March is the month that comes in like a lamb and goes out looking for leprechauns. Runners run, paraders parade, spellers spell, spring spells a frolic, and daylight saving time springs forward.
1 National Umbrella Month, National Nutrition Month, National Craft Month. A rain drop diverter, a calorie converter, a tacky glue squirter.
HOW DO YOU 'DO
"The Art of Hair" styling through March 24 at Mena Art Gallery, Mena. Details at menaartgallery.org. Call (479) 394-3880.
NEW LEASE
2 Broadway musical Rent through March 4 at Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville. Details at waltonartscenter.org. Call (479) 443-5600.
FLOWER POWER
Arkansas Flower and Garden Show through March 4 at the Arkansas State Fairgrounds, Little Rock. Details at argardenshow.org. cq Call (501) 821-4000.
UPS AND DOWNS
AND ALL-AROUNDS
Professional Bull Riding through March 3 at Verizon Arena, North Little Rock. Details at verizonarena.com. Call (800) 745-3000.
CHIC LIT
Lanterns Winter Festival, 6-9 p.m. through March 4 at Wildwood Park for the Arts, Little Rock, evokes scenes from China, Italy and the moon. Details at wildwoodpark.org. Call (501) 821-7275.
FISH BOWL
Anglers Expo and Ziggypepper Chili Cookoff through March 3 at Heber Springs Community Center, Heber Springs, benefits Rotary Club scholarship program. Details at ziggypepper.com.
HAVA TAMPA
3 Florida Admission Day, 1845. Florida admits that a Miami Beach bikini contest is the difference between one thong and another.
LEGWORK
4 Little Rock Marathon, 7 a.m. from downtown, presented by the Democrat-Gazette. (Pre-marathon events include health and fitness expo, March 2-3 at the Statehouse Convention Center, and fun run and walk, 7:30 a.m. March 3 from downtown.) Details at littlerockmarathon.com. Call (501) 371-4639.
THAT'S YOU ALL OVER
5 Multiple Personality Day -- when you meet yourself coming and going.
SAN ANTONIO ROSE UP
6 Remember the Alamo, 1846.
FOAM, SWEET FOAM
7 National Bubble Week -- time to give up the bubble pipe in favor of the bubble vape.
BANJO MOJO
8 Spring Bluegrass Festival through March 10 at Ozark Folk Center State Park, Mountain Home. Details at ozarkfolkcenter.com. Call (870) 269-3851.
INNOCENT FUN
9 Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook through March 31 at Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre, Little Rock. Details at arkansasartscenter.org. Call (501) 372-4000.
SHE LOVES THE THEATER,
AND NEVER COMES LATE
10 Arkansas Symphony Orchestra connected, A Tribute to Ella (Fitzgerald), 7:30 p.m. March 10 and 3 p.m. March 11 at Robinson Center Performance Hall, Little Rock. Details at arkansassymphony.org. Call (501) 666-1761.
SPELL CHECK
Arkansas State Speling -- correction: Spelling Bee, 9 a.m. at Central Baptist College, Conway. Details at arkansasonline.com/spelling bee. Call (501) 378-3807.
TEACH BLANKET BINGO
Yo-Yo Quilt Workshop, 10 a.m.-noon at Lower White River State Park, Des Arc. (Yo-yo: a quilting technique, not a spinning toy, but nothing says a quilter can't also walk the dog.) Details at arkansas.com. Call (870) 256-3711.
CHIRP, CHIRP AND AWAY
Bluebird Day and birdhouse-building, 10 a.m.-noon at Mammoth Spring State Park, (Fulton County). Details at arkansas.com. Call (870) 625-7364.
SUNRISE, SUNSET,
SWIFTLY FLOW THE DAYS
11 Start of daylight saving time. The clock steals an hour at 2 a.m., and makes its getaway into the sunset.
SMART COOKIES
12 Girl Scout Day. The most popular Girl Scout cookie is: (A) Peanut Butter Patties, also known as Tagalongs; (B) Do-Si-Dos, or (C) Thin Mints.
Answer at March 28.
ICY FORECAST:
HAIL-SIZE PEAS
13 How to celebrate National Frozen Food Month: with frost on the pumpkin, iceberg lettuce and cold snap beans.
UAMS College of Medicine Parents Club auction and preview performance of Mama Mia!, 5 p.m. at Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Little Rock. Details at uamscomparentsclub.com.
CHIP-CHIP HOORAY
14 National Potato Chip Day -- when the game is in the bag.
GREAT CAESAR'S TOAST
15 Ides of March. Julius Caesar learned too late to "beware the Ides of March." The Roman emperor was assassinated on this day in 44 BC. But history disputes that his dying words were, "Could be worse, could be taxes."
ABBA HUBBUB
16 Musical Mama Mia! opening night, through April 8 at Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Little Rock. Details at therep.org. Call (501) 378-0405.
