Another signature East Cobb event is back to its pre-COVID-19 format.
The Marietta Greek Festival returns for a full in-person celebration Friday-Sunday at Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church (3431 Trickum Road), with food, live music and dancing, sanctuary tours, kids’ activities and more.
Admission is $5 per person; children under 12 are free. The festival website has online ticket packages that include free admission and other coupons. Festival hours are 4-10 Friday, 11-10 Saturday and 11-4 Sunday.
Parking is available at Simpson Middle School (3440 Trickum Road) starting after 5 p.m. Friday; Mountain View Elementary School (3151 Sandy Plains Road) starting after 6 p.m. Friday and the Church of Latter-Day Saints (3195 Trickum Road) Friday-Saturday only. Shuttle service will be provided.
The first-ever We CARE Veterans Resource Fair is Friday and Saturday at the Cobb Civic Center, presented by the East Cobb-based United Military Care. More than 100 vendors will provide information, assistance and resources for health care, benefits, food assistance and access to other basic services.
Two Quilts of Valor presentations will take place on Friday at 11:30 in the Canteen, honoring a Post 9/11 Veteran Public Figure and Vietnam Veteran.
Admission is free to veterans and their families; the hours are 9-5 both days. (546 S. Marietta Parkway)
The Roswell Fine Arts Alliance is coming to East Cobb’s Hyde Farm Saturday for what it’s calling the “heART of the FARM Art Show,” emphasizing the 1830s-era working farm and its natural landscape.
There will be tours of the farm, a Plein Air painting demonstration, kids’ activities and a display of original artworks. The event is free to all and takes place from 10-3 (726 Hyde Road).
CenterStage North, one of Cobb County’s oldest community theatres, is starting its run of “I Hate Hamlet,” a Paul Rudnick play, starting Friday through next Saturday, May 21 at The Art Place-Mountain View.
It’s the story of a TV star who’s torn about preparing to play a Shakesperean actor, and whose muse, in the figure of John Barrymore, stays by his side until he takes the stage. The protagonist is forced to confront who he wants to be, or not to be.
Shows run nightly from 8-10 except for Sunday, when the curtains lift at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12-$25 (3330 Sandy Plains Road).
On Sunday, the Cobb Wind Symphony will be performing at the Lassiter Concert Hall (2601 Shallowford Road). The community orchestra’s rendition of “Carmen” features Christina Smith, Principal Flute of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
Admission is free but donations are accepted.
We’re back to compiling calendar listings in one handy place on our site. If you have events to share with the public, please e-mail: calendar@eastcobbnews.com and we will post them here.
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