Put on your walking shoes, pack up the kids and get your taste buds ready, because festival season has officially arrived in Cobb County! Don’t miss these two annual events that the whole family will enjoy!

This weekend, Smyrna will be hosting the annual Smyrna Spring Jonquil Festival, presented by Superior Plumbing, at The Village Green. Bring the whole family for a great day of food, entertainment, shopping and fun together. There will be a large array of craft vendors, as well festival foods to please every palate, including the legendary Crawfish & Shrimp Boil. Plenty of games, activities and inflatables will keep the younger crowd entertained, as well as a puppet show by Peter Hart. Bring a chair or blanket and relax to the tunes of Peachtree Station’s very own Scott Thompson. The festival hours of operation are 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., on Saturday, April 27, and noon – 5:00 p.m., on Sunday, April 28.  Admission is free!

On Sunday, April 28, head on down to Marietta Square in the heart of Marietta, for the 20th Annual Taste of Marietta. Over 70 vendors and food trucks will showcase their very best culinary delights, at this award-winning festival. Beat the heat by taking a break in one of the many boutique shops that the square has to offer. A whole day of family entertainment, the festival will include an area just for kids, cooking demonstrations and a Sunset Concert featuring Banks & Shane. Checkout the schedule of events here. Admission to the 20th Annual Taste of Marietta is free (food is for purchase), and free parking will be available around the square.

Hope to see y’all out and about this weekend, as we enjoy some of the wonderful events our Cobb County community has to offer!

Did you know that Marietta has its own roller derby team, the Marietta Derby Darlins? It was news to this Cobb County resident and probably you too.  Well, here’s another chance to support your local Marietta community by attending the Skatergirl Scuffle presented by the Marietta Derby Darlins at Cobb Civic Center.  The Skatergirl Scuffle is a double header that will be held on April 13, 2013 at 4:00pm.  Go cheer on the local Marietta ladies as they bring their high intensity and skate their way to victory for the city of Marietta!

History of Roller Derby

Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups (“jams”) in which both teams designate a scoring player (the “jammer”) who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team. The teams attempt to assist their own jammer whilst hindering the opposing jammer—in effect, playing both offense and defense simultaneously.  Roller derby is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues worldwide, nearly half of them outside the U.S.. Most modern leagues share a strong “do it yourself” ethic.  A large number of contemporary roller derby leagues are amateur, self-organized and all-female and were formed in a DIY spirit by relatively new roller derby enthusiasts.  Modern roller derby is an international sport dominated by all-female amateur teams, in addition to a growing number of male, co-ed, and junior roller derby teams, and is as a roller sport under consideration for the 2020 Olympics.

April 13th, 2013

Marietta Derby Darlins

SKATERGIRL SCUFFLE!  DOUBLE HEADER HOME BOUT

4:00pm Muscogee Roller Girls vs. Rolling Arsenal of Derby

6:30pm Main Event: Burn City Rollers vs. Marietta Derby Darlins

Cobb Civic Center Marietta, GA

The Smyrna Public Library will offer two exciting programs for children, families, and adults in celebration of Black History Month.  Your local Smyrna community is hosting an exploration of Black History Month: A Celebration that was central to the overall history of Atlanta and its surrounding suburbs.  Come learn about your Smyrna community through rich storytelling and listen as Atlanta’s history surrounds you.

On Saturday, February 23rd, the Smyrna library will host a storytelling program for children and families from 11:00 AM- 12:00 PM. The Cobb Cluster of the Southern Order of Storytellers, members of the Kuumba Storytellers, and the youth Tattle Tales group will be featured.  Children and adults alike will share stories about notable African Americans and African dolls will be featured at the program as well.

