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Today is I Love to Write Day, and John Riddle created this event to introduce children to writing and encourage adults to go back to reading. It also falls right in the middle of National Writing Month in...
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Initiated in 1999, Learn to Homebrew Day was created by American Homebrewers Association (AHA)to increase awareness and bring homebrewers together. Making your beer is a hobby shared by millions of people...
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National Novel Writing Month focuses on the creative way to keep on writing. On the first day of the month, participants begin a 50,000-word novel to pass to the organizers by 11:59 PM on November 30....
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Origami is the art of paper folding that is associated with Japan. Paper was invented in China in 105 AD; one can assume art using folding paper was created shortly after that. In the 6th century AD, pa...
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Created by the late Dianne de Las Casas in 2011, Picture Book Month celebrates children's books and graphic novels, anything printed with pictures. This month, embrace "a picture is worth a thousand words...
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November is National Railroad Month and highlights the work and passion of model railroaders. Free public workshops are offered nationwide on the first Saturday of the month. The first model railroad ap...
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Saxophone Day honors the birthday of its inventor Adolphe Sax, born on November 6, 1814. The sax is a classical woodwind instrument fashioned in 1840. By the 1920s, the saxophone has become synonymous w...
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You know who you are, whether pro, college, or neighborhood—you're a sports fan. National Sports Fan Day began in 2016. The timing has to do with the "sports equinox," the one day a year when every major...
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Square Dance Day is the day to honor the square dance, a style of dance invented in England during the 1600s and imported to America, where it received its multicultural twist. Square dancing has been a...
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National Arts & Humanities Month grew out of National Arts Week, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Americans for the Arts started in 1985. In 1993 this event became a monthly awareness campaign f...
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With the holidays approaching, October is the perfect month for Baking and Decorating. Each year Wilton Enterprises sponsors this month to encourage and acknowledge creative baking. Whatever gets your cr...
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AN AIR OF CREATIVITY: INTERNATIONAL BALLOONS AROUND THE WORLD DAY International Balloons Around the World Day is a festive occasion that spreads joy and creativity through balloon twisting and decoration...
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PICTURES SPEAK LOUDEST: THE BIG DRAW The Big Draw celebrates drawing as a universal language of expression, creativity, and learning and serves as a fundraiser for multiple charities. The event aims to p...
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Golf Month seeks to entice new and lagged golfers to the game of golf each October in Australia.
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Everyone is a pedestrian at some point, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration established October as its month to teach pedestrian safety. In 2018, there were 6,283 pedestrians killed in...
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Photographer Appreciation Month encourages shutterbugs to put their cameras to work and go wild. For the rest of us, it's a month to smile, wink, and enjoy the flashes!
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The Women’s National Book Association created National Reading Group Month in 2007 to mark the anniversary of the association’s founding in 1917. The mission of National Reading Group Month is to: a) I...
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The International Roller Skating Association promotes National Roller Skating Month. Roller rinks throughout the country host special events to encourage skating. It's excellent exercise and fun too.
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Before 1840, only the wealthy could afford to send letters further than their town. The postage stamps' invention in England by Sir Rowland Hill on May 6, 1840, would change that. The postage stamp did fo...
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DANCE, DANCE, DANCE DURING NATIONAL DANCE WEEK National Dance Week, organized by the National Dance Week Foundation (NDWF), initially occurred in April. In 2024, the governing body moved the event to Oct...