Compassion Experience in Cartersville, Cumming
The Compassion Experience by Compassion International, a free, interactive journey through the lives of children living in Kenya, the Dominican Republic, Uganda, and Bolivia through the use of an iPod and a headset with each tour guided by a child whose story starts in poverty but ends in hope, today through Monday, Parkway Church, 5830 Bethelview Road, Cumming and Cartersville First Baptist Church, 241 Douthit Ferry Road, Cartersville. Register: ChangeTour.compassion.com/NorthAtlanta.
Cherokee Heights Arts Festival in Marietta
Cherokee Heights Arts Festival, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. today, Etowah Drive between Freyer Drive and Seminole Drive. Free admission with free parking nearby along Freyer and Seminole Drives. MariettaCalendar.com.
Gift Shop in Kennesaw
Holiday Gift Shop, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. today, noon-6 p.m. Sunday, Carrie House, 2838 Cherokee St. NW, Kennesaw. kennesaw-ga.gov, 770-422-9714.
Native American Day in Waleska
Native American Day, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. today, Funk Heritage Center of Reinhardt University, 7300 Reinhardt Circle, Waleska to learn about Georgia’s frontier and Southeastern Indian tribes. Free, including a local expert available to look at Native American artifacts noon-3 p.m. reinhardt.edu/FunkHeritage, 770-720-5970.
Holiday on the Homefront in Duluth
Holiday on the Homefront 1861-65 at McDaniel Farm, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. today, 3251 McDaniel Road, Duluth with a living history demonstration, making Christmas tree ornaments, pictures with Santa Claus and a hayride. $8. Register: gwinnettehc.org/event-registration-2/?ee=1359.
‘Worlds of Puppetry’ opening in Atlanta
“Worlds of Puppetry” grand opening, housing the Jim Henson Collection and Global Collection galleries, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. today, Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404 Spring St. NW, Atlanta with “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” play at noon and 2 p.m. and celebrity puppets. $10.25 to $24.50. puppet.org/believeinmakebelieve/index.shtml.
Ella’s Show House in Senoia
Ella’s Show House by the Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia to benefit The Joseph Sams School in Fayetteville, serving children with special needs, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. today, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Clark Street, Senoia. hbaofmidwestgeorgia.org, JosephSamsSchool.org.
‘Junie B. Jones’ musical in Roswell
“Junie B. Jones the Musical,” based on the book series by Barbara Park, 11 a.m. today, Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell. $10. Tickets: get.org/2015-2016-season-2/theatre-for-youth.
Memorial concert in Atlanta
Still Waters Youth Sinfo-Nia of Metropolitan Atlanta will celebrate the life of alumnus and flautist Yolisiua Denson in a Memorial Concert, 4 p.m. today, Mount Zion Second Baptist Church, 137 Blvd. Ave., Atlanta with donations benefiting a music scholarship established in her name. sinfo-nia.com, 404-328-0840.
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