5 things to do: Spring at Carver Neighborhood Market
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Oliver Twist
Center for Puppetry Arts - 1404 Spring St. Atlanta, GA 30309 $25. 10:30 a.m.
Renowned one-man tour-de-force David Simpich brings the adventures of literature’s most famous orphan to life with all the passion, pathos, and character of the literary classic. The play is Marionette puppet style. This play comes from by Simpich Marionettes of Colorado Springs, Colorado. This show is for ages 12 and up.
Spring at Carver Neighborhood Market
Carver Neighborhood Market - 1297 McDonough Blvd. S.E. Atlanta, GA 30315 Free. 4 p.m.
Welcome the spring season at Carver’s Neighborhood Market party featuring Falcons cheerleaders, Freddie Falcon himself, new fresh fruit smoothies, sandwich samples, a chef demonstration and more. The market will have deals on fresh produce and other food items.
Art & Soul Benefit
Terminal West - 887 W. Marietta St. N.W., Studio C Atlanta, GA 30318 Free. 6 p.m.
Enjoy the musical stylings of Ruby Velle Acoustic Duo and Double Nil to benefit the children of Create your Dreams, a youth development program dedicated to nurturing the talents and dreams of students living in underserved areas of Atlanta. Art produced by numerous artists — Leslie Lanxinge, Ashton Anderson, Baels and Brandon Sadler, just to name a few — will be up for auction.
Cookie-Crumble Cookie Toss
Samford Studios Theatre - 47 Covington Road Avondale Estates, GA $15. 7 p.m.
Who can survive the greedy call of capitalism? Not the slimy people who work on Wall Street and definitely not these six little girls who sell cookies. In this parody of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross these little girls fight to have the top cookie sales in their club.
Wake ATL: Working Class Music Group, WAKE beat set, The Tie Dye Intellect with Ethan Lamb and CRE^TE
Aisle 5 - 1123 Euclid Ave. N.E. Atlanta, GA 30307 Free. 9 p.m.