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Great Escape: Memorial Day Weekend Events to Honor Our Military

Ceremonies in nearby Powder Springs and Smyrna and an event at the Atlanta History Center are among many ways we can remember our soldiers and their families who have sacrificed so much for us and our nation.

Your teens are holding a car wash at the high school Saturday. The grandparents volunteered to take the younger children to a movie Sunday afternoon. Your tweens take tap on Wednesday evening. It’s your time. Take it.  Each week, we’ll tell you about great ideas to give you a much-deserved break and make your life a little easier—maybe a whole lot easier.   Atlanta History Center on Sunday You can meet and honor the contributions of veterans of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and today's conflicts on Sunday afternoon at the Atlanta History Center. These veterans will share memorabilia and their personal stories of triumphs and tragedies. Also in attendance will be living history interpreters representing branches of the …

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Apply To Be an Extra in Film, TV to Escape and Make Money

Casting director Bill Marinella will hold two four-hour workshops on Saturday in Buckhead about how to best present yourself as an actor or extra.

Your teens are holding a car wash at the high school Saturday. The grandparents volunteered to take the younger children to a movie Sunday afternoon. Your tweens take tap on Wednesday evening. It’s your time. Take it. Each week, we’ll tell you about great ideas to give you a much-deserved break and make your life a little easier—maybe a whole lot easier.  Extras Casting Atlanta On a warm spring day, we were sitting under a Georgia sky snacking on popcorn and peanut M&Ms and soaking up sunblock—as well as the rays—while watching a free Christian concert. For lunch, we ate Italian—penne with meatballs plus pudding pound cake for dessert—AND we were paid! My daughters and I were paid as extras for the "Joyful Noise" movie, starring Dolly …

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Get Swept Away with GWTW's 75th Anniversary

The Margaret Mitchell House will be the locale of Saturday's celebration—plus another huge celebration is planned for June 10 and 11 at the GWTW museum in Marietta.

Your teens are holding a car wash at the high school Saturday. The grandparents volunteered to take the younger children to a movie Sunday afternoon. Your tweens take tap on Wednesday evening. It’s your time. Take it.   Each week, we’ll tell you about great ideas to give you a much-deserved break and make your life a little easier—maybe a whole lot easier.   A knee injury forced Margaret Mitchell to give up her career as a writer with The Atlanta Journal Sunday Magazine. Instead, she wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Gone With the Wind, celebrating its 75th year of publication this year. An Atlanta native who was born on Peachtree Street, Mitchell wrote her novel in her Peachtree Street basement apartment—now owned by the Atlanta …

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Enjoy England During Royal Wedding Week—Without Leaving Georgia

Many English venues around Metro Atlanta can help accentuate your enjoyment of Friday's wedding between Prince William and Catherine Middleton.

Your teens are holding a car wash at the high school Saturday. The grandparents volunteered to take the younger children to a movie Sunday afternoon. Your tweens take tap on Wednesday evening. It’s your time. Take it. Each week, we’ll tell you about great ideas to give you a much-deserved break and make your life a little easier—maybe a whole lot easier. While you may not plan on rising way before dawn Friday to watch the Royal Wedding on your “telly,” you may be drawn to experiencing England in some way this week. Please let us know how you may celebrate the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton—other than watching the T-Mobile spoof attached to this article that has been viewed by more than 12 million YouTube viewers as…

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Easter Sunrise Services Offer Renewal This Sunday

Rejoice amid spring blooms this Sunday morning at nondenominational worship services.

Your teens are holding a car wash at the high school Saturday. The grandparents volunteered to take the younger children to a movie Sunday afternoon. Your tweens take tap on Wednesday evening. It’s your time. Take it. Each week, we’ll tell you about great ideas to give you a much-deserved break and make your life a little easier—maybe a whole lot easier. Whatever you may believe about Jesus and His resurrection that is celebrated each Easter, you still may find refreshment and relaxation by attending one of the outdoor sunrise services this Easter Sunday.  7 a.m. Sunday / Stone Mountain / 67th Annual Easter Sunrise Service  Two simultaneous, nondenominational Easter worship services will be held on top of the mountain and at the Memorial …

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Carolyn Cunningham

3:32 pm on Friday, April 22, 2011

Closer to Paulding, another Easter Sunrise Service will be held at 7 a.m. Sunday at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park outside the Visitor Center. Please bring your own chairs. Here is a link for directions: http://www.nps.gov/kemo/planyourvisit/directions.htm   more ›

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Sheep-to-Shawl Day at Tullie Smith Farm

You can escape to the mid-1800s when visiting this farm on the Buckhead campus of the Atlanta History Center as you witness the transformation of fresh wool to yarn this Saturday.

