A free performance will be held at Manassas campus as part of the Summer Evenings Under the Stars summer program there. This performance will be on June 25 at 7:30 p.m., at the Mary Louise Jackson Amphitheater.

Press Release
Discover Prince William & Manassas (formerly the Prince William Manassas Convention and Visitors Bureau) is calling on area residents and businesses to be a part of history for the 150th Anniversary Commemorating the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run July 21 through 24.
Volunteers and sponsors are needed for more than a dozen events across Prince William County over the long weekend including a major reenactment of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run, concerts, lectures, films and living history displays.
“We have invited the world to discover Prince William & Manassas …

Washington Saxophone Quartet will present a free concert on Saturday, June 4 at the Mary Louise Jackson Amphitheater at the Manassas campus of Northern Virginia Community College.

Set in the science fiction world of Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000, The Horus Heresy series follows the events of the pivotal time in the fictional history of the franchise. Written by Aaron Dembski-Bowden, the First Heretic is the 16th book in the series.

Kerri Louise and Odd Rod perform for NOVA students at Annandale campus.

The award-winning documentary “Rainbow Town” will be shown on Wednesday, April 27 at the Woodbridge campus of Northern Virginia Community College. The director, Lauren Selmon Roberts, will be in attendance for a reception slated to begin at 6 p.m. The screening of “Rainbow Town” will start at 7 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session with the film’s director, Lauren Selmon Roberts.

Students watch students and faculty perform their own works and the works of other poets at the second annual Rapatry at Loudoun campus. Instead of applauding, students were encouraged to snap to show approval for the performances.
Photos by Traci J. Brooks/NOVA Fortnightly

NOVA Idol 2011, the singing contest held annually by Northern Virginia Community College, was marked by a concert of great singers performing for five judges, including Tony Perkins from Good Morning America, and a venue packed with family, friends and other guests of the performers. In fact, the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall & Arts Center on the college’s Alexandria campus was so full on March 25 that, according to Meredith Aquila, secretary of NOVA Idol Planning Committee, people were turned away at the door. The center’s marketing manager, Linda Vitello, said the auditorium’s capacity is 991.

Masquerades have been historically known as a social rite of frivolity and debauchery, as well as being a catalyst and forum for showcasing popular trends of the time. While today’s masquerades have taken on a more casual approach and occur less frequently, Northern Virginia Community College students were recently treated to a masquerade at the Annandale campus, as a night of socializing and fun with their peers. With the tradition of pushing style up a few notches in events like these, there was a large sampling of not only creative masks but of attire that alludes to the spring trends as well.

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