Regal Virginia Gateway Stadium 14 & RPX at Gainesville, VA will have a sensory friendly screening of The Angry Birds movie on Saturday, June 4 at 10:30 a.m.
Keep Prince William Beautiful (KPWB) is holding its second annual Tropical Escape Fundraiser Wednesday, June 8, 6-8 p.m. at Bahama Breeze, 2714 Potomac Mills Circle, in Woodbridge.
FROM Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
06/01/16 / State Government / Nature and the Outdoors / Parks & Recreation / Volunteering /
Coordinated by the American Hiking Association, National Trails Day encourages you to #FindYourTrail June 4 corresponding with the #FindYourPark initiative that is part of the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of Virginia State Parks and the National Park Service’s Centennial. Saturday, June 4 is also the 28th annual Clean the Bay Day in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, sponsored by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
Area elementary schools art classes have been invited to participate, but if you would like your child to enter something, all artwork should be submitted to my office (7001 Heritage Village Plaza, Suite 210, Gainesville, VA 20155) by 6 PM on Monday June 6, 2016.
The skills and equipment of crews who work to safely restore power following an outage will be on display Friday and Saturday, June 3-4 at the 14th Annual Terex® Gaff-n-Go Equipment Operator’s & Lineman’s Rodeo. Kyle Sarvis of Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative, (NOVEC) top apprentice at the 2015 rodeo, will defend his title June 4. The rodeo is free and open to the public.
Fauquier County Youth Orchestra, in partnership with Verdun Adventure Bound, will present A Patriotic Salute and the 1812 Overture on Saturday, June 11 at 2 p.m. at the Anne Marie Sheridan Amphitheatre for the Performing Arts located just outside Warrenton.
Governor Terry McAuliffe this week took executive action to give Virginians affected by a weekend computer disruption additional time to renew driver’s licenses scheduled to expire during the service interruption. Action covers licenses that expire May 21 through May 22, giving drivers until May 28 to renew.
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) led a bipartisan group of 15 Senators May 24 in urging the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs to authorize leases for 18 major medical facilities across 12 states that have been awaiting congressional authorization for over a year. Congress has not authorized any VA major medical facility leases through regular processes since 2012, hampering the ability of the V-A to provide much-needed health care and services to veterans around the country.
Prince William Art Society will present a $1000 scholarship to one high school senior graduating from a public or private Prince William County school and planning to study Fine Art or Fine Art Education in college.
FROM Virginia Film Office
05/23/16 / Creative Arts /
Virginia Film Office is currently accepting screenplay submissions for the 28th Virginia Screenwriting Competition, created to provide Virginia screenwriters with a forum for their work and an opportunity to present their scripts to professionals in the motion picture and television industry.