Category: Marietta

YWCA Hosting Youth Track or Treat, Sun. Oct 27

Find you best costume (one you can run in) and join our community in the Youth Track or Treat at Swift Cantrell Park on Sunday October 27.  Costumes are strongly encouraged, but optional! Honorary Co-Chairs Mayor Mark Mathews & daughter Emily Mathews…

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…

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…

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.…

The Compassion Experience is coming to North Georgia State Fair

Compassion International, a leading authority on child sponsorship which releases children from poverty globally, will be bringing its Change the Story: The Compassion Experience tour to the Atlanta area Sept. 20-24. The tour will educate local residents about the realities…