Calendar: Week of June 27
Here's a look at the week ahead on our "Sunday Morning" Calendar:
Monday is Day One for the 36th National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Salt Lake City, one of the largest annual wheelchair sports event in the world.
- National Veterans Wheelchair Games at Salt Lake City (June 27-July 2) | Schedule
- Register to volunteer
On Tuesday, legendary comedian, actor and director Mel Brooks celebrates his 90th birthday. Not quite the 2,000-year-old-man yet, but he's well on his way!
- Follow @MelBrooks on Twitter
Watch: Lots of harrumphing with Mel Books in "Blazing Saddles":
Wednesday kicks off the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, with a focus this year on the Basque culture of Spain and France, and the multiple cultures of California.
- Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Washington, D.C. (June 29-July 4, July 7-10)
- "Basque: Innovation by Culture"
- "Sounds of California"
Watch: Ana Veydó from Grupo Cimarrón demonstrates Música llanera
Thursday marks the start of RIMPAC 2016, a weeks-long naval exercise in the Pacific involving ships and personnel from the United States and 26 other countries.
- RIMPAC 2016 (June 30-Aug. 4)
On Friday, the traveling exhibit "Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Beatles" opens at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.
- "Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Beatles" at the Grammy Museum at L.A. Live, Los Angeles (July 1-Sept. 5) | Buy tickets
Watch a video about the launch of this touring exhibition:
... While Saturday is celebrated by true believers as World UFO Day, keyed to the 69th anniversary of the supposed crash of a UFO near Roswell, New Mexico.
- World UFO Day 2016
- World UFO Day on Facebook
- Find or set up a World UFO Day Meetup group
- Gallery: 10 Famous American UFO Reports: Fact or Fiction?
