SEPTEMBER CALENDAR : Fluttering into fall
Posted on Thursday, August 28, 2008
September’s many motorcycles hit the road knees to the bees in the breeze in a scatter of elephants, chickens and Klingons. 1 Labor Day, National Potato Month. Even couch potatoes head for the lake. MCCAIN’S REFRAIN Republican National Convention through Sept. 4 in St. Paul, Minn. Democrats huddled in August. Insiders already know the big winner in November, and it’s going to be — (Answer at Sept. 21. )
RAH EMOTIONS 2 International Enthusiasm Week. 3 National Reunion Planning Month, and tips to save time and trouble: Name tags all read, “Not Who You Think I Am.” Mixer canceled: Everybody’s already mixed up.
SEEING SPOTS 4 National Mold Awareness Month. UP AND DOWN 5 Arkansas Hot Air Balloon State Championship Race through Sept. 7 from Harrison. Call (870 ) 741-2659.
Tired Iron of the Ozarks antique tractor and engine show and swap through Sept. 7 near Gentry. Call (479 ) 736-5800.
TheatreSquared’s Moonlight and Magnolias through Sept. 21 at Walton Arts Center’s Nadine Baum Studios, Fayetteville. Call (479 ) 443-5600. 6 National Honey Month — some have it, some hive it. 7 National Grandparents Day. You just might be a grandparent if — You miss the extra something that used to go with baby-sitting: Money.
You have to ask, “What’s wrong with giving socks ?” 8 The original TV series, Star Trek, takes off, 1966. Its new mission: To boldly see what price William Shatner can negotiate for two nights on the Klingon moon, Praxis. 9 United Planet Month — not to be confused with the United Federation of Planets.
“A Federation starship monitored an explosion on the Klingon moon, Praxis.” — Spock 10 National Coupon Month: Good for 10 percent off a bucket of extra-crispy tknag hooves at the nearest KFC (Klingon Fried — choke ! — Bird of Prey.
VROOM MATES 11 Hot Springs Motorcycle Rally with Molly Hatchet, through Sept. 14. Details at www. thehotspringsrally. com. Call (501 ) 282-7076. Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell, 6 p.m. at the Clinton School of Public Service, Little Rock. Call (501 ) 683-5239.
LES IS MORE 12 Musical Les Miserables through Oct. 12 at Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Little Rock. Call (501 ) 378-0405. Jane Martin monologue, Vital Signs, through Sept. 13 at The Weekend Theater, downtown Little Rock. Call (501 ) 374-3761. Going for the Green auctions, 6 p.m. at Inn of the Ozarks, Eureka Springs, benefits East Mountain Rotary Overlook. Call (479 ) 253-7551.
PIPIN’ HOT Hot Springs JazzFest through Sept. 14 with the Happy Tymes Dixieland Band and Sweet Mother. Details at www. hot springsjazzfest. org. Call (501 ) 767-0211. National Biscuit Month. CORK TORQUE 13 Grape Crush Festival at Keels Creek Winery, Eureka Springs. Call (479 ) 253-9463. Arkansas Championship Grape Stomp at Cowie Wine Cellars and Vineyards near Paris. Call (479 ) 963-3990. Central Arkansas Iris Society Iris Sale, 8 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, Family Life Center, Little Rock. Call (501 ) 455-1478.
WIN ONE FOR THE YIPPER Bark in the Park dog clinics and contests celebrate National Responsible Dog Owners Day, 10 a. m.-4 p.m. at the River Market pavilion, Little Rock. Call (501 ) 920-0110. 14 Fall Hat Month.
Beanie, bowler, bonnet... What’s the finest lid of all ? It’s the one that doesn’t fly off In the first big gust of Fall. 15 Harvest Moon. Oww-ooo ! Werewolves in the corn. ID’S NOT UNUSUAL 16 International Self-Awareness Month. GOLD (EN OLDIE ) MEDALISTS 17 Arkansas Senior Olympics through Sept. 21 in Hot Springs. Call (501 ) 321-1441.
GONE BLUEY 18 Blues guitarist Robert Cray, 7 p.m. at Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville. Call (479 ) 443-5600. 19 International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and Cap’n Kidd’s office memos: “Arr, ye bilge rat, clean up yer own microwave mess.” “ Avast ! Ye copy machine be of no more use than a hornpipe to an octopus. ” Treasure Island through Oct. 5 at the Arkansas Arts Center Children’s Theatre, Little Rock. Call (501 ) 372-4000.
FAIR ENOUGH Arkansas Oklahoma State Fair through Sept. 27 at Fort Smith’s Kay Rodgers Park. Call (479 ) 783-6176. ESPRIT DE CORES 20 International Eat an Apple Day. Mosaic Templars Cultural Center grand opening, 11 a. m.-6 p. m., downtown Little Rock. Details at MosaicTem plarsCenter. com. Call (501 ) 683-3593.
