Category: Cobb County

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…

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…

HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY!

WOW!! – Life is returning to Acworth, Kennesaw and Marietta.  Sharing the creative ideas and contests on the part of all of our Cities Parks and Recreation staffs.  So many things to do, both in person and virtually — safety…

OCTOBER LUNCH SPECIAL AT BURGER 21

Good morning readers:  What a great lunch special that our own Kennesaw’s Burger 21 is holding for the month of October.  This special is for Lunch during the week, Monday through Friday, 11:00 am until 2:00 pm.  Come enjoy a…

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…

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…