What’s going on in our area.

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.

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 sending an e-mail to 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.

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 in Canneyville will present “Lucy And Ruth’s Diner” on Fridays through Sept. 24 and “Daddy Took The T-Bird Away” on Saturdays through Sept. 24. Performances are at 8 p.m. and tickets are $10 each. Before this Friday’s performance, there is a free concert at 7 p.m. by the Ohio County Community Senior Choir presenting a variety of gospel selections. If your name is Lucy or Ruth, show your ID at the play on Friday and get in free. Bring your car club and be a part of our show. A ’50s-style diner will be open before the show. The Stinson Craft Shop is open before the show and offers handcrafted items. Pine Knob Theatre is in Grayson County, 35 miles north of Bowling Green. For more information, contact Honus Shain at (270) 879-8190.

The Kentucky Repertory Theatre in Horse Cave presents “Macbeth” through Sept. 10. The theatre also will present “Shiloh Rules” through Sept. 3. The play is about the night before a modern-day re-enactment of the Battle of Shiloh. Call (800) 342-2177 for ticket prices and play dates and times.

Odd, Ends

The Woodburn Fall Festival will host the sixth annual Antique Tractor, Car and Steam Engine Show on Aug. 27. Entry registration begins at 8 a.m. with dash plaques to the first 100 entries. There is a parade at 11:30 a.m. Tractor Games include slow race, wagon backing, gate opening, barrel roll, tractor push race, tractor starting contest (hand cranks), a Blind Man’s Race and egg-cracking contest. All proceeds go to the Woodburn Cemetery Restoration Program. For more information, call Linda Dickerson at 529-5271, Don Williams at 842-8953 or Carroll Chaffin 529-9441.

The Giles County Society will have “Kentuckians Reading Kentuckians” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Giles House near Knifley. For more information, call Jan Sparkman at (606) 878-6527 or 224-3676 or e-mail her at janzepub@altel.net.

American Red Cross has the following blood drives scheduled: every Friday at their office, 430 Center St., from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday at Woodburn Ball Park from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Monday at Morgantown Mission from noon to 5 p.m.; Wednesday at Health and Wellness Center at Greenwood Mall for the Type O Club from noon to 6 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Forest Park Baptist Church, 520 Old Morgantown Road; and Aug. 19 at Living Word Church in Adairville from 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Garden Spot Run is Saturday in Franklin. Sponsored by the Franklin-Simpson Parks and Recreation Department, there is a 5K run and walk with several categories. Registration is $15 the day of the race and $5 for the fun run. Registration is from 6 a.m. to 7:25 a.m., with the races to follow. For more information, contact the department at (270) 586-8999.

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.

Tickets are still available for the Friday 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 Saturday 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 presents Beatlemadness5 today through Saturday. This will be the fifth year that local musicians play the music of the Fab Four. The BB&T Designer Show House on Stillwater Court will continue tours and seminars through Aug. 21. Proceeds will benefit the Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays and 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $10, and for $12 guests may upgrade their ticket to allow unlimited visits to the house.

Get Down in the Valley at Lost River Cave will be from 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday. 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.

A Voice for Animals, a non-profit, animal welfare organization, will be at the 2005 Franklin Car Show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 20 at the community park. A $1 donation will get the donator a box of Iams treats. For more information, contact Michele at (270) 783-9196. AVA meets at 7:30 p.m. first Monday of month at Barnes & Noble Booksellers on Campbell Lane.Court Appointed Special Advocates will have a “Fire and Ice” indoor picnic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at First Christian Church.

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.

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 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.