On Sunday, February 24th from 2:00-4:00 PM, the Smyrna library will offer a special Black History Month program for adults featuring two speakers, Ms. Robin Washington Banks and Mr. Charles Black.  This program, also sponsored by the Friends of the Smyrna Library, is open to the public and will offer light refreshments. Ms. Robin Washington Banks, educator and author, is the great-granddaughter of Booker T. Washington and the daughter of a Tuskegee Airman.  Mr. Charles Black is a professional actor on stage, screen, radio, video and television, a Special Correspondent for The Atlanta Inquirer newspaper, and a community activist.

Black History Month: A Celebration programs are free of charge and are open to the public.  No reservations are necessary to attend Black History Month: A Celebration.  Both programs will be held in the first floor meeting room of the Smyrna Public Library.  For more information, please call the library at 770-431-2860.

Trains, Trains Trains are chugging into your Kennesaw neighborhood at The Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History.  Trains, Trains, Trains is billed as a family day that features all type of train exhibits and model train demonstrations for you and your family in Kennesaw.  Trains, Trains, Trains will also “feature crafts, tips and techniques for building a home layout and a variety of different model train layouts that can be operated by children of all ages. The daylong Kennesaw event will include interactive activities, including a train-themed story time, railroad music and vendors selling a variety of train-related items.”  The Trains, Trains, Trains event will be held from 9:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 19, in the museum’s Jolley Education Center.  The musem director has been quoted as saying that this is one of Kennesaw‘s most popular events!

Marietta neighbors can view six holiday decorated, private Marietta homes in the Church-Cherokee historic district and beautiful public buildings on the Marietta Pilgrimage Tour.  On Friday evening, November 30, the Marietta Pilgrimage will kick off with  ”The Marietta Pilgrimage Tour Gala,” a fabulous black tie party and preview of the award-winning tour of homes.  It will be a fantastic evening in Marietta of dining, music & dancing.  The Marietta Tour Pilgrimage Gala will be located at First Landmark Bank, 307 North Marietta Parkway.  Lovely homes on the tour include The Dodd-Cook-Lloyd House, Blair-Runyon-Gay House, The Morris-Gantt-Stark House, The Simpson-Moor-Pearlberg House, The Cogburn-Hyde-Roland House. The evening will also include a candlelight tour of selected Marietta homes on the tour.  Houses close for viewing at 9:30pm.  For tickets and additional information, visit www.mariettapilgrimage.com or call the Marietta Visitors Bureau at 770-429-1115

Dec 1, 2012 – Dec 2, 2012

The Marietta Pilgrimage 

A Christmas Home Tour

Historic Marietta Square

Here’s an opportunity to run off those extra Thanksgiving pounds right in your Acworth neighborhood at the 4th Annual Acworth Turkey Chase 5K Fun Run & 2K Walk.  The 4th Annual Acworth Turkey Chase 5K Fun Run & 2K Walk will be held on Saturday, November 17, 2012.  Take a jog, stroll, or walk through the lovely downtown streets of historic Acworth and then on to the serene shores of Lake Acworth.  All that’s required to enter is a non-perishable food item to recieve your race number and turkey shirt.  Sponsored by the City of Acworth Parks and Recreation Department, the food items that you provide will benefit the Tackle Hunger program and your local community.  The 4th Annual Acworth Turkey Chase 5K Fun Run & 2K Walk will start & finish on Main Street in Downtown Acworth.  The 5K Run will begin at 9am, the 2K walk at 9:15am on Main Street in Acworth. There will also be a Little Pilgrim Trot for children up to age 5 beginning at 10am on Main Street.

The 4th Annual Acworth Turkey Chase 5K Fun Run & 2K Walk

Race day parking available at First Baptist Church Acworth, City Hall and the Acworth Library.

