June is the month of fatherhood, dogs at work, cheese and milk. Dad gets his due, or better yet -- fondue. The little dog laughs to see such sport, and the dairy cow is over the moon.
1 National Iced Tea Month, National Safety Month, National Rivers Month. A slurp, a slip and the mighty Mississip'.
IT'S GONNA BE
A WALK IN THE WOODS
National Trails Day and Great Outdoors Month, with events at state parks throughout Arkansas. Details at arkansas.com.
WATER, WATER, WATER
"Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea" exhibit of 20 sculptures of sea life made of trash collected from beaches, through Oct. 27 at Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock. Details at clintonlibrary.com. Call (501) 374-4242.
• Dog wash, pet adoption and puppy treats, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at The Promenade at Chenal, Little Rock, with celebrity dog washers including Democrat-Gazette Food Editor Kelly Brant. Details at chenalshopping.com.
• Steuart Pennington World Championship Running of the Tubs sloshing bathtub race, 9 p.m., downtown Hot Springs. Details at hotsprings.org. Call (501) 321-2027.
ROCKA ROLLA
Judas Priest, 7:30 p.m. at First Security Bank Amphitheater in Little Rock's River Market District. Details at ticketmaster.com. Call (800) 745-3000.
HOT LICKS
2 Hot Springs Music Festival and concerts through June 15 at various venues, Hot Springs. Details at hotmusic.org. Call (501) 623-4763.
ALL THE MOOS FIT TO PRINT
3 National Dairy Month -- through June, or until the cows come home.
THE WHEEL GOES AROUND
4 National Cheese Day and cheese-and-wine pairing recommendations:
• Bleu cheese with port.
• Feta with sauvignon blanc.
• Cheez Whiz with faux merlot.
GLOBAL ENNOBLE
5 World Environment Day celebrates the one thing everybody shares: environment.
WASTED AWAY AGAIN
6 Jimmy Buffett, 8 p.m. at Verizon Arena, North Little Rock. Details at verizonarena.com. Call (501) 975-9000.
"If life gives you limes, make margaritas." -- Jimmy Buffett.
BROWN-EYED SURFER GIRL
International Surf Music Month -- wave after wave, and National Rose Month -- she rose on the surf.
BUILD THE WALL
7 Paramount's Laser Spectacular light show with Pink Floyd music, 8 p.m. at Robinson Center Performance Hall, Little Rock. Details at celebrityattractions.com. Call (501) 244-8800.
TUNE-IN TIME
Lum and Abner Festival, Mena, remembers the old-time radio characters. Details at visitmena.com. Call
"Doggies! I got more ignorance than you think I have." -- Abner.
PUSH RECORD
National VCR Day -- a time of mourning for those few surviving who still say Betamax was better.
A SQUALL FOR ALL
8 Adopt a Shelter Cat Month -- for the comfort of a cat to blame when a thing goes bump in the night.
LET'S MISBEHAVE
9 "I Love Paris" song composer Cole Porter's birthday, 1893; and Donald Duck Day in celebration of the cartoon fowl's 85th birthday.
I love ducks dressed up like sailors,
I love this duck most of all,
I love how he blows his temper:
"Awww, Phooey!"
I love all three of his nephews:
Hewey, Dewey,
And Louie.
WHAT'S THE BUZZ
10 Fight the Filthy Fly Month calls out the fly swatter, the pest spray, the bug zapper -- and where's a good toad when you need one?
LEND AN EAR
11 National Corn on the Cob Day celebrates the only food that's eaten exactly the way it grows, row after row.
SQUEEZE PLAY
12 How to dress for National Accordion Awareness Month: in polka dots.
WUGGA-WUGGA BOOGIE
13 Sewing Machine Day. Sew what? Sew there.
BIG FLAP
14 How to celebrate Flag Day: all a'flutter.
NATURAL ACCEPTANCE
15 Arkansas admission day, 1836. Arkansas admits to being the nation's only such place of Delight, Success, Eureka Springs, Hope and Birdsong.
DAD'S BEEN HAD
16 Father's Day gives Dad just what he wants on a restful Sunday: a necktie to wear back to work.
MOTHER OF FATHER'S INVENTION
Father's Day was created by: (A), Arthur Kopit, who also wrote the Broadway play, Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad; (B) Arkansas native Sonora Smart Dodd, in 1910, and first observed in Spokane, Wash., or (C) Richard Nixon, in order to get credit for having done something right.
Answer at June 29.
