The Capitol

(Teens) Teen Advisory Board is an opportunity for the young people in our community to volunteer for the library and be a part of what they want to see in Bowling Green. In the following months, we will meet every 2nd Thursday at the Capitol and every 4th Thursday at the Bob Kirby Branch. Interested […]

(All Ages) This WKU PBS Documentary explores the realities and costs of urban renewal through the story of Jonesville, a community founded by African American Civil War veterans near Bowling Green, KY. Jonesville was seized and dismantled in the 1960s to make way for the expansion of Western Kentucky University. WKU PBS and the Kentucky […]

Rated R | 120 mins | 2004 | Directed by Michael Mann A character study-turned-thriller about a cabdriver who ferries a hit man on a late-night killing spree in Los Angeles. Foxx was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Copyright Walt Disney Pictures. Copyright Paramount Pictures.  

Teen surfing sweethearts Brady and McKenzie are swept into the movie musical “Wet Side Story” when they crash beneath a wave. In the film, bikers and surfers battle for control of a local hangout, and Brady and McKenzie inadvertently alter the movie’s romantic storyline when a handsome surfer falls for McKenzie and a cute biker […]

Join the Capitol Teen Theatre w/WKU’s department of Theatre and Dance first full length performance! 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 production […]