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The series kicks off with Casablanca on 8/18, and Steven Spielberg’s Jaws will also screen on 8/25.

CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS OLD MACDONALD MOVIE

What: Turner Classic Movies brings back its popular outdoor summer movie series, with ticket sales benefitting the Piedmont Park Conservancy. Also showing this month: Saturday morning cartoons (8/20), Gene Wilder’s Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (8/20), and Disney’s The Little Mermaid Sing-A-Long (8/27). What: If your kiddos enjoyed last year’s installment starring Chris Pratt (or heck, even if they didn’t), introduce them to the superior 1993 original-on the big screen as part of the Fox Theatre’s Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival. The derby sponsor, Cool Dads Rock, is dedicated to helping dads and their kids build strong relationships. Plus: food trucks, music, and kid-friendly activities. What: Watch as kids ages 4 and up race in homemade soapbox cars, then check out additional cars on display. Expect adult language, but nothing that most Romeo-obsessed high-schooolers can’t handle. This fast-paced comedic performance rips through the Bard’s entire catalogue. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) Bring bathing suits and flip flops for heat-beating activities like water games and sprinkler runs. What: School may be back in session, but try telling the weather gods that it’s not summer anymore.

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What: Now in its 32 nd year, the nation’s only touring black rodeo giddyaps into town, with calf roping, bareback riding, barrel racing, and more.Ĭost: $10 for adults $7 for kids ages 13 to 18 $6 for kids ages 3 to 12 free for kids ages 2 and under (Sunday)Ĭost: $23 for adults in advance ($30 at the door) $18 for kids in advance ($23 at the door) Show up for parade floats, high school marching bands, kids activities, and free Varsity hot dogs. What: Since 1952, Alpharetta has hosted this event honoring U.S. What: For teenagers who are looking to join the conversation around race in America, National Book Award winner Ward reads from a new collection of essays and poems, The Fire This Time, featuring contributing writers such as Jericho Brown, Claudia Rankine, and Emory University’s Kevin Young. What: Kids can sing, dance, and help the farmhands at the Center for Puppetry Arts’ new interactive production, which tells the classic nursery story using rod puppets. (Saturday only)Ĭost: $20.50 ($10.25 for members) free for kids under 2

See 80 original artworks from 15 of Carle’s most popular books in this career retrospective. What: Even if your kid is too young to read, he or she would likely still recognize the distinctive hand-colored collages of children’s book author and illustrator Eric Carle, best known for The Very Hungry Caterpillar. (Sunday)Ĭost: Free with admission ($19.50 for adults $12 for kids ages 6 to 17 free for kids 5 and under)

(Tuesday through Thursday, Saturday) 10 a.m. What: Kids can climb and slide inside these four Instagram-ready structures by sculptor Jaime Haydon, each shaped like a familiar object like a pig or a bell, and painted with bright polka dots, stripes, or zig-zags. Where: Sifly Piazza at Woodruff Arts Center

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