Amazing Acworth Homes

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1. $525,000 : 3304 Aviary Trace Nw, Acworth
   
   5 beds, 4 full baths

   Home size: 4,604 sq ft

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2. $525,000 : 1010 Mars Hill Road, Acworth
   
   4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 4,113 sq ft

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3. $514,900 : 255 Evening Mist Drive, Acworth
   
   6 beds, 5 full, 1 part baths

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4. $795,000 : 49 Lake Drive, Acworth
   
   5 beds, 4 full baths

   Home size: 3,800 sq ft

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5. $550,000 : 3550 Walden Lane, Acworth
   
   4 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 5,098 sq ft

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Santa Claus is coming to town for the Marietta Holiday Tree Lighting in historic Marietta Square on November 29th.  Beginning at 5 pm, local Marietta schools choruses will be performing your favorite holiday songs.  At 5:20pm, Santa Claus will be making his grand entrance for the ceremonial Marietta Holiday Tree Lighting at 6pm.  The very best part of all will be afterwards, in the gazebo in Marietta Square, Santa Claus will be available to hear all of your children’s holiday wishes until 8pm.

Holiday Tree Lighting

Historic Marietta Square

Nov 29, 2012

Thurs 5pm

Tis’ the season to break out your credit card and support local businesses in your Cobb County community by attending the Marietta Christmas Open House in Marietta.  Whatever holiday you are celebrating this time of year, I can assure you your local Cobb County small business has the gift you are looking for.  On November 9th-11th, historic Marietta Square will be hosting their annual Marietta Christmas Open House.  Marietta Square stores will be staying open late from 6-9pm for a holiday preview.  This is a great opportunity to get unique local items and really support your local Marietta business community.

Christmas Open House

Historic Marietta Square

 Nov 9, 2012 – Nov 11, 2012

 6pm – 9pm

Put on your running shoes and walk or run to Cobb County next weekend to benefit some great causes: Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K and the 12th Silver Comet Half Marathon, Marathon & Run4Life Fun Run.  Held in Marietta and Mableton respectively, these Cobb County events will benefit you and the community in really big ways.  The Cobb County weather is perfect for a stroll, jog, or run that can make you healthier, and in turn benefit someone else’s health in the best way possible: finding a cure.  We all know someone whose health has been impacted by cancer, now we can show our support right here in Cobb County.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K

Saturday, October 27, 2012

8:00AM

Smyrna’s Fall Jonquil Festival has arrived in the midst of the fall festival season here in Cobb County!  The Fall Jonquil Festival is a time to enjoy the beauty of fine arts and crafts amidst the changing of seasons in Smyrna.  The Fall Jonquil Festival will host 175 artist and craftsmen from across the United States.  Special exhibitions at the Fall Jonquil Festival will include the Featured Artists Market and Fresh Harvest Market.  Master Puppeteers, Peter Hart and Scott Thompson, will be on hand to entertain children in the Kid’s Zone.  The Veterans Memorial will be the site for lively acoustic music to serenade Smyrna’s Fall Jonquil Festival.

Fall Jonquil Festival 2012

October 27 and 28 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

The Harvest Square Arts and Crafts Festival is blowing in on the winds of good weather! This the time of year in Marietta when you wake up in the morning to frosty breath and fallen leaves. Fall is in the air here in Cobb County and Marietta is celebrating with its annual Harvest Square Arts and Crafts Festival on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012.  Held in lovely Glover Park in the downtown historic Marietta Square, there will be a wide variety of arts and crafts.  There will also be an area for children called Halloween Happenings with carnival games and an array of prizes that will be spooktacular!

Harvest Square Arts and Crafts Festival

Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Get out your beach blanket or chair and get ready to celebrate sand and sun style when The Fabulous Expressions play their music at Glover Park in Marietta Square.  The 2012 Glover Park Concert Series takes place on the last Friday evening of each month from April to September.  The Fabulous Expressions are a beach band and will be playing on July 27th at 8:00 PM.  It is sure to be a great date night or family event!  Snag a great spot, pull out your pinic basket, and bask under the stars in Marietta!

Summer Concert Series- The Fabulous Expressions (Beach)

Starts: Friday, July 27th, 2012 – 8:00 pm