There aren't

as many festivals going on this weekend as last weekend, but there is

still plenty to do in the Atlanta area.

The High Museum

of Art unveils its new exhibit, "Pictures Tell The Story: Ernest

C. Withers." The High Museum of Art Folk Art and Photography Galleries

will showcase the work of photographer Ernest C. Withers through Jan.

26.

Withers began

his career as a self-employed photographer in Memphis, Tenn. in the late

1940s. He was in a unique position to witness and record an insider's

perspective of the Civil Rights Movement, the birth of rock 'n' roll,

Little Rock's Central High School's first day of integration, the Memphis

sanitation workers' strike and images of Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral.

Admission to

the Folk Art and Photography Galleries is free. They are near the Peachtree

Center MARTA station and are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday

and until 9 p.m. first Thursdays. Phone 770-557-6940.

For a peek

into the history of the world, Fernbank will present the new IMAX film

"Lost Worlds: Life in the Balance." The film, narrated by Harrison

Ford, sweeps viewers from the poles to the tropics and takes them on an

expedition to the remote and mysterious "Lost World" region

of Venezuela.

The film explores

the ruins of Tikal, a Mayan city that has remained abandoned for a thousand

years. It will be shown at Fernbank through March 22. Show times are Monday-Saturday

at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. and Sundays at 1, 3 and 5 p.m. Phone

404-370-0019.

If being whisked

away to a lost Mayan city is too much for you, the eighth biennial quilt

show sponsored by the East Cobb Quilters Guild will take place this weekend

at the Cobb County Civic Center. This year's theme, "Georgia Celebrates

Quilts - Horse, Home, Hearth," will feature 300 quilts and wearable

art items from throughout the state. There will be door prizes, a silent

auction and a merchant mall featuring fabric and quilt-related items.

A full size quilt and a sewing machine will be raffled. The show will

run 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Admission is $6. Phone 770-650-6515.

If you'd like

to get out of the Atlanta area this weekend, one place you could go is

Plains, Ga. for the fifth annual Plains Peanut Festival. There will be

a presentation of the annual play "If These Sidewalks Could Talk"

Thursday-Saturday at the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site.

Saturday's

events will start with a 5K race and one-mile fun run and will be followed

also be entertainment throughout the weekend and a Sunday School service

at Maranatha Baptist taught by former President Jimmy Carter. Phone 229-824-5445

or visit www.plains.org .

Whether you're

into photographs, peanuts, quilts or lost Mayan cities, there is something

for you and your family to enjoy this weekend.

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