August is so hot - how hot is it? - so hot, it’s almost too dry to spit a watermelon seed. So hot, fleas fall off dogs, and dogs fall off flea markets. So hot, brides wear white to reflect the heat, and grooms get cold feet only thanks to air conditioning.
1 Moby Dick author Herman Melville’s birthday,
1819; Raspberry Cream Pie Day.
Cap’n Ahab thinks better of nailing a coin to the mast to motivate his crew, and the Pequod sets sail to the skipper’s challenge of, “Who wants pie?” SEEN AND FELT
Arkansas Women to Watch textile art exhibit through Aug. 17 at the Joy Pratt Markham Gal
ley, Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville. Details at waltonartscenter.
org. Call(479) 443-5600.
RAGS TO RICHES 2 Yards and Yards of Yard Sales through Aug. 3, Eureka Springs. Details at eurekaspringschamber.com. Call (479) 253-8737.
On Call Band, 5-7 p.m. at the Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff. Details at artssciencecenter.org. Call (870) 536-3375.
YELLOW STREAK 3 National Mustard Day. Mustard makes for Southern-style mustard barbecue sauce. The condiment may have other uses, but really, why look past barbecue?
4 Malvern native Billy Bob Thornton’s 58th birthday.
“Well, they can’t all be winners.” - Billy Bob Thornton, Bad Santa.
OOHS AND OZ QUIZ 5 Dorothy and her companions encounter a field of poppies on their way to Oz. Poppies are the peppy flower for August, but they make Dorothy feel: (A) Squeaky as the Tin Man; (B) Cat-nappy as the Cowardly Lion or (C) Scattered as the Scarecrow.
Answer at Aug. 25.
GRAPE EXPECTATIONS
6 Tontitown Grape Festival
through Aug. 10, Tontitown near Springdale. Spaghetti dinners Aug. 8-10. Details at tontitowngrapefestival.com. Call (479) 361-2615.
GOT HULK?
7 Movies in the Park: The
Avengers, sunset at First Security Amphitheatre, downtown Little Rock. Details at rivermarket.info. Call (501) 376-4781.
THUMPITY-THUMP-THUMP
8 Hope Watermelon Festival
through Aug. 10. with Tracy Lawrence concert Aug. 10, Hope. Details at hopemelonfest.
com. Call (870) 777-3640.
Cave City Watermelon Festival through Aug. 10, Cave City north of Batesville. Details at cavecityarkansas.info. Call (870) 283-5959.
PLUNDER ROAD
Bargains Galore on 64, 160 miles of yard sales and flea markets through Aug. 10 along U.S. 64 from Fort Smith east to Beebe. Details at bargainsgalore on64.com. Call (479) 667-4455. IDEA TO BE EMBRACED
9 Romance Awareness Month
and how to get a clue that something romantic might be happening:
He brings a box of chocolates with all the good pieces still there
She lights candles even though the power is on.
The dog sits right between them.
Drama The River Niger through Aug. 10, 16-17 and 23-24 at The Weekend Theater, Little Rock. Details at weekendtheater.
org. Call (501) 374-3761.
TOME SWEET TOME 10 Arkansas Book and Paper Show, antiquarian books and ephemera, through Aug. 11 at Jacksonville Community Center, Jacksonville. Call (501) 590-0071.
REMEMBER WHAT’S-HIS-NAME?
11 What Will Be Your Legacy Month, and words for posterity:
“Make a legacy, then retire champions.” - Serena Williams
“At least, there is a legacy, but I‘ll never see it.” - George W. Bush
“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading, or do something worth writing.” - Benjamin Franklin TREBLE THREAT 12 Thomas Edison invents the phonograph, 1877. Neighbors complain about the noise.
BANG-UP AFFAIR 13 Sharpshooter Annie Oakley’s birthday, 1860.
TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECT 14 National Creamsicle Day - on a stick.
BY ANY STRETCH 15 How to celebrate Relaxation Day on a Thursday, a work day:
Treat yourself to a long lunch, 11 minutes.
Pretend the job is a water slide, and let your mind slip off.
If you can’t have a nap yourself, at least put the computer to sleep.
HOT PICKS 16 Eureka Springs Bluegrass Festival through Aug. 18 at Basin Spring Park and The Auditorium, Eureka Springs.
eurekaspringschamber.com. Call (479) 253-8737.
I STILL MISS SOMEONE 17 Johnny Cash Musical Festival with the late singer’s brother and sister, Tommy Cash and Joanne Cash Yates, 7p.m. at Arkansas State University Convocation Center, Jonesboro.
