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Published 12:00 am Thursday, February 21, 2002

ArtworkScholastic Art Exhibition will be displayed through Sunday at the Capitol Arts Centers Ervin G. Houchens Gallery. At Home: A Kentucky Project will be displayed through March 31 at 522 University Blvd. Hours are from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays. For more details, call the Womens Studies Program at 745-6477.Paintings from the International Center will be displayed through February at Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce. Campus Western Kentucky Universitys departments of theatre and dance and music will present the musical at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and Monday and Tuesday and at 3 p.m. Sunday at Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Centers Russell H. Miller Theatre. Tickets are $7. For more information or reservations, call 745-3121.BellSouth and University Libraries will present the workshop Browsing and Searching with Topper InfoPortal at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 at the Carroll Knicely Institute for Economic Development, 2355 Nashville Road. Preregistration is encouraged. For more information, call University Libraries at 745-6125.The Landmark Association will present the unveiling of the book Mt. Moriah Cemetery: A History and Census of Bowling Green, Kentuckys African-American Cemetery at 7 p.m. today at the Kentucky Building. Local historian Ray Buckberry will do a presentation on Earnest Hogan, an African-American musician from Bowling Green who became successful as an entertainer at the turn of the century. The Cotton Club, an evening of jazz, casino activities and entertainment reminiscent of the old days of the infamous Harlem attraction, will be at 8 p.m. today at Downing University Center. The play God of a Second Chance will be at 8 p.m. today at Downing University Center Auditorium. The History of Gospel Music, an evening of song featuring the celebrations of the history of gospel music from Negro spirituals to contemporary gospel, will be at 6 p.m. Saturday at Van Meter Auditorium. Kentucky Humanities Council Chautauqua actor Hasan Davis will do a dramatization of York, the slave who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their expedition, at 2 p.m. Sunday at The Kentucky Building. Filson Club archivist James Holmberg will discuss York and the explorers expedition. Crystal Wilkinson, author of Blackberries, Blackberries, will give a presentation at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Cherry Hall, Room 125.Landmark Association and the Kentucky Humanities Council will sponsor a book discussion on James Sherburnes Hacey Miller at 7 p.m. Monday at the Kentucky Building. For more information, call 745-5083.The Kentucky Museum will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. each Tuesday through Saturday and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. each Sunday. Reservations are required for group tours. ClubsThe following bands will be in concert at the Brewing Company: John Sutton Band tonight, The Brew Crew on Friday and Saturday, Blue Monday featuring Michael Gough, Brennan Graves on Tuesday and acoustic night with John Sutton on Wednesday. Club 302 will be open from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. Jerrys Lounge will have karaoke each Tuesday and Thursday. There is no cover charge. Jerrys Lounge presents Total Impact in concert at 9 p.m. each Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. There is no cover charge. KidsBowling Green Public Library will have Toddler Time Activities at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. each Tuesday; Preschool Storytime at 10 a.m. each Monday and Wednesday and at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. each Thursday; and Totally Terrific Tuesday activities for elementary school-age children each Tuesday at the library. For more details, contact the library. Bowling Green Public Librarys Smiths Grove branch will have Preschool Storytime at 11 a.m. each Wednesday at the library. Bowling Green Public Librarys Sugar Maple Square branch will have Preschool Storytime at 6:30 p.m. each Tuesday at the library. Bowling Green Public Librarys Depot branch will have Toddler Time at 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. each Monday and Preschool Time at 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. each Wednesday at the library. Barren River Imaginative Museum of Science will be open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. each Sunday and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Thursday through Saturday. Admission is $3.50 for adults, $2.50 for children. Barnes & Noble Booksellers will have Preschool Storytime at 10:30 a.m. each Friday and Storytime Saturdays at 3 p.m. each Saturday at the store. Riverview at Hobson Grove will be open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. each Sunday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each Tuesday through Saturday. Reservations are required for group tours. Warren County Parks and Recreation Department will have Caring Hour of Sharing for preschool-age children and their parents or guardians at 10:30 a.m. each Wednesday. The program is free. Participants must preregister by 5 p.m. each Tuesday. MusicSongs by Bowling Green resident Mary Cox Anthony will be performed from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at Teresas Restaurant. Naturally Seven will be in concert at 8 p.m. today at First Baptist Church. Tickets are $27.50 for priority seating and $20 general admission. For more details, call the Capitol Arts Center at 782-2787 or toll free at (877) 694-2787.Hip-hop/rap group and former Western Kentucky University students Nappy Roots