October is when ghosts whine, hosts wine and dine, spooks trick-or-treat, cooks whisk and beat, movies screen and goblins scream: Boo!
1 World Vegetarian Day, National Cookie Month, Adopt a Shelter Dog Month. A yam, a yum, a yap.
The spork brought it
Taste of the Town restaurant sampler, 5-7 p.m. at Verizon Arena, North Little Rock, benefits North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce educational projects. Details at nlrtasteofthetown.com. Call (501) 372-5959.
Respects and spectres
Final Respects exhibit on old-time mourning customs and superstitions of the grave, through Dec. 27 at Rogers Historical Museum, Rogers. Call (479) 621-1154.
Movie reel-ism
2 Offshoot Film Festival of independent features and documentaries, through Oct. 5 at Global Campus, Fayetteville. Details at seedlingfilm.com. Call (479) 283-9732.
Human beams
3 World Smile Day.
Amp-le entertainment
MusicFest XXVII through Oct. 4, downtown El Dorado, with country singer Jerrod Niemann among 30 acts. Details at musicfesteldorado.com. Call (870) 862-4747.
Tree cheers
Timberfest and lumberjack competitions through Oct. 4, Sheridan. Details at grantcountychamber.com. Call (870) 942-3021.
Street sweeps
4 HarvestFest, 7 a.m.-8 p.m. in Little Rock's Hillcrest district, with farmers market, pancakes, cheese dip. Details at harvestfest.us. Call (501) 766-4148.
Main Street Food Truck Festival, downtown Little Rock. Breakfast 8-10 a.m.; festival 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Call (501) 375-0121.
Komen Arkansas Race for the Cure, downtown Little Rock. Details at komenarkansas.org. Call (501) 202-4399.
Gem dandy
Central Arkansas Gem, Jewelry and Mineral Show through Oct. 5 at Jacksonville Community Center, Jacksonville. Details at centralarrockhound.org. Call (501) 379-8653.
Take-offs and landings
Flying Jam, music and aviation, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Searcy County Airport, Marshall. Call (501) 941-4828.
Eurekapalooza family festival, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. at Lake Leatherwood, Eureka Springs. Details at eurekapalooza.com. Call (479) 253-7888.
Rhythm and blues singer Charlie Wilson, 7:30 p.m. at Verizon Arena, North Little Rock. Details at verizonarena.com. Call (800) 745-3000.
Alzheimer's Arkansas Walk, 8:30 a.m., downtown Hot Springs. Details at alzark.org. Call (501) 224-0021.
Popeyed and bushy tailed
5 Spinach Lovers Month, Squirrel Awareness and Appreciation Month: A squirrel is a chipmunk that ate his spinach.
'Dula wanna dance?
6 "Calendula" is important this month, but what is it? -- (A) Dracula's fibula, (B) the tarantula hula, (C) boola-boola in Missoula, (D) a yellow flower, or (E) Caligula's spatula.
Answer at Oct. 26.
High, higher, hired
7 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Arkansas Job Fair, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Statehouse Convention Center. Details at showtime.arkansasonline. Call (501) 918-4539.
Original Ozark Folk Festival through Oct. 11, Eureka Springs. Ozark Mountain Daredevils concert, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at The Auditorium. Details at ozarkfolkfestival.com. Call (479) 253-7333.
Oven-hot licks
8 King Biscuit Blues Festival through Oct. 11, Helena, with Delbert McClinton and Sonny Landreth. Details at kingbiscuitfestival.com. Call (870) 572-5223.
Focus group
9 Photographer Appreciation Month, and what to call a photographers' club that won't let anybody else join: a clique.
James Cotton and his harmonica, 7 p.m. at Wildwood Park for the Arts. Details at wildwoodpark.org. Call (501) 821-7275.
Royal Players' Our Town, Oct. 9-12 and 16-19 at the Royal Theatre, Benton. Details at theroyalplayers.com. Call (501) 315-5483.
Forecast: fair
10 Arkansas State Fair -- music, livestock shows, pig races -- through Oct. 19, State Fairgrounds, Little Rock. Details at arkansasstatefair.com. Call (501) 372-8341.
