Visiting downtown Bowling Green has been a treat for both locals and out-of-towners for decades! With the addition of new businesses and community events in and around Fountain Square in recent years, the downtown scene has been flourishing! The Capitol, under management of Warren County Public Library since 2021, has been a large part of that draw, providing numerous opportunities for entertainment and cultural engagement. Check out this month’s offerings!
Best-Selling Author Virtual Visit
Author Talk On the Big Screen: a live interview with Matt Dinniman – Thursday, June 11, 6pm: Matt Dinniman, New York Timesbestselling author of the wildly popular (and just plain wild) Dungeon Crawler Carl series, joins us virtually on the big screen to discuss his latest book, A Parade of Horribles. Join us at The Capitol for this talk in partnership with the Library Speaker Consortium. Let us know if you are coming by registering through The Capitol’s website (capitolbg.org/events).
Free Music Events
A Tribute to Dolly with Natasha Neely – Friday, June 5, 7pm: Natasha Neely has been a life-long fan of Dolly Parton, from her music and business endeavors to her impact on others, having even spent time working at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge (TN). Throughout this show, you will hear stories behind the songs of this famous, beloved singer. Free tickets are available on The Capitol’s website.
Summer Solstice Concert: A Celtic Celebration – Monday, June 22, 7pm: Join us for a night of Celtic music and poetry as we celebrate the longest day of the year! Rebecca Baumbach, Skip Cleavinger, Pat Broaders and John Skelton will play traditional instruments at an evening you won’t want to miss. Free tickets are available on The Capitol’s website.
June Movies
While we cannot state any movie titles here due to public performance rules, you can find them in our print publications or on The Capitol’s website (capitolbg.org/movies)
•Monday, June 1, two showings: 2pm & 6:30pm (1989, Rated PG, subtitled): A character study set in small-town Louisiana celebrates friendship among a group of strong-willed women who discuss their lives at Truvy’s beauty salon.
•Tuesday, June 2, 12:30pm (2022, Rated PG): An animated Puss in Boots sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.
•Wednesday, June 3 at 6:30pm (1986, Rated PG-13): A gang of Chinatown toughs kidnaps a truck driver’s friend’s fiancé, and the trucker discovers that she has actually been abducted by a sorcerer.
•Saturday, June 6 (double-feature presented in partnership with SOKY Alliance), 1st movie at 5pm (1988, Rated PG): An unpopular but optimistic high-school teen in early 1960s Baltimore gets onto a local dance program, which she eventually integrates, causing a scandal in the whole city. 2nd movie at 7pm (1996, Rated R): Robin Williams and Nathan Lane play long-time companions forced to play it straight in this remake of the farce “La Cage aux Folles.”
•Tuesday, June 9 at 12:30pm (1998, Rated G): When a bumbling ant accidentally destroys his colony’s food supply in this Disney/Pixar film, he recruits a band of insect circus performers to help fight off an army of greedy grasshoppers.
•Wednesday, June 10 at 6:30pm (1986, Rated R): A scientist’s experiment goes awry, causing him to mutate into a giant insect.
•Saturday, June 13: Mel Brooks Movie Marathon – 1st movie at 3pm (Rated PG): A renowned Harvard psychiatrist takes over as director of the PsychoNeurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous after the last administrator dies under suspicious circumstances. 2nd movie at 5pm (Rated PG-13): A veteran of the Crusades brings together a ragtag group to do battle against an evil king and gets help from a surprising source inside the royal castle in this spoof of the Robin Hood legend. 3rd movie at 7pm (Rated R): A crooked politician hires a black sheriff for a small frontier town, with the hope that the people will abandon the land so he and his cronies can run a railroad through it.
•Tuesday, June 16 at 12:30pm (1985, Rated PG): A standard sword-and-sorcery yarn is elevated by detailed animation in this Disney cartoon.
•Wednesday, June 17 at 6:30pm (1997, Not Rated): Taste of Cherry is an emotionally complex meditation on life and death, in which a middle-aged man drives through the hilly outskirts of Tehran searching for someone to rescue or bury him.
•Friday, June 19 at 7pm (2023, Rated PG-13): This musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel is about the life-long struggles of an African American woman living in the south during the early 1900s. The screening will be co-hosted by the MLK Day Planning Committee & the NAACP of Bowling Green.
•Tuesday, June 23 at 12:30pm (2010, Rated PG): Accident-prone teenager Percy discovers he’s actually the son of Poseidon, and he must master his newfound skills and find Zeus’ stolen lightning in order to prevent a war between the Greek gods.
•Wednesday, June 24 at 6:30pm (1988, Rated R): A young archeologist unearths an unusual skull he believes belonged to a mythical snake-light beast, but before long, the beast’s immortal priestess stirs up trouble.
•Tuesday, June 30 at 12:30pm (1994, Rated G): After seeking shelter from a storm in a mysterious library, a young boy is transported to an animated fantasy world where he encounters characters and situations from classic literature.
-by Ashley Fowlkes, Digital Content Manager
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