BUGGY PARADE Butterfly Family Adventure, 9 a. m.-noon at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute on Petit Jean Mountain near Morrilton. Call (501 ) 215-7990. 21 Answer to Sept. 2. quiz: Everybody wins on Nov. 2. The end of daylight saving time means everybody finally gets an hour back. 22 First Day of Fall, the season with more splashes of color than a chili pot tumped off the tailgate.
Trail of Tears 101 panel discussion, 7 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel, Little Rock. Call (501 ) 666-9032. 23 Elephant Appreciation Week tickles the ivories. ENGINE UPRISINGS 24 Bikes, Blues & BBQ motorcycle rally with the Allman Brothers Band, through Sept. 27 in Fayetteville. Details at www. bikesbluesandbbq. org. Call (479 ) 527-9993. Fall Antique Auto Swap Meet through Sept. 27 at the Museum of Automobiles on Petit Jean Mountain. Call (501 ) 727-5427. Panel discussion with children of the Little Rock Nine, noon at the Clinton School of Public Service, Little Rock. Call (501 ) 683-5239.
PERIOD DRAMA National Punctuation Day. GONE-IN-A-WHIZ QUIZ 25 National One-Hit Wonder Day gives a listen to classic flukes the likes of Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s “Monster Mash,” Sheb Wooley’s “Purple People Eater” and Edd Byrnes’ “Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb ).” Quiz: Which contains the brainlocked lyric, “I've got smog in my noggin ever since you made the scene” ? Answer at Sept. 29.
FETE ON THE GROUND 26 WorldFest multicultural celebration through Sept. 27 at the Clinton Presidential Center and Park, Little Rock. Call (501 ) 244-5483. The Pillowman through Sept. 27 and weekends through Oct. 11 at The Weekend Theater, Little Rock. Call (501 ) 374-3761.
FESTIVITY PROCLIVITIES 27 Depot Days with Billy Lee Riley and Sonny Burgess and the Pacers in downtown Newport. Call (870 ) 523-7428. HarvestFest, 11 a. m.-10 p.m. in Little Rock’s Hillcrest district. Call (501 ) 580-4123. Bryant Fall Fest, parade and bed race. Call (501 ) 847-4702.
PURPLE PROSE Wiederkehr Village Weinfest and grape stomp at the Wiederkehr winery near Altus. Call (479 ) 468-9463. THE CLUCK STOPS HERE Mount Nebo Chicken Fry at Dardanelle’s Riverfront Park. Call (479 ) 229-3328. TEA AND SYMPHONY 28 Downtown Dames Garden Tea, 3-5 p.m. at The Manor House in Little Rock’s Quapaw Quarter. Call (501 ) 372-3372. Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Society’s Trombones & Rib Bones barbecue lunch, music and children’s activities, noon-3 p.m. at Riverfront Park, downtown Little Rock. Call (501 ) 688-3000.
AISLE DO Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s Northwest Arkansas Bridal Fair, 12: 30-5: 30 p.m. at John Q. Hammons Convention Center, Rogers. Call (501 ) 918-4539. The Art of Food and Wine Pairing wine dinner, 6 p.m. at the Country Club of Little Rock, by the Arkansas Arts Center’s Fine Arts Club. Call (501 ) 396-0351. 29 One-hit wonder quiz answer: “Kookie, Kookie,” the hip hit that demonstrated how to talk the coolest slang in ’ 59. Swingin’ example: “Baby, you’re the ginchiest.” 30 Subliminal Communications Month — it’s all between the lines. Coming next month: October ! Call (501 ) 399-3633, write to Ron Wolfe, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 121 E. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, Ark. 72201, or e-mail rwolfe@arkansasonline. com by Sept. 15 to suggest October calendar entries or new names for wines made in Arkansas, such as: Pea Ridge Pinot. Chicot Merlot. Possum Grape. Each event requires a phone number that is answered during business hours or by an answering machine that identifies the event or its sponsor.
SERIOUS FUN Sept. 13: Lymphomathon 5 K walk for lymphoma research at Two Rivers Park, Little Rock. Call (501 ) 227-4621. Sept. 13: Alzheimer’s Arkansas Little Rock Walk at the Little Rock Zoo. Call (501 ) 224-0021. Sept. 14: Diamond Edge Figure Skating Club’s Skate for the Cure, 2 p.m. at the Arkansas Skatium, Little Rock, benefits Komen Arkansas. Call (501 ) 227-4333. Sept. 27: Gettin’ Down for Down Syndrome dance, 11 a.m. at the Little Rock Zoo, benefits Arkansas Down Syndrome Association. Call (501 ) 223-3696. Sept. 27: Kickoff to Men’s Health screenings and games, 9 a. m.-2 p.m. at Arkansas Urology, Little Rock. Call (501 ) 219-8900. Sept. 27: Terry Paul Thode Lupus Memorial Golf Tournament at Diamondhead Country Club, Hot Springs, benefits the Lupus Foundation. Call (501 ) 525-9380. Sept. 29: Black Community Developers ’ Recovery Jam, 4 p.m. at the River Market pavilion, downtown Little Rock, celebrates National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. Call (501 ) 663-7221.
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