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Book Signing, Yacht Rock Revue, Sanders Family Christmas

Theatre in the Square and the Strand bring live performances to Marietta while Dupre's hosts a book signing.

1. Enjoy candlelight shopping on the square every Friday through Dec. 23. Shops stay open until 8 p.m.

2. The will be at Friday through Sunday. The Center for Family Resources has been providing Thanksgiving boxes to families in need in Cobb County for 26 years. It will take nearly 70,000 food items to ensure every family served will receive everything they need for Thanksgiving.

3. presents "Sanders Family Christmas" on Sunday at 7 p.m. for the 13th holiday season. The perennial favorite holiday show has the sunny-voiced Sanders Family back just before the beginning of World War II. They're quirky, saintly and delightfully melodic as they interpret everybody's favorite bluegrass gospel music. Tickets start at $14.

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4. Author Bruce Gillett and illustrator Bill Needs will be holding a book signing at . Proceeds from the sale of the book "Quarter-Peeled Oranges" will benefit the Atlanta affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. "Quarter-Peeled Oragnes" is a book of poems. The event takes place Sunday, Nov. 20 from 1 to 4 p.m.

5. will not only be bringing its popular 70’s cover show to but will also be sticking around an extra night to take the stage with a different twist on the traditional tribute show.

On Saturday, the band will be performing not one, but two legendary albums in their entirety: The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon. The Dark Side of the Moon will be performed in sync with the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

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Fans of The Yacht Rock Revue’s more well-known cover show can catch it on the night before The Beatles/Pink Floyd show. On Friday, the band will pay tribute to smooth hits of the late ‘70s including Michael Mcdonald, Hall & Oates and Steely Dan.

The Saturday night performance is all ages, and the Yacht Rock Revue show is ages 18 and older. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 the day of the event.


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