Beatle Invasion!
What happens when you mix
the British Invasion with a Giant Bug Invasion? It’s not a long lost sci-fi
film starring the Beatles fighting radioactive praying mantises, although that
would be wicked cool. Try Labor Day Weekend at the Western
Kentucky Botanical
Garden, where Nashville’s
The WannaBeatles will be performing in celebration of David Roger’s Big Bugs
Exhibit.
David Roger’s Big Bugs will be at the Western Kentucky
Botanical Garden from
August through October. This exhibit features gigantic bugs – some over 1,000
lbs and over 20 feet tall, that are made from natural materials such as felled
trees and fungus. The exhibit will be available to view during the hours the
garden is open, Monday through Friday 9:00 to 3:00 p.m., but that’s not all.
WKBG will also have special programming for thirteen Sundays in a row. Here’s a schedule of events.
Each August Sunday 5:00 P.M. at the Gazebo
August 3: “Invasion of the Bugs” A Parade & Party
with David Rogers
August 10: “Picnicking With the Bugs/An Insect
Dinner” Presented by Owensboro Museum
of Science & History
August 17: “Odd Hopper’s
Opera” Theatre Workshop of Owensboro
August 24: “The Caterpillar
Crawl” Squallis Puppeteers
August 31: “Where & What
Are the Water Bugs?”
Blake Newton/Extension
Entomologist/UK (Location for This Sunday:
At the Pond)
Each September Sunday 4:00 P.M. at The Gazebo
September 7: “Bug In” A BIG BEETLE “Cruise In” Featuring
Volkswagens
September 14: “March of The Scarecrows” Annual Scarecrow
Festival
September 21: “Dancing With Your Favorite Lady (Bug)!”
Owensboro Dance Theatre
September 28: “La Cucaracha” & More! Mick Jeffries/WRFL/Lexington
Each October Sunday 3:00 p.m. at the Gazebo
October 5: “Mark Twain Among The Insects” Robert
Valentine/Murray
October 12: “Bluegrass
& the Bugs” The Riverbottom
Bluegrass Band
October 19: “Dance of the
Tarantula” Rakadu Gypsy Dance Company
October 26: “Migration of the Bugs” (The Buggiest of
all Halloween Parties!) with Disc Daddy Doc Harris
But of course, we can’t
forget the special Labor Day weekend event. Saturday, August 30th at 5:00 p.m.
when Nashville’s
The WannaBeatles will be performing. Unlike some Beatles’ imitators that try to
embody the Fab Four to the point of cloning (Invasion of the Body Snatchers?);
The WannaBeatles are simply four accomplished musicians who grew up on John,
Paul, George and Ringo and want to share it with the rest of us. If that doesn’t
“bug” you then be sure to check them out!
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