ANNUAL GRANT PARK MOTHBALL 2016

November 12
Grant Park

Grab your skipper’s cap and set sail for Grant Park’s annual Mothball on November 12. The event, which started as a neighborhood potluck in the 1970s, has “become a not-to-miss event for residents and nearby neighbors, ages 21 to 90-plus,” says Neighborhood Association President Lauren Rocereta. “We average 400 to 600 people.” This year’s event, whose theme is Fantasea, will include costume and table decorating contests, food and live music by Yacht Rock Schooner. Tickets are $30 advance; $40 at the door. gpna.org/mothball

THE CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PARADE

December 3
Midtown

Atlanta Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta transforms Midtown Atlanta into Santa Claus Lane on Saturday, December 3, starting at 10:30 a.m. Floats, giant helium-filled balloons, marching bands and thousands of spectators lining the route along Peachtree Street from 16th to 5th streets make this the largest holiday parade in the Southeast. The parade is free, but bleacher seats and Breakfast with Santa tickets are available for purchase. choa.org/parade

ATLANTA CHAMBER PLAYERS CONCERT

December 4
Ahavath Achim Synagogue

The Atlanta Chamber Players, which celebrated its 40th anniversary season in 2015-2016, will combine the music of Johannes Brahms (Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114) and Ralph Vaughn Williams for its last concert of the year. Written in 1914, Williams’s Lark Ascending captures images of pastoral English life on the eve of WWI. The afternoon concert will take place at Ahavath Achim Synagogue, with a reception following. atlantachamberplayers.com

MAGIC TREE HOUSE EXHIBIT

Through January 16
Children’s Museum of Atlanta

Take your kids back in time to experience the first Thanksgiving in 1621 at the Magic Tree House Exhibit at the Children’s Museum of Atlanta. Based on the popular book series by Mary Pope Osborne, the kids can enter the magical, time-traveling treehouse to visit pioneer life on the American prairie, nursing during the Civil War and a feast with the Pilgrims. The exhibit, which opened in September, runs through January 16. childrensmuseumatlanta.org