Marietta Square Farmers Market
Date: Every Saturday
Time: 9 AM – 12 PM
Location: North Park Square – Marietta Square
URL: www.mariettasquarefarmersmarket.net
A veritable array of fresh local goodies awaits you every Saturday this summer on the Historic Marietta Square. Whether you’re looking for perfectly ripened tomatoes, moist baked goods straight from the oven, or just a fun activity on a Saturday morning, this is the place to be.
Wine Tasting
Date: Every Saturday
Time: 2 PM – 4 PM
Location: Marietta Wine Market, 18 Powder Springs St., SE
URL: www.mariettawinemarket.com
Cost: $10 charitable donation suggested
Wine Tasting
Date: Every Wednesday
Time: 5 PM – 7 PM
Location: Marietta Wine Market, 18 Powder Springs St., SE
URL: www.mariettawinemarket.com
Cost: $10 charitable donation suggested
Brown Bag Concert Series
Date: Every Thursday
Time: Noon – 1 PM
Location: Glover Park – Marietta Square
Art in the Park
Date: August 30 – September 1
Time: 10 AM – 5 PM
Location: Marietta Square
URL: www.mariettaartinthepark.com
Enjoy the 22nd Annual Art in the Park festival! This fine art extravaganza held each Labor Day weekend is presented by the Marietta Business Association and is proud to be a Southeast Tourism Society Top 20 Event for September.
The juried fine art show will spotlight 130 artists whose works include paintings, photography, pottery, graphics, sculptures, jewelry and much more. Artists representing 16 states will display and sell their wares in Glover Park. Back by popular demand is the Interactive Art Alley full of many wonderful and free make and take art stations.
The featured station is the Marietta Cityscape Project sponsored by Keep Marietta Beautiful. “With all the growth & development Marietta is experiencing, it is only fitting to feature Marietta 3D style,” says Joan Ellars, Director of Keep Marietta Beautiful. Everyone is invited to design their own piece of the town using boxes, paper towel rows, paper bags, paints & construction paper and other recyclable materials. Marietta landmarks will be featured along with local businesses and when complete could measure 10 ft X 40 ft.
Admission is free, so bring your family or friends to Art in the Park. For further information, please contact the Marietta Welcome Center at 770-429-1115 or visit www.mariettaartinthepark.com.
Evening with History
Date: September 4, 2008
Time: 7 PM – 9 PM
Location: Marietta Museum of History, 1 Depot Street, Ste. 200
Archivist Paul Crate explores the legacy of baseball in America just in time for Little League Month. Reservations are requested.
First Fridays and Art Walk
September 5, 2008
Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: The Marietta Square
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Date: September 16 through October 12, 2008
Location: Theatre in the Square Alley Stage
Time: 10 AM Tuesday – Friday, 2:30 PM Saturday - Sunday
URL: www.theatreinthesquare.com
For kids of all ages, here’s the chance to hear the wolf’s side of the story in the courtroom drama of the century!
Marietta Antique Street Festival
Date: September 20
Time: 9 AM – 5 PM
Location: Marietta Square
URL: www.mariettahistory.org
Browse more than 100 antique dealers from across Georgia and the Southeast, featuring collectors’ items, fine furniture and home décor, as well as glass, porcelains, linens and bottles. Voted “Best Antique Shopping” by Georgia Magazine readers and a Top 20 event by the Southeast Tourism Society, the festival will also include a “Trash or Treasure” booth where you can have your heirloom appraised between 11 AM and 2 PM.
Stroll through the park, enjoy the local entertainment and gather information on other interesting and historic sites in Cobb County in the Heritage Area. The festival is sponsored by the Marietta Museum of History, and many of its members will be in authentic costumes. Plus enjoy the Hubcaps and History Car Show, 10:00 to 4:00 p.m. (weather permitting). Vote for your favorite car and with your “I voted sticker” tour the Marietta Museum of History free of charge.
For dealer & festival information visit, www.mariettahistory.org or call 770-794-5710.
Mosaics
Date: September 22 & September 23, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM Saturday & 2 PM Sunday
Location: Jennie T. Anderson Theatre
URL: www.georgiadance.com
Marietta Reads! Kickoff
Date: September 27, 2008
Time: 11 AM – 3 PM
Location: Glover Park – Marietta Square
This reading fair marks the fourth anniversary of the Marietta City Schools’ literacy initiative.
First Fridays and Art Walk
Date: October 4, 2008
Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: The Marietta Square
Disney’s Beauty & The Beast
Date: Dec. 5 – 21, 2008. Student performances Dec. 9 & 10 at 10 AM.
Location: The Strand Theatre
URL: www.atlantalyrictheatre.com
Based on the Academy Award winning animated feature, the stage version is the sixth-longest running Broadway production of all time. The show includes all of the wonderful songs from the film, written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, (the team responsible for Little Shop of Horrors), plus new songs written especially for the Broadway version by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice (Aladdin, AIDA). Tickets begin at $30. Call 404-377-9948.
Smokey Joe’s Café
Date: Jan 16-Feb. 1, 2009
Location: The Strand Theatre
URL: www.atlantalyrictheatre.com
The longest running Broadway revue in history will delight Lyric audiences. The greatest hits of the ‘50s and ‘60s were all on the menu at Smokey Joe's Cafe, a rockin’ party of a show – featuring songs such as Jail House Rock, Stand By Me, Yakety Yak, Hound Dog and more. Tickets begin at $30. Call 404-377-9948.
The It Girl
Date: Mar. 6 – 22, 2009
Location: The Strand Theatre
URL: www.atlantalyrictheatre.com
This flapper musical is a light-hearted tribute to silent movies and Clara Bow that reinvents her 1927 film about a sassy department store salesclerk who wins an advertising contest held to find the girl with the elusive, thrilling quality known as "It." Among those she enchants with sexy charm is the heir to the retail empire that employs her. Tickets begin at $30. Call 404-377-9948.
The Pirates of Penzance
Date: April 24- May 10, 2009
Location: The Strand Theatre
URL: www.atlantalyrictheatre.com
Wacky, irreverent and as entertaining today as it was when it first opened in 1879, Gilbert & Sullivan’s popular operetta spins a hilarious farce of sentimental pirates, bumbling policemen, dim-witted young lovers, dewy-eyed daughters and an eccentric Major General, all morally bound to the often ridiculous dictates of honor and duty. Tickets begin at $30. Call 404-377-9948.
Chicago
Date: June 12 – 28, 2009
Location: The Strand Theatre
URL: www.atlantalyrictheatre.com
Honored with six Tony Awards and one Grammy, this drop-dead musical features the classic show tunes All That Jazz, Razzle Dazzle, and Roxie. Chicago's 1996 Broadway revival holds the record for the longest-running musical revival on Broadway. Tickets begin at $30. Call 404-377-9948.
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Date: March 14 & 21 at 2 PM
Location: The Strand Theatre
URL: www.atlantalyrictheatre.com
Presented by Atlanta Junior Lyric. Based on Charles M. Schulz’s popular comic strip “Peanuts”, the musical features Schulz’s beloved characters live on stage in a two-act musical. Popular songs include My Blanket and Me, The Kite, The Baseball Game, Little Known Facts, Suppertime and Happiness. Tickets begin at $30. Call 404-377-9948.
