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Family Monster Concert and Trunk or Treat Sunday, Oct. 25

18. October 2009

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Family Monster Concert and Trunk or Treat Sunday, Oct. 25

Family Monster Concert and Trunk or Treat: Get your Halloween costume on for a great time next Sunday, 10/25, at 3 p.m at CHRIST THE KING. We begin with a great short concert of fun “spooky tunes” in the sanctuary with our resident monster organists. It’ll be followed by our traditional Trunk-or-Treat, going trunk to trunk [...]

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Pumpkins at Peachtree Corners Christian Church

7. October 2009

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Pumpkins at Peachtree Corners Christian Church

Each year since 1993 Peachtree Corners Christian Church has sold PUMPKINS to raise money for their outreach programs. This year is no different. The patch is located on church grounds at: 6060 Spaulding Drive, Norcross Ga, 30092 Opened from Oct. 6 – 31 in 2009 Hours from 12 noon to 8pm Sunday through Friday 10:00 [...]

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YMCA’s Next Parents’ Night Out October 16th

26. September 2009

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The next Parents’s Night Out is Friday October 16!! 6:30-10:00pm Come as your favorite character & have some trick or treat fun! $18.00 1st child, $5.00 each additional, $33.00 max  for facility members For more information contact the Robert D Fowler Family YMCA Robert D. Fowler Family YMCA 5600 West Jones Bridge Rd. Norcross Ga. 30092 phone (770) [...]

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Gwinnett Reading Festival Cancelled this Year Due to Budget Cuts

26. September 2009

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Sad to say that the county’s Gwinnett Reading Festival had to be canceled for this year. Statement on the Gwinnett County Public Library website: “Due to budget cuts, the 2009 Gwinnett Reading Festival, which was to be held on October 17 in Duluth, has been suspended. “We are disappointed that we have to cancel this [...]

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Norcross Art Fest 2009 Next Weekend October 2-3

26. September 2009

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Norcross Art Fest 2009 Next Weekend October 2-3

Historic Norcross will will be home to more than 100 local and national artists October 3-4 as the sixth annual juried ART FEST opens next weekend, Saturday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. “Norcross Art Fest is truly the show with personality,” says Frances Schube, ART FEST Manager. “We [...]

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National Museum Day Saturday Sept 26

24. September 2009

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This Saturday, Sept. 26th, is National Museum Day.  1200 Museums nation-wide will be offering free admission.  Go to microsite.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/admission.html You can print out your free pass at this site and also find out all the museums that are participating.  Some of the ones in Georgia are the High Museum of Art, Marietta Museum of History, [...]

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CELEBRATE SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS AT THE 12TH ANNUAL C.O.P.S. FESTIVAL

19. September 2009

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The Gwinnett County Police Department has announced its annual C.O.P.S. Festival will be held on October 10th. In its twelfth year, the festival will take place between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Gwinnett County Fair Grounds. C.O.P.S., or Community Oriented Police Services, is the law enforcement department’s neighborhood watch program. “The C.O.P.S. Festival [...]

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Pumpkin Patch at Peachtree Corners Christian Church

14. September 2009

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Each year Peachtree Corners Christian Church sells PUMPKINS to raise money for our outreach programs.  Visit the patch at: 6060 Spaulding Drive, Norcross Ga, 30092. They’ll be open Oct. 5 – 31 in 2009. Hours from 12 noon to 8pm Sunday through Friday  and 10:00 am to 8:00 pm on Saturday.

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Trunk O’Treats: Norcross First UMC Fall Festival

11. September 2009

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Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 24 when the Norcross First United Methodist Church holds their Fall Festival/Truck O’Treats. Dress up in your cutest, prettiest, and creative costume (no scary ones please) and join in the fun with inflatables, games, food, and whole lot more. Then when you think you couldn’t possibly have any more [...]

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Fall Norcross Events: British Car Show, Art Fest, Holiday Tour of Homes, Christmas

6. September 2009

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September 11, 2009 Concert in the Park 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm The Show Band (US Army Pop-rock Group) September 12, 2009 BRITISH CAR SHOW IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN October 3 & 4, 2009 NORCROSS ART FEST IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN Concert in the Park (10/3) 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm The Woody’s (Fleetwood Mac Cover) October [...]

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Barnes and Noble Events for September

31. August 2009

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Come Meet Clifford! Saturday September 05, 2009 11:00 AM Costume Character Come meet Clifford in person! We’ll read fun stories by Norman Bridwell about everyone’s favorite Big Red Dog, Clifford! Happy Labor Day! Storytime Tuesday September 08, 2009 11:00 AM Today we’ll read a collection of DK Readers and discover what it’s like to be [...]

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Pinckneyville EXPO Pinckneyville Park Community Recreation Center

27. August 2009

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Free! Meet instructors and see class demos including ballet, pottery, karate, painting and more! Kids age 4-18 can, enter the Awesome Artist Contest in three-dimensional art or drawing/painting! One entry per person; entry deadline is 8/26; call 770.417.2200. Code: PPCC04213 Saturday, August 29 noon-5:00pm

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Interested in Scouting?

18. August 2009

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Serving the families of the Peachtree Corners Community outside Metro Atlanta, Packs 525/575 have approximately 140 registered Scouts divided into 18 dens.  Their sponsor is Simpsonwood United Methodist Church in Norcross. Packs 525/575 are part of the Button Gwinnett District and the Atlanta Area Council. For information on scouting, please contact Keith FitzPatrick keithfitz@hotmail.com with Pack [...]

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Girls on the Run

18. August 2009

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Girls on the Run is a fantastic program for 3rd – 5th graders and Girls on Track for 6th – 8th graders. The program costs $160 per girl and includes a 5K race fee for an end-of-season Race Event. There isn’t currently a group in Peachtree Corners, but there will be a group for the Fall at Newtown [...]

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Peachtree Corners Swim & Racquet Club Kids’ Triathlon Saturday, August 15th 8 AM

12. August 2009

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Peachtree Corners Swim & Racquet Club Kids’ Triathlon Saturday, August 15th 8 AM

The 2009 Peachtree Corners Swim & Racquet Kid’s Triathlon is a triathlon for 7 to 15 year olds. Its primary purpose is to encourage kids and their families to exercise, to introduce people to the fun and excitement of triathlons, and to be a family-oriented event in the Peachtree Corners area. Registration closed August 1st. [...]

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Barnes and Noble Events at the Forum Shoppes

7. August 2009

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Barnes and Noble Events at the Forum Shoppes

Barnes and Noble at the Forum on Peachtree Parkway puts on several small events and programs throughout the month. Contact Number 770.209.4244 Author Event – Cindy Woodsmall - Tues, Aug 11 at 7pm New York Times best-selling author Cindy Woodsmall will reading her “The Hope of Refuge: A Novel” and signing copies. In this first [...]

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Pre-School Story Time at the Peachtree Corners Library

5. August 2009

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Preschool Storytime, ages 2-5 Mondays, 11:30 am on: August 10, 17, 24, 31, September 21, 28 Wednesdays, 10:00 am on: August 12, 19, 26, September 2, 9, 23, 30 Super Saturdays: Wild Cards Try your hand at some fun card games based on your favorite book characters. Saturday, August 29 at 2:30 pm Peachtree Corners [...]

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