Cherokee Heights Arts Festival in Marietta
Sponsored in part by Keep Marietta Beautiful, the Cherokee Heights Arts Festival is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today on Etowah Drive between Freyer and Seminole Drives, where there will be free parking. Performances by local artists, arts and crafts and local authors and poets will be other draws. CherokeeHeightsArtsFestival.org.
Starry Night Atlanta 8.5K walk/run
Starry Night Atlanta is 2:30 p.m. today at Centennial Olympic Park, Southern Company Amphitheater, 265 Park Ave. This 8.5K walk/run will raise funds for research to combat more than 100 types of childhood brain tumors and to support services for families at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. curethekids.org.
Watch football, eat barbecue to prevent child abuse
Benefiting Prevent Child Abuse Henry County, the Henry County Backyard BBQ Cook-off is 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Jason T. Harper Event Center, Heritage Park, 95 Lake Dow Road, McDonough. Attractions will include a Grill Master cooking show, paintball shooting gallery, cornhole/tailgate toss, SEC football games on the big screen, balloons, face painting and moonwalks. Costs: $15, adults; $10, children; $5, 10 and under. HCBBQ@PreventChildAbuseHC.org, PreventChildAbuseHC.org, 770-507-9900.
Charity hockey game, skating
North American Police Fire Foundation hosts “Stick It to Cancer,” a charity hockey game, then a family skate, at 7 p.m. today at The Cooler, 10800 Davis Drive, Alpharetta. Cost: $10; free, 5 and under. CoolerAthletics.com, StickIt2Cancer2014@gmail.com, 404-667-4850.
Santa Cruise for Toys for Tots
The Georgia Street Rod Association hosts Santa Cruise to benefit the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta, 915 Ridgewalk Parkway, Woodstock. Open to all cars, trucks, motorcycles. Entry: $10 or a new, unwrapped toy. Door prizes, music. gsra.com.
Honor veterans at parade
The Atlanta Veterans Day Parade is 11:11 a.m. today, starting at 345 Peachtree St. and ending at Centennial Olympic Park, to honor Georgia’s 750,000 veterans and their families. Capt. Dale Dye, author, actor and film consultant, is the Grand Marshal. warriorsinc.com, www.gavetsdayparade.org.
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