5K Run/Walk in Fayetteville
Every Color Matters 5K Run/Walk. 7:30 a.m. warm-ups, 8 a.m. run, 8:15 a.m. walk Saturday (rain or shine). $30, free parking. Fayetteville Senior Center, 4 Center Drive, Fayetteville. The event is designed to provide encouragement, hope and support to those in the community affected by cancer through fundraising and raising awareness of cancer’s many forms. EveryColorMatters@gmail.com, EveryColorMatters.com.
Dyslexia Dash 5K in Dunwoody
Dyslexia Dash 5K Run/Walk and Kids Dash by The International Dyslexia Association - Georgia. 7:30 a.m. registration, 8:30 a.m. Saturday. $40. Perimeter Mall, 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Road NE, Dunwoody. Each registrant will receive a t-shirt, race bag and ribbon. During this month’s Dyslexia Awareness Month in Georgia, this event will be followed by a festival with a children’s zone, drawings and a silent auction. With proceeds from the 2016 event, the organization has provided more than $40,000 to the community for free, low-cost, structured literacy teacher training and more than 40 free community outreach events this year. ga.dyslexiaIDA.org/2017-dyslexia-dash.
Atlanta Tree Sale in Dunwoody
Atlanta Tree Sale by Trees Atlanta. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday (rain or shine). Brook Run Park, 4770 N. Peachtree Road, Dunwoody. More than 1,500 native and exotic plants will be available, including 200 species of trees, shrubs, native perennials and tree-friendly vines. Trees Atlanta staff members will be available to provide advice on plant selection and placement. All proceeds will benefit Trees Atlanta’s planting and education programs. Since 1985, Trees Atlanta has planted and maintained more than 119,000 trees, including greater than 500 trees in Dunwoody’s Brook Run Park. 404-522-4097, TreesAtlanta.org/event/18th-annual-tree-sale.
Kennesaw Mountain events
October events. Free. Visitor Center, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, 900 Kennesaw Mountain Drive, Kennesaw. 770-427-4686 ext. 0 or nps.gov/kemo.
- Kennesaw Mountain Trail Club Work Day. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Parking and registration are at the overflow parking lot on Old Highway 41. Volunteers are needed to help park staff maintain the 20-plus trails of the park. The NPS Volunteer Services Agreement is required. A parent must sign the form if the student is under age 18.
- Welcome to Kennesaw Mountain. 11-11:30 a.m. Saturday. Hear a Ranger-led presentation on the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, the Atlanta Campaign and how these events shaped history and the park as it is today. This presentation will use maps and artifacts to illustrate this portion of history.
- Civil War Music. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday. Music during the Civil War served many functions - to help organize and rally but also boost morale among soldiers. Join musician and living historian KD Braunsroth as she demonstrates this music, using the fife.
Kids Closet Sale in Atlanta
Kids Closet at Winters Chapel Kids Consignment Sale. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday (half-price day). Winters Chapel United Methodist Church, 5105 Winters Chapel Road, Atlanta. Kids Closet at Winters Chapel is a nonprofit consignment sale of gently used children’s clothing, furniture, toys, books, athletic equipment and accessories. All proceeds will benefit Winters Chapel United Methodist Preschool, a nonprofit preschool serving the local community. 770-393-3478, KidsCloset@WintersChapel.org, KidsClosetWintersChapel.org.
Roswell Youth Day Celebration
Roswell Youth Day Celebration. 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Mimosa Boulevard, Canton Street, Woodstock Road, Roswell. Roswell Recreation, Parks, Historic & Cultural Affairs Department at 770-641-3705.
- 9:45 a.m. Saturday: 21st annual Historic Roswell 5K Road Race. Starts at the Roswell United Methodist Church and ends at the Roswell Area Park football field. Susan Silver at 770-817-6670 or RoswellGov.com/Historic5K.
- 10 a.m. Saturday: 67th annual Frances McGahee Youth Day Parade. From First Baptist Church of Roswell on Mimosa Boulevard to Roswell Area Park on Woodstock Road. RoswellGov.com/YouthParade.
- 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday: Fall Farm Days. $5 for gold and gem panning. Smith Plantation, 935 Alpharetta St., Roswell. Artisan exhibits and demonstrations, pertaining to life on a 19th-century farm, will include period games, spinning, weaving and open-hearth cooking. Free children's activities will include period games, farm animals, petting zoo, wagon rides, crafts and farm chores. Hot dogs and hamburgers will be available for purchase. RoswellGov.com/FallFarmDays.
