OCTOBER CALENDAR : Tricks and treats
Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2007
Spooky October puts the boo in the boo-hoo blues, and the rats in the Rat Pack. 1 National Crime Prevention Month, National Cubicle Day. We got ’im now, McGruff. He didn’t do anything, but he’s trapped anyway. 2 National Bake and Decorate Month, National Seafood Month. Hey ! — who frosted the crab cake ?
REVVIN’ HEAVEN 3 Bikes, Blues & BBQ motorcycle rally through Oct. 6, Fayetteville. Call (800 ) 766-4626.
GOT A WAIL OF A TALE 4 Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival through Oct. 6 in Helena. Call (870 ) 338-8798.
YOU FLIRTY RATS 5 The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra does the Rat Pack — a symphonic tribute to the music of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. through Oct. 6 at Robinson Center Music Hall, Little Rock. Call (501 ) 666-1761. World Smile Day. “Keep on smilin’.” — Martin “Smile, darn ya, smile.” — Davis “Every time I see you grin, I’m such a happy individual.” — Sinatra
DOUBLY FEST El Dorado MusicFest through Oct. 6, with Tracy Lawrence. Call (870 ) 862-4747. Timberfest and lumberjack competition through Oct. 6 in Sheridan. Call (870 ) 942-3021. MOTOR ROAMS Hot Springs Fall RV Show through Oct. 7 at the Hot Springs Convention Center. Call (501 ) 225-6177. BELLES OF THE BOLL 6 High Cotton on the Bayou celebration of old-time fun including stilt contests and a cakewalk, 11 a. m.-2 p. m. at Scott Plantation Settlement east of North Little Rock. Call (501 ) 351-5737. Keo Fall Days, carriage rides and pecan-baking contest. Call (501 ) 842-3531. Depot Days with Sonny Burgess and The Tennessee Three in Newport. Call (870 ) 523-3618.
BABY GO BUY-BUY Central Arkansas Mothers of Multiples garage sale, 7 a. m.-3 p. m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, North Little Rock. Call (501 ) 240-6196. 7 Five-Alarm Frenzy and cakewalk, noon-4 p. m. at the 90-year-old Firehouse Museum building in MacArthur Park, Little Rock. Call (501 ) 225-5225.
Natural State Brass Band concert, 3 p. m. at Immanuel Baptist Church, Little Rock. Call (501 ) 765-1638. 8 Columbus Day.
NAME THAT TOMB 9 Tales of the Crypt candlelight tours of Little Rock’s Mount Holly Cemetery, 5: 30-8: 30 p. m., with livinghistory performances by Parkview High School drama students. Call (501 ) 447-2362. 10 International Top Spinning Day, National Emotional Wellness Month. “In a spin, lovin’ that spin I’m in.” — Davis. “My head keeps spinnin’; I go to sleep and keep grinnin’.” — Martin “We’ll take this big town for a whirl.” — Sinatra Original Ozark Folk Festival with Riders in the Sky and Trout Fishing in America through Oct. 14, Eureka Springs. Call (888 ) 855-7823.
ROCK STARS 11 World Championship Crystal Dig through Oct. 13, Mount Ida. Call (870 ) 867-2723. Picture the Past archaeology film and lecture series with Tom Green, 7 p. m. at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute on Petit Jean Mountain near Morrilton. Call (501 ) 727-5435.
STATE OF THE STATE FAIR 12 Arkansas State Fair, carnival and rodeo, pig races and the Charlie Daniels Band, through Oct. 21 at the Arkansas State Fairgrounds, Little Rock. Call (501 ) 372-8341.
Turkey Trot Festival and wild turkey calling contest through Oct. 13 in Yellville. Call (870 ) 449-4676.
Children of a Lesser God, SecondStage youth production through Oct. 27 at Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Little Rock. Call (501 ) 378-0405. 13 National Spinach Lovers Month. Say it with roses, they wilt. Say it with chocolate, it melts. Say it with spinach, and mister,
she’ll always remember.
CHAIN REACTIONS 14 Arkansas Bicycle Club’s Joe Weber Arky 100 Bicycle Ride, 8 a. m. in Sheridan. Call (501 ) 221-3491.
