FRI AUG 18- MARTINIS & MUSIC 5:30-8:30 pm at Marietta Cobb Art Museum. Featuring Alex Guthrie and Band (He was the very surprised singer that Jennifer Hudson walked up to and sang with in the American Family Insurance Commercial). Cash…
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METRO MONTAGE OPENING RECEPTION
The reception for Metro Montage will be held at the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art on Saturday, July 8th ~ 6:00 – 8:00 pm Metro Montage is the MCMA’s annual juried exhibition featuring all types of genre, medium, style, subject…
Trains Trains Trains Returns January 30th and 31st!
The Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History will host the sixth annual highly popular Trains, Trains, Trains event on Sat, Jan. 30 AND Sun, Jan. 31. The event will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. both…
Marietta Chalktoberfest – Oct 10 & Oct 11
Marietta Chalktoberfest scheduled for Oct. 10 & 11, 2015 On the weekend Oct. 10th and 11th, 2015, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art will present its annual Marietta Chalktoberfest. Chalktoberfest is a chalk art festival that will take place around Marietta Square…
100th Anniversary of the Lynching of Leo Frank
The Leo Frank case is one of the most notorious and highly publicized cases in the legal annals of Georgia. A Jewish man in Atlanta was placed on trial and convicted of raping and murdering a thirteen-year-old girl who worked…
Marietta Museum of History – July 9 and 11 events
Evening with History Come listen to Dale Hartsfield and his storytellings. Dale Hartsfield was the family spokesman for the Hartsfield family when the City of Atlanta renamed the airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The…
Marietta Chalk Fest – Oct 11 & 12
This year, ChalkFest has been expanded to feature over 40 contracted, professional chalk artists from around the country, who will draw in front of spectators during October 11 and October 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Featured artists include…
Marietta Gone With the Wind Museum Book Signing – Oct 27
Authors are coming and going at the Marietta Gone With the Wind Museum these days. As a literary site featuring Atlanta’s most famous author, it’s only fitting that today’s writers of southern literature be profiled in the museum bearing the…
Railroad Rendezvous – Something for Everyone to Enjoy
You could hear the roaring of the wheels before you hit the door. Clickety clack, Clickety clack. The familiar sound reached my ears as I went around the corner into the Education Center. There I encountered several trains racing around…
MCMA Chalk Fest Competition Accepting Registrations
Register now to chalk it up during Art in the Park festival The public is invited to register for the third annual Chalk Fest Competition Labor Day weekend on the Square. The juried art event will take place Saturday, Aug.…
Southern Museum Hosts Railroad Rendezvous Event
Share the love of model railroading with the Southern Museum at the inaugural Railroad Rendezvous event on Saturday, July 27. This family-friendly, rain-or-shine event will take place from 10 am – 4 pm and includes an array of indoor-outdoor activities…