Acworth’s Halloween Carnival Join the Acworth Parks and Recreation Department on Saturday, October 26 at Logan Farm Park from 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. for our annual Halloween Carnival. There will be 15 carnival games of all different skill levels for…
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Smyrna Fall Jonquil Festival — Oct 26 & 27
The City of Smyrna welcomes all on the weekend of October 26 & 27. The Fall Jonquil Festival is held on the beautiful Village Green in downtown Smyrna, Georgia next to the fabulous Market Village. The festival has a history…
Phantom of the Opera at the Strand, Marietta – Sun Oct 27
The Mighty Allen Theatre Organ will be decked out with lighted jack-o-lanterns and flickering candles. Watch as the Phantom rises from the depths of the theatre surrounded by fog in a glowing red hue! House Organist Ron Carter will provide the musical accompaniment that will bring this…
Kennesaw Mountain’s Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Oct 24 and Oct 29
One of America’s most beloved classics, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, will be brought to life through a stage production at Kennesaw Mountain High School on Thursday, October 24 and Tuesday, October 29 at 7:00 pm. The one-act play version…
Fighting Lung Cancer – “Fighter” Food Truck Benefit – Helping Terry Hall
BENEFIT TO HELP TERRY HALL, OWNER OF HAPPY BELLY FOOD TRUCK Many of you who frequent Dinner at the Depot in Kennesaw on Monday nights or other Food Truck nights throughout Metro Atlanta are familiar with the Happy Belly Food…
Kim Burnette, Public Safety Employee Of The Year For Cobb County
The Cobb Chamber honored Cobb County’s finest on Monday morning during the Chamber’s 19th annual Public Safety Appreciation Breakfast at the Cobb Galleria Centre. The event drew a record-breaking crowd and kicked off Public Safety Appreciation Week, a community-wide effort…
Burger Fi Supporting the Fight Against Breast Cancer
Michael Diamond, owner of BurgerFi on Main Street in downtown Kennesaw, and his staff are selling pink BurgerFi t-shirts in support of the Susan G Komen Atlanta Chapter. The shirts are $12 each – proceeds from the sale of each…
Lewis Grizzard Live Onstage… Again
Actor Bill Oberst, Jr. has stepped into the late Lewis Grizzard’s shoes over 1,000 times in the last decade. Oberst’s portrayal of the Southern writer and humorist is a one-man show authorized by Grizzard’s family, which says it is the…
The Georgia Mountain Lift Flys High Over the Fair
It’s not a bird, it’s not a plane, it’s the Georgia Mountain Lift that is flying high above the fairgrounds at Jim R. Miller Park, at the Superior Plumbing North Georgia State Fair. “This lift take’s the idea of rides…
North Georgia State Fair Concert Line-up
The 81st Annual Superior Plumbing North Georgia State Fair starts this Thursday, September 19, through Sunday, September 29, at Jim R. Miller Park in Marietta. Attracting nearly 300,000 people from throughout metro Atlanta, North Georgia and surrounding states, the Superior…
Roy Barnes Receives Winston Strickland Servant Leadership Award
The Cobb Chamber of Commerce, along with Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham, presented the first Winston Strickland Servant Leadership Award to former Governor Roy Barnes at the Chamber’s September 9 First Monday Breakfast at the Cobb Galleria Centre. The…
Marietta’s Great Scarecrow Contest
The public, city and county schools and organizations are invited to register by Sept. 25 to show your group, business or school’s creativity and personality by making a scarecrow as part of the eighth annual Scarecrows on the Square contest.…