Your teens are holding a car wash at the high school Saturday. The grandparents volunteered to take the younger children to a movie Sunday afternoon. Your tweens take tap on Wednesday evening. It’s your time. Take it. Each week, we’ll tell you about great ideas to give you a much-deserved break and make your life a little easier—maybe a whole lot easier. Springtime is shearing time for the sheep who live on the Tullie Smith Farm at the Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road near the Governor's Mansion in Buckhead. The annual "Sheep to Shawl" event will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Six blooming gardens and trails on 33 acres surround the Atlanta History Center museum, the 1860s Smith Family Farm and Swan …

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Tickets Going Fast for the Atlanta Passion Play

Travel back 2,000 years as you experience the times of Jesus. This year's 35th-annual presentation will be the last at the Atlanta Civic Center and has been viewed by nearly 1 million people.

Your teens are holding a car wash at the high school Saturday. The grandparents volunteered to take the younger children to a movie Sunday afternoon. Your tweens take tap on Wednesday evening. It’s your time. Take it. Each week, we’ll tell you about great ideas to give you a much-deserved break and make your life a little easier—maybe a whole lot easier. You can travel back to ancient Israel—without having to leave Atlanta—for the next two weekends. The 35th-annual and final performances of The Atlanta Passion Play will take place at the Atlanta Civic Center, 395 Piedmont Ave. NE, on Saturday and Sunday and April 15-17. This ministry began as a dream given in late 1976 to John Glover, the producer and also the Special Events pastor at the …

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Dallas Theater To Bring Comic Relief

Comedy and musical comedy shows will be on stage on the first three weekends of April.

Your teens are holding a car wash at the high school Saturday. The grandparents volunteered to take the younger children to a movie Sunday afternoon. Your tweens take tap on Wednesday evening. It’s your time. Take it. Each week, we’ll tell you about great ideas to give you a much-deserved break and make your life a little easier—maybe a whole lot easier. Again, no one needs to travel far for fun entertainment—only as far as the Dallas Theater in the downtown district. “A Hick and a Chick Comedy Show” begins at 8 p.m. Friday. Tammy Jo takes the stage for her third-annual comedy show at the Dallas Theater. She will be joined by funnyman "Big Ed" Caylor. Show content is most appropriate for ages 18 and above. Tickets are $17 with no discounts…

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Great Escape: Ladies' Event Offers Inspiring Message, Music in Dallas

Dove Award-winning singer and songwriter Babbie Mason and author Tanya Curren will be the guests on April 2 at the luncheon seminar.

Your teens are holding a car wash at the high school Saturday. The grandparents volunteered to take the younger children to a movie Sunday afternoon. Your tweens take tap on Wednesday evening. It’s your time. Take it. Each week, we’ll tell you about great ideas to give you a much-deserved break and make your life a little easier—maybe a whole lot easier. Paulding County ladies can travel just a few miles to enjoy a relaxing, inspiring day, including lunch. "Renew - Inspire - Refresh: A Women's Day of Empowerment" is planned for April 2 in Dallas. Hosted by Boundless Limits International based in Easley, S.C., the event will last from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Paulding County Senior Center, 54 Industrial Way North. The guest speaker will …

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Great Escape: Fun Fundraisers in Dallas, Hiram

This week couples need go no further than Hiram or Dallas to enjoy an evening while helping two worthy causes.

Your teens are holding a car wash at the high school Saturday. The grandparents volunteered to take the younger children to a movie Sunday afternoon. Your tweens take tap on Wednesday evening. It’s your time. Take it. Each week, we’ll tell you about great ideas to give you a much-deserved break and make your life a little easier—maybe a whole lot easier. Two Saturday evening events in Hiram and Dallas will benefit worthy causes. The Paulding’s Got Talent! show begins at 7 p.m. at the Dallas Theater to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. They are available online and at the Dallas Theater Box Office. Not in any order, below are the top 24 finalists who will compete to be named "Paulding's …

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