SPRINGS AND STRINGS
Valley of the Vapors Independent Music Festival through March 20, bills 45 acts at venues throughout Hot Springs. Details at www.valleyofthevapors.com.
AMERICAN BAND
Grand Funk Railroad, 8 p.m. on Bridge Street, downtown Hot Springs. Details at hotsprings.org. Call (501) 321-2277.
BLUEGRASS ROOTS
Steep Canyon Rangers, 7:30 p.m. at Fowler Center, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro. Details at yourfowlercenter.com. Call (870) 972-3471.
HELLO, YELLOW
Jonquil Festival through March 18 at Historic Washington State Park near Hope, Details at historicwashingtonstatepark.com. Call (870) 983-2684.
LEAPIN LEPRECHAUNS!
17 St. Patrick's Day.• Irish Cultural Society of Arkansas St. Patrick's Day Parade, 1 p.m., downtown North Little Rock across the Main Street Bridge to downtown Little Rock. Details at irisharkansas.org. Call (501) 868-6416.• World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade, events start at 3 p.m. on Bridge Street, downtown Hot Springs, with grand marshal Joey Fatone, Jon Heder of Napoleon Dynamite. Morris Day and The Time concert, 9 p.m. after the parade. Details at hotsprings.org. Call (501) 321-2277.• St. Patrick's Day Parade, 2 p.m. through twisty-as-a-green-snake downtown Eureka Springs. Details at eurekaspringschamber.com. Call (479) 253-8737.
SCREEN QUEENS
Hot Springs International Women's Film Festival through March 18 at the Central Theater, Hot Springs. Details at hotspringswomensfilmfestival.com. Call (501) 538-0766.
BACK TO THE GRIND
Musical Dirty Dancing, matinees and evenings through March 18 at Robinson Center Performance Hall, Little Rock. Details at celebrityattractions.com. Call (501) 244-8800.
GOOBER-NATORIAL ADDRESS
18 How to celebrate National Peanut Month: Get crackin'.
HOPE SPRINGS
19 Optimism Month -- when the glass is always half vodka.
GAMBOLING ADDICTION
20 First Day of Spring, tra-la, tra-la.
Spring is sprung,
Feelin' young,
Doldrums swung,
Groundhog flung.
THEY'LL BE THERE FOR YOU
Bon Jovi, 7:30 p.m. at Verizon Arena, North Little Rock. Details at verizonarena.com. Call (800) 745-3000.
RAM-A-LAMA-DING-DONG
21 ARIES (March 21-April 19). Is today your birthday? If so, it's time for a road trip, trip-trop. Hit the surf head-on, and sing with the Beach Boys, "Baa-baa-baa, baa-Barbara Ann." Butt heads with fellow goat herders William Shatner, 87 on March 22; and Lady Gaga, 32 on March 28.
PLANT FOOD
Little Shop of Horrors through April 21 at Murry's Dinner Playhouse, Little Rock. Details at murrysdp.com. Call (501) 562-3131.
AROMA HOLIDAY
22 Day after Fragrance Day, and still it -- sniff! -- lingers.
WISE GUYS, EH?
23 Platinum Comedy Tour, 8 p.m. at Verizon Arena, North Little Rock, with Bruce Bruce, Mike Epps, Rickey Smiley, Earthquake and Michael Blackson. Details at verizonarena.com. Call (800) 745-3000.
EVERYONE KNOWS IT'S WINDY
24 Kite Festival, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge near Eureka Springs. Details at turpentinecreek.org. Call (479) 253-6596.
GRIDDLE ME THIS
25 Waffle Day celebrates the pancake that woke up with sleep wrinkles.
STRONG TO THE FINICH
26 National Spinach Day -- when Popeye checks the mirror to be sure he doesn't have spinach stuck between his teeth. But wait, does Popeye have teeth?
Answer at March 30.
ON-THE-JOB STRAINING
27 Employee Spirit Month peaks to a happy high around 5 p.m.
LOST AT SEA
28 Cookie crumbles quiz answer: (C) Thin Mints, not necessarily a way to get thin.
CAR TUNES
29 Sing with Your Child Month. Kidz Bop 37 topped Billboard's kid album chart in February, including the single, "Bad at Love." What, you were thinking "Old MacDonald Had a Farm"?
RABBIT CROSSING
30 Great Escape Weekend and Easter Egg Hunt through April 1 at Petit Jean State Park near Morrilton. Details at petitjeanstatepark.com. Call (501) 727-5441.
HE YAM WHAT HE AM,
HE GUM WHAT HE CAN
Salivating sailor-man quiz answer: Yes and no. Popeye did not appear to have teeth, just a gum line at first. More lately, he shows a fine set of whites along with his one eye. Spinach restores teeth, maybe so, but it can't fix a permanent squint.
CALL FOR BACKUP
31 World Backup Day reminds that a computer file safely backed up, in a timely and responsible manner, is a file that nobody will ever use again.
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Style on 02/27/2018