June is busy as a bride-to-be on a buckin' bronc, starting with Riverfest and winding up with rodeo cowboys, butterflies and purplehull peas. Father, dear Father, is apt to feel left out again as the events of this month whirl past him, even on Father's Day, but he's used to that.
1 Aquarium Month, National Bathroom Reading Month, Adopt a Cat Month. A burble, a book stall, a fur-ball.
CARP DIEM
2 Fishing Week, Candy Month, and fish bait of the month: Gummi worms.
ROCK 'N' ROLLIN' ON THE RIVER
3 Riverfest through June 5, opens with separately ticketed Flowing on the River party June 3; music headliners including Chris Stapleton, Grace Potter on June 4-5 in Riverfront Park and grounds of the Clinton Presidential Center. Details at riverfestarkansas.com. Call (501) 255-3378.
BROADWAY BLAST
Community Theatre of Little Rock musical, Annie Get Your Gun, through June 5 and June 10-12 and 17-19 at The Studio Theatre, downtown Little Rock. Details at ctlr-act.org. Call (501) 410-2283.
RUBBER DUCKY, YOU'RE THE WON
4 Stueart Pennington Running of the Tubs bathtub races on Bathhouse Row, downtown Hot Springs. Parade of tubs on wheels, 9 a.m.; races, 9:30 a.m. Entry rules call for actual, water-filled bathtubs on wheels. Details at hotsprings.org. Call (501) 321-2027.
PATH FINDERS
National Trails Day hikes at Petit Jean State Park near Morrilton. Details at petitjeanstatepark.com. Call (501) 727-5441.
SIMPLY SILIBANT
5 Little Rock Wind Symphony Chamber Players concert, "Serenades, Soliloquies, Sarabandes and More," 3 p.m. at St. Paul United Methodist Church, Little Rock. Details at lrwindsymphony.org. Call (501) 666-0777.
BUBBLING MELODIES
Hot Springs Music Festival through June 18 at locations throughout Hot Springs. Details at hotmusic.org. Call (501) 623-4763.
UPS AND DOWNS
6 How to celebrate Yo-Yo Day: Walk the dog.
ALL THE NOOSE FIT TO PRINT
7 English fop Beau Brummell's birthday, 1778. He championed the cravat, a fussy neck wrap that led to the necktie, the birthday necktie, the Christmas necktie, the crooked necktie, the clip-on necktie, the necktie made to look like a fish, the missing collar button, the gravy-stained necktie and -- the Father's Day necktie.
IT'S A GUY THING
8 How to celebrate International Men's Month: the way nature intended -- mow the lawn.
GO-GO-PINOT
9 Art of Wine festival starts with Winemaker's Dinner, June 9 at 6 p.m., continuing through June 11 at Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville. Details at waltonartscenter.org. Call (479) 443-5600.
A MORE CONGENIAL SPOT
Royal Players musical, Camelot, through June 12 and June 16-19 at the Royal Theatre, Benton. Details at theroyalplayers.com. Call (501) 315-5483.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Donald Duck's 82nd birthday makes him the same age as puppeteer Carol Spinney (Big Bird).
TO THE BATCAVE
10 Bat-0-Rama Weekend celebration of Devil's Den State Park's resident bats, through June 12 near Fayetteville. Details at arkansasstateparks.com. Call (479) 761-3325.
WALL-EYED
Delta Exhibition of paintings and sculptures, through Aug. 7 at Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock. Details at arkansasartscenter.org. Call (501) 372-4000.
VINE TIME HAD BY ALL
Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival and tomato eating through June 11, Warren. Details at bradleypinktomato.com. Call (870) 226-5225.
SEE-AND-BE SCENE
Little Rock Picture Show horror/sci-fi/fantasy film festival opens with South by Southwest winner The Arbalest. Festival continues through June 12 in conjunction with River City Comic Expo, Statehouse Convention Center, Little Rock. Details at rivercitycomicexpo.com.
BACK TO THE BATCAVE
11 River City Comic Expo with Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura) and comics artist Neal Adams through June 12 at the Statehouse Convention Center, Little Rock. Details at rivercitycomicexpo.com.
FISHING FOR CONDIMENTS
Maumelle Lions Club Fish Fry, 4-7 p.m. at Jess Odom Community Center, benefits the Maumelle Police and Fire/EMT departments. Details at e-clubhouse.org/sites/maumelle/. Call (501) 993-5810.
HEAR HERE
12 Little Rock Wind Symphony Flag Day concert, "Stars and Stripes," 7 p.m. in MacArthur Park, Little Rock. Details at lrwindsymphony.org. Call (501) 666-0777.
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL
Pink Floyd tribute band Brit Floyd, 7:30 p.m. at Verizon Arena, North Little Rock. Details at verizonarena.com. Call (800) 745-3000.
