April is the month of many happy returns, but only for those expecting a tax refund. The difference between sports brackets and tax brackets is when the other team is Uncle Sam's.
1 April Fools' Day, National Humor Month, Pet First Aid Awareness Month, Stress Management Month. A hoo-hah, a guffaw, a sore paw, a seesaw.
ALE AND HEARTY
Food & Foam Fest restaurant, beer and wine sampler, 5:15-9 p.m. at Dickey-Stephens Park, North Little Rock. Details at arthritis.org/arkansas. Call (501) 664-4591.
HILLS HAVE EYES
Ozark Foothills Film Fest through April 2 and April 8-9, Batesville. Details at ozarkfoothillsfilmfest.org. Call (870) 251-1189.
HE WRITES THE SONGS
Barry Manilow, 7:30 p.m. at Verizon Arena, North Little Rock. Details at verizonarena.com. Call (800) 745-3000.
POOCHY KEEN
2Springfest family fun with dog parade, short-legged dog races and Trout Fishing in America, downtown Little Rock. Details at riverfestarkansas.com. Call (501) 255-3378.
TOOT AND CONSEQUENCES
Railroadiana Show and Sale,9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Arkansas Railroad Museum, Pine Bluff. Details at arkansasrailroadmuseum.org. Call (870) 535-8819.
GRIDDLE ME THIS
Pancake breakfast, 7 a.m.-noon at 1490 S. Donaghey Ave., Conway, benefits John H. Dunn Chapter 10, Disabled American Veterans. Call (501) 269-0409.
HORSE POWER
3Start of the Pony Express, 1860. Thanks to the pioneering mail delivery service, bad news travels even faster.
THIS LANE CLOSED
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE
4International Customer Loyalty Month.
GEM DANDY
5The birthstone for April is the same as Arkansas' state gem, namely: (A) quartz, (B) diamond, or (C) La Petite Roche.
Answer at April 26.
ART ARTICULATED
6Bernard Kinsey of the Kinsey Collection of African American Art and History, noon at the Clinton School of Public Service, part of the school's Distinguished Lecture Series, Little Rock. Details at clintonschoolofpublicservice.com.
The Kinsey collection will be on display April 8-July 2 at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, Little Rock. Details at mosaictemplarscenter.com. Call (501) 683-3593.
HEADY STUFF
7Fantastic Cinema and Craft Beer Festival through April 10 at Riverdale 10 VIP Cinema, Little Rock. Details at fantasticcinema.com.
BRIDGES OF MADISON BOUNTY
8 The Bridges of Madison County through May 1 at Arkansas Repertory Theater, Little Rock. Details at therep.org. Call (501) 378-0405.
• This is one of two productions of this Broadway musical in Arkansas this month. The other is April 19-24 at Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville. Details at waltonartscenter.org. Call (479) 443-5600.
THE TRUTH IS UP THERE
Ozark Mountain UFO Conference through April 10 at Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center, Eureka Springs. Speakers include authors Erich von Daniken (Chariots of the Gods) and Whitley Streiber (Communion). Details at ozarkufoconference.com. Call (479) 738-2348
ROCK ALL DAY
9Central Arkansas Gem, Mineral and Geology Society Swap Meet, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Elder Johnson Pavilion, Burns Park, North Little Rock. Details at centralarrockhound.org. Call (501) 868-4553.
ROCK ALL NIGHT
Amp Out Alz 5 with featured band ROXX, 7 p.m. at the Rev Room, Little Rock, benefits Alzheimer's Arkansas. Details at ampoutalz.com. Call (501) 224-0021.
KNIGHTS THAT SAY KNISH
10Jewish Food and Cultural Festival, 8:30 a.m. breakfast-4 p.m. at War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock. Details at jewisharkansas.org. Call (501) 663-3571.
BRO-MIDES AND SINI-SISTERS
11How to celebrate Siblings Day: around the family table -- or hiding under it.
OFFICE PARITY
12Workplace Conflict Awareness Month: Go to your cubicles, come out swinging.
FLIES GET THE BEST
OF EVERYTHING
13How to celebrateNational Pest Management Month: at a fantasy dinner party with Skeeter Davis, Beetle Bailey, Adam Ant, Mickey Mouse, Superfly and Bugsy Siegel.
BOOKED UP
14Arkansas Literary Festival through April 17 at the Central Arkansas Library System's Main Library campus, Little Rock. Details at arkansasliteraryfestival.org. Call (501) 918-3098.
HAYDN HITS THE HEIGHTS
Arkansas Choral Society concert, Haydn in the Heights, with members of the University of Arkansas at Monticello Concert Choir, 7:30 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church, Little Rock. Details at lovetosing.org. Call (501) 376-8484.
