Plan
Your Child's Summer at Cobb's Summer Camp Expo 2012
Cobb
County Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department will be hosting
the 2nd Annual Cobb Summer Camp Expo 2012 on Saturday, March 17th.
This event will be held at the Cobb Civic Center from 9:00am-3:00pm. The
Summer Camp Expo is your one-stop shop for summer camp programs for your
children! There you will find information about day camps, art camps,
church camps, overnight camps, performing art programs, tennis camps and
much more. The admission is free.
The
Cobb Civic Center is located at 548 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta GA
30060. For more information contact Wendy.Collins@cobbcounty.org
or call (770) 528-8885.
The
2012 Hunt - Cobb's Largest Egg Hunt
Cobb
County’s Largest Egg Hunt will take place on Saturday, March 31st,
at Jim Miller Park in Marietta. The event begins at 10:00am and ends at
2:00pm. The 2012 Hunt will feature children’s art activities, live entertainment,
inflatables, and concessions. The Easter Bunny will be on hand to delight
the children and there will be contests, including the Mad Hatter Contest
and Decorated Basket Contest. There will also be a musical performance
by the 'Theater Project'.
Five
egg hunts which will be broken down into age groups. In each hunt, there
will be special prize eggs. The schedule of events is as follows:
10:00am - Park opens
10:30am - 3 years & under hunt
11:00am - 4 & 5 years hunt
11:30am - Special Population’s hunt
12:00pm
- 6 & 7 years hunt
12:30pm - 8-10 years hunt
1:00pm - Mad Hatter’s Contest / Easter Basket Contest
2:00pm - Park closes
Admission for The Hunt is free. For more information please call (770)
528-8875.
Empty
Bowl Brunch Support Local Nonprofit Organizations
The
Art Place and Mountain View Arts Alliance staff recently presented MUST
Ministries with a check for $1,000 as part of the 2011 Empty Bowl Brunch
fundraiser. MUST is a faith-based organization that provides services
to people and families in crisis. Other benefactors from the Empty Bowl
Brunch include Vietnam Vets and Mountain View Arts Alliance/The Art Place
Art Outreach. MVAA is a support group for fundraising, programming and
input to make Cobb a more desirable place to live by promoting arts and
culture. For more information, visit theartplace.us.
Chubby
Checker Performing in Cobb Saturday
A
musical favorite, singer Chubby Checker, will "twist" into Cobb County
for a performance at 8:00pm, Saturday, March 3rd at the
Jennie T. Anderson Theatre. Chubby Checker has had a long career and has
released more than 20 hit songs that appeared on the Billboard Hot 100
music chart.
Jennie
T. Anderson Theatre is located at 548 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta.
To purchase tickets or for more information, call (770) 528-8490 or visit
ticketmaster.com.
Elementary
School Tennis League Registration in Progress
The spring season of the Elementary School Tennis League is right around
the corner. This is the time to register your 2nd to 5th grade player
or team for this fun and exciting league. The Elementary School Tennis
League program is a program where participants can represent their elementary
school. Players can register individually or as a team. Registration is
in progress and ends March 1st. Practices for the spring
season begins on Friday, March 16th. Please help spread the word about
this wonderful program to all 2nd to 5th graders that you know for another
fun season of tennis!!
For information, rules of play and registration, please see the league
web page. See you on the courts!
Upcoming
Events
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The Art
Station - Big Shanty |
March
1-28
Gallery
Exhibit |
Middle School Masters Gallery Show
Artwork from students from surrounding middle schools.
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March
9 & 10
Workshop |
“Luck of the Artist” Art a la Carte Workshop
Project
usually takes about 30 minutes and is a drop-in event between
the hours of either 3:30pm-5:00pm (Friday) or 10:30am-12:00pm
(Saturday), and it is only $5!
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March
13-14
Workshop |
Transparent
Watercolor Workshop
Ages
- adults
$185
(R) / $210 (NR)
Two-day workshop
Gary
Curtis will be back to teach a two-day transparent watercolor
workshop for those wanting to learn the challenging techniques
of painting with watercolors.
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March 30
Workshop |
“Eggerators” Art a la Carte Workshop
Project
usually takes about 30 minutes and is a drop-in event between the
hours of 3:30pm-5:00pm (Friday) and it is only $5!
