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NAMI Cobb offers free family mental health class starting Oct. 28
NAMI Cobb opens registration for a free, eight-session Family-to-Family class starting Oct. 28, offering education and support for families of adults with mental health conditions.
Community
Lassiter's 'Haunted Hoco' parade hits Shallowford Road Oct. 20
Lassiter High School's homecoming parade rolls down Shallowford Road on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 5:30 p.m. with a "Haunted Hoco" theme, free admission and candy for spectators.
Marietta, GA
12:03 am, October 13, 2026
64°F
Clear
Feels like 63° · 0% rain
Community
NAMI Cobb offers free family mental health class starting Oct. 28
NAMI Cobb opens registration for a free, eight-session Family-to-Family class starting Oct. 28, offering education and support for families of adults with mental health conditions.
Community
Lassiter's 'Haunted Hoco' parade hits Shallowford Road Oct. 20
Lassiter High School's homecoming parade rolls down Shallowford Road on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 5:30 p.m. with a "Haunted Hoco" theme, free admission and candy for spectators.
Marietta, GA
12:03 am, October 13, 2026
64°F
Clear
Feels like 63° · 0% rain
Community
NAMI Cobb offers free family mental health class starting Oct. 28
NAMI Cobb opens registration for a free, eight-session Family-to-Family class starting Oct. 28, offering education and support for families of adults with mental health conditions.
Community
Lassiter's 'Haunted Hoco' parade hits Shallowford Road Oct. 20
Lassiter High School's homecoming parade rolls down Shallowford Road on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 5:30 p.m. with a "Haunted Hoco" theme, free admission and candy for spectators.
Marietta, GA
12:03 am, October 13, 2026
64°F
Clear
Feels like 63° · 0% rain
Community
Marietta honors WWII pilot Charles Dobbins on 83rd Anniversary of his death
Mayor Steve "Thunder" Tumlin signed a proclamation on Saturday, July 11, declaring Capt. Charles Dobbins Day on the 83rd anniversary of the Marietta native's death during Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily that claimed the C-47 co-pilot on his 88th combat mission.
Community
Retired East Cobb rabbi Shalom Lewis releases book, returns for launch event
Rabbi Shalom J. Lewis, who led Congregation Etz Chaim for 40 years before retiring in 2019, will hold a free community book launch for "Faith Without the Leap" at 1 p.m. Sunday, August 9, at the synagogue on Indian Hills Parkway.
Community
Big Chicken Chorus marks 40 years of barbershop harmony in East Cobb
The Big Chicken Chorus has reached its 40th year of barbershop harmony in East Cobb, marking the milestone with a summer show at Lassiter Concert Hall on Sunday, July 12.
Community
From drop-off bins to Cobb Bash: free back-to-school help fills East Cobb calendar
Multiple free back-to-school events give East Cobb families chances to donate or collect school supplies, backpacks and health screenings between Saturday, July 18, and Saturday, July 25, including a Tax Commissioner drop-off at the East Cobb Government Center and the Sheriff's Office Cobb Bash at Jim R. Miller Park.
Community
Cobb County arts nonprofit Strange Fruit marks five years with free celebration July 25 ; Strange Fruit Arts Center marks five years with "Rooted & Rising" celebration
Monek Harris's Strange Fruit Arts Center, a Cobb County nonprofit supporting Black artists, celebrates its fifth anniversary with a free Artist Meet & Greet on Saturday, July 25, at the Emma Darnell Aviation Museum & Conference Center in Atlanta.
Community
Home Depot Foundation grants $235K to fund veteran home repairs in Cobb, Douglas, Paulding
The Home Depot Foundation awarded Habitat for Humanity of NW Metro Atlanta a new $235,000 grant to continue no-cost home repairs for veterans in Cobb, Douglas, and Paulding counties, building on 2025 work that helped 13 veteran households including a Mableton couple who spent decades serving their community.
Community
"The Fabulous Flocks" brings NASCAR's moonshine roots to Marietta film festival
A community-funded short film tracing one Alabama family's ties to moonshine running and early NASCAR screens at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, at the Cobb International Film Festival at the Strand Theatre on Marietta Square.
Community
East Cobb watercolor artist's work voted into Cobb Library Shop collection
East Cobb watercolor artist Lynn Müster, who studied at Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Center for four years, had her painting "Summer in Georgia" voted into the Cobb Library Shop's Summer '26 People's Collection alongside two other local artists after a three-way tie in a community contest that drew 233 votes.
Community
Free America 250th celebration comes to historic Fair Oaks on July 26
The Marietta Educational Garden Center hosts a free Semiquincentennial celebration on Sunday, July 26, at the historic Fair Oaks property, featuring colonial games, a garden tour, and a book signing by former Georgia Trend publisher Neely Young.
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