Douglasville Police Festival, Safety Expo
Douglasville Police Fall Festival & Safety Expo. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Free. Douglasville Public Safety Complex, 2083 Fairburn Road, Douglasville. K9 demos, touch-a-truck, pet adoptions, food trucks, arts & crafts, music and inflatables. Bring a new unwrapped toy for the PD Toy Drive. Tammy Jewell at 678-293-1793 or jewellt@DouglasvilleGa.gov.
Motorcycle benefit ride in Canton
Blue Iron Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club’s Boots Ride for Courage. 10 a.m. registration, 11 a.m. kickstands up Saturday. $25 per bike, $10 per passenger, including a lunch from Williamson Bros. BBQ. Cherokee Veteran’s Park, 7345 Cumming Highway, Canton. Drawings and music at the end of the ride around 12:30 p.m. The group is raising money for law enforcement families in Texas affected by flooding from Hurricane Harvey. BlueIronGeorgia.com/boot-s-ride.html.
Great Outdoor Adventure at The Rock Ranch
Great Outdoor Adventure. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and every Saturday through Nov. 4, 1-7 p.m. Sunday and every Sunday in October. $15/tax (Saturday), $13/tax (Sunday), free for children ages 2 and younger. Extra costs: zip lining at $8/tax or $12.75/tax, rock climbing wall at $5/tax, carousel rides at $2/tax. The Rock Ranch, 5020 Barnesville Highway, The Rock. Enjoy zip lining, carousel rides, a new gem mining experience, pumpkin cannon, reptile and birds of prey shows, archery, Rivers Edge Bluegrass Band and meet & greet with Gabby the Goat and Curious George. TheRockRanch.com.
Rose Show in Buford
Rose Show by Greater Gwinnett Rose Society. 10 a.m. Saturday. Free. Bogan Park Community Recreation Center, 2723 North Bogan Road, Buford. See a variety of roses and meet the expert gardeners who grew them. 678-277-0850, GwinnettCountyEvents.com.
Health Fair in Austell
Community Health Fair by Word of Faith Family Worship Cathedral. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Free parking. Riverside EpiCenter, 135 Riverside Parkway, Austell. Health screenings, expert assessments, nutritional tips, healthy smoothies, fitness activities, voter registration and children’s activities. Founded in 1991 by Bishop Dale Bronner, Word of Faith is an interdenominational church. 770-874-8400, jrender@woffamily.org.
Festival on Ponce in Atlanta
Festival on Ponce. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Free. Olmsted Linear Park, 1788 Ponce de Leon Ave., Atlanta. Presented by The Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces, the festival will include 125 displays of fine arts and crafts, folk and “outsider art”; a children’s area; live music and food trucks. The park was designed by one of America’s best landscape architects, Fredrick Olmsted Sr. FestivalOnPonce.com.
Fair on the Square in Lawrenceville
Fair on the Square. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. Free. 185 W. Crogan St., Lawrenceville. Kids Zone will be full of inflatables and face painting. The dance contest will be open to children and adults. LawrencevilleFallFestival.com.
Oakhurst Porchfest in Decatur
Oakhurst Porchfest. Noon-7 p.m. Saturday. Free. Oakhurst, one square mile in southwest corner of Decatur, concluding in Harmony Park. This third annual grassroots community music festival “is where front porches become stages, yards become venues and radical generosity and goodwill rule the day.” There were 185 performances last year. OakhurstPorchfest.org. Updates: facebook.com/OakhurstPorchfest.
Apple Cider Days in Dunwoody
October Apple Cider Days by Dunwoody Preservation Trust. AppleCiderDays.org, DunwoodyPreservationTrust.org.
- Noon-2 p.m. Saturday. Stephen-Martin Cemetery Tour, 244 Perimeter Center Parkway NE, Dunwoody. Learn about this Dunwoody family cemetery built in 1859.
- Noon-9 p.m. Oct. 21. Boy Scout Troop 477 Harvest Festival, Donaldson-Bannister House and Gardens, 4831 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody. Step back in time to the 20th century with guided tours to meet historic figures and follow the advancements of that time. Enjoy the food and beverage court, games and s'mores.
