There’s nothing like the annual visit to Santa for creating family holiday memories that will last a lifetime. Bring the kids and their lists to Town Center at Cobb mall for one of the most magical and enduring holiday traditions.

Santa will be available starting in November and continuing through Christmas Eve.

2012 Hours:
12/18 – 9am-9:30pm
12/19 – 9am-9:30pm
12/20 – 9am-9:30pm
12/21 – 9am-9:30pm
12/22 – 9am-9:30pm
12/23 – 9am-8pm
12/24 – 8am-6pm

Cost:
Free to visit Santa. Photo package pricing starts at $24.99.

Address:
Town Center Mall – Center Court
400 Barrett Pkwy.
Kennesaw, GA 30144

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Kennesaw’s Santa Parade always inspires delight and wonder for the young and young at heart. The Santa Parade will feature festive holiday characters, musical ensembles, designer floats, live reindeer and the jolly old elf himself, Santa Claus. The parade will last approximately one hour. Arrive early for a good viewing location and dress appropriately for the weather.

The parade will begin near the intersection of Park Drive and Main Street and proceed south and east down Main Street, marching past Cherokee Street toward Sardis Street.

Bring your camera and take holiday pictures with Santa after the parade. Festivities will continue near the Depot, 2828 Cherokee Street, with live stage entertainment, youth activities, seasonal vendor booths and sponsor exhibits. Admission is free.

A Christmas Tree Lighting program with live music and sing-a-long will begin at 5:30 p.m. in front of the Depot.

Additional attractions near the Depot until 6 pm include visits with Santa, live music and dance performances featuring Kennesaw Parks & Recreation programs and a seasonal variety of food vendors, crafts, and general merchandise. Children’s activities include a petting zoo and pony rides, inflatable slides and bounces, a real snow playground and snow tubing slide, and other fun activities.

Also taking place in Downtown Kennesaw is the Faith Cline Elf Trot 5K through Downtown Kennesaw and Christmas on the Home Front at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History.

Address:
2828 Cherokee St.
Kennesaw, GA 30144

Hours:
December 1, 2012
1pm to 6pm
Parade will begin at 1pm on Main Street

For more information, call (770) 422-9714.

The Kennesaw Downtown Development Authority is hosting the sixth annual Faith Cline Elf Trot 5K Race on Saturday, December 1, 2012 at at 4pm at the conclusion of Kennesaw’s Day with Santa in downtown Kennesaw.

The race honors Faith Cline, who was a 17 year old high school senior when she was diagnosed with an inoperable brain stem tumor. Faith’s high school diploma was on her “wish list”, so she completed her graduation requirements early and was recognized in a graduation ceremony at Kennesaw Mountain High School in August just weeks before her death. Her story is an inspiration to all who knew her or knew about her.

The run begins at Kennesaw First Baptist Church and ends in Downtown Kennesaw. The race runs down Main Street to Swift Cantrell Park, makes one loop around Swift Cantrell Park and returns to downtown Kennesaw. Women, men, boys, and girls are invited to run, walk or stroll a 5K (3.1 miles), or participate walking or running in our Merry Mile lining up at 4:30pm. The 5K will begin at 5pm.  There will be hot chocolate and roasted marshmallows at the finish line party! The race is electronically timed for fast, accurate results.  The post-race awards ceremony begins at 6pm at the depot-with awards for 14 age groups.

Date:
Saturday December 1st, 2012

Time:
Merry Mile at 4:30pm
5K at 5pm
Awards Ceremony at 6pm

Entry Fees:
$25 – 5k walk, run or stroll ($30 day of race)
$25 – 1 mile fun run ($30 day of race)

Call 770-429-9733 for more information.

The premise for this year’s event, A Night at the Asylum, is that the Southern Museum was built atop a plot of land once home to a sanatorium for the criminally insane.

Unfortunately, as the event’s theme goes, a dangerous former asylum director turned patient broke free of his restraints and burned down the Asylum with everyone in it, leaving no survivors. Some of the spirits of the past have decided not to stay in the past, reminding those brave museum goers what occurred years earlier.

A Night at the Asylum, presented by Geico, will take place from 6-10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 and from 5-10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. The museum will close at 1 p.m. on Oct. 18 and will be closed for business during regular hours on Oct. 19 and 20.

The event is not recommended for children 12 years old or younger and will use strobe lighting and scary effects. Admission for this special event is $5, and tickets can be purchased the day of the event or in advance online.

For more information, visit www.southernmuseum.org or call Mackenzie Mabee at (770) 427-2117, ext. 3058.

Date:
6-10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, and 5-10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012

Admission:
$5

Address:
2829 Cherokee Street
Kennesaw, GA 30144

Parking:
Parking is available in front of and behind the museum

For more information, please call (770) 427-2117, ext. 3058

Kennesaw’s traditional pre-Independence Day Salute to America celebration takes place on Tuesday, July 3 2012 from 6pm to 11pm. The event features live music on two stages as well as one of the biggest fireworks displays in North Georgia.

Looking for fireworks tonight?  There are 4th of July celebrations in Marietta and Acworth:
http://www.marietta.com/fourth-of-july
http://www.acworth.com/fourth-of-july-celebration/

Performers scheduled on the main stage are teen singing sensation Kaylin McClure at 6 pm; a Neil Diamond tribute show featuring the vocal talents of Conner Lorre at 6:30 pm; and the headline act is The Stranger, the world’s most authentic tribute to the legendary Billy Joel, at 8 pm. Family stage performers include the band Revolution, and singer-songwriters Hannah DeLane and Savannah Jade. The main stage will be located in front of the Depot, 2828 Cherokee St., across the street from the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History. The family stage will be located in a parking lot off Main St. near the pedestrian underpass.

