Looking for something to do this weekend in metro Atlanta? Celebrate Daylight Saving Time with a moonlight and morning run, go to a Purim festival or attend a cat art show, along with your choice of many other events.
Check out the following 16 things to do this weekend in metro Atlanta:
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Cobb
Cat Art Show. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, March 7 and additional dates through March 14. The Art Place, 3330 Sandy Plains Road, Marietta. 770-509-2700. https://www.artplacemarietta.org/.
Buy art from local artists, listen to live music, do some crafts and adopt a cat or kitten.
Touch-A-Truck. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, March 7. Free. Adams Park, 2600 Park Drive, Kennesaw. 770-422-9714. https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov.
Bring the kids out as your family gets up close with big trucks, heavy construction and public safety equipment and more as you flip switches, shift gears and have fun.
Marietta Square Art Walk. 5 p.m.-9 p.m. Friday, March 6. Free. Marietta Square, 50 N. Park, Marietta. 404-668-2436. https://www.artwalkmarietta.com/.
Take a self-guided walking tour through Marietta Square, where participating venues will host a local artist outside of their storefronts. Live music and performances will also be featured.
Chasing Moonlight/Racing Sunlight. 1 a.m. and 8 a.m. Sunday, March 8. $40 for one race, $70 for both. Town Center Mall, 400 Barrett Parkway, Kennesaw. runforitproductions.com.
Chase moonlight at the 1 a.m. race, race sunlight at the 8 a.m. one, or do both to celebrate Daylight Saving Time. Stay after both races for a tropical beach party, complete with real palm trees.
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DeKalb
Five Senses Guided Hike. 11 a.m. Saturday, March 7. Free. Dunwoody Nature Center, 5343 Roberts Drive, Dunwoody. 770-394-3322. dunwoodynature.org.
Use your sense of sight, sound, smell and touch as educators lead the way through Dunwoody Nature Center’s forested trails.
Brookhaven Community Yard Sale. 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday, March 7. Free admission. Briarwood Recreation Center, 2235 Briarwood Way NE, Brookhaven. 404-637-0512. https://www.brookhavenga.gov.
Find some treasures with one-stop shopping at Brookhaven’s annual indoor community yard sale.
9th Annual Purim Parade & Festival. 11 a.m. parade and noon-3 p.m. festival. Sunday, March 8. Tickets are 50 cents each, with most activities requiring multiple tickets. Parade starts at Houston Mill and ends at Congregation Beth Jacob, 1855 Lavista Road, Atlanta. Festival is in Beth Jacob's parking lot. https://www.bethjacobatlanta.org.
Come in costume and celebrate Purim with rides, food and other fun activities.
"Mary Poppins." 7 p.m. Friday, March 6, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, March 7 and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 8, plus additional dates. $12-$100. Lakeside High School, 3801 Briarcliff Road NE, Atlanta. http://www.lakesidetheatrecompany.org.
Enjoy Lakeside Theatre Company’s production of the classic musical “Mary Poppins.”
North Fulton
Step UP: Race to Embrace Tolerance. 9 a.m. one-mile Fun Run start and 9:30 a.m. 5K start. Sunday, March 8. $15 Fun Run, $25 5K. Newtown Park, 3150 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek. raceroster.com.
Race on paved bike trails that are closed to traffic, with proceeds supporting Embracing Tolerance, a local education and awareness group that combats bullying, racism and prejudice.
Solos of Spring. 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 8. Adults $16 online and $18 at the door, students $9 and $11 at the door. Denmark High School, 645 Mullinax Road, Alpharetta. https://www.alpharettasymphony.org.
The Alpharetta Symphony Orchestra is joined by the Alpharetta Youth Symphony Orchestra to play pieces such as Rossini’s “Barber of Seville” Overture and Verdi’s “La Traviata – Prelude to Act 1.”
38th Annual Quilt Show. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday March 6 and Saturday, March 7 and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, March 8. Free with regular admission of adults $8, seniors $7, children $6 and children under 5 are free. Bulloch Hall, 180 Bulloch Ave., Roswell. 770-992-1731. bullochhall.org.
Quilts in Bulloch Hall’s 38th annual show are inspired by endangered species.
Discovering Backyard Wildlife: King Snakes in the City. 1:10 p.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 7. Free. East Roswell Branch Library, 2301 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell.404-613-4050. http://www.afpls.org.
Guests age 12 and up are welcome to attend this sit-down presentation followed by an interactive portion with live snakes and time to ask questions of the scientists.
Gwinnett
Sip & Swine BBQ Festival. 3 p.m.-9 p.m. Friday, March 6 and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, March 7. Free admission and parking. Coolray Field, 2500 Buford Dr., Lawrenceville. https://sipandswine.com/.
Taste barbecue samples, listen to music, buy crafts and more to benefit Home of Hope Gwinnett Children’s Shelter.
Food Truck Festival. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 7. Discovery Village at Sugarloaf, 1220 Satellite Blvd. NW, Suwanee. 470-361-2638. https://www.discoveryvillages.com.
Taste dishes from popular street foods with proceeds from the event benefiting the Gwinnett Senior Golden Games.
Clean Comedy on the Clay. 8 p.m. Friday, March 6. $20-$23. Red Clay Music Foundry, 3116 Main St., Duluth. 678-892-6373. https://www.etix.com.
Laugh along with comedy from Greg Behrens, Kourtlyn Wiggins, Nathan Owens, Sannchaz Blackmon and Sally Brooks.
Evening at the Ballet. 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7. $15. Infinite Energy Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth. 770-626-2464. https://www.infiniteenergycenter.com.
The Buford School of Ballet’s Georgia Christian Dance Theatre will perform excerpts from works including “West Side Story” and “Harlequinade.”
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