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Close to home
Things to go, do and see in metro Atlanta this weekend
You’ve got a fewhours over the weekend and are looking fora nearby diversion– something that doesn’t require reservations ora tank of gas. Welcome to Close to Home! Each week we’ll highlight the quick, quaint and quirky events in your neighborhood. Email submissions toCommunityNews@ajc.com.
Walk, WagN’Run5K, 1K Fun Runin Brookhaven
Walk, Wag N’ Run 5K, 1K Fun Run by Ahimsa House. 6:30 a.m. registration, 7:30 a.m. 5K, 8:45 a.m. 1K Saturday. Free parking next tothe park. Lenox Park, 1025 Lenox Park Blvd. NE, Brookhaven. Dogs are welcome. Ahimsa house is Georgia’s only nonprofifit to help human and animal victims of domestic violence. Since 2004, Ahimsa House has provided almost 70,000 nights of emergency safe shelter for animals in abusive situations with 92 percent of its clients reunited with their pets. Funds raised will support a 24-hour crisis hotline, emergency shelter, veterinary care and legal advocacy. 404-4964038, director@AhimsaHouse.org, AhimsaHouse.org/WalkWagNRun. 24-Hour Hotline: 1-800-33HAVEN (42836).
Volunteer Day in Lithonia
Stewardship Saturday Volunteer Day .9 a.m. Saturday. Free. Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve ,3787 Klondike Road, Lithonia. Help clear and clean trails, pick up trash or remove invasive species. Tools and gloves will be provided. Bring water and snacks. LaShanda Davis at 404-371-3643 or lsdavis@DeKalbCountyGa.gov.
Summer Sing workshop in Dunwoody
Ch oral Guild of Atlanta’ s Summer Sing workshop .9 a.m. refreshments ,10 a.m. to noon workshop Saturday. Free. St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church, 1978 Mount Vernon Road, Dunwoody. All singers are welcome to this workshop with guest composer and choral conductor Timothy Michael Powell, director of Choral Activities at Oglethorpe University. Have fun singing excerpts from the guild’s fall concert, including the “Bluegrass Mass” by Carol Barnett and “Dear Appalachia.” Refreshments will be served. 404-223-6362, info@cgatl.org.
Open House in Bu ford
Fall Family Open House. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Free. Bogan Park Community Recreation Center, 2723 Bogan Road, Buford. Enjoy lawn games, refreshments, free giveaways and free demonstration classes on zumba, yoga, ballet and Spanish karate. GwinnettCountyEvents.com.
Humorist, author Alex McRae in Newnan
Award-winning writer and humorist Alex McRae. 10 a.m. Saturday. Free. Carnegie Library, 1 LaGrange St., Newnan. McRae will present his new anthology “There Ain’t No Gentle Cycle on the Washing Machine of Love” and a book signing. 770- 683- 1347, NewnanCarnegie.com.
Quilting lessons in Jonesboro
Ready, Set, Quilt! 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Headquarters Library, 865 Battle Creek Road, Jonesboro. Join Mary Wright for quilting and fellowship. Beginners are welcome and will receive instruction. Participants must bring their sewing machines and materials. 770-473-3850, claytonpl.org.
Lake Point Community Day in Emerson
Lake Point Community Day. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Free for all ages. LakePoint Champions Center, 755 Highway 293, Emerson offff I-75. Hosted by the Bartow History Museum as a
part of Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America, a traveling Smithsonian exhibition at the museum. Open play for basketball, pickleball, volleyball, fustal and knockerball. Tumbling for ages 4 to 6 at 10:30 a.m. and for ages 7 and above at noon. Bre Johnson at 404-263-0445 or Bre. Johnson@LakePointSports.com, LakePointSports.com/ChampionsCenter.
Family show in Roswell
Roswell Family Series: “A Perfect Balance” by Kevin Reese. 10 a.m. Saturday. Free but ticket required. Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell. Thismulti-media theater performance celebrates the work of Alexander Calder and integrates music, movement, text, puppetry and visual art, culminating in a 17-foot mobile that suspends into the audience. RoswellCAC.com/ discover-us/cultural-arts-center/ roswell-family-series.
Book Sale in Chamblee
Book Sale by Friends of the Chamblee Library. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Chamblee Library, 4115 Clairmont Road, Chamblee. 770-936-1380, DeKalbLibrary.org.
Golf Cart Show in Peachtree City
Golf Cart Show. 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. Free. The Avenue Peachtree City, 239 City Circle, Peachtree City. Hosted with Fayette Senior Services. Showoff your golf cart decorating talents. FSS will receive all donations. . FSS at 770- 461- 0813.