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
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 …
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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
Here is the schedule for the Glover Park free lunchtime concert series.
Bring your lunch and enjoy local musicians entertaining every Thursday at noon during May on the stage in Glover Park at the Square.
Starting in April concerts will be held once a month through September in Glover Park. Take a look at the lineup for the 2013 Glover Park Concert Series.
The Kurt Thomas Band will kick off the 2013 Glover Park Concert Series with their party rock and country music. The first Glover Park Concert of the season will take place on Friday, April 26 at 8 p.m. in and around Glover Park. The concerts are free and open to the public. Blankets and lawn chairs may be set up after 4 p.m. Personal tables are not permitted in the park but may be set up on North Park Square after 5:30 p.m.
Get into the holiday spirit with these events in Marietta, and let us know about your events.
1. The Sanders Family Christmas at the Strand Theatre will run Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 2012. The 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. 2. Dec 1 and Dec. 2, 2012. Kick off the holiday season with the 26th annual Marietta Pilgrimage Christmas Home Tour. Hospitality and a festive atmosphere greet visitors as they tour historic homes ranging from Victorian Mansions to a 1920’s cottage, all located in the Church-Cherokee Street National Register Historic District. Pilgrimage hours are Saturday, 9am-6pm; Candlelight Tour, 7pm-9: 30pm; and Sunday, 10am-6pm…
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Santa on Marietta Square, the Marietta Pilgrimage Christmas Home Tour, Symphony on the Square, Santa's Workshop, Sleighbells on the Square 5K, "White Christmas," "The Nutcracker," "The Sanders Family Christmas" and more.
1. Join Santa Claus for his arrival in Marietta and the lighting of the Christmas tree on Thursday, Nov. 29, in Glover Park on the Marietta Square. Festivities will begin at 5 p.m. with performances by local school choruses. Santa will make his grand entrance at 5:20 p.m. and light the giant Christmas tree at 6 p.m. More entertainment will follow while Santa visits with children in the gazebo until 8 p.m. 2. The Sanders Family Christmas at the Strand Theatre will run Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 2012. The 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. 3. Dec 1 and …
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Low-income families often have the daily stress of choosing between food and diapers.
The Cobb Diaper Day Committee will hold its fourth annual collection of diapers for families in need in Glover Park on Marietta Square on Oct. 29. In the past residents have donated 120,000 diapers. Local nonprofit agencies can only dispense diapers four times a year because of limited resources. In these tough economic times, families in need face the facts that: Diapers can be donated at a community-wide diaper collection at 5 p.m., Monday, Oct. 29 at Glover Park on the Marietta Square. For more information visit www.cobbdiaperday.com. Keep up with news by subscribing to our free email newsletter, liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter.
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Share your photos and comments on the Marietta Reads! tenth-year anniversary celebration.
Marietta Reads!, the Marietta City Schools citywide effort to foster reading and literacy in the community, celebrated its tenth-year anniversary Saturday in Glover Park on Marietta Square. “Marietta Reads! has made a significant impact on promoting reading in our schools, and engages our community to support the work we do to improve literacy,” said Jill Sims, MCS Executive Director, Curriculum and Instruction. “As a school system, we reinforce the importance of reading to all of our students every day.” Keep up with news by subscribing to our free email newsletter, liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter.
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A book fair, book costume characters, celebrity readers, school drama and cancer performances and more will hit Marietta Square for the event.
Marietta Reads!, the Marietta City Schools (MCS) citywide effort to foster reading and literacy in the community, celebrates its tenth-year anniversary Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, in Glover Park in the Marietta Square from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Marietta Reads! has made a significant impact on promoting reading in our schools, and engages our community to support the work we do to improve literacy,” said Jill Sims, MCS Executive Director, Curriculum and Instruction. “As a school system, we reinforce the importance of reading to all of our students every day.” The annual Marietta Reads! event offers a variety of literacy activities—a book fair, book costume characters, celebrity readers— and family-friendly entertainment including “A Great Place …
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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 ›