Close to home

Things to go, do and see in metro Atlanta this weekend

You’ve got a few hours over the weekend and are looking for a nearby diversion – something that doesn’t require reservations or a tank of gas. Welcome to Close to Home! Each week we’ll highlight the quick, quaint and quirky events in your neighborhood. Email submissions to CommunityNews@ajc.com.

Cowboy Festival in Villa Rica

Pine Mountain Gold Museum Cowboy Festival. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. $5 each for train rides, museum admission and gemstone panning. Stockmar Park, 1881 Stockmar Road, Villa Rica. Cowboy music, cowboy shows, mine tours, and free historical demonstrations. 678-8401445, wberninger@VillaRica.org, Facebook.com/PineMountain GoldMuseum.

Spring Fling in Fayetteville

Spring Fling Arts & Crafts Festival by Fayette Senior Services. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. FSS Life Enrichment Center, 4 Center Drive, Fayetteville. Arts and crafts, photography, food, music, face painting, games, prizes and more. Amy Epperson at 770-461-0813 or aepperson@fayss.org.

Art Market in Norcross

Art on the Chattahoochee Art Market. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today. Pinckneyville Park Medlock Corporate Pavilion, 4758 South Old Peachtree Road, Norcross. Browse through vendor booths for art, try tasty food and watch a demonstration or a live music performance. GwinnettCountyEvents.com.

Easter Egg Hunt in Lilburn

Lilburn Easter Egg Hunt. 10 a.m. today. Free. Lilburn City Park, 76 Main St., Lilburn. CityOfLilburn.com.

Dash for Dr. George in Villa Rica

Dash for Dr. George fundraiser for the Esophageal Cancer Education Foundation. 7 a.m. registration, 8 a.m. 5K, 9 a.m. Fun Run today. $15 for 1-Mile Fun Run, $25 to $30 for 5K. Clinton Nature Preserve, 8720 Ephesus Church Road, Villa Rica one mile west of Post Road. 678-985-3921, FundRacers5K@gmail.com, Dash ForDrGeorge.com.

Egg Drop in Marietta

Northeast Cobb Community Egg Drop. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today. Free parking, $7 per child for unlimited rides. Football fields, Sprayberry High School, 2525 Sandy Plains Road, Marietta. Children, ages 3 and under, will begin their hunt at 11:30 a.m. Then more than 90,000 eggs and pieces of candy will be dropped from a helicopter at 1:30 p.m. for ages 4 to 7. The final hunt will be at 3:30 p.m. for ages 8 to 10. Free egg hunts, free photos with the Easter Bunny and free comedy shows. 770-423-1330, BillWatson@JRMManagement.com.

Easter Egg Hunt in Douglasville

Easter Egg Hunt and Small Business Expo/Health Fair/Life South Blood Drive. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. Free. Jesse Davis Park, 7775 Malone St., Douglasville. Egg Hunt at 11 a.m. for ages 6 and under, 11:45 a.m. for ages 7 to 12. Sigma Omega Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority at 337-380-9945 or programs@ SigmaOmegaOmega.com.

Cobb County Egg Hunt in Marietta

Cobb County Egg Hunt. 10 a.m. today. Free. Al Bishop Softball Complex, 1082 Al Bishop Drive, Marietta. Five egg hunts: 11 a.m. for ages 3 and under, 11:30 a.m. for ages 4 and 5, noon for ages 6 and 7, 12:30 p.m. for ages 8 through 10, 1 p.m. for everyone. Bring baskets. Special needs participants will be included. 770528-4333, CobbCounty.org.

AJC Easter egg hunts today include one at Clarkston First Baptist Church from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Milam Park, 3867 Norman Road, Clarkston, ClarkstonFBC.org; and one at Avondale Estates at 10 a.m. at Willis Park, 51 Dartmouth Ave. , AvondaleEstates.org.