COMMUNITY EVENTS

Source: General Public

MONDAY

Baritone Yuman Lee and Pianist Jerico Vasquez will present Franz Schubert’s “Winterreise” at Brookes Chapel, Shorter University, 315 Shorter Ave., Moday at 7:30 p.m. Lee serves as Assistant Professor of Music at Shorter. Vasquez is Artist-in-Residence, Professor of Music and Coordinator of the Keyboard Program at Shorter University. He has performed as a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician in the United States, Canada, Europe and the Philippines. The event is free and open to the public. Hospitality House will hold their annual meeting Monday at 5:30 p.m. in the Wilder Center, First United Methodist Church, 202 E. Third Ave. The meeting will review Hospitality House’s activities through the year and the organization’s future plans. The event is free and open to the public.

TUESDAY

The Rome-Floyd Planning Department will host a River District zoning

information session at River City Bank, 228 N. Second Ave., on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. River District property owners and stakeholders are invited. For more information call 706-2365025.

WEDNESDAY - HALLOWEEN

Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation will host the second annual Truck or Treat event at 5 p.m. on

Wednesday at Ridge Ferry Park, 363 Riverside Parkway. The free event includes trick or treating, costume contests, music, inflatables and more. Costume contest categories include ages 5 and younger, 6-10 and 11 and older. Visit www.rfpra.com/truckortreat or tinyurl.com/RFPRDTruckorTreat2018. Vendor spots are still available by contacting Betsy Allgood at allgoodb@floydcountyga.org.

The Floyd County Master Gardeners will present a free informational community workshop, “Tour of Trees along Kingfisher

Trail,” on Wednesday from 2-4 p.m. The group will meet in the parking lot of the Charles Graves Bridge at the corner of South Broad Street and Branham Avenue at 1:45 p.m. City of Rome Arborist Terry Paige and Floyd County Extension Agent Keith Mickler will lead the workshop. Call the Floyd County Extension Office at 706-295-6210 or visit the Floyd County Extension Master Gardener Volunteers on Facebook for more information.

FRIDAY

The Rome African Violet Study Group will meet Friday at 1 p.m. at the Rome Federated Garden Center, 100 E. Eighth St. The program will cover leaf and bloom varieties, followed by “play in the dirt.”

SATURDAY

NAMI Rome will sponsor Roam N Rome, a mental illness awareness walk on

Saturday at Heritage Park, 7 Shorter Ave. Proceeds from the event will help start a clubhouse for adults. Sign up at www.roamnrome.myevent. com. For more information contact Jim Moore at 706232-4607.

Chieftains Museum/

Major Ridge Home, 501 Riverside Parkway, will host a Family Free Day on Sat

urday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Associate Professor in the College of Education at Appalachian State University Allen Bryant will bring several of his Cherokee high school students to perform traditional storytelling and to portray figures from Cherokee history. Stories will be told every half hour beginning at 10 a.m. For more information visit www.chieftainsmuseum.org or call 706-291-9494.