Experience the rich Scottish heritage of bagpipes and drums, a fiddler and whiskey, crafts and children's activities are all part of the two-day Hylton in the Highlands: A Festival of Scotland” at the Hylton Center on George Mason University's Manassas VA campus.

Grammy-nominated fiddler Natalie MacMaster will take audiences on a musical sleigh ride through Nova Scotia for her first appearance at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas on Friday, Dec. 7.

Author Mary Miley Theobald will debunk many familiar tales from American history during a Book Talk at The Manassas Museum on Nov. 4 at 2 p.m.

The acclaimed Navy Sea Chanters are returning to Stonewall Middle School in Manassas VA for a 7:30 p.m. performance on Friday, Nov. 2. The musical lineup includes sea chanteys, patriotic songs, Broadway hits, and other genres. The concert is free and open to the public.

Dailey & Vincent return to Manassas on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 8 p.m. with a heartwarming family friendly concert, “A Bluegrass Christmas,” which is billed as capturing the reason for the season.

Director Ted Ballard of Castaways Repertory Theatre will hold auditions in Woodbridge VA Nov. 15 and 17 with callbacks Nov. 19 to cast Laughing Stock, described as "A hilarious backstage farce and genuinely affectionate look into the world of the theatre." Performances are scheduled for late January and early February, 2013.

Reservations will be taken beginning Nov. 5 for the annual holiday luncheon for senior citizens at the Manassas VA Campus of Northern Virginia Community College.

Rainbow Therapeutic Riding Center's second annual benefit concert in memory of Amy Granville-Smith and featuring the music of Peter Mayer and Scott Kirby on Sept. 29 will raise funds toward building a sensory integration and universal playground at the center located at 5605 Antioch Road in Haymarket VA.

One of China’s most acclaimed and revered circus troupes, National Circus of the People’s Republic of China, will unveil its sparkling new production Oct. 19-21 to the Hylton Center in Manassas and the George Mason University Center for the Arts in Fairfax. National Circus of the People’s Republic of China has had a profound influence on the world circus society through its introduction of the “non-animal circus,” according to Jill Graziano Laiacona, public and media relations coordinator, for the two venues.

The annual 5K, Kids Mile & Tot Trot organized by Cody’s Crew Foundation to benefit research for a cure for neuroblastoma, a deadly childhood disease, will be held for the fourth year on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012 at Osbourn Park High School in Manassas, VA.