By Kelly Johnson
SOUTH COBB REGIONAL LIBRARY PREFACES HALLOWEEN WITH
LESSONS IN HORROR AND COSTUME CRAFTING
While serving a religious majority of approximately 55.3% Protestants, in Mableton, which arguably a percentage of this percentage of the denomination may have issue with Halloween, for its ties to paganism or devil worship, South Cobb Regional Library sustains the fun of the holiday, as a traditional part of its season, with a couple of programs.
Hosting The Georgia Room’s An Introduction to the Horror Film, this educational program will teach attendees about the long history of film techniques that spawned horror in the medium. To clarify, the subject of the presentation is about how the direction of the camera or the conceptualization of scenes cast fear on an audience, more so than what is filmed with the recreation of violence, gore, or death that have come to define American horror in twentieth century. Though, psychological horror and the horror of carnage are not mutually exclusive with some films.
From Georges Méliès’s 1869 Le Manoir du Diable (or House of the Devil, in America) featuring his pioneering “stop trick” and double exposure techniques; to Andy Muschietti’s 2017 It, the highest grossing horror film and thus most popular to date, with his use of sickly, dual-tone lighting, high-contrast backlighting, and hybridization of traditional and post-production filming techniques. This introduction to the horror film will be held on Tuesday, October 13th at 6 PM.
Two days before Halloween, Thursday, October 29th at 11 AM, the library’s Costume & Craft program will allow babies and toddlers (and respective families) to trial or show off their costumes while crafting for the holiday.
Aside from these two-program-preludes to Halloween, it’s worth mentioning that Discovery Stage returns to South Cobb Regional Library on Saturday, October 24th with its 1 PM performance, Scribbles and the Journey Home.
Other enriching and fun events scheduled at South Cobb Regional Library are:
• Book Bunch, Wednesday, October 7th at 4:00 PM
• The Last Word Book Discussion, Thursday, October 8th at 4:30 PM (The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
• Teen Dungeons and Dragons, Monday, October 12th at 3:00 PM
• Teen Reading Club, Monday, October 26th at 5:30 PMContact South Cobb Regional Library for event inquiries or review its October schedule.
South Cobb Regional Library is located at:
805 Clay Road
Mableton, Georgia 30126
+1 678 398 5828
As always, check out that book, and get your creativity on. Your brain will thank you.
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OCTOBER 2026
WEEK 1
| DATE | DAY | EST (24hr) | EVENT |
| OCTOBER 01, 2026 | Thursday | 10:00 – 18:00 | |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | BINGOcize | ||
| OCTOBER 02, 2026 | Friday | 10:00 – 18:00 | |
| OCTOBER 03, 2026 | Saturday | 10:00 – 17:00 | |
OCTOBER 2026
WEEK 2
| DATE | DAY | EST (24hr) | EVENT |
| OCTOBER 04, 2026 | Sunday | 13:00 – 17:00 | |
| OCTOBER 05, 2026 | Monday | 10:00 – 20:00 | |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Belly Dance | ||
| OCTOBER 06, 2026 | Tuesday | 10:00 – 20:00 | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Baby Time | ||
| 14:00 – 15:00 | BINGOcize | ||
| OCTOBER 07, 2026 | Wednesday | 10:00 – 20:00 | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | The Basics Storytime with Cobb Collaborative | ||
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Book Bunch | ||
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Adult Art Night | ||
| OCTOBER 08, 2026 | Thursday | 10:00 – 18:00 | |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | BINGOcize | ||
| 15:30 – 16:30 | Paws to Read with CAREing PAWS: Read to Koda | ||
| 16:30 – 17:30 | The Last Word Book Discussion (The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno-Garcia) | ||
| OCTOBER 09, 2026 | Friday | 10:00 – 18:00 | |
| OCTOBER 10, 2026 | Saturday | 10:00 – 17:00 | |
OCTOBER 2026
WEEK 3
| DATE | DAY | EST (24hr) | EVENT |
| OCTOBER 11, 2026 | Sunday | 13:00 – 17:00 | |
| OCTOBER 12, 2026 | Monday | 10:00 – 20:00 | |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Sensory Play | ||
| 15:00 – 17:00 | Teen Dungeons and Dragons | ||
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Belly Dance | ||
| OCTOBER 13, 2026 | Tuesday | 10:00 – 20:00 | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Baby Time | ||
| 14:00 – 15:00 | BINGOcize | ||
| 18:00 – 19:30 | The Georgia Room presents: An Introduction to the Horror Film | ||
| OCTOBER 14, 2026 | Wednesday | 10:00 – 20:00 | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Family Storytime | ||
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Pokémon Club | ||
| OCTOBER 15, 2026 | Thursday | 10:00 – 18:00 | |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | BINGOcize | ||
| 16:00 – 17:00 | LEGO Club | ||
| OCTOBER 16, 2026 | Friday | 10:00 – 18:00 | |
| 11:00 – 14:00 | Community Feeding & Clothing by He’s Able Foundation | ||
| OCTOBER 17, 2026 | Saturday | 10:00 – 17:00 | |
| 11:00 – 14:00 | Conflict Resolution for Teens | ||
OCTOBER 2026
WEEK 4
| DATE | DAY | EST (24hr) | EVENT |
| OCTOBER 18, 2026 | Sunday | 13:00 – 17:00 | |
| OCTOBER 19, 2026 | Monday | 10:00 – 20:00 | |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Belly Dance | ||
| OCTOBER 20, 2026 | Tuesday | 10:00 – 20:00 | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Baby Time | ||
| 14:00 – 15:00 | BINGOcize | ||
| OCTOBER 21, 2026 | Wednesday | 10:00 – 20:00 | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Family Storytime | ||
| 15:00 – 16:30 | Word Basics | ||
| OCTOBER 22, 2026 | Thursday | 10:00 – 18:00 | |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | BINGOcize | ||
| OCTOBER 23, 2026 | Friday | 10:00 – 18:00 | |
| OCTOBER 24, 2026 | Saturday | 10:00 – 17:00 | |
| 13:00 – 13:45 | Scribbles and the Journey Home with Discovery Stage | ||
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Teen Snack & Craft | ||
OCTOBER 2026
WEEK 5
| DATE | DAY | EST (24hr) | EVENT |
| OCTOBER 25, 2026 | Sunday | 13:00 – 17:00 | |
| OCTOBER 26, 2026 | Monday | 10:00 – 20:00 | |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Sensory Play | ||
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Belly Dance | ||
| 17.30 – 18:30 | Teen Reading Club | ||
| OCTOBER 27, 2026 | Tuesday | 10:00 – 20:00 | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Baby Time | ||
| 14:00 – 15:00 | BINGOcize | ||
| OCTOBER 28, 2026 | Wednesday | 10:00 – 20:00 | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Family Storytime | ||
| OCTOBER 29, 2026 | Thursday | 10:00 – 18:00 | |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Costume & Craft | ||
| 14:00 – 15:00 | BINGOcize | ||
| OCTOBER 30, 2026 | Friday | 10:00 – 18:00 | |
| OCTOBER 31, 2026 | Saturday | 10:00 – 18:00 | HALLOWEEN |
This schedule was compiled as of: 09/16/2026; 09/17; 09/21; 09/23; 09/26; 09/28.
Kelly Johnson, a resident of Cobb since 1999, wears multiple hats for Chaos Studio Seven, among which is creative writer. Outside of speculative and science fiction—and on occasion poetry—Kelly uses his skill set as a writer to report on and inform the community.