Auditions set for MLK Day program

Auditions to participate in Cobb’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day program are 10 a.m. Saturday, 6 p.m. Jan. 8 and 10 a.m. Jan. 10 at the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre, 548 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta.

Entertainment will include dramatic readings, dance and music. The Cobb branch of the NAACP and Cobb County will sponsor the MLK Day celebration 9 a.m. Jan. 19 at the Cobb Civic Center theater.

Information: 770-425-5757.

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