Rippon Lodge and Brentsville Union Church will have holiday programs with a touch of history. Children can meet Santa at Rippon Lodge.

Prince William County Retired Teachers' Association luncheon will be held on Dec. 12 at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Woodbridge; 13600 Minneville Road in Dale City.

​Santa will be busy in the days leading up to Christmas Eve, but he's making time in his busy schedule to visit Prince William neighborhood libraries in Dale City, Lake Ridge, Dumfries, Independent Hill and Nokesville

Twenty-four amateur chefs, the "Gourmet Guys," will show off their skills at a Dec. 4 fundraiser to benefit Leadership Prince William and the Prince William Chamber of Commerce who will host the first Gourmet Guys Give Back event from 1 to 4 p.m. at Linton Hall School in Bristow, VA. The taste-off is family-friendly and open to the public. Gourmet Guys include Rick Davis, Bennett Whitlock, Marty Nohe and Ryan Sawyers.

Organizers for Occoquan River Communities (ORC), a not-for-profit focused on promoting and celebrating the Occoquan River region as a premier destination, have announced the schedule of events for the second annual WinterFest celebration on Dec. 10.

The Eighth Greater Manassas Veterans Day Parade will start at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12 in Old Town Manassas. The free parade will be honoring first responders who are veterans. The route will follow Center Street, and pass the reviewing stand at the Harris Pavilion.

Fauquier Court House Chapter, DAR & the Culpeper Minutemen Chapter, SAR, will co-host a Genealogy Workshop on Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Warrenton Presbyterian Church, 91 Main Street, Warrenton. Sessions will begin at 9:30 a.m. and finish at 3:30 p.m.

Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra will present an autumn concert on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m., at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 1400 G Street, Woodbridge.

Youth Orchestras of Prince William’s Music Director and Youth Symphony Orchestra Conductor, Mrs. Anne Rupert, together with her staff of conductors open the 35th anniversary season Festive on Sunday, Nov. 13 at 3 p.m. with a performance called “Festive Fall.”

Manassas Battlefield Trust, official non-profit philanthropic partner of the Manassas National Battlefield Park, will host its Inaugural Leadership Reception on Oct 24, 2016, from 6 to 9 pm. The evening program at the Henry Hill Visitors Center in the Park will offer an exclusive showing of rare Civil War artifacts from the Battles of 1st and 2nd Manassas (1861-1862) not on display to the general public, according to a news release.