June is that colorful month of blues, pink tomatoes and purplehull peas. Romans celebrate summer, and Father finally gets his day to do whatever he wants -- so long as he wants to mow the lawn.
1 National Accordion Awareness Month: Think outside the squeeze box.
News of notes
Hot Springs Music Festival through June 14 at several venues. Details at www.hotmusic.org. Call (501) 623-4763.
Little Rock Wind Symphony concert, "Diversions," 3 p.m at St. Paul United Methodist Church, Little Rock. Details at lrwindsymphony.org. Call (501) 666-0777.
Bridal pith
2 The Romans probably named June for one of their many deities, namely: (A) Janus, god of tomatoes, (B) Juno, goddess of marriage, or (C) Jupiter, god of rototillers.
Answer at June 24.
Orlando De Soto
3 Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain, 1539, but leaves Disney World with "It's a Small World" stuck in his head.
Little ado
4 The Compleat Wrks of Wlm Shkspr Abridged, 96-minute run-through of 36 plays, through June 29 at Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Little Rock. Details at therep.org. Call (501) 378-0405.
"Brevity is the soul of wit." -- Shakespeare
Data-tat-tat
5 How to celebrate Skyscraper Month: With 25GB of cloud storage.
Best of all, festival
6 Portfest, carnival and bass tournament through June 7 at Newport and Jacksonport State Park. Details at portfest.org. Call (870) 523-3618.
Steamboat Days through June 7, Des Arc. The Voice contestant Cody Belew concert, 9:30 p.m. June 6; Jason D. Williams, 9:30 p.m. June 7. Details at steamboatdays.net. Call (870) 256-5289.
Wind power
7 Little Rock Wind Symphony free concert, "Stars and Stripes Celebration," 7 p.m. outside the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, Little Rock. Details at arkmilitaryheritage.com. Call (501) 376-4602.
Stage flight
Arkansas New Play Festival through June 15 at TheaterSquared in Fayetteville and Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock. Shows included are B Side: Myself by Jamey McGaugh, Just Like U by Karen Zacarias, What God Hath Wrought by John
Style on 05/27/2014