GREEN LIGHTED
Royal Players production, Shrek the Musical, through April 17 and April 21-24 at the Royal Theatre, Benton. Details at theroyalplayers.com. Call (501) 315-5483.
RISKY BUSINESS
16Nitro Circus Live daredevil show, 6 p.m. at War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock. Details at nitrocircus.com. Call (501) 537-5227.
STOP AHEAD
Big Car and Truck Show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Goodsell Truck Accessories, Jacksonville, benefits the Jacksonville Boys and Girls Club. Call (501) 982-2245.
FAIR PLAY
Saturday's Fair food trucks and games, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Hughes Community Center, Russellville, benefits Arkansas Hospice. Details at arkansashospice.org. Call (479) 964-4500.
AUNTIE EDAMAME
17National Soyfoods Month is when soy meets girl -- girl meets cheeseburger -- soy loses girl.
FORE GOOD REASON
18Tee Off for a Cause, 9 a.m. at Pleasant Valley Country Club, Little Rock, benefits Arkansas Enterprises for the Developmentally Disabled. Details at aeddinc.org. Call (501) 801-3646.
YEAH, THE TAXMAN
Income tax due day -- usually April 15, but delayed this year because April 15 is Emancipation Day, a legal holiday in the District of Columbia. All very complicated, but when it comes to taxes, what isn't?
HERE'S TO PHEW
19Garlic Day celebrates the onion-like bulb, of use in spaghetti sauce and to repel vampires, although not known to work on tax collectors.
BULL MARKET
20TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Is today your birthday? If so, then see no red -- especially no stop lights. Somebody else wants to fight, but you go have a nap. Bulldoze on a pillow of bullfeathers with a bullpen of other celebrities this month: Queen Elizabeth of England, 90 on April 21; Jack Nicholson, 79 on April 22, and Jerry Seinfeld, 62 on April 29.
THE PEN IS MIGHTIER
Free screening of PBS documentary War Letters, with guest facilitator Mark Christ of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, 6:30 p.m. at MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, Little Rock. Details at arkmilitaryheritage.com. Call (501) 376-4602.
BREEZY STARTS
21Little Rock Wind Symphony concert, Overtures to a Premiere, 7:30 p.m. at Second Presbyterian Church, Little Rock. Details at lrwindsymphony.org. Call (501) 666-0777.
BUNNY TALE
22The Adventures of Peter Rabbit through May 8 at Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre, Little Rock. Details at arkansasartscenter.org. Call (501) 372-4000.
GLOBAL CONCERN
Earth Day: Be there or be -- where?
Earth Day Celebration, planting and picnic, 5:30 p.m. at Solar Garden, Scott. Details at arkansasipl.com. Call (501) 772-9906.
DASH OF THIS, DASH OF THAT
23Junior League of Little Rock Downtown Dash 10K, 5K and and children's 1K runs, downtown Little Rock. Details at jllr.org. Call (501) 375-5557.
BARD TO BE WILD
William Shakespeare's birthday, 1564.
"Withmirth and laughter let old wrinkles come." -- Shakespeare
TOMB BE OR NOT TOMB BE
24Mount Holly Cemetery Picnic, dinner, living history re-enactments and music with Lark in the Morning, 5-7 p.m. at Little Rock's historic graveyard. Details at mounthollycemetery.com.
GO WITH THE FLOE
25How to celebrate World Penguin Day: All dressed up and snow place to go.
SCORE ONE FOR DIAMOND LIL
26Rock-and-a-hard-place quiz answer: (B) diamond, a girl's best friend -- not to be confused with a cubic zircon, a false friend.
COOL AIDES
27Administrative Professionals Day -- the wrong day to expect that somebody else is going to make coffee.
CARRIE ON
28Carrie Underwood: The Storyteller Tour, with Easton Corbin and the Swon Brothers, 7 p.m. at Verizon Arena, North Little Rock. Details at verizonarena.com. Call (800) 745-3000.
HOPPY DAYS
29Toad Suck Daze through May 1, Conway. Details at toadsuck.org. Call (501) 327-7788.
GET BACK
30Some Liverpool lad namedPaul McCartney, 8 p.m. at Verizon Arena, North Little Rock. Details at verizonarena.com. Call (800) 745-3000.
IRIS DESIROUS
Central Arkansas Iris Society Show, 1-4 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, Little Rock. Details about the show at Central Arkansas Iris Society on Facebook. Details about the club at centralarkansasiris.org.
Coming next month: May! 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 April 15 to suggest May calendar entries or how to celebrate May as National Hamburger month, such as: grilled and delighted. 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 03/29/2016