Get Out ... with Birds in the Backyard?

It's Thursday, the weekend is around the corner, and you have no idea what to do. At Northeast Cobb Patch, we have compiled the best bets for a great weekend.

Essential Cobb happenings for the weekend: 1. Learn how to add music to your garden. The Cobb County Master Gardeners from noon to 1 p.m. Friday will present “Lunch & Learn: Birds in the Backyard” at the Cobb County Central Library. The program is designed to show bird lovers how to attract a wide variety of the feathered friends by choosing plants that appeal to specific species and by providing appropriate nesting and water sources to create a bird-friendly habitat. Bring your lunch. 2. Celebrate Gone with the Wind. In the 1930s, the connections between Margaret Mitchell and Gone with the Wind with Marietta were nebulous, if not non-existent. But the folks at the Marietta Gone with the Wind Museum have managed to change that……

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The Water Cooler

Fusion Girls Court Art Exhibit

Gather around the water cooler to discuss hot topics and what's happening today, April 21.

1. The Pope High School Band presents XPlosion, a night of theatrical music and entertainment in the theater. Tickets are $5 on sale at the door. Pope High School, 3001 Hembree Rd NE. 2. Check out the Fusion Girls Court 2011 art exhibit at The Art Place - Mountain View. Girls Court is a program for at risk teens. The girls met in March to plan their art exhibit and now you can view it in the gallery today through April 29. View art in different mediums; paintings on canvas to stone. 3330 Sandy Plains Rd. For more information, call 770-509-2700. 3. It's the third week in April, and www.walterreeves.com recommends the following Georgia gardening tips: Remove guy wires from your fall-planted trees. Trees that move with the wind grow stronger …

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