Tuesday at Wellington Parc, 1381 Campbell Lane; from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Bank One, 924 Broadway Ave.; and from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church, 621 E. 12th Ave.

Free basic square dance lessons will be offered through Dec. 16 at the corner of Cave Mill Road and Smallhouse Road. The couple’s lessons will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, Oct. 13, Oct. 21, Oct. 28, Nov. 3, Nov. 11, Nov. 17, Nov. 25, Dec. 16. Larry Cowles will be giving the lessons. For more information, call 781-6382.

Chaney’s Dairy Barn is home to Crazy Carl’s Corn Maze through the end of October. Visitors can play checkers, ring toss and other family games. The cost is $6 for adults and $5 for children. Groups receive a discounted rate of $4 a person. Visitors can get coupons for $1 off at the register inside Chaney’s Dairy Barn on U.S. 31-W, south of Bowling Green. For more information, call 843-5567 or go to http://www.chaneysdairybarn.com.

Monthly meetings of the Historic RailPark‘s docent team are at 10 a.m. the last Saturday of each month. Visitors will hear railroading presentations and learn about passenger train history in Bowling Green and Kentucky. There is no charge. For more information, contact Karen Hume at 745-0090 or go to information@historicrailpark.com.

Bowling Green Public Library has a new calendar of activities. Events range from making zoo puppets to eating ice cream. For more information, go to http://www.bgpl.org.

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

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 has a representative in Warren County the second Tuesday of each month. Information about benefits is available. For more information, call 885-9622 or (800) 928-9622.

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