Grooming tips from Sneaks

Holidays and events for October, 2008:

• Fells Point Fun Festival, October 4-5
• Heavy Metal Truck Day, Baltimore Public Works Museum, October 4
• Fire Prevention Week, TBA
• Yom Kippur begins at sundown, October 8
• Bouchercon 2008, the World Mystery Convention, October 9-12
• Columbus Day, October 13
• Baltimore Marathon, M&T Bank Stadium, October 11
• (Eid) al Fitr (end of Ramadan) October 2
• Teen Read Week, “Books with bite @ your library,” October 12-18
• Russian Festival, October 17-19
• Tour du Port bicycle tour of Baltimore, Rash Field, October 19
• National Chemistry Week, “Having a ball with chemistry,” October 19-25. Neat stuff at chemistry.org/kids
• Books for the Beast Young Adult Literature Conference held by EPFL on Margaret A. Edwards Day, October 27
• United Nations Day, October 24
• Halloween, October 31
• World Series, date TBA – here’s a list of great baseball books for kids

Monthlong observances:

• National Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15) - here are some book suggestions from the National Education Association
• German-American Heritage Month - here’s a list of famous German-Americans
• Dinosaur Month
• Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• National Crime Prevention Month

Links to specialized calendars on the Internet:

Holidays and observances – general

Bizarre food holidays
Calendar of world religions
Sports schedule - links to the schedule in every major league are toward the bottom of the page
Health observances
Author birthdays
Famous people birthdays
Video game release schedule