Tommy piano Egg Harbor Cafe

EAST COBB WEEKEND EVENTS: Lassiter Craft Fair and holiday markets; baby fair; community piano; and more

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Lassiter Craft Fair, East Cobb Weekend Events

Halloween is over, November has begun and with it the earliest of two months of holiday-related activities. East Cobb weekend events through Sunday include ongoing holiday markets, a maternity and baby fair, two pet-related events and the unveiling of a new community piano.

Check out our full calendar listings for more, this weekend and beyond, but here’s whats highlighted for the next few days:

  • Lassiter Craft Fair (2601 Shallowford Road), runs 10-5 Saturday and Sunday, with more than 100 booths featuring handmade crafts and products and includes a bake sale and other concessions to benefit the Lassiter Band;
  • Mt. Bethel UMC Ribbons and Holiday Handcrafted Market (4385 Lower Roswell Road), is from 9-4 on Saturday, with more than 50 vendors, face painting for kids, a bake sale and lunch, with proceeds benefitting the church’s missions;
  • Good Mews Holiday Decor Market (1860 Sandy Plains Road) continues Saturday 10-6 and Sunday 12-6 and every weekend through Dec. 17, to benefit the shelter’s programs to rescue, nurture and adopt homeless cats and kittens;
  • Pet Events: An adoption day is Saturday from 9-12 at Janice Overbeck Real Estate Team (2249 Sewell Mill Road), to benefit the Homeless Pets Foundation; from 10-3 Sunday Good Mews is holding a vaccination and microchip clinic at its facility (3805 Robinson Road), and they do encourage you to make an appointment;

    Tommy Piano, East Cobb Weekend Events
    “Tommy” is getting tuned up to be played at Egg Harbor Cafe.
  • On Saturday at noon, the latest community piano, courtesy of Play Me Again Pianos, will be unveiled at Egg Harbor Cafe (4719 Lower Roswell Road); it’s the second such piano in East Cobb (see our posts here and here for more); “Tommy” will remain at the restaurant, just as “Sunny” sits under the upper gazebo at East Cobb Park;
  • If you’re expecting a child or recently had a baby, the WellStar East Cobb Health Park (3747 Roswell Road) is holding a Baby and Maternity Fair Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. that includes medical information from health providers, vendors and more, and it’s free;
  • Football finales: The regular season is coming to a close Friday with Walton already having secured a playoff spot, and with Kell, Lassiter and Pope still in the hunt; Sprayberry and Wheeler will be concluding their seasons for sure. The Raiders, who also have earned a home playoff game, can go for a 10-0 regular season against Woodstock at Raider Valley.

Did we miss something? Do you have a calendar item to share? Please let us know, and we’ll post them to our full calendar listings. E-mail calendar@eastcobbnews.com.

Have a great weekend!

East Cobb community piano program expands to Egg Harbor Cafe

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Tommy, East Cobb community piano
“Tommy” will make his debut at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Nov. 4 at Egg Harbor Cafe in East Cobb. (Photo provided by Play It Again Pianos)

Back in July East Cobb Park was the benefactor of a community piano program thanks to Play Me Again Pianos, a local non-profit (previous East Cobb News post here).

“Sunny,” named after East Cobb Park advocate Sunny Walker and located in the upper gazebo, will have some nearby accompaniment of sorts soon, at Egg Harbor Cafe (4719 Lower Roswell Road, Suite 210), on Nov. 4.

That’s when “Tommy” will be unveiled during a ribbon-cutting at 12 p.m. Like “Sunny,” the first tunes played on “Tommy” will be by a young local student musician.

It’s the latest in a community piano program started last year by East Cobb-based Play Me Again Pianos, co-founded by Jason and Kelly Brett. Their aim is to purchase, restore, paint and place 88 pianos throughout the metro Atlanta area, designed for community use.

Angela Lockman, East Cobb Middle School
Angela Lockman, East Cobb Middle School art teacher.

“Tommy” is also locally painted, by Angela​ ​Decker​ ​Lockman, a visual arts teacher at East Cobb Middle School.

“Street​ ​pianos​ ​and​ ​public​ ​pianos​ ​inspire​ ​people​ ​to​ ​connect​ ​with​ ​each​ ​other​ ​in​ ​ways​ ​that​ ​were once​ ​common,​ ​but​ ​seem​ ​increasingly​ ​rare,” Jason Brett said. ​”By​ ​adding​ ​our​ ​pianos​ ​to​ ​the​ ​landscape​ ​throughout the​ ​metropolitan​ ​area,​ ​we​ ​hope​ ​to​ ​nurture​ ​that​ ​connection​ ​into​ ​an​ ​evolution​ ​of​ ​Atlanta’s culture,​ ​community​ ​and​ ​the​ ​arts.”​

Here’s Lockman, last year’s Middle​ ​School​ ​Art​ ​Specialist​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Year​ ​for​ ​the​ ​Cobb​ ​County School​ ​District, on how she went about her work:

“My​ ​vision was​ ​to​ ​translate​ ​what​ ​we​ ​love​ ​about​ ​our​ ​area​ ​onto​ ​eggs​ ​that​ ​cover​ ​the​ ​piano. There​ ​are​ ​16​ ​eggs​ ​that​ ​encompass​ ​fun​ ​places​ ​to​ ​visit,​ ​our​ ​sports​ ​teams,​ ​and​ ​even​ ​the​ ​lyrics​ ​to our​ ​state​ ​song,​ ​‘Georgia​ ​On​ ​My​ ​Mind.’ Then​ ​as​ ​a​ ​nod​ ​to​ ​our​ ​host,​ ​we​ ​also​ ​incorporated​ ​two brightly-colored​ ​roosters​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Egg​ ​Harbor​ ​Cafe​ ​logo.”

The Bretts said “Tommy” is named after a member of the family-run Egg Harbor Cafe business. Unlike others in the family who had menu items named after them, there was no mention of Tommy on menus or business literature or logos.

Other Play Me Again Pianos are located ​in​ ​Chastain​ ​Park,​ ​​The​ ​Woodruff​ ​Arts Center,​ Colony​ ​Square,​ ​the​ ​Dunwoody​ ​Nature Center,​ ​the​ ​Chamblee​ ​Rail​ ​Trail,​ ​​Brookhaven,​ ​Ponce​ ​City Market,​ ​Atlantic​ ​Station​ ​and​ ​Alpharetta.​ ​​ ​

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