Community Corner

Get Out with Artists or the Civil War

Here are some fun options for your weekend in and around Marietta.

1. Ready to laugh for a good cause? The Dixie Swim Club is showing at the Earl Smith Strand Theatre this weekend. The Mount Paran Players of Mount Paran Church return to the stage in The Dixie Swim Club, which examines the friendship of five strong Southern women who met on a college swim team and reunite each year at a cottage on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The comedy is by playwrights Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten. Times: Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Admission: $23 for a single ticket and $20 for groups of 10 or more. All proceeds benefit .

2. The Covenant Churches of East Cobb (St. Peter & St. Paul Episcopal, Mount Zion United Methodist, The Lutheran Church of the Resurrection and the Catholic Church of St. Ann) is sponsoring a charity garage sale benefiting Habitat for Humanity. Furniture, books, toys, kitchenware, home accessories, tools, baby items, clothing and shoes will be for sale. It continues Saturday through 2 p.m. Mount Zion United Methodist Church, 1770 Johnson Ferry Rd. For more information, call 770-977-0587.

3. In the mood for some culture and fine arts? Check out the Artist Market. It features local art students alongside the popular Marietta Square Farmers Market. Times: Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon. Marietta Square. For more information, call 770-427-5377.

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4. More than 220 8-foot tables of dug relics, guns, swords, books, prints, currency, artillery items, metal detectors and more Civil War goodies will be at the 33rd Annual Southeastern Civil War Show and Sale Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the , 548 S. Marietta Pkwy. Admission: $5 for adults; children under 10 free.


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