The Coweta Farmers Market offers local produce and meat from local farms and gardens as well as other items. Throughout the season, you will find eggs, honey, beef, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, squash, onions, radishes, carrots, kale, green beans, cucumbers, cut flowers, jams, jellies, biscotti, bread, cakes, pies, plants as well as unique, handmade arts and crafts made by local artists. The market is located at the Asa Powell Expo Center, 197 Temple Avenue, Newnan, and will be open each Wednesday and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. – noon. The Coweta County Farmers Market is coordinated by the University of Georgia’s Coweta County Cooperative Extension office. For more information, contact Kim Ullom at 470-593-6647.
Adventures at the 2003 Badwater Ultramarathon- 20th Anniversary
Come to the Carnegie Library as Scott Ludwig shares his extreme experiences of pushing the limits, endurance, heat, and more adventures of an ultramarathon. The Badwater Ultramarathon is considered to be “The world’s toughest foot race.” It is conducted on a 135-mile course starting at 282 feet below sea level in the Badwater Basin and ending at an elevation of 8,360 feet at the portal of Mount Whitney. And, just for fun, the race runs right through the middle of Death Valley in the middle of July, when the weather conditions are the most extreme. Find out what the experience is like from someone who completed the race on what very well may have been the hottest day on earth in 100 years. Ludwig’s book chronicling his trek, “A few degrees from Hell,” will be available for purchase. For more information or for help with registration, call the Carnegie at 770-683-1347.
A new gallery show of photographs by Scott Areman will open at the Boyd Gallery for First Friday. Titled “Brief Encounters,” this exhibit is a retrospective of his street photography from…
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