Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By simmons on May 1, 2017

May Day!

Monday is the first day of May. (If that leaves you wondering where the first four months of the year went, you're not alone.) Still, the fifth month brings with it a myriad of reasons to celebrate. Among them, May is: Asthma Awareness Month, Better Hearing and Speech Month, Gardening for Wildlife Month, Haitian Heritage Month, International Victorious Woman Month, Jewish-American Heritage Month, Mystery Month, National Barbecue Month, Older Americans Month, Strike Out Strokes Month, Ultraviolet Awareness Month and Young Achievers/Leaders of Tomorrow Month.

Whew!

Remove the skeletons in your closet on Wednesday by sweeping them right under the rug: It's Lumpy Rug Day.

Originally created as a way to call out those who metaphorically sweep unwanted or unpleasant facts under the rug, it also strikes us as a reasonable excuse to go 24 hours without straightening up that pesky area rug in the living room.

Big day for "Star Wars" fans on Thursday. It's May 4, aka Star Wars Day. The semi-official holiday is celebrated by gathering together, donning your best cinnamon-roll hair, participating in lightsaber fights and watching any number of "Star Wars" films with friends and family.

In honor of the day, which of these trivia facts from the galaxy far, far away is not correct?

A. The Ewoks speak a combination of Tibetan and Nepalese.

B. Liam Neeson's height increased "The Phantom Menace" production costs by $150,000.

C. Yoda was almost played by a monkey.

D. James Earl Jones is banned from attending "Star Wars" conventions.

E. The sound of a TIE fighter is a mash up of an elephant bellow and a car driving on wet pavement.

The correct answer is D. It's actually David Prowse, the actor who played Darth Vader in form (Jones voiced the super villain), who has been banned -- apparently because George Lucas finds him annoying.

Dust off your best breeches, pour yourself a mint julep and don your biggest, flower-bedecked hats: The Kentucky Derby will be run on Saturday. The annual Run for the Roses is considered horse racing's premier event, as well as the first jewel in the elusive triple crown.

More than 20 horses are expected to step into the starting gates in pursuit of the first triple crown since American Pharoah swept the track -- and claimed hearts across the globe -- in 2015.

Monday -- Rita Coolidge (72)

Tuesday -- David Beckham (42)

Wednesday -- Engelbert Humperdinck (81)

Thursday -- David Guterson (61)

Friday -- Adele (29)

Saturday -- George Clooney (56)

Sunday -- Amy Heckerling (63)

Compiled by Regan Foster from Chase's 2017 Calendar of Events and other sources.

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MONDAY MEDLEY: May the 4th be with you ... - Pueblo Chieftain

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