Tag: gallery
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Juried Art Show reception coming up on Saturday evening
The Rockmart Art Gallery will be hosting a postponed early evening event on Saturday celebrating local artists for a 2026 show. The Juried Art Show exhibit that began earlier in the year continue through March 12 at the Rockmart Art Gallery, but those who entered and patrons of the arts will get a chance to…
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GALLERY: Readers submit their snow photos from Jan. 31 dusting
A good dusting of snow has Polk County looking like a winter wonderland, but sadly it isn’t enough to make a snowman. Local readers submitted the photos below from Facebook and submitted directly to Polk Today. Feel free to add more by sending them to polktoday@gmail.com. 11 a.m. Note: Expect an update around noon-ish for…
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GALLERY: Cedartown celebrates Dr. King’s birthday for 2026
The 21st annual MLK Jr. Walk and Parade made its way down Main Street in Cedartown for the 2026 edition of Dr. King’s birthday for the 50th anniversary of the national celebration on the third Monday in January. Letitia Morgan, founder of the walk which began in 2005, was honored as this year’s Grand Marshal…
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GALLERY: Shanty Sleigh Ride 500 inaugural race held in Cedartown
Shanty Hair Society in partnership with the Downtown Cedartown Association held their inaugural Shanty Sleigh Ride 500 on West Ware Street in front of Lankford Corner on the Silver Comet Trail on Saturday, December 6, 2025. The event saw six teams take part in the first-ever race featuring groups of five pushing a “sleigh” they…
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GALLERY: Downtown Rockmart decked out for 2025 Christmas Parade, Tree Lighting
Everyone was in the mood to Jingle Bell Rock on South Marble Street on Tuesday evening, December 2 to usher in the holiday season with the 2025 edition of the Rockmart Christmas Parade and Christmas Tree Lighting. This year’s theme “The Songs of Christmas” brought out a creative mix of tributes to tradition and celebrating…
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Amphitheater project taking shape in Rockmart
The winged roof has been raised, and the seats are formed and ready for the next pieces of the puzzle as the new Amphitheater in Rockmart continues to take shape. Construction continues on the project behind Church Street Manor that acts as an extension of Seaborn Jones Park after it began this summer with a…
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Northern Lights shine down on Polk overnight
The strongest solar flare to hit Earth provided a geomagnetic light show overnight as auroras made it as far south as Georgia for the first time this year. It is typically an extreme rarity to see the Northern Lights this far south, but over the past few years of increased solar activity the odds have…
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RCAC hosting Holiday Traditions Art Exhibit through December
Opportunities await for enjoying some homegrown artwork that is themed around the traditions of the season during the latest Rockmart Cultural Arts Center exhibit now available for the public to view. Additionally, an upcoming event on Saturday, November 15 will give holiday shoppers the chance to grab some items as well. The RCAC is celebrating…
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Memories made on Main Street for Fall Festival
Vendors pitched their tents and put out their wares for the 2025 edition of the Cedartown Fall Festival on Main Street on Saturday. The annual festival featured a Pet Costume Contest put on by the Cedartown-Polk County Humane Society and music from Pocket Dial. The Cook Family Farm had a Petting Zoo setup as well.…
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Kids treated on South Marble Street
Halloween brings out little haunts to Downtown Rockmart as spooky season closes Dinosaurs, Disney princesses and even dressed up doggos were among the costumed characters young and old took over downtown Rockmart on Friday afternoon to celebrate Halloween in style and take home a sack filled with sugary treats. Local businesses and officials from the…