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• Sweet Auburn Springfest 2008. This year's theme is "Live Green, Save the Planet" and food samplings, 10 stages of entertainment, health and fitness fair, Just For Women Expo, car and bike show, International Film Festival, Business and Technology Expo and, for the first time, the Ms. Sweet Auburn Pageant. 5-10 p.m.. Free. Auburn Avenue Neighborhood, Auburn Avenue and Courtland Street, Atlanta. 770-912-7221, www.sweetauburn.com.

• Patti Labelle. R&B, soul and gospel singer and songwriter. Table setup coolers and carry-ins are allowed. 7 p.m. $48.75-$78.75. Chastain Park Amphitheatre, 4469 Stella Drive N.W., Atlanta. 404-249-6400, www.livenation.com.

SATURDAY

• Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival featuring Mavis Staples. The day of blues honors the Thomson native, Georgia Music Hall of Fame songwriter. Includes Southern foods and special events to benefit music programs in local schools. Gates open at 11. Festival begins at noon. $20-$25. Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival Site, Stagecoach Road and Washington Road, Thomson. 706-597-1000.

• Stone Mountain Village 2nd Saturday Festival. Featuring "Mozart for Motorheads" classic car show and concert by the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra. 2-7 p.m. Free. Stone Mountain Village, Main Street, Stone Mountain. 770-498-7334.

• Marietta Gardeners Club Plant Sale. A wide variety of plants available. Also, orders for rain barrels taken. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Marietta First United Methodist Church, 56 Whitlock Ave., Marietta. 770-429-7800, www.mariettafumc.org.

• Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Grand Opening Celebration. Robert Spano and the ASO open metro Atlanta's new outdoor music facility with Broadway fanfares, including "On the Town" and "Carousel." The Alpharetta and Milton high school marching bands join the orchestra on "Seventy-Six Trombones." The Marcus Roberts Trio plays Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," and the ASO Chorus closes with the final movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, "Ode to Joy." 8 p.m. $21-$75. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, 2200 Encore Parkway, Alpharetta. 404-733-5089.

• Jon Stewart. The host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" performs stand-up. 7:30 and 10 p.m. May 10. $47-$77. 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta. 770-916-2800, www.cobbenergycentre.com.

• Tea at Bulloch Hall. A Mother's Day weekend treat with tea, sandwiches and dessert are served by women in period clothing. Tour the house and garden after the meal. Reservations required. 4 p.m. $35. Bulloch Hall, 180 Bulloch Ave., Roswell. 770-992-1731.

SUNDAY

• Mother's Day Tea. Specialty tea tasting, gourmet foods and entertainment with the ensemble Caledonia Swing. Also included are facial and massage spa treatments. Professional photography sessions available. Reservations recommended. 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. seatings. $35; $25 ages 12 and younger. Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, 980 Briarcliff Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-872-5338.

• "Celebrate Mom at the High." New works by Pierre Bonnard, Mary Cassatt, Edouard Vuillard and Camille Pissarro. Noon-5 p.m. A crafts studio opens at 1 p.m. for families to make fabric collage animals. $18; $15 senior citizens and college students with ID (adults are two for one); $11 ages 6-17; ages 5 and younger free. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree Street St. N.E. Atlanta. 404-733-4444, 404-733-5000.

— Adrianne Murchison