HITCH UP OL' BOBBIN
13 Sewing Machine Day -- hem and hers.
GLORY, GLORY
14 Flag Day.
HEAPS OF FUN
Antique Auto Show and Swap Meet through June 18 at the Museum of Automobiles on Petit Jean Mountain near Morrilton. Details at museumofautos.com. Call (501) 727-5427.
NATURALLY THE BEST
15 Arkansas Admission Day, 1836. Arkansas admits that 180 years is a good start.
TRUE GRITS
16 Soul Food Month -- and if you don't want greens and cornbread, then you must need a hug.
THORNY PROPOSITION
17 A Rose Month is a Rose Month is a Rose Month.
THEATRESQUARED TIMES FIVE
Arkansas New Play Festival of five works to be performed through June 26 at Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville and the Walton Arts Center's Nadine Baum Studios in Fayetteville. Details at theatre2.org. Call (479) 443-5600.
FINAL DECISION
18 International Picnic Day, International Panic Day.
"Cake or death?" -- Eddie Izzard
HERE COMES THE SUN
Summer Solstice Celebration, 5-8:30 p.m. at Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park near Scott. Details at arkansasstateparks.com. Call (501) 961-9442.
FREE ENTERPRISE
Juneteenth celebration, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, Little Rock. Details at mosaictemplarscenter.com. Call (501) 683-3593.
TINK BIG
Tinkerfest, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at Mid-America Science Museum, Hot Springs. Details at midamericamuseum.org. Call (501) 767-3461.
FAUX PA
19 Father's Day.
STEP THIS WAY
World Sauntering Day leaves the gait open to every sort of walk, amble, ankle, stroll, march, mosey, one foot in front of the other, best foot forward.
"The right leg isn't silly at all, and the left leg merely does a forward aerial half-turn every alternate step." -- John Cleese, Monty Python
HOT NEWS
20 First Day of Summer.
HAVE A COW, DON'T HAVE A COW
21 Dairy Month, Dairy Alternatives Month.
HAVE A BULL
22 Rodeo of the Ozarks through June 25 at Parson's Stadium, Springdale. Details at rodeooftheozarks.org. Call (479) 756-0464.
CRAB, CRAB, CRAB
CANCER (June 22-July 22): Is today your birthday? If so, best retreat to your shell. Life is such a sand trap these days, not even a day at the beach is a day at the beach. But here's to such a great time, anyway, you have to pinch yourself to believe it's real. Ride the waves with actress Meryl Streep, 67 on June 22; and boxer Mike Tyson, 50 on June 30.
FLUTTER AMAZEMENT
23 Red, White & Blue Festival, concerts, car and motorcycle shows and fireworks, through June 26, Mountain Home. Details at redwhitebluefestival.com. Call (870) 706-9870.
TOM WITH APLOMB
Turkey Lovers Month. Oh, c'mon. Thanksgiving was six months ago, and it's time even for those who never wanted to look at turkey again to look at turkey again.
FLIT FEST
24 Mount Magazine Butterfly Festival, nature walks and garden tours through June 25 at Mount Magazine State Park, Paris. Details at mountmagazinestatepark.com. Call (479) 963-8502.
PEAS ON EARTH
25 Purplehull Pea Festival and World Championship Rotary Tiller Race, and purplehull peas and cornbread, Emerson. Details at purplehull.com. Call (870) 547-3500.
RIKKI DON'T LOSE THAT TICKET
Steely Dan with Steve Winwood, 7:30 p.m. at Verizon Arena, North Little Rock. Details at verizonarena.com. Call (800) 745-3000.
COTTON BALL
Plantation Agriculture Museum 25th anniversary celebration with ice cream and Dutch oven desserts, 2-4 p.m., Scott. Call (501) 961-1409.
PITCHER UP
26 National Iced Tea Month.
SWAT TEAM
27 Fight the Filthy Fly Month.
Buzzy Wuzzy was a fly,
Buzzy Wuzzy buzzin' by,
Many try to swat this guy,
Buzzy Wuzzy's way too sly.
ROYAL WEDDING, WEDDING, WEDDING WEDDING, WEDDING, WEDDING
28 King Henry VIII of England's birthday, 1491.
GOO'ED NEWS
29 International Mud Day, celebrated all along the campaign trail.
POLKA-DOTTED LINE
30 Last day of National Accordion Awareness Month -- good to the last squeeze.
Coming next month: July! Call (501) 399-3633, write to Ron Wolfe, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 121 E. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, Ark. 72203, or e-mail
rwolfe@arkansasonline.com
by June 15 to suggest July calendar entries or how to celebrate July 2 as World UFO Day, such as: with eyes like saucers. 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 05/31/2016