The month of August is full of activity and more than enough variety. Here are just a few highlights. For complete listings see our events page.

Special Events

August 11-13
The Great Chattahoochee River Paint Out
Join professional and amateur artists as they gather for three days of painting in the beautiful Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area at Island Ford and select sites along the Chattahoochee River in Roswell. Tranquility, inspiration and beauty - you (and your muse) will find it here. The public is invited to meet the artists and watch them work and perhaps find a work of art they just can’t resist, one they have watched being created from conception to finish. For more information go to www.visitroswellga.com or call 770-640-3253

August 14
The Great Chattahoochee River Paint Out Exhibition & Reception will be held at the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area at Island Ford. The event is offered in
partnership with the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Roswell Visitors Bureau, and Artist Joan Hilliard. For additional information or contact us at 800-776-7935. www.visitroswellga.com or www.nps.gov/chat/

Theatre

July 30 - August 28
Love, Sex and the IRS
Cabaret Stage. 633 Holcomb Bridge Rd, Roswell, GA 30076
Box Office: 770-640-5500.  Fri and Sat at 8 PM.  Sundays at 3 PM
By William Van Zandt & Jane Milmore.  Try to cheat the IRS and look what happens! Here is a wild farce with twists of fate, sight gags, mistaken identities and hilarious comic lines. Jon Trachtman and Leslie Arthur are out of work musicians who room together in New York City. To save money, Jon has been filing tax returns listing the pair as a married couple. The day of reckoning comes when the Internal Revenue Service informs the "couple" they're going to be investigated.  This show is sure to make you laugh!

August 28-September 26
Anne of Green Gables at Kudzu Family Playhouse
Saturdays & Sundays at 2:00pm.  The time is 1908. The place is Avonlea, Canada. Green Gables is the home of lovable Matthew Cuthbert and his stern sister, Marilla. When Marilla decides to adopt an orphan boy to help Matthew with his farm work, the orphanage makes a mistake and sends instead a high-spirited redhead called Anne Shirley. With a knack for trouble and misadventure, her irresistible spunk steals everyone’s heart. We follow Anne’s strenuous but brimful schooldays, her attachment to her bosom friend, Diana Barry, her feud with Gilbert Blythe, her contest with Josie Pye, and her undying loyalty to Matthew and Marilla. We glimpse the inmost joys of a girl who only marks the hours that shine, as she struggles toward fair maidenhood. 770-594-1020 or www.kudzuplayhouse.org

Entertainment

August 14
Frank Vignola's Hot Club
8:00 PM.  Advanced Tickets: $35.00.  Day of Show & Door: $40.00.  (Cash and Checks only at the Door).  Chattahoochee Nature Center.  For event Informaton call: 770-365-7738
In celebration of Django Reinhardt's 100th birthday, guitar virtuoso Frank Vignola, a leading proponent of Reinhardt's gypsy jazz style of playing, has assembled a topnotch quintet for a searing tribute to one of his earliest musical influences.

August 14
Ragamuffin Music Hall.  585 Atlanta Street, Roswell.
Did you grow up to the sound of The Beatles? Can you recite every song word for word? Then this is a night you won't want to miss. Fred Watts, Mike Orlin, Gary McCoy, and Mark Pertain come together to bring the Beatles back to the stage in a night full of songs, trivia, and a lot of 60's style Lovin'.  8:00PM.  Doors open @ 7:30PM.  Cover: $10