Here are a list of upcoming events in November at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton:
Dada Re-Discovered
October 25 – January 19
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Author: Press Release
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The event features free tours of the facility, various utility displays, electric city, water shed, sewer shed and digger derrick demonstrations, kids’ activities, raffle prizes, a barbecue lunch by Virginia Barbecue, ice cream by Nathan’s and Miss Lyn balloonist. For more information, go to www.manassascity.org, or contact Ana Davis 703-257-8276.
Visit the Occoquan Historical Society‘s Mill House Museum this Sunday, October 5, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., for the last Milling Demonstration of the year. Children will have the opportunity to use a hand-turned mill to grind wheat into flour and then take home the flour they mill, seeds to plant, and a recipe for “Mill House Millies.”
Visitors on Sunday will also have an opportunity to meet local children’s author, Jamey M. Long, who later in the month will be holding a writing clinic for elementary school children. Sponsored by the Occoquan Historical Society, the writing clinic will take place on October 25 at the Occoquan Town Hall. During a 90-minute class, children will develop their own story line and character. Registration is $25 and class times are at 10:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on the 25th. All supplies are provided and young authors will leave with a signed copy of Jamey’s book, Johnny Appleseed.
At Seminary Road and I-395 near the Mark Center, this 150-foot crane will be the work horse of a multi-tiered Virginia Department of Transportation project that is underway.
On Saturday, October 18, 2014, Virginia Leadership Institute (VLI) will host a forum that will examine the state of education policy in Prince William County. The panelists are vocational and community leaders in education who represent the nine historically Black Greek letter organizations.
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Storage Strategies Inc., a 7-year-old firm providing a variety of information technology services to help government leaders make wise technology investments recently opened their new headquarters at 1 Park Place in Manassas Park.
Prince Williams Trails and Streams Coalition, in conjunction with the Prince William Soil and Water Conservation District and the Prince William County Parks and Recreation Department, invites volunteers ages 10 and over to the Marumsco Creek Cleanup.
The Marumsco Creek cleanup will be held on Saturday, Nov 8, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at Veterans Park, located at 14300 Featherstone Road in Woodbridge. Sign-in on the day of the event at the large pavilion in Veterans Park which is across from the Community Center. Bathroom facilities, trash bags, gloves, water and refreshments are provided.
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Stafford County Crime Solvers announces the “Stafford Shred It Program- Drive Thru Style.”
The event is an opportunity for the citizens of Stafford County to shred unwanted documents, receipts or other official papers. For $5 a box of papers, residents can come to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office Parking Lot at 1225 Courthouse Road and have their unwanted papers shredded on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014 from 8 a.m. until noon.
Two Prince William County residents have been awarded scholarships from the Shepherd University Foundation.
Woodbridge residents include Deon R. Jones, who received the Moler General Scholarship, and Isaiah A. Tetteh, who received the Shepherd Fund Scholarship.
QUANTICO, Va. — The Town of Quantico is pleased to partner with the Ft. Belvior/Quantico Chapter of Team River Runner and the American Canoe Association (ACA) in hosting the 2nd Annual Blockade Run Kayak and SUP Races on Saturday Sept. 20, from 3 to 7 p.m.
This event will include the following races: 1K kayak race, 1K kayak 4-person team relay race, 1K SUP race, 1K SUP 4-person team relay, 250M Kids kayak race and 250M Kids SUP race. An awards ceremony will follow the races.