Beat of a different strum
"Johnny Cash: American Icon" exhibit at the Arkansas Studies Institute, Little Rock, centers on the late singer's connections to Arkansas, through Jan. 24. Details at butlercenter.org. Call (501) 320-5700.
Bear necessities
Leslie Mountain Man Rendezvous, tomahawk throwing and shooting demonstrations through Oct. 11 near Marshall. Details at searcycountyarkansas.org. Call (501) 941-4828.
Projected returns
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival through Oct. 19 at the Arlington Hotel and Low Key Arts, Hot Springs. Details at hsdfi.org. Call (501) 538-2290.
Merlot a go go
11 Wiederkehr Village Weinfest, grape stomp, wine and German band, near Altus, Details at wiederkehrwines.com. Call (479) 468-3551.
And the mule
jumped over the moon
Pea Ridge Mule Jump near Rogers. Details at pearidgemulejump.com. Call (479) 451-1122.
Wiggins Cabin Festival, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Crossett. Call (870) 510-5168.
She-whiz, shamus and shambles
12 National Reading Group Month. Today's discussion is all mixed up. Some of the group read Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Others went for Raymond Chandler's Murder, My Sweet. This is what happens when you cross Jane Austen / Raymond Chandler:
• A single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife./ What I had was a coat, a hat, and a gun.
• Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how./ I could see -- thinking was always going to be a bother to her.
• I am the happiest creature in the world./ There is no bad whiskey.
Mustang Sally forth
Central Arkansas Mustangers regional car show at Riser Ford, Hot Springs, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the car that brings out the Steve McQueen in everybody. Details at centralarkansasmustangers.com. Call (501) 276-4188.
"All I need's a fast machine -- like Steve McQueen." -- Sheryl Crow
Joe Weber Arky 100 Bicycle Ride, 8 a.m. from the Community Center in Sheridan. Details at arkansasbicycleclub.org. Call (501) 912-1449.
Chris crossed
13 Columbus Day.
Flout a doubt
International Skeptics Day, maybe -- a reminder that Dumbo is a flying elephant, but Dunno can't get off the ground.
Sneer leaders
14 Sarcastics Awareness Month weather forecast: Rain on the parade.
Going in circles
15 National Roller Skating Month, National Field Trip Month, National Dental Hygiene Month. Slip, schlep, spit.
Eagles watch
16 War Eagle Fair, arts and crafts through Oct. 19 at War Eagle Mills Farm near Rogers. Details at wareaglefair.com. Call (479) 789-5398.
War Eagle Mill Craft Fair through Oct. 19 at War Eagle Mill. Details at wareaglemill.com. Call (479) 789-5343.
Arkansas Festival Ballet opera, Peter Grimes, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 and 17 at Albert Pike Masonic Center, Little Rock. Details at arkansasdance.org. Call (501) 227-5320.
The past aghast
17 Murder & Mayhem Trolley Tour, drinks and ghost stories about Fort Smith's haunted past, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17-18 and 24-25. Details at fortsmithmuseum.com. Call (479) 783-7841.
Voices from Eureka's Silent City living-history cemetery tours Oct. 17-18 and 24-25, Eureka Springs, benefits the Eureka Springs Historical Museum. Details at eurekaspringshistoricalmuseum.org. Call (479) 253-9417.
Pup, pup and away
18 Pooches & Pumpkins, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at Good Earth Garden Center, Little Rock. Details at thegoodearthgarden.com. Call (501) 868-4666.
Paws on Pinnacle programs on outdoor activities with dogs and Howl-O-Ween costume contest at Pinnacle Mountain State Park near Little Rock. Details at arkansasstateparks.com. Call (501) 868-5806.
He planted a bulb
19 Thomas Edison has a bright idea -- the electric light, 1879.
Pedal pushers
Biketoberfest, BMX stunt show, bike swap and adult trike race, noon-5 p.m. at the River Market pavilions, Little Rock. Details at rivermarket.info. Call (501) 320-3503.
Save a stamp
20 How to celebrate National Stamp Collecting Month: Push the envelope.
Gouda news
21 American Cheese Month. But all the money from this event goes to a Swiss account.
Texas three-step
22 Sam Houston takes charge as the first president of the Republic of Texas, 1836, and sets forth the rules every Texan should know:
• Bluebonnets of Texas, they bloom in the spring.
