Around MAY Art House will feature the artwork of North 5-26 Cobb High School art students. An artists
reception and open house will be held 6-9 p.m. May 5. 4425 Cherokee St., Acworth. For information, call 678- 543-5777.
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Boating Safety Classes. Acworth Parks and Recreation
Department will partner with U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 22 to offer a boating safety class. The one-day NASBLA certified class will be held 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Roberts School Community Center, 4681 School St., Acworth. This is an entry-level class aimed at the inland boater. Old salts will benefit as well, since the latest information on Georgia law and Coast Guard policy will be covered. This is a classroomonly course. The fee is $20. For more information, or to register, email flotilla22pe@gmail.com. More one-day classes will be held June 2, July 7, Aug. 4 and Sept. 8
Second annual Acworth Dragon Boat Race and Festival at Dallas Landing. 5120 Allatoona Drive, Acworth. Proceeds
benefit Loving Arms Cancer Outreach and Dragon Boat Atlanta. Loving Arms, founded by two oncology nurses, provides support groups, education and financial assistance for cancer patients in seven northwestern metro Atlanta counties. Dragon Boat Atlanta is a breast cancer awareness team. For information and to register, go to http://lovingarms.support/ dragonboats/.
Through Oct. 26 (Fridays only) Acworth Farmers Market.
Georgia-grown vegetables, eggs, cheese, bedding plants, fresh-baked bread, pies, cakes, honey and jams. Sponsored by the Acworth Downtown Development Authority. Acworth First Baptist Church parking lot on the north end of Main Street. For more information, call 770-917-1234. 52
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A worship celebration for women 5 “EMBRACE.” featuring Babbie Mason.
1-3 p.m., Northwest Christian Church, 3737 Dallas Acworth Hwy., NW, Acworth. God-honoring testimonies and encouragement. Tickets are $20. To purchase tickets, go to nwcc.net/embrace.
Acworth History 9 Save Foundation Speaker
Series. Dr. Tom Scott. “The History of Kennesaw State University.” 7 p.m., Roberts Community and Education Center, 4681 School St., Acworth. Scott taught at KSU from 1968 until his retirement in 2011. His specialties were Georgia history and oral history. He taught seminars and graduate classes on local history, the history of suburban America and the history of American higher education. Scott is author of three books -- Cornerstones of Georgia History: Documents That Formed the State 1995; Cobb County, Georgia, and the Origins of the Suburban South: A Twentieth-Century History 2003; and Kennesaw State University: The First Fifty Years, 1963-2013 (written in 2013). Scott headed an oral history project at KSU for the last 38 years. The project has produced several hundred interviews, mainly with residents of Cobb County or faculty members at KSU and SPSU.