Various events are happening this week in and around DeKalb County, including a Mightmare album release show, a Diwali celebration at Oakhurst Elementary School in Decatur, and Avondale Ale Days. Several local government meetings are also scheduled for this week.
Georgia Poet Laureate Chelsea Rathburn, along with the Georgia Center for the Book and the DeKalb Library Foundation, created Georgia Poetry in the Parks.
The DeKalb Library Foundation's annual Connect Your Community ends on Sept. 30. The foundation is about $20,000 away from reaching its goal of raising $50,000 to support the DeKalb County Public Library's Take the Internet Home with You initiative.