A Feminine Nature Art Reception
As a lover of place and people, Lexie Erskine has created a body of work that combines nature from her rural places with the hardworking women in her life. Struggling with societal conventions of femininity growing up, she leaned into the relationships with women in her life to make sense of her own feminine nature. […]
The Capitol’s Teen Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing Auditions
Audition for The Capitol Teen Theatre’s FIRST full-length production directed by WKU’s Carol Jordan! World War I has ended and the Jazz Age has begun! The party never stops and everyone is looking for love, but will gossip and lies spoil the fun before all the couples can live happily ever after? This spring, join […]
Jazz Meets Rock n’ Roll
The Western Kentucky University Jazz Band presents Jazz Meets Rock & Roll—a high-energy concert blending classic rock and pop hits with the sound and spirit of big band jazz. Enjoy fresh arrangements of music by Radiohead, Steely Dan, The Beatles, Sting, and more in an unforgettable evening of groove, creativity, and improvisation.
Porter Parish Grainger Blues Festival – Closing Concert
The Porter Parish Grainger Blues Festival is a two-day cultural celebration honoring the legacy of Porter Parish Grainger—a vaudeville-era Blues composer, playwright, and publisher born in Bowling Green’s historic Shake Rag community. The festival will highlight the rich traditions of Black American music and folklore through narrative stages, interviews, presentations, demonstrations, and live performances, reconnecting […]
Sky Arts Film Festival 2025
For the fourth straight year, the Capitol is proud to host the Sky Arts Film Festival in October! The mission of the Sky Arts Film Festival is to grow and develop the media industry in Southern Kentucky by giving filmmakers, media professionals, content creators, movie goers, students, and teachers the opportunity to learn and experience an […]
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
This Halloween, WKU’s Alpha Psi Omega fraternity & sorority will be producing two late night showings of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Capitol! The cult classic film will be accompanied by a live shadow cast performance. We’re proud to preserve the show’s longstanding history in Bowling Green and offer the electrifying performance for free! […]
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
This Halloween, WKU’s Alpha Psi Omega fraternity & sorority will be producing two late night showings of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Capitol! The cult classic film will be accompanied by a live shadow cast performance. We’re proud to preserve the show’s longstanding history in Bowling Green and offer the electrifying performance for free! […]
Singer/Songwriter Night
The Capitol is hosting a night for the singers and songwriters of our region to share their lyrics and voices. Diversify your downtown music experience! Come be in community with artists and experience unique genres and points of view. This event is hosted in collaboration with the artists. All proceeds for this event will go directly to supporting the performers and the local music scene of downtown BG. Jonah Pennington Ellie Sandlin Gonzo Eldritch Dusty Whytis
Lauren Tarshis at the Capitol
Lauren Tarshis is the author of the New York Times bestselling I SURVIVED series which tells stories of young people and their resilience and strength in the midst of unimaginable disasters. Lauren has brought her signature warmth and exhaustive research to topics such as the September 11 attacks, the destruction of Pompeii, Hurricane Katrina, and […]
Silas House at the Capitol
Silas House is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the novels Clay’s Quilt, A Parchment of Leaves, The Coal Tattoo, Eli the Good, Southernmost, and Lark Ascending, as well as a book of creative nonfiction Something’s Rising, co-authored with Jason Howard, and four plays. 2025 sees the publication of his first […]