Details at johnnycashmusicfest.
com. Call (870) 972-2781.
’EN-E-RY ENERGY
Herman’s Hermits with Peter Noone (“I’m Henry the Eighth, I Am”), Grass Roots and the Buckinghams, 7 p.m. at Oaklawn Park, Hot Springs. Details at oaklawn.com. Call (501) 623-4411.
STICK TALK
Little Rock Lacrosse Fall Kick-Off for parents and players aged 5 to 18, 3-5 p.m. at War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock.
Details at littlerocklacrosse.com.
Call (615) 516-2627.
BORN ON A MOUNTAINTOP IN TENNESSEE
Davy Crockett’s coonskin-capped birthday, 1786.
Lucky for him, the day he needed a new hat, he happened to shoot a raccoon.
Ol’ Davy, he was famous
For the coonskin on his head;
His legend would have suffered
Had he worn a duck, instead;
A possum would have made him
Want to play like he was dead;
Or worst of all, a bunny hat -
From which he would have fled.
I-DO HOW-TOS 18 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Bridal Show, 12:30-5 p.m. at the Statehouse Conven tion Center, Little Rock. Details at arkansasbridalcommunity.com.
Call (501) 378-3807.
HANGARS ON19National Aviation Day.
IN THE SWIM 20 National Catfish Month, Water Quality Month.
Catfish, catfish,
In the burble,
Would that you were
Somewhat verbal;
Speak up, won’t you,
Mr. Fishy? -
Call for lakes
All clean and squishy.
LEI OF THE LAND 21 Hawaii admission day, 1959. Hawaii admits the real Big Island is Ben Bernanke.
ANT-AGONISTS 22 How to celebrate National Picnic Month: With a blanket announcement.
JOIN THE CLUB 23 National Golf Month, Friendship Week: Two ways that getting teed off is par for the course.
STRUM TIMES
Jamming 101: A Traditional Music Event, workshops and jam sessions with The Boiled Buzzards through Aug. 24, Ozark Folk Center State Park, Mountain View. Details at ozarkfolkcenter.
com. Call (870) 269-3851.
WHOA IS ME!
24 Arkansas National Championship Chuckwagon Race events through Sept. 1;
races Aug. 30-Sept. 1 at the Eoff Ranch, Clinton. Details at chuckwagonraces.com. Call (501) 745-8407.
SOAR SUBJECTS
End of Summer Hang Glider Fly-In through Aug. 25 at Mount Nebo State Park. Details at arkansasstateparks.com. Call (479) 229-3655.
TOO-TOO TOTO 25 The Wizard of Oz movie opens to middle-of-the-Yellow Brick Road reviews, 1939.
Wiz-there-was quiz answer: (B) Snoozy, poppies being a symbol of sleep.
NIPPERS AND NAPPERS 26 Get Ready for Kindergarten Month, and three important things to learn in kindergarten:
No matter how fast you can bite, there’s always someone who can bite faster.
Kindergarten is the last time that cute counts as a defense.
Anybody can have a milk mustache, but a milk beard is something special.
TAKE A HUMAN TO LUNCH 27 Be Kind to Humankind Week.
“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” - Tennessee WilliamsPURE HAPPENSTANCE 28 How to celebrate Happiness Happens Month: Happily ever after.
OUT OF THE BLUES 29 Hot Springs Blues Festival through Sept. 1 with Zak Harmon and Southern Hospitality, Wheatley Plaza and various venues, Hot Springs.
Details at spacityblues.org. Call (501) 321-2277.
MONSTER PARTY 30 Frankenstein author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s birthday, 1797.
Junkfest Trail of antique stores, flea markets and yard sales, generally along U.S. 65 through Searcy County, through Aug. 31. Call (870) 448-2557.
QUICK-DRAW YEE-HAH 31 Showdown at Sunset gunfight re-enactment and music starting at 6 p.m., downtown El Dorado. Details at mainstreeteldorado.org. Call (870) 862-4747.
WAILS AND TRAVAILS Legendary Blues Festival with Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes and Sweet Angel at Cherry Street Pavilion, Helena-West Helena.
Details at force3radio.com. Call (870) 572-9506.
Coming next month: September! Call (501) 399-3633, write to Ron Wolfe, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 121 E.
Capitol Ave., Little Rock, Ark. 72203, or email
[email protected] by Aug. 15 to suggest September calendar entries or to celebrate September as Happy Cat Month, such as: According to the label - as purr directed. Each event requires a phone number that is answered during business hours or by an answering machine that identifies the event or its sponsor.
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