- 5-10 p.m. Oct. 25-26, 5-11 p.m. Oct. 27, 3-11 p.m. Oct. 28-29. $25 per day for ride tickets. Apple Cider Days, Perimeter Mall, 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Road NE, Dunwoody.
‘Dial M for Murder’ in Dunwoody
“Dial M for Murder.” 8 p.m. Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday. $15 to $33. Stage Door Players, North DeKalb Cultural Center, 5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody. 770-396-1726, info@StageDoorPlayers.net.
‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in Cumming
“Fiddler on the Roof” musical play produced by BK Productions. Through Nov. 05. 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. $27.50 to $30 plus tax. The Cumming Playhouse, 101 School St., Cumming. Set in Imperial Russia in 1905, the story centers on Tevye, the father of five daughters, and his attempt to maintain his Jewish religious and cultural traditions as the Tsar evicts the Jewish people from their village. Open to all ages. BK Productions has entertained Cumming Playhouse audiences with many Broadway musical favorites. 770-781-9178. Tickets: PlayhouseCumming.com.
For Goodness Snakes Tucker
For Goodness Snakes Tucker! 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Free. Peach Pit Pavilion Stage, Kelley Cofer Park, 4259 N. Park Drive, Tucker. Meet The Reptile Wrangler, and pet a snake or a bullfrog. Hosted by Friends of Kelley Cofer Park, Friends of Tucker Parks and the Neighborhood Fund, also enjoy musical entertainment by Mister Greenthumbs and Squonky, Little Light of Mine performers, Taekwondo presentations, balloon animals, face painting and food vendors. TuckerParks.org, info@KelleyCoferPark.org.
Harvest on the Hooch in Roswell
Harvest on the Hooch. 1-4 p.m. Sunday. $45 to $50, $15 for children, free for ages 10 and younger. Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell. Enjoy this farm-to-table tasting event and fundraiser for CNC’s Unity Garden, a half-acre urban farm, growing organic plants and vegetables for education of local school children and their parents. Everything harvested from the Unity Garden goes to the North Fulton Community Charities Food Pantry. CNC has donated more than 24 tons of food to North Fulton’s needy families. For $100, a VIP pre-event cooking demonstration will be held noon-1 p.m. with Chef Doug Turbush of Seed Kitchen & Bar. CNC is a private, nonprofit environmental learning center with more than 127 acres of woodlands and wetlands along the Chattahoochee River. Tickets: HarvestOnTheHooch.org, ChattNatureCenter.org.
Pat Conroy Remembrance in Newnan
“A Lowcountry Heart” with Cassandra King Conroy. 2 p.m. Sunday. Free. Carnegie Library, 1 LaGrange St., Newnan. Conroy will be discussing her late husband and his last book. carnegie@CityOfNewnan.org.
Nature Trail Festival in Newnan
Nature Trail Festival by Coweta County Master Gardener Extension Volunteers. 2-4 p.m. Sunday (rain or shine). McGuffey Nature Center and Trails, Coweta Fairgrounds Complex, 275 Pine Road, Newnan. Enjoy refreshments, crafts, educational activities, prizes and meet Smokey Bear. 770-254-2620 or email uga2077@uga.edu.
Color Blast Fun Run in Roswell
Color Blast Fun Run. 2-6 p.m. Sunday (rain or shine). $15. Elkins Pointe Middle School, 11290 Elkins Road, Roswell. Hosted by Be THE Voice®, a peer-led anti-bullying program, children and adults are welcome to run or walk around the school’s track and be showered in colorful powder on the hour at 3, 4 and 5 p.m. with a big color blast finale at 6 p.m. Also, enjoy dance contests with prizes, a DJ, petting zoo, inflatables, a dunk tank and pumpkins. Food will be available for $1 each. Because studies show that bullying stops almost immediately when a bystander intervenes, BTV focuses on empowering students to speak up when they witness a bullying situation. So far, 19 Georgia schools have implemented the BTV program, impacting more than 20,000 students in less than 18 months. Funds raised will help expand the program statewide. btvStopBullying.com/blast, facebook.com/btvStopBullying.
Biketoberfest in Dunwoody
Biketoberfest. Through Oct. 31. Free. Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, Zaban Park, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Participants who partake in at least eight classes of this indoor cycling fitness challenge will have a chance to win a Precor spin bike. They also will be encouraged to track their progress to win gifts at the end of the month. Register: 678-812-4002, atlantajcc.org/biketoberfest.
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