The fireworks are scheduled to begin at 9:30 pm, and will be visible from several locations throughout downtown Kennesaw.

A wide selection of entrées, cold beverages and delicious snacks will be available for purchase. Attendees can bring food and beverages in picnic baskets or coolers. Barbecue grills will not be allowed. Possession or consumption of any alcoholic beverages is not permitted.

Date:
Tuesday, July 3 2012 from 6pm to 11pm

Admission
Free, no ticked is required

Parking
Parking will be available along Main Street, at the intersection of Main Street and Moon Station Road, behind the Southern Museum (off Shirley drive), and off Sardis Street (near the intersection of Big Shanty Drive). Main Street from Watts Drive to Summer Street and Watts Drive from Little General Clogger Ave to Main Street.

Location
Historic Train Depot
2828 Cherokee Street
Kennesaw GA 30144

Phone:
(770) 422-9714 

For more information about the Summer Concert Series, please call the Kennesaw Parks & Recreation Department at (770) 422-9714.

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For more information, please call the Kennesaw Parks & Recreation Department at (770) 422-9714.

KSU needs your help!  The school is planning to create the world’s largest human peace sign and set a Guinness Book record on Saturday, March 31 during an event on the KSU campus green. The event is scheduled from noon to 5:30 pm and will feature live entertainment.

Mission
Break a World Record at Kennesaw State University

Join us In 3 simple steps:

1. Like the KSU Peace Project on Facebook
2. Show up on KSU’s Campus Green March 31, 2012
3. Stand in World’s Largest Human Peace Sign

The day will be filled with music, festivities, and food. We hope to see you, and a handful of your friends at this event. We can’t break the record without YOU (and 6000 others).

Go to www.ksupeace.com to register and get more information.

The North Cobb Christian School Fine Arts Department is proud to present Rodgers and Hammerstein’s THE KING AND I. East versus West makes for a dramatic, richly textured and ultimately uplifting tale of enormous fascination. It is 1862 in Siam when an English widow, Anna Leonowens, and her young son arrive at the Royal Palace in Bangkok, having been summoned by the King to serve as tutor to his many children and wives. The King is largely considered to be a barbarian by those in the West, and he seeks Anna’s assistance in changing his image, if not his ways. With both keeping a firm grip on their respective traditions and values, Anna and the King grow to understand and, eventually, respect one another, in a truly unique love story. Along with the dazzling score, the incomparable Jerome Robbins ballet, ‘The Small House of Uncle Thomas,’ is one of the all-time marvels of the musical stage.

Date:
March 15, 16 and 17 at 7pm and
March 17 at 2pm

Admission:
All tickets are general admission and are $7.00. Tickets may be purchased online at www.ncchristian.org

Address:
North Cobb Christian School
4500 Lakeview Drive
Kennesaw, GA 30144

For more information, please call (770) 975-0252.

The Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History is hosting the Great Locomotive Chase Sesquicentennial on April 12, 2012. A series of events are planned for the 150th anniversary of the Great Locomotive Chase and the museum will be open to the public free of charge from 9:30am to 5pm on April 12.

The day will begin with a 6 a.m. breakfast at the Trackside Grill in downtown Kennesaw; tickets are $20. At 8:30 a.m., a 150th anniversary proclamation will be presented at the historic Kennesaw depot; there is no charge to attend.

At 6:30 p.m., the museum will hold the Great Locomotive Chase dinner at the Trackside Grill; tickets are $100. At 8 p.m., the museum will be hosting “Dessert at the Southern Museum” featuring musician Bobby Horton, who will be performing Civil War era songs; tickets are $25 for those who do not attend the dinner.

Following the sesquicentennial, on April 14-15, the museum will be hosting “Camp McDonald: A Living History Weekend.” As part of the living history weekend, local re-enactment groups will recreate and interpret life in Camp McDonald, a Confederate encampment that was located across the tracks from the museum (where Kennesaw City Hall is presently located) during the Civil War.

This event – to be held on the lawn across the street from the museum – will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for children ages 4-12, while children 3 years old and younger are free. Tickets also allow entry into the museum, which will operate normal hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 14 and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on April 15.

For more information about the Great Locomotive Chase anniversary celebrations, visit southernmuseum.org/sesquicentennial/. For more information, call (770) 427-2117, visit southernmuseum.org or follow the museum at facebook.com/southernmuseum.

The Southern Museum, a Smithsonian Institution affiliate and home to The General, is located at 2829 Cherokee Street in downtown Kennesaw.

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4th annual 5K race held for breast cancer awareness by Kennesaw State University’s athletic department.

A complimentary lunch and game entrance to the Kennesaw State vs. ETSU women’s basketball game is included for all participants following the race.

Registration includes:
Race Goody Bag
Race T-shirt
Waterbottle
Four (4) Tickets to Basketball Game
One (1) Lunch Ticket and more!

For more information and registration, please visit www.ksuowls.com/5K

Date:
Race starts at 11:00 AM on February 4th, 2012.
Luncheon and game begin at 12:00 PM.

Admission:
$25 per runner
$15 for KSU students

Address:
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Rd. NW
Kennesaw, GA 30144

Parking:
Please visit www.ksuowls.com/5K for more information.

For more information, please call Lisa Cherry 678-797-2800

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