September Saturdays Festival
Heroes Day + Touch-a-Truck Experience will feature equipment and vehicles from military, law enforcement, public safety, and community service agencies in addition to featuring booths from schools of the Douglas County School System in which the schools will promote and explain their programs, and possibly raise funds for the school.
Douglas County Special Olympics is an accredited agency through Special Olympics Georgia, non profit organization, who provides elite sports competition for individuals with developmental disabilities.
DCSO, is a program who serves children and adults 16 and up, that raises funding for the athletes with in our community. Funding is utilized for uniforms, equipment, skills training, coaches training, practice and competition venues. Also volunteer training, coaches certification, transportation. and lodging for state games.
Donations for our athletes are always tax deductible. For more information please contact Jessica Morgan at Deer Lick Park @ 770-920-7132.
September Saturdays Festival
September 28th Family Day + Fun & Games Festival will feature booths from schools of the Douglas County School System in which the schools will promote and explain their programs, and possibly raise funds for the school. The festival will feature representatives from area industries and businesses that could have jobs available!
October Pop Up Arts Shop
Featuring Ann Cockerill. All item under $75.
A Man’s Viewpoint – Photography Exhibit
Cultural Arts Council Douglasville / Douglas County’s annual October photography show continues with “A Man’s Viewpoint”, a study of work by seven (7) male photographers and looking through their “view point”.
The reception will be held on Thursday, November 7 from 6-8 pm and hosted by the Sweetwater Camera Club.The exhibit will remain on view through November 21st.
John Mariana, Mike Ramy, Mike Nalley, Bob Kelley, Randy Johnson, Jim Johns, and Jerry Frost are seven (7) Metro Atlanta area photographers being featured.
GALLERY HOURS:
Monday – Friday
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Free admission & parking.
Friday Night Art Walk October 4, 2019 6 pm-10 pm with reception at the Douglas County Museum of History & Art.
Join us for a fun evening in down downtown Douglasville, GA. Visit and shop with your favorite artists and artisans. Art will be located on Broad Street and other locations near O’Neal Plaza as well.
Look for the Map of the Art Walk to be added closer to the time of the event. Check back for other announcements and updates!
Do you have items that need to be recycled but Public Services doesn’t accept them? Come out to Keep Douglasville Beautiful’s Fall Recycle event in the overflow parking lot of First Presbyterian Church. This event is open to anyone, not just Douglasville/Douglas County residents.
If it plugs in, uses batteries, or has metal content, we can take it! Everything from cell phones to large appliances! This is a drive-thru event so just pull up and let our volunteers unload your recyclables! PLEASE NOTE: There is a $5 fee for each TV and monitor. All other items FREE to recycle!
The Annual ‘Music and Arts on the Plaza’ Festival is a much-anticipated event that features an Artist Market with work of artists, artisans, and craftspeople from around the region.
The Art Adventure Alley showcases artists demonstrations and hands on activities for all ages.
All day entertainment will be electrifying the stage and festival area as indie artists from an array of genres entertain with soul stirring gospel, toe tapping jazz, blues & country, to finger popping R&B, & Pop. If it’s great music expect to hear it coming from the stage.
Admission is free. Make plans to attend NOW!!
Help celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Douglasville Parks and Recreation Department as we host a special Pink Out Movie Night featuring Toy Story 4.
Join us in bringing awareness to Breast Cancer. Popcorn and water will be provided to the first 100 guests while supplies last. You’re welcome to bring your own food, drinks and coolers with nonalcoholic beverages.
Wear pink in support of Cancer survivors and current fighters! 💕
If you’re interested in vending, please contact Stephanie Harden at hardens@douglasvillega.gov .
BTFP Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
Join Beyond the Front Porch as we visit The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum in Atlanta, Georgia that houses U.S. President Jimmy Carter‘s papers and other material relating to the Carter administration and the Carter family’s life. The library also hosts special exhibits, such as Carter’s Nobel Peace Prize and a full-scale replica of the Oval Office, including a copy of the Resolute Desk. The building housing the library and museum makes up 69,750 square feet, with 15,269 square feet of space for exhibits and 19,818 square feet of archive and storage space. The library stacks house 27 million pages of documents; 500,000 photos, and 40,000 objects, along with films, videos, and audiotapes. These collections cover all areas of the Carter administration, from foreign and domestic policy to the personal lives of President and Mrs. Carter. This activity, transportation and lunch is FREE for students on free/reduced lunch and $25 for all others.