National Chestnut Week. 15 National Chestnut Week. What ? — you already heard that ol’ chestnut ? 16 National Dictionary Day, National Boss Day. Boss (noun ): “A man... known by the company he organizes.” — Ambrose Bierce
SPLOT NEWS 17 National School Lunch Week. FAIR PROSPECTS 18 War Eagle Fall Fair through Oct. 21 at War Eagle Mills Farm near Rogers. Call (479 ) 789-5398. War Eagle Mill Arts and Craft Fair through Oct. 21 at War Eagle Mill near Rogers. Call (479 ) 789-5343.
HORNS APLENTY Little Rock Wind Symphony goes “Behind the Scenes.” Call (501 ) 666-0777. MATTER OF FACTS 19 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival of more than 90 films, through Oct. 28 at the Malco Theatre, Hot Springs. Call (501 ) 321-4747.
PINK RIBBON WINNERS 20 Komen Race for the Cure, 8 a. m. through downtown Little Rock. Call (501 ) 202-4399. Hillcrest Harvest Fest, 4: 30-10 p. m. on Kavanaugh Boulevard. in Little Rock’s Hillcrest district. Call (501 ) 663-6710.
KIT CARSON AND CABOODLE Pinnacle Mountain Rendezvous and Fall Festival through Oct. 21 at Pinnacle Mountain State Park near Little Rock. Call (501 ) 868-5806. BEAT GENERATION 21 World Drum exhibit and ceremony, 1-5 p. m. at Basin Spring Park, Eureka Springs, brings awareness to the ecology. Call (479 ) 253-5826. National Massage Therapy Awareness Week calls attention to the kneady.
BY JUPITER 22 Alien Worlds talk by science-fiction author Joe Haldeman (The Forever War ), 7: 30 p. m. at Reves Recital Hall, Hendrix College, Conway. Call (501 ) 450-4597. WALK THE (TICKET ) LINE 23 Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, Broadway musical through Oct. 25 at Robinson Center Music Hall, Little Rock. Call (501 ) 244-8800.
OMINOUS PAWS 24 Boo at the Zoo trick-or-treating through Oct. 31 at the Little Rock Zoo. Call (501 ) 666-2406. Author Mitch Albom (Tuesdays With Morrie ), 11: 30 a. m. at the Statehouse Convention Center. Call (501 ) 683-5655.
POOF AND CONSEQUENCES 25 International Magic Week.
“Cover it with chocolate and a miracle or two.” — Davis COME BLUE YOUR HORN 26 Solid Blues with Mavis Staples, Charlie Musselwhite, Joe Krown and the North Mississippi Allstars at Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville. Call (479 ) 443-5600. Neil Simon comedy, Barefoot in the Park, through Nov. 11 at Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Little Rock. Call (501 ) 378-0405. Zydeco Wild at Halloween dance and costume contest, 7 p. m. at Arts Scene Gallery and Art Market, downtown North Little Rock, benefits the Argenta Community Development Corp. Call (501 ) 374-0622.
SHOOT THE MOON Hunter’s Moon — so bright, a man can hunt by it. And some things a man hunts by the moon don’t have bag limits. “In the misty moonlight...” — Martin
FRIJOLE ROLLERS 27 Arkansas Beanfest and Championship Outhouse Races in downtown Mountain View. Call (870 ) 269-8068.
Ozark Foothills Chili Cook-off, 1 p. m. at Speedway RV Park in Desha near Batesville. Call (870 ) 251-1008. 28 National Motherin-Law Day.
The Tattooed Man, poor guy, got married;
For needling, this chump didn’t lack;
He had “Mom” in a heart
On his chest, which was smart,
And his “Mother-in-law” on his back. 29 National Chili Month, gone in a blaze of glory. “Too hot not to cool down.” — Davis
BOOS REPORT 30 Halloween Family Night, 6: 30 p. m. at Central Arkansas Library System’s Main Library, Little Rock. Call (501 ) 918-3050. 31 Halloween
Big Boo ! -Seum Bash trick-or-treating by shuttle from one museum to another, 5: 30-8: 30 p. m. in downtown Little Rock. Call (501 ) 324-9304.
“Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.” — Sinatra Coming next month: November ! 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 Oct. 15 to suggest November calendar entries or how to tell whether a ghost is friendly, such as: He doesn’t haunt; he frequents. He doesn’t drag chains; he accessorizes. He’s really a marshmallow. 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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