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A shopping spree drawing, poetry recitation contest, art show, and ornaments sale.
When/Where: Dec. 10, noon. Town Hall, 314 Mill St, Occoquan.
Why Go: You must be present to win the drawing. For more details on the drawing, .
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Pricing: Free. You can still pick up free tickets at any participating stores.
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When/Where: Dec. 7, 7 p.m. , 3001 Old Bridge Road, Lake Ridge.
Why Go: Students in the Center for Performing Arts program at are invited to compete in the Poetry Out Loud National Reciation Contest at the school tonight. Family and friends are welcome to attend and support their favorite poets.
Pricing: Free.
When/Where: The month of December leading up to Christmas. 10 a.m. 5301 Jessup Lane, Woodbridge.
Why Go: The 2011 White House Christmas ornament honors the twenty-sixth president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, and reflects the excitement that President Roosevelt, his wife Edith, and their lively young family brought to life at the White House. It is two-sided ornament and features Santa outside the White House and the Roosevelt family on the reverse.
Pricing: Ornaments are $18. Make checks payable to Lake Ridge Lions Club Charities. Email vawave@aol.com or call 703-309-2085 to place an order or for additional details.
When/Where: Dec. 10, 1-4 p.m. , 313 Mill St, Occoquan.
Why Go: A published biochemist in her former life, Bonnie Ferguson Butler is now known as a pastelist, primarily working outdoors, and as a landscape photographer. Her exhibition at The Loft Gallery in Occoquan, "Coming Clean: Clotheslines in Italy," marries her two loves as she uses her own photographic references as the basis for pastel vignettes of this highly intimate subject, laundry, found hanging in southern, central, and northern Italy.
Butler, founder of the Pastel Society of Virginia, is an award-winning juried artist at The Loft Gallery (www.loftgallery.org) and the Workhouse Arts Center (www.workhousearts.org). She also exhibits in local, regional, and national