Cobb Public Library summer reading program kicks off with Saturday celebration

Submitted information about the Cobb Public Library summer reading program:Cobb Libraries summer reading program

Bring your whole family to enjoy the Summer Reading Program Kickoff Party 5-7 p.m., Saturday, June 2, at the Switzer Library in downtown Marietta. This event is free and open to the public. Come dressed in your favorite dancing outfit from your favorite decade for the Decades Dance Party. The family-friendly DJ will be playing all the best hits from the ’50s to today. Cobb Police Department staff will bring police vehicles to explore. Enjoy kid yoga, balloon volleyball, arts, crafts and music-centered story time.

The Atlanta Dream will lead basketball drills and the mascot, Star, will be on-hand for high fives. The Atlanta Dream will also give away tickets to its Sunday, June 3, game to children who attend the kickoff party. Adults can purchase discounted tickets and half of the proceeds will go to the Cobb Library Foundation.

Here’s more information about the summer reading program, which continues through July 28. The four programs are early literacy, children, teens and adults.

The Switzer Library is located at 266 Roswell Street near downtown Marietta.

The June calendar of events at library branches in East Cobb includes movie screenings at Sewell Mill on Saturday, as well as a session on travel tips from AAA on Saturday at the East Cobb Library from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

 

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