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An open-design room with wood floors and a tall Christmas tree. Chair and large houseplant in the foreground

Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community December 12, 2024

Sessions Stand Holiday Market on Friday Dec 13

Photo above by Brian Benefield [This is the latest installment of “Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community” by Brian Benefield] As the countdown begins to Christmas day, everything speeds up. There is…

Three wooden soldiers along with holiday pine boughs

Dance December 4, 2024

Marietta-based Georgia Ballet to present the Nutcracker

The Georgia Ballet will present its production of The Nutcracker from December 5-9, 2024, at the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre near Marietta Square. This year’s performances will blend tradition with…

A little girl is near a string bass, and is being given a demonstration of how it works by an adult

Music October 30, 2024

Georgia Symphony Orchestra Promotes Inclusion in the Concert Hall

All images provided by Georgia Symphony Orchestra The following news release was distributed by the Marietta-based Georgia Symphony Orchestra: MARIETTA, GA. (October 28, 2024) – The Georgia Symphony Orchestra opens…

Drawing of a cat surrounded on two sides with paw prints

Pets and Pet Adoption October 18, 2024

Volunteers, Guests Lives Changing One Cat at a Time

By Gabby Miller MARIETTA, Ga—When she wanted a change in her life Janette Kalas started volunteering at Good Mews after going through a hard time in her life. Back in…

The Georgia Smyphony Orchestra in performance with a projection screen overhead

Music October 7, 2024

Marietta-based GSO celebrates 100th anniversary of Rhapsody in Blue

Photo courtesy of the Georgia Symphony Orchestra The Marietta-based Georgia Symphony Orchestra distributed the following announcement about its tribute concert for the 100th anniversary of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue:…

An overhead view of a bowl of soup packed full of restaurants

Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community October 4, 2024

The Soup the Whole Soup and Nothing but the Soup

[This is the latest installment of “Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community” by Brian Benefield] October is finally here, and some people get excited about all things pumpkin spice when the weather…

Sports October 1, 2024

Cobb County and Make-A-Wish 5K this Saturday at Marietta Square

Runners: put another race on your schedule, and at the same time support the dreams and wishes of critically ill children here in Georgia. Cobb County and Make-A-Wish are sponsoring…

A whimsical Halloween arrangement of candies on sticks, most of them shaped like jack-o-lanterns

Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community September 25, 2024

Sweet Living Bakery is Living the Dream

Photo above provided by Sweet Living Bakery [This is the latest installment of “Cobb Cuisine, Culture and Community” by Brian Benefield] I met Daysha and Mark Mayfield on their production day…

Dance September 19, 2024

Marietta-based Georgia Ballet to present “Sleepy Hollow” in October

The Marietta-based Georgia Ballet will present a ballet adaptation of the Washington Irving ghost story “Sleepy Hollow” to usher in the Halloween season. The performances will occur at the Jennie…

Cobb County July 5, 2024

Lion’s Club at Marietta July 4 parade + Sweetwater Mission food distribution

Barry Krebs sent the following reports and photos from two events. The first was the July 4 parade on Marietta Square, the second a food distribution Lions from the Marietta,…

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Health Care cost December 18, 2024

5 of the most frustrating health insurer tactics and why they exist

by Monica S. Aswani, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Paul Shafer, Boston University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The U.S. has made great progress…

Health Care December 18, 2024

Vaccine misinformation distorts science – a biochemist explains how RFK Jr. and his lawyer’s claims threaten public health

by Mark R. O’Brian, University at Buffalo, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Vaccinations provide significant protection for the public against infectious diseases and substantially reduce…

Food science December 18, 2024

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