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For
more information about upcoming events at
The Art Station - Big Shanty, see their website at artstationcobb.org.
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The
Art Place - Mountain View |
through
March 2
Gallery
Exhibit |
Traditional,
Digital, and Black and White Drawings
By
Aaron Jackson |
March
8-29
Gallery
Exhibit |
My
Child's First Gallery: Refrigerator Art Show |
March
23-25
Theatre
Performance |
California
Suite
Back
by popular demand! 'Bring Your Own Dinner' show will be Neil Simon's
“California Suite”. Tickets are $12 for all shows and can be purchased
at www.theartplace.us.
Bring your own dinner, snacks, dessert, drinks and sit back and
enjoy a show! |
Mable
House
Arts
Center |
in
progress through March 1
Gallery
Exhibit |
Reflections
Third
Virginia Avery Memorial Juried Art Exhibition. Beautiful, unique
pieces are on display from talented women around Georgia. You don’t
want to miss this. Call us at (770) 819-3285 for open hours. |
March
13-April 4
Gallery
Exhibit |
Floyd
Middle School Art Exhibit
These young artists never fail to deliver a fantastic show! |
For
more information about upcoming events at The Mable House visit www.mablehouse.org.
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Civic
Center -
Hudgins Hall |
March
2-3 |
Lutador
Grappling Tournament
Friday: weigh-in 5:00pm-9:00pm
Saturday: 8:00am-9:00pm
Admission: $5
For information, see www.lutadorgrappling.com. |
March
10-11 |
Eastman Gun & Knife Show
Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm
Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm
Admission: $8 adults, 12 & under free
www.eastmangunshows.com
For information, contact Matt Eastman
(229) 424-4555 |
March 17 |
Cobb
Summer Camp Expo
9:00am-3:00pm
One stop
shop for all summer camp programs for your children. Vendors representing
summer youth camps, tennis camps, arts camps, and more will be on
hand with information. Admission is $5. |
March
31-April 1 |
Gun
& Knife Show
Presented
by R.K. Shows
Saturday:
9:00am-5:00pm
Sunday: 10:00am-5:00pm
$8
adults
$2 - 12 & under
www.rkshows.com
For information, call (563) 927-8176 |
Jim
Miller Park |
March 1-3 |
All
4 Kids Consignment sale
Thursday
9:30am–7:00pm
Friday
9:00am–7:00pm
Saturday
9:00am–1:00pm |
March
17 |
Kennehoochee
Radio Club Hamfest
8:00am-3:00pm
$
7.00 adults / Under 12 free / free parking
For
information, call (770) 642-7741 |
March
23-25 |
Cobb County
Library Book Sale
Friday-Saturday
9:00am–5:00pm
Sunday
1:00pm–5:00pm
For
information, call (770) 528-2342 |
March
24 |
Wild
West Fest
10:00am–4:00pm
Fun activities
for the family that will include cowboys, stage show, chuck wagon,
western gear vendors, food, celebrity jail-a-thon, and fast gun
draw demonstration. Admission is $5 (age 3 and under free). Benefits
Cobb County libraries. |
March
31 |
Egg
Hunt
10:00am–2:00pm
Admission
is free
(770)
528-8875 |
Gymnastics |
March
24 |
Cobb County Special Olympics Meet |
Tennis |
March
2-4 |
Sweetwater
Senior Singles Classic
Sweetwater
Tennis Center
Adult /
Senior
Entry deadline:
February 27 |
March
17-18 |
Cobb
Junior Spring Satellite
Fair
Oaks Tennis Center
Junior
singles, FIC
Entry
deadline: March 12 |
March
30-April 1 |
Fair Oaks Senior Southern Warm-up
Fair Oaks
Tennis Center
Adult /
Senior
Entry deadline:
March 26 |
Volunteers
needed to help at Leone Hall Price Park
The
Friends of Price Park will host a volunteer work day at Leone Hall Price
Park 8:30am-11:30am, Saturday, March 24th. Participants
will spruce up the park to get ready for the new season. There will be
jobs for all ages, so children are welcome. All volunteers will automatically
be entered into a raffle to win a prize. RSVP to friendsofpricepark@gmail.com
is helpful, but not required. Additional work day details include:
- Dress
appropriately: long sleeves, long pants, closed toe shoes, work gloves,
sunscreen, bug spray and eye protection.
