May is the month of mayhaws, magnolias, mothers, Mustangs and Memorial Day -- when tubas go ommmmm-pah, and a steak on the grill smells mmm-mmmm.
1 Mother Goose Day -- when Mother Goose, Old Mother Hubbard and the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe collaborate on a rhyme to express the complaint they share with mothers in general:
Oh, the shame of it all,
And the reason we squall
Is the kids never call.
TINKER THINKERS
Imaginate exhibit of hands-on activities to encourage inventive thinking, through Oct. 2 at Museum of Discovery, Little Rock. Details at museumofdiscovery.org. Call (501) 396-7050.
FORECAST: BIG BLOW
2 Four days before International Tuba Day -- still time to evacuate.
THE VOICE(S)
3 Conway Men's Chorus pops concert, "SpringSing," 7 p.m. at Reynolds Performance Hall, University of Central Arkansas, Conway. Details at conwaymenschorus.org. Call (501) 472-8758.
THE ICE MA'AM COMETH
4 Disney on Ice presents Frozen through May 8 at Verizon Arena, North Little Rock. Details at verizonarena.com. Call (800) 745-3000.
ALWAYS ROOM FOR 'DILLO
Armadillo Festival through May 7 including Armadillo races, Hamburg. Details at hamburgark.com. Call (870) 853-8345.
MARGARITAVILLE
5 Cinco de Mayo -- the whole enchilada.
FRESH PAINT
6 Young Artists Exhibition through July 24 at Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock. Details at arkansasartscenter.org. Call (501) 372-4000.
THEREBY HANGS A TAIL
History on the Run 5K race and Dog Jog family fun run, 7 p.m. at MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, Little Rock. Details at arkmilitaryheritage.com. Call (501) 376-4602.
TEMPERATURE CONTROL
National Nurses Week remains on call through May 12, "Lady With the Lamp" nurse Florence Nightingale's birthday, 1820.
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.
7 Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Pops Live! concert, "The Movie Music of John Williams," 7:30 p.m. May 7 and 3 p.m. May 8 at Connor Performing Arts Center, Pulaski Academy, Little Rock. Details at arkansassymphony.org. Call (501) 666-1761.
BERRIED TREASURE
Mayhaw Festival, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at Newton House, El Dorado. Details at soarkhistory.com. (870) 862-9890
OOLONG TIME COMING
Tea Time With Top of the Rock Chorus and Acapella Rising, 2-4 p.m. at Albert Pike Masonic Center, Little Rock. Details at topoftherockchorus.com. Call (501) 758-3291.
MOM'S DA BOMB
8 Mother's Day.
• "Diddle-diddle dumpling, my son John." -- Mother Goose
• "Lies! All lies! You're all lying against my boys." -- Ma Barker
SEED THE SIGHTS
9 Wildflower Week: Beware the dandelions and even more snappish snapdragons.
DECK THE HAULS
10 Clean Up Your Room Day: It's in the bag.
DEF-INITIVE
11 Def Leppard with REO Speedwagon and Tesla, 7 p.m. at Verizon Arena, North Little Rock. Details at verizonarena.com. Call (800) 745-3000.
THE TRUTH FROM DULUTH
Minnesota Admission Day, 1858. Minnesota admits that twin cities Minneapolis and St. Paul often trade places, and nobody can tell the difference.
IN THE MOOD FOR RUDE
12 Limerick Day.
A limerick should be, so they say,
A poem that is somewhat risque --
Naughty and flirty,
In fact, downright dirty,
But that's not the newspaper way.
DOGS ON THE CATWALK
Paws on the Runway, 6 p.m. at Next Level events, Little Rock, benefits Central Arkansas Rescue Effort of Animals, Inc. (CARE). Details at careforanimals.org. Call (501) 603-2273.
OOK HERE
13 This year's only Friday the 13th.
Veer past this one black cat in the road, and it's nothing but TGIF the rest of the way.
ROCK OPERA
Opera in the Rock performance, La Boheme, 7:30 p.m. May 13 and 3 p.m. May 15 at Pulaski Technical College Center for Humanities and Arts, North Little Rock. Details at pulaskitech.simpletix.com. Call (501) 812-2338.
LOOK! UP IN THE SKY!
14 International Migratory Bird Day -- another plan gone south.
RIVER REVVER
Cherry Street Fair, 5-8 p.m. downtown Helena-West Helena. Details at thrivecenter.org. Call (870) 338-3300.
HOME OF TOMES
15 Books in Bloom Literary Festival at the Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, with novelist Laura Lippman (Every Secret Thing), and children's book illustrator Brian Biggs (Frank Einstein). Details at booksinbloom.org. Call (870) 423-5300.
Clinton School of Public Service graduation and collection of protein food items to benefit the Arkansas Foodbank in front of the Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock. Call (501) 683-5200.
