Last Chance for 'Rent'

1. The Atlanta Lyric Theatre concludes its production of Rent today with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. at the .  The musical, loosely based on Puccini’s La Boheme, follows a year in the lives artists and musicians struggling to survive in New York’s Lower East Side.

Tickets range from about $30 to $45 with discounts for seniors, students and groups. This play is for mature audiences. For information, visit http://www.atlantalyrictheatre.com, call 404-377-9948 or send an email info@atlantalyrictheatre.com. 

2. And while one production closes, another one is in previews. Mount Pleasant Homecoming has a preview performance at 7 p.m. today on the main stage at . This play by Alan Bailey and Connie Ray and directed by Karen Howell and Alan Kilpatrick features the Sanders singing family from Smoke on the Mountain.  To purchase ticket, visit theatreinthesquare.com or call the box office at 770-422-8369.

3. If you were hoping to visit the IPMS Metro Atlanta's annual Hobby Show at the this year, we are sorry to say that it has been cancelled. According to the group's Web site, they simply could not get enough vendors.

4. The kids don't want to see this yet, but the has already posted its back-to-school information for the 2011-2012 school year. It has everything you need to get ready as well as registration information.

5. Today is Log Cabin Day. Virginia Handy and the Bad Axe Historical Society based in Michigan created the first Log Cabin Day on June 25, 1986. Their objectives: Preserve log cabins and boost awareness of when life in America was a lot more rugged.