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Thursday 12

MULTIMEDIA ART EXHIBIT, works by Lu Wyer Harris and watercolors by Catherine Hillis. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 1-5 p.m. Saturdays, through Dec. 17. Reception, 6-8 p.m. this Saturday, Center for the Arts, Caton Merchant Family Art Gallery, 9419 Battle St., Manassas. Free. 703-330-2787 or http://www.center-for-the-arts.org.

"CELEBRATING WOMEN" EXHIBIT, pastels and etchings by Roger Frey and silver and bronze jewelry by Sherry Chaples. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, through Dec. 7, Artists' Undertaking, 309 Mill St., Occoquan. Free. 703-494-0584 or http://www.artistsundertaking.com.

"KALEIDOSCOPE" EXHIBIT, paintings by Jackie Perry. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays and noon-5 p.m. Sundays, through Dec. 6, Loft Gallery, 313 Mill St., Occoquan. Free. 703-490-1117 or http://www.loftgallery.org.

SPANISH CHAT, practice conversational Spanish with others. Noon-2 p.m., Central Community Library, 8601 Mathis Ave., Manassas. Free.

MIDDLE SCHOOL BOOK CLUB, discussion of "Life Is Funny," by E.R. Frank, led by Parkside Middle School teacher Paulette Garner. 7 p.m., Central Community Library, 8601 Mathis Ave., Manassas. Free. 703-361-8211.

TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL, Woodbridge club. 7:30 p.m., Ebenezer Baptist Church, 13020 Telegraph Rd., Woodbridge. $39 membership fee. 703-731-2120.

Friday 13

"THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND," Rooftop Productions performs a revue featuring songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb. 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, through Nov. 21, Center for the Arts, Kellar Theatre, 9419 Battle St., Manassas. $15; age 65 and older and students, $12. 703-330-2787 or http://www.center-for-the-arts.org.

Saturday 14

NEIGHBORHOOD CONFERENCE, workshops on emergency preparedness, Neighborhood Watch and community living. Event also features a display of a pet-friendly evacuation shelter, American Red Cross giveaways, exhibits and a performance by the Bull Run Cloggers. Sponsored by Glenn C. Moore, Ameriprise Financial and the City of Manassas. 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Boys & Girls Club, 9501 Dean Park Lane, Manassas. Free, registration required. 703-257-8315 or http://www.manassascity.org/conference.

VICTORIAN TEA, live music, costumed servers and a traditional tea, sponsored by the Manassas Museum. 3:30 p.m., Liberia Plantation, Mathis Avenue, Manassas. $35, reservations required. 703-368-1873 or http://www.manassasmuseum.org.

"ALADDIN JR.," performed by the Center for the Arts' Pied Piper Theatre. 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, 4 p.m. Sundays, through Nov. 22, Osbourn Park High School, 8909 Euclid Ave., Manassas. $9; in advance, $8. 703-330-2787 or http://www.center-for-the-arts.org.

WORKHOUSE ARTS CENTER RECEPTIONS, meet artist Matthew McMullen at a reception for the opening of his exhibit of paintings, "Colors of the Reef," and attend the opening of the exhibit "Tri-Focus," in which artists Trish Vermillion, Judith Dougherty and Marni Maree depict people and nature in porcelain works, oil paintings and watercolors. 6-9 p.m., Lorton Workhouse Arts Center, Studio 4 Gallery ("Colors of the Reef") and Studio 5 Gallery ("Tri-Focus"), 9517 Workhouse Way, Lorton. Free. 703-584-2900 or http://www.workhousearts.org.

Sunday 15

CLAUDIA EMERSON TALK, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet will read from her work "Late Wife." She is one of eight women featured in the Virginia Women in History traveling exhibit, which will be at the museum through Dec. 19. 2 p.m., Manassas Museum, 9101 Prince William St., Manassas. Program, free. Museum admission, $5; seniors and students, $4; children 6 and younger, free. 703-368-1873 or http://www.manassasmuseum.org.