Category: Acworth/Kennesaw/Marietta

Marietta’s Holiday Celebrations

Sharing Marietta’s traditional Holiday celebrations in a not so traditional way!  Santa is coming, the Tour is on, Home for the Holidays is online and the Nutcracker is a Drive-in Experience! 2020 Santa Blitz In lieu of the Annual Tree…

YEAH BABY! HENRY’S INTRODUCES BOTTLED SAUCES

YEAH BABY! HENRY’S SAUCES! Twenty years ago Henry and Claudia Chandler took a chance and opened a down-home restaurant with the best Southern inspired Louisiana dishes you’ve ever had. With that, the then sleepy downtown Acworth has grown and blossomed…

Honoring Our Veterans on November 11, 2020, hosted by Kennesaw and Acworth

City of Kennesaw Parks & Recreation to Honor Veterans at Luncheon The City of Kennesaw will honor the service of military members past and present with a complimentary lunch on Wednesday, November 11 from 12-2 at the Ben Robertson Community…

2020 BIG SHANTY FESTIVAL – SAT AND SUN NOV. 7 & 8

Seven months later, the Kennesaw Business Association is hosting the 44th annual Superior Plumbing Big Shanty Festival on Nov. 7 & 8.  Our children have returned to school (some have elected to still use virtual learning), we are cautiously stepping…

KENNESAW GRAND PRIX 5K – OCTOBER 31

The 2020 Kennesaw Grand Prix Race will be run Saturday, October 31, 2020. If you’ve already registered – have no fear! You’re covered! This race benefits: Swift Cantrell Park Foundation;  Wounded Veterans in Kennesaw; The Dave Krache Foundation; The Kennesaw…

A Good Old-Fashioned Tent Revival begins Oct. 4

You might ask – What is a Tent Revival? Tent revivals have a historic and nostalgic place in American Christian culture. Such revivals are still staged to provide a change of pace for congregational worship and to cultivate community interest.…

Kennesaw’s Fall-O-Ween Fest:Oct 17

City of Kennesaw Parks & Recreation beckons area ghouls, ninjas, superheroes and princesses to “Spook-Central Park” for its annual Fall-O-Ween Fest at Swift-Cantrell Park on Saturday, October 17 from 4 – 9 p.m. Admission is free. Activities include Miss Gail’s…

LOCAL GOLF TOURNAMENTS

A few sports can be played SAFELY — one being golf.  With that in mind our community has two golf tournaments planned for October. THE KENNESAW/ACWORTH OPTIMIST CLUB PRESENTS THE MAYOR’S GOLF TOURNAMENT CHALLENGE The Kennesaw / Acworth Optimist Club…

Apotheos Roastery – Craft Coffee Roastery and Cold Brew Facility

Apotheos Roastery is Kennesaw’s very own craft coffee roastery and cold brew facility. Every great cold brew starts with a great roasted blend. Apotheos Roastery is proud of their all-in-one and one-of-a-kind roasting and cold brew production facility. You are…

SCARECROWS, AND PUMPKINS, AND COSTUMES – OH MY!

While we may have been limited in activities for the last several months, both the Acworth and Kennesaw Parks and Recreation Departments are making sure we will enjoy the fall and all the festivities surrounding Halloween. City of Kennesaw to…

MUST Ministries Needs Help

MUST Ministries is experiencing the 
greatest food need in its 49-year history “No words can express the desperation we’ve seen in the past few months. No food, no jobs, no place to live…..and no hope,” stated MUST Ministries President and…

ATTENTION – FAIR LOVERS!! – TASTE OF THE FAIR

2020 has proven to be a bummer to all of us who love fairs, festivals and any out door events. The ever creative Fair managers have come up with a solution to soften this year’s cancellation of the North Georgia…