will meet fans and autograph copies of their new CD Watermelon, Chicken & Grits from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at FYE at Greenwood Mall. Libbys Gospel Music Showcase will be at 7:30 p.m. each Friday at Libbys Steakhouse in Daysville. Admission is free. Caveman Chorus will meet at 7:30 p.m. each Thursday at Barnes and Noble Booksellers Community Room. For more information, contact Jack Stoess at Blake, Hart, Taylor and Wiseman Insurance Agency. TheaterThe Fable Factory, a childrens theatrical production group, will hold auditions for a musical rendition of Robin Hood at 3 p.m. Sunday at Bowling Green High School Auditorium. The play will be performed in early March. For more information, call the high school. Public Theatre of Kentucky will present Taming of the Shrew at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and at 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. For more information, call the theater at 781-6233.Horse Cave Theatre is offering a variety of theater classes for adults. For more details, contact the theater at (270) 786-1200 or (800) 342-2177.Odds, Ends Bowling Green Noon Lions Clubs 52nd annual Pancake Day will be from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at The Presbyterian Church. Cost is $3. Proceeds will benefit the Lions Clubs eyesight conservation projects. Woodburn Volunteer Fire Department will have its annual pancake breakfast from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at Woodburn Station No. 2 on Nashville Road near Rich Pond. Cost is $4. Tickets will be available at the door. Proceeds will benefit the fire department. Lynwood Montell will share tales from his latest book, Haunted Houses and Family Ghosts of Kentucky, at 6:30 p.m. today at Bowling Green Public Library. Dr. Paul Moore, a cardiac surgeon for The Medical Center, will present Heart Smart: What Men Need to Know at the Mens Health Alliance luncheon at noon Feb. 28 at The Medical Center Auditorium. Cost is $7.50 per person. Preregistration is required by Monday. The second annual Bowling Green Area Used Book Sale will be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Western Kentucky University Center for Research and Development on Nashville Road. Proceeds will benefit the Southern Kentucky Festival of Books. Barren River Area Radon Task Force will present Meet the Mitigators, a radon information program followed by a session with certified measurement and mitigation specialists, at the Warren County Cooperative Extension Service Education Center at 9 a.m. Wednesday. People attending will get a free radon test kit. For more details, call the Warren County Health Department at 781-2490.The Medical Centers Senior Health Network will present a free presentation about the Rocky Mountain West Tour at 5 p.m. today at The Medical Center Auditorium. The group is sponsoring a 12-day tour of the Rocky Mountain West July 15-27. For more details, call the Senior Health Network at 745-1542 or toll free (800) 624-2318.Knights of Columbus Council No. 1315 will have a fish fry from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. each Friday through March 21 at the groups hall at 900 Searcy Way. For more information, contact the Knights of Columbus at 782-6488.The workshop Senior Surf will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bowling Green Public Librarys Depot branch. The library will also feature workshops on Community Resource Database at 2 p.m. Monday, Microsoft PowerPoint at 6 p.m. Tuesday and Shopping on Ebay at 6 p.m. Feb. 28. Admission is free, but spacing is limited. For more details, call the library at 782-0252.The Medical Centers Health and Wellness Center will present Womens Center, Senior Health Network and Mens Health Alliance health screenings from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. each Tuesday in February at the center at Greenwood Mall. The center will also have Womens Health Series: Heart Disease at 9 a.m. Saturday. Preregistration is required for each event. For more details, contact the center at 745-0942.Riverview at Hobson Grove has tours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. Cost is $10 for families, $5 for adults, $2.50 for students and free for children under 6.The Dale Earnhardt exhibit will be displayed through April 7 at the National Corvette Museum. Cost is $20 for family passes, $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and $4.50 for children. Warren County Senior Centers monthly dances are at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Thursday of each month at Bowling Green Parks and Recreation Centers Community Room. For more details, contact Tracy Withrow at Community Action. Warren County Parks and Recreation Department is offering Lunch Box Crafts, a lunch-hour class that lets the department bring crafts activities to area companies employees. Each craft costs between $3 and $10 a person, payable at the time of each class. For more details, contact the parks office. American Red Cross blood drive will be from noon to 6 p.m. each Friday at the ARC office. Warren County Parks and Recreation Department will have ballroom dancing lessons for adults and seniors at 1 p.m. each Monday at Basil Griffin Parks Educational Building. The program is free. Warren County Parks and Recreation Department will have line dancing for adults and seniors at 1 p.m. each Thursday at Basil Griffin Parks Educational Building. The program is free. Warren County Parks and Recreation Department will have country line dancing at 6:30 p.m. each Thursday at Delafield Community Center. The program is free. Warren County Parks and Recreation Department will have a ceramics class at 6 p.m. each Monday at Delafield Community Center. The program is free.

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