ATLANTA -- This April, for one weekend only, the Center for Puppetry Arts will host the multiple award-winning micro-epic from Australia that is The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer. This one-man puppet show melds technology and multimedia into a touching story of enduring love and the end of the world.

Presented by Perth Theatre Company and Weeping Spoon Productions of Australia, creator and performer Tim Watts employs a unique blend of mime, puppetry, live and recorded music, and animation to present an exploration of the next and oldest frontier: the deep blue sea.

COVINGTON, Ga. -- Newton County Schools staff members are holding a workshop for parents of special needs students on Thursday, March 14.

The meeting will begin at 6:30 that evening and will be at the former Palmer-Stone Elementary School.  

The workshop is free, but registration is required. For more information, call Diane Johnson at (770) 788-5384, ext. 3925.

ATLANTA -- The newly renovated Oak Hill Child, Adolescent and Family Center, located at 2805 Metropolitan Parkway in Atlanta, officially re-opens Thursday, February 7 with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10:00 a.m. The center sits on a 22-acre campus and will provide coordinated care to children and their families from all over Fulton County.