Close to Home for May 2
You’ve got a few hours over the weekend and are looking for a nearby diversion - something that doesn’t require reservations or a tank of gas. Welcome to Close to Home! Each week we’ll highlight the quick, quaint and quirky events in your neighborhood. Email submissions to communitynews@ajc.com.
TriCities Run/Walk in South Fulton
TriCities 10K Run and 5K Run/Walk through College Park, East Point and Hapeville to benefit The Main Street Academy Charter School, 6 to 7 a.m. registration, 8 a.m. start today, 3667 Main St., College Park (rain or shine). Parking at College Park Public Safety Complex, 3717 College St. $30. Hapeville.org/index.aspx?NID=363.
Walk-a-Thon, health fair in Marietta
Sickle Cell Anemia Walk-a-Thon and Community Health Fair by the Paul E. Kelly, Jr. American Legion/Auxiliary 296, 7:45 a.m. for the walk, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today for the health fair, post home, 906 West Atlanta St., Marietta. Free but donations accepted for the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia. 770-316-9988, 770-428-6509.
Sope Creek plant sale in Marietta
Plant Sale by Sope Creek Garden Club, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, Eastside Baptist Church, 2450 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta with hundreds of native plants for sale from members’ gardens. Free admission. frogsncats.com/html/sopecreek_gc/scgc.htm.
PAWS yard sale in Jonesboro
Spring Treasures for PAWS Mega Yard Sale to benefit the no-kill Clayton County Humane Society, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, Jonesboro High School, 7728 Mt. Zion Blvd. 770-314-6492.
Golden Years Club yard sale in Douglasville
Golden Years Club Yard Sale, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, Deer Lick Park, 2105 Mack Road, Douglasville. Free admission. Community Programs Coordinator Chad Griffin, email cgriffin@co.douglas.ga.us, 770-920-7129.
Collective dance event in Decatur
Decatur troupe the Zoetic Dance Ensemble is hosting an “immersive dance experience,” 5 to m10 p.m. today on East Howard Avenue between North Candler Street and Hillyer Place. The free event features performances from Zoetic, Decatur City Dance, Core Performance Company, Decatur School of Ballet, along with individual Brazilian, swing and jazz dancers. Spectators are encouraged to join in. zoeticdance.org.
Food ‘n Fun festival in Sandy Springs
Food ‘n Fun Festival by Community Assistance Center to help Sandy Springs and Dunwoody families who seek assistance from the CAC Food Pantry, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, North Springs Charter High School, 7447 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs. Free admission. ourcac.org/foodnfun.
‘Fences’ play in Fairburn
August Wilson’s “Fences,” 8 p.m. today, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, 8 p.m. May 8 and 9, 8 p.m. May 15 and 16, 2:30 p.m. May 17, Southside Theatre Guild, 20 West Campbellton St., Fairburn. $10-$16. STGplays.com/pages/plays/2014-2015/Fences.html, 770-969-0956.
Snellville Days parade, festival
Snellville Days Parade with Batman in his Batmobile as the grand marshal, 10 a.m. today from the former Kmart parking lot on Wisteria Drive, to North Road, to Oak Road, to the Grand Stand at Snellville City Hall, 2342 Oak Road. Snellville Days Festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, T. W. Briscoe Park, 2500 Sawyer Parkway. Free admission, parking, live entertainment and shuttle from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today from the south parking lot of Snellville First Baptist Church, 2400 Main St. SnellvilleDays.com.
Holocaust survivor talk in Atlanta
“Bearing Witness: Penina Bowman,” a Holocaust survivor who worked as a slave laborer, 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, The Breman Museum, 1440 Spring St. NW. Free admission and parking. TheBreman.org/Events/Bearing-Witness-Penina-Bowman, info@TheBreman.org, 678-222-3700.