MONKEY SEA, MONKEY DO
16 Sea Monkey Day remembers those comic book ads that promised, "Instant pets!" that would "swim, play, scoot, race, and do comical tricks." But one thing that sea monkeys -- brine shrimp -- can't do is read.
GO GREEN
17 The greenest thing about May is: (A) Mayflies, or (B) Mayhaw berries, or (C) the birthstone for this month, emerald.
Answer at May 27.
RIDE, RIDE, RIDE
18 National Bike Week keeps pedaling all the way to Bike to Work Day, May 20.
Bicycle Advocacy of Central Arkansas Ride of Silence memorial ride, 6 p.m. from 1300 Main St., Little Rock. Details at arkansasbicycleclub.org. Call (501) 912-1449.
BLUE STREAK
19 National Police Week: All the merrymaking the law allows.
PETER PAN KEEPS CAP'N HOOK ON HIS TIPPY-TOES
20 Arkansas Festival Ballet's Peter Pan, a Storybook Ballet, through May 22 at Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock. Details at arkansasdance.org. Call (501) 227-5320.
ROCKABILLY IN THE ROCK
Charlie Rich Jr. with Sonny Burgess & the Legendary Pacers, 7 p.m. at Ron Robinson Theater, Little Rock. Details at arkansassounds.org. Call (501) 918-3033.
PINCH OF THIS, PINCH OF THAT
Crawdad Days Festival through May 21, Harrison. Details at crawdaddays.org. Call (870) 741-2659.
FUN, FUN, FUN 'TIL HER DADDY TAKES THE T-BONE AWAY
Magnolia Blossom Festival through May 21; World Championship Steak Cook-Off May 21, Magnolia. Details at blossomfestival.org. Call (870) 234-4352.
BUMPY RIDE
Picklefest, pickles, pickle juice and pickle eating through May 21, Atkins. Details at peopleforabetteratkins.org. Call (479) 747-0122.
FIDDLE-DEE-DEE, FIDDLE ADO
21 Hope/Hempstead County Bluegrass Festival, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. at Historic Washington State Park near Hope. Details at historicwashingtonstatepark.com. Call (870) 983-2684.
YOU AND YOU, TOO
GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Is today your birthday-birthday? If so, opportunity knocks twice. Double down on the twin goals of a Gemini birthday party: (1) Have your cake, and (2) Eat it , too. Go-go in the know with double-dippers Mike and Ike, Ronald and McDonald, Noel and Leon -- and CeeLo Green, 42 on May 30; and Clint Eastwood, 85 on May 31.
SEE HERE
22 Sherlock Holmes'creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday, 1859.
"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes." -- Sherlock Holmes
SWEET CENT OF SUCCESS
23 Lucky Penny Day, and what a penny still buys in today's economy:
• Half of two cents' worth.
• A pretty penny.
• One hand of penny-ante poker.
SNAILS IN THE SUNSET
24 Escargot Day: a slime time had by all.
SHOE AND TELL
25 Tap Dance Day: There's a tap for that.
WHIRRED, PASS THE WORD
Spring Carnival, rides and concession through May 29 at Parsons Stadium, Springdale. Details at rodeooftheozarks.org. Call (479) 756-0464.
KELP! I NEED SOMEBODY.
26 How to celebrate Salad Month: at an after-hours salad bar. Everybody knows your name, and just for you they break out the good stuff -- the radicchio they keep under the counter.
LITTLE GREEN MIEN
27 It's not easy bein' green quiz answer: (C), emerald, the stone left over from St. Patrick's Day -- or as the leprechauns say: "Give her the Blarney Stone if you want her to kiss a rock. Give her an emerald if you want her to kiss you."
BLOW BY BLOW
28 International Jazz Day forecast: cool with a front line moving in.
PONIES EXPRESS
29 Mustangs on the Mountain Show and Shine, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Museum of Automobiles on Petit Jean Mountain near Morrilton. Details at museumofautos.com. Call (501) 727-5427.
SAY CHEESE
Wisconsin Admission Day, 1848. Wisconsin admits Gouda is good, but cheddar is better.
GET A LOAD OF THIS
What's to learn about Composting Day? -- a heap.
SUNDAY-MONDAY-HAPPY DAYS
30 Memorial Day.
BUSTED
31 So much for Janet Jackson's Unbreakable World Tour at North Little Rock's Verizon Arena -- she broke the appointment: postponed. But here, have a sweet consolation: It's National Macaroon Day, celebrating the cookie that never malfunctions.
Coming next month: June! Call (501) 399-3633, write to Ron Wolfe, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 121 E. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, Ark. 72203, or e-mail
by May 15 to suggest June calendar entries or how to celebrate June as Adopt a Cat Month, such as: Buy a whisker. 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 04/26/2016