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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Variety, Classic Rock Concert in Glover Park May 31

Take a look at the lineup for the 2013 Glover Park Concert Series on Marietta Square.

The Glow Band will continue the 2013 Glover Park Concert Series Friday, May 31 at 8 p.m. in and around the park in downtown Marietta, and you can reserve a front-row seat online.

Monday, May 13, 2013

Comedies, Sing-a-Longs, Drama and Scary Thrills at the Strand Theatre

The Earl Smith Strand Theatre brings classic comedies, musical extravaganza, dramatic classics, and a big scary shark to the screen this summer.

The Earl Smith Strand Theatre brings classic comedies, musical extravaganza, dramatic classics, and a big scary shark to the screen this summer. This season’s adult-oriented movie line-up features a mix of the best of the old and new. National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983) (R). Friday, May 24, 8pm. Clark Griswold takes family bonding to a new and strange place in National Lampoon's Vacation (1983). The first of the National Lampoon's Vacation series, Vacation follows the Griswold family's eventful cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park in California. Before your summer vacation begins, take a night away from the kids and bathe in the comedic glory of Chevy Chase. Mamma Mia (2011) (PG-13). Thursday, July 11, 8pm. Set on the colorful…

Wiper McMando

7:31 am on Tuesday, May 14, 2013

There is nothing "mighty" about an Allen, which is basically a toaster, not an organ.   more ›

Friday, May 10, 2013

Celebrate Mother's Day with 'Love Stories'

Friday marks the opening night of Atlanta Ballet's 12-13 season finale "Love Stories" at the Cobb Energy Centre in Cobb County.

Celebrate Mother's Day right here in Cobb County by enjoying passionate, emotional and unconventional ballet performances at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Love is the theme for Atlanta Ballet's 12-13 season finale. Through both classic and innovative choreography, the performances will highlight the athleticism and passion of the dancers, while finding new meaning in the world’s greatest love stories. The season finale "Love Stories" will feature: When: Where: Tickets:

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Mothers and Magnolias Tea on Marietta Square

The Marietta Museum of History is recreating the famous Magnolia Room for a Mother’s Day tea and luncheon.

Rich’s department store was THE department store of it’s time. As some remember, it was the place where women would go to socialize. There was food, a fashion show and an excuse to dress up in finery.  The Marietta Museum of History is recreating the famous Magnolia Room for a Mother’s Day tea and luncheon. There will be original Magnolia Room recipes and the event will be highlighted by a fashion show led by Carol Westbrook, a former fashion assistant in the early 1970’s at Rich’s Fashion & Fabric office and current owner of The Magnolia Room Antiques Market in Marietta.  The event will also feature Rich’s historian and author of Rich’s: A Southern Institution, Jeff Clemmons. Dress as they did in your finest pearls, hats and gloves for an…

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Get Out

Eat, Relax and Dance on Marietta Square

This week bring your lunch and enjoy the New Horizon's Band on Thursday during the May Brown Bag Concert Series on Marietta Square.

Bring your lunch and enjoy local musicians entertaining every Thursday at noon during May on the stage in Glover Park at the Square. More info: Marietta's Parks and Recreation Department, 770-794-5601

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Exhibit to Feature Cobb Student Artists

The students have moderate to severe intellectual disabilities.

An exhibit featuring the artwork of Cobb County students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities will go up May 9 in Marietta. The 'Inspired by the heART' art show will kick off with a dessert reception at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Cobb County Central Library, 266 Roswell St. During the opening reception, there will be a student slideshow presentation. The exhibit will run until May 11.

Friday, May 3, 2013

'Gone With the Wind' Documentary to Film in Marietta

National film company Leva Film Works will shoot scenes in Marietta for a documentary that will be included in the 75th anniversary edition DVD of "Gone With the Wind."

National film company Leva Film Works will shoot scenes in Marietta on Memorial Day weekend for a documentary that will be included in the 75th anniversary edition DVD of Gone With the Wind. The documentary will feature Root House Museum and Garden, Zion Church Museum, Brumby Hall, Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta Square and Glover Park, and Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. The documentary will also include interviews with Marietta's Gone With the Wind Museum director Connie Sutherland, who will serve as location consultant for shoot. The Marietta Gone with the Wind Museum has been a part of the Square since 2003 when it opened in the historic Old Thomas Warehouse Building. The museum has about 10,000 visitors a year. The …

'A Streetcar Named Desire' Comes to the Alley Stage

Directed by Stephen Banks, this production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" is up-close and brings the characters to life on the intimate Alley Stage.

In 1947, Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire was introduced on Broadway. A Streetcar Named Desire went on to become a major sensation on Broadway and in Hollywood. Set in the steamy French Quarter of New Orleans, the play follows the nervous adventures of a faded Southern belle, Blanche DuBois. This journey of delicate indiscretions, lost dreams and brutish actions leads Blanche to madness, aided by her handsome, masculine brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski. Directed by Stephen Banks, this production of A Streetcar Named Desire is up-close and brings the characters to life on the intimate Alley Stage.   "I don't want realism, I want magic," Jackie Estafen, as Blanche, said in a press release. In this production, Next Stage hopes you…

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Local Art Exhibit Takes Aim at Sex Trafficking

An opening reception for "Dolls in the City" at 2 Rules Fine Art will be held Friday during the Marietta Art Walk. The group exhibit will be on display at the gallery though June 29.

Get Out

Marietta Brown Bag Concert Series Kicks Off Today

Bring your lunch and enjoy local musicians entertaining every Thursday at noon during May on the stage in Glover Park at the Square.

Bring your lunch and enjoy local musicians entertaining every Thursday at noon during May on the stage in Glover Park at the Square. More info: Marietta's Parks and Recreation Department, 770-794-5601

Jean Louis

4:05 pm on Thursday, May 2, 2013

BLU Greek Taverna is running a brown bag special at $5.99 for all concert goers every concert Thursday. Get a Grilled Gyro wrap with Greek fries for $5.99 on your way to the concert. To order ahead please call 770-429-4096. Cash only. www.blugreektavrena.com   more ›

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