- Bring
hand tools or gardening tools and plastic buckets for collecting trash.
Be sure to have your name on your tools.
- Do not
bring power tools or work vehicles. Cobb County staff will operate power
tools and have gators for ferrying debris and trash.
- Arrive
at 8:30am if you can. If not, someone will be stationed in the parking
lot to direct volunteers.
Summer
Art Camps at Mable House Arts Center - Modern Mania!!!
Come experience a variety of projects influenced by modern art. From art
deco to cubism and color field to abstract expressionism, students will
learn about the artists and the techniques used to create their artwork.
Artists visited include Chagall, Matisse, Warhol, and Miro. Learn to use
a variety of recycled and fine arts materials to create your masterpieces!
Theatre, Drumming, Pottery and much more are also being offered in the
Mable House Arts Center summer art camp. Registration begins March
13th. For more information, call (770) 819-3285. You do not want
to miss out!
Home School Art Classes Offered at Mable
House Arts Center
The Mable House Arts Center provides a variety of enrichment classes for
your child. Courses include Pottery, Academics in Art, Creative Writing,
Botanical Drawing and much, much more!!! The 2012 spring quarter begins
February 29th and many are starting to fill up! For questions
or to register for these impressive classes, call (770) 819-3285.
The Mable
House Arts Center Offers Spring Break Camp
Looking
for something for the kids to do during spring break? The Mable House
Arts Center will be offering Spring Break Camp on April 2nd-5th.
This camp will give students the experience of four full days of concentrated
art. Each day will be filled with different projects of two and three
dimensional multimedia. This fabulous camp is $75 with a $10 supply fee
to cover costs of materials. Camp will meet Monday-Thursday from 9:00am-3:00pm
and is for children ages 6-12 years. Call the Mable House Arts Center
at (770) 819-3285 for information and to register.
Volleyball
Night at Ron Anderson Recreation Center
Come
join us for Volleyball Night at Ron Anderson Recreation Center. We have
an open gym for adults and teens who would like to come out and play volleyball.
It is FREE to participate - just come on by. Volleyball night is every
Wednesday night from 6:00pm-9:00pm. A great way to make some new friends,
get some exercise and have some fun!!! For information, contact Lionel
Garrett at (770) 439-3611.
Now Offering Arty Parties for Birthdays
Our art centers are now offering Arty Parties for Birthdays! The Mable
House Arts Center, The Arts Place - Mountain View and The Arts Station
- Big Shanty are available for art-inspired birthday parties! Available
party days and times are subject to programming and staff availability.
Contact us to schedule your party at least 3 weeks prior to your requested
date. Parties are available for children ages 4-12 years old costing $5
to $7 per child, plus a room rental fee of $10 per hour and a refundable
deposit of $50. For more information, contact your local
arts center.
Exciting
Classes Offered at Ward Recreation Center
Registration
in progress for spring programs at Ward Recreation Center. Please visit
our website for
details on our spring programming! We
will be offering classes in Basketball fundamentals for ages K-8, Zumba,
Zumba Gold, Piano,
Dance, Glee Program-Vocal & Dance, Choy Li Fut, and Choi Kwang Do.
We
also have rental spaces available for birthday parties, HOA meetings,
scout meetings, and more! Summer camp registration will be Thursday,
April 19th starting at 6:00pm.
Fair
Oaks Lobos Inaugural Flag Football Event
Beginning
March 20th, Fair Oaks will offer youth flag football
which will include practices, games and championship tournament. T-shirts
and flags will be provided. The fee will be $75. Register your child in
March and receive a discount on your football registration in the fall!!!
For information, contact Ramon Sharpe at rsharpe93@msn.com or see the
Fair Oaks Lobos website.
Part-time
Positions Available - Instructor / Lifeguards
Applications are currently
being accepted for 31 lifeguard positions that are available. The positions
will be working at one of four indoor aquatic centers: Central Aquatic
Center, Mountain View Aquatic Center, West Cobb Aquatic Center and South
Cobb Aquatic Center. Applicants must be age 15 or older, must have American
Red Cross Lifeguard certification, and must be able to pass water and
skills tests. Applications accepted through April 24th.
For more information, contact your local Cobb County aquatic center.
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