DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- This year's DeKalb International Food and Music Festival will be Saturday, Oct. 19 at Northlake Mall.

The event, which will be held from noon to 6 p.m., is coordinated by county Commissioner Stan Watson.

"We are excited to bring back the DeKalb International Food and Musical Festival, and I am confident that the festival will unite the dynamic blend of cultures and traditions that continue to exist in our country," Watson said in a statement.

The International Food and Music Festival celebrates DeKalb residents' many cultures, including Asian, African, West Indian and Middle Eastern. Planned festivities include shopping, food sampling and a Children's Village with puppet shows and face painting; admission to the kids' section is $10.

ATLANTA -- Legendary songwriter Paul Simon will give the 2013 Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature at Emory University in September.

The lecture series includes two public talks, a music performance and a conversation between Simon and former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins.

It will be held Sept. 22-24. Tickets go on sale on Monday. Sept. 9 at 10 a.m. They are free, but are limited to two per person, per event.

Learn more, including a schedule of Simon's talks and how to get tickets, at emory.edu.

ATLANTA -- The Michael C. Carlos Museum will hold two puppet camps for children later this month.

Puppet Maker: Animating and Articulating introduces kids to the African puppets in the museum's collection and then encourages them to create their own puppets out of wood, raffia and paint.

A session for children ages 7-9 is already full, but a second camp for kids ages 10-12 is still open. It will be held the week of July 29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.

Puppet Maker camp is $185 per child for Carlos Museum members and $225 for non-members. After-camp care is available for an additional $60.

Download a registration form at carlos.emory.edu.

The Michael C. Carlos Museum is located at 571 South Kilgo Circle NE on the Emory University campus.