BUSTED FLAT
17 Five burglars nabbed at Democratic National Headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington, 1972. But history can't confirm the police caught them wearing "President Nixon -- Now More than Ever" buttons.
FRENCH FRIED
18 Napoleon meets his Waterloo -- at Waterloo, 1815.
FRENCH PROVINCIAL
Broadway musical Les Miserables through June 23 at Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville. Details at waltonartscenter.org. Call (479) 443-5600.
FETE OF DE FEET
19 World Sauntering Day, and everybody's talkin' 'bout a new way of walkin'.
I never, ever saunter,
Although I amble some,
I putter, drift and ramble,
But, see here -- I'm no bum;
Although I'm apt to mosey,
It's not that I don't care,
But just that when I end my stroll,
It turns out, yep, I'm there.
SOMETHING'S HAPPENING
20 Peter Frampton, 7:30 p.m. at Robinson Center Performance Hall, Little Rock. Details at celebrityattractions.com. Call (501) 244-8800.
SEASON IN THE SUN
21 First lazy, hazy, crazy day of Summer, and National Selfie Day -- when the sun makes every selfie a silhouette, or as Peggy Lee sang it: "Just me and my shadow."
OOMPA LOOMPA HOOPLA
Willy Wonka Jr. through June 30 at Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Little Rock. Details at therep.org. Call (501) 378-0405.
ARIA GONNA SING
Opera in the Ozarks with performances of La Boheme, The Abduction from the Seraglio and Little Women through July 19 at Inspiration Point, Eureka Springs. Details at opera.org. Call (479) 253-8595.
HUMAN RESOURCES
Take Your Dog to Work Day, and common breeds of co-workers:
• Retriever: The office go-fer.
• Greyhound: Chases after your job.
• Pointer: Takes everything straight to the boss.
• Husky: Owns the company.
• Setter: Son of Husky.
CRAB-WALK CAKE-WALK
22 CANCER (June 22-July 22): Is today your birthday? Crab if you must, but remember to pinch out the candles and make a wish. Saunter the beach sideways with fellow crustaceans of the Zodiac: Ariana Grande, 26 on June 26; and Mel Brooks, 93 on June 28.
JUNE KA-BOOM
El Dorado Summer Concert Series opens with Showdown at Sunset gunfight re-enactment at 6:15 p.m. downtown, and outdoor concert with Nikki Hill, Emi Sunshine, 7 p.m. at Murphy Arts District Amphitheater, El Dorado. Series continues July 27 and Aug. 24. Details at eldomad.com. Call (870) 444-3007.
GOOD FOR WHAT ALES YOU
Forward Fest: Blues, Batter and Brew with Southern Avenue and the Highway 49 Blues Band, Pine Bluff. Details at forwardfestpinebluff.com. Call (870) 939-6900.
JOHN WAYNE TOUGH
True Grit bike rides, Fort Smith. Details at truegritride.com. Call (479) 782-5074.
INNARDS CIRCLE
National Soul Food Month -- and more true grits.
IMITATION STIMULATION
23 Skyscraper Month, National Zoo and Aquarium Month, and other artificial habitats.
NEWS FLASH
24 Lightning Safety Week committee meeting under the elm tree.
CARRY ME BACK
25 Virginia admission day, 1788. Virginia admits to believing in coal and tobacco, the big-eared bat (Virginia state animal), and that Santa Claus is real.
PADDLE ADDLED
26 National Canoe Day defines the Arkansas word, "tump." The Titanic sank, the canoe tumped, and there's nothing so wet as a soggy sandwich.
BLANKET INDICATION
27 "Eviction Quilts by James Matthews," through August 28 at Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, exhibit made of clothes and bedding left behind. Details at asc701.org. Call (870) 536-3375.
SHE TAKES THE CAKE
Mildred J. Hill's birthday, 1859. She wrote the tune to the song, "Happy Birthday to You."
BIG OUCH
28 International Body Piercing Day, Paul Bunyan Day, and a rhinestone nose ring for Babe, the Blue Ox.
PAUSE FOR PA'S APPLAUSE
29 Mother of Father's Day quiz answer: (C) Sonora Smart Dodd. She wanted the event to be on June 5, her father's birthday. But it hopped around like when Dad steps on a Lego.
SUCKER PLAY
30 Candy Month comes and goes with still no answer to how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop.
Coming next month: July! Write to Ron Wolfe at
by June 15 to suggest July calendar entries or how to celebrate July 5 as National Bikini Day, such as: with a small observance. All entries require a web address and/ or phone number that is answered during business hours.
Style on 05/28/2019