• The Yellow Rose of Texas shall be mine forevermore.
• Texas Hold 'Em is a card game, not the governor's indictment.
Boo! on view
23 Hot Springs International Horror Film Festival through Oct. 26 at Central Theater, downtown Hot Springs. Details at hotspringshorrorfilmfestival.com. Call (501) 538-0766.
Arthro-podcast
24 SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): Is today your birthday? If so, consider that people who turn over new leaves are generally happier than people who turn over rocks. You share this eight-legged birthday month with other celebrities known to pack a zinger: Judge Judy (Oct. 21), Flea (Oct. 16), and Sting (Oct. 2).
Light switch hitter
Mystery thriller Wait Until Dark through Nov. 9 at Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Little Rock. Details at therep.org. Call (501) 378-0405.
He wants to be real --
wooden you?
Pinocchio through Nov. 9 at Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre. Details at arkarts.com. Call (501) 372-4000.
Fast as a pinto
Beanfest through Oct. 26; Championship Outhouse Race, Oct. 25, Mountain View. Details at yourplaceinthemountains.com. Call (870) 269-8068.
Gooed news
25 World Cheese Dip Championship, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at Bernice Gardens and South Main Street, Little Rock, benefits Harmony Health Clinic. Details at cheesedip.net. Call (501) 375-4400.
Down to the nitty-gritty
Mud Run 5K and mud pit finish, 9 a.m.-noon at Two Rivers Park, Little Rock. Details at mudrun.org. Call (501) 371-4639.
Young bucks
Arkansas High School Rodeo through Oct. 26 at Parsons Stadium, Springdale. Details at rodeooftheozarks.org. Call (479) 756-0464.
Downtown Fall Festival and Chili Cook-off, car show and bike ride, 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Russellville. Details at mainstreetrussellville.com. Call (479) 967-1437.
Pinnacle Stamp Club of Arkansas' Pinpex stamp show through Oct. 26 at Jacksonville Community Center, Jacksonville. Call (501) 868-4553.
Grand Prairie Rice Festival and antique farm equipment parade, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Hazen. Details at hazen.ws. Call (870) 830-2404.
No foola you
26 Ula oola quiz answer: (D) calendula, the flower for October.
Cake walk
Clinton birthday quiz: Today is a famous Clinton's birthday. But who blows out the candles? (A) Bill, 68; (B) Hillary, 67; (C) Chelsea, 34; (D) Roger, 58, or (E) Socks, 25.
Answer at Oct. 29.
Nut mix
27 Work Politics Awareness Month. Work and politics are like oil and water, guns and liquor, ice cream and anchovies, Congress and Congress.
Dollars to donuts
28 Statue of Liberty dedication, 1886 -- rewritten, 2014: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, your Tim Hortons doughnuts yearning to be Burger King Whoppers."
Cake in the cabinet
29 Clinton conniption quiz answer: (B) Hillary.
Strange visitor
with a bag
30 Big Booseum Bash, 6-8:30 p.m. trick-or-treating among nine downtown Little Rock museums and other locations including the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History. Details at arkmilitaryheritage.com. Call (501) 376-4602.
Junior League of Little Rock Holiday House shopping through Nov. 1 at the Statehouse Convention Center, Little Rock. Cookies and milk with Santa, 9 a.m.-noon Nov. 1. Details at jllr.org. Call (501) 375-5557.
Ghoul-ed news
31 Halloween.
A rap on the door,
A chill in the air,
An angel, a clown
And -- look out! Oh, beware!
The ghost has a bag
Meant to hold
Twice his share.
Tales and wails
Paranormal Theater, a night of ghosthunters' tales and locally made short horror films, 6:30 p.m. at the Central Arkansas Library System's Ron Robinson Theater, Little Rock. Details at cals.org. Call (501) 320-5715.
Coming next month: November! Call (501) 399-3633, write to Ron Wolfe, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 121 E. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, Ark. 72203, or email
rwolfe@arkansasonline.com
by Oct.15 to suggest November calendar entries or how to celebrate November as Peanut Butter Lovers Month, such as: wif a big moouff-pft! -- moufth-ful uf peanud bubber. Each event requires a phone number that is answered during business hours or by an answering machine that identifies the event or its sponsor.
Style on 09/30/2014