colorAn Atlanta Streets Alive-styled event called Open Streets DeKalb will take place in Emory Village this Sunday, Sept. 29, from 3 to 6 p.m. North Decatur Road will be closed between Lullwater Road and the Emory roundabout and South Oxford Street from Clifton Road to the roundabout. Free parking is available in Emory’s Oxford Road and Fishburne parking decks.

Attendees are encouraged to walk, bike or skate along the closed streets and enjoy music, carnival-style entertainers, face painting, bouncy houses,  a bicycle repair station, and local food trucks.

For a map and complete list of activities and events, visit openstreetsdekalb.com.

Collin Kelley is the executive editor of Atlanta Intown, Georgia Voice, and the Rough Draft newsletter. He has been a journalist for nearly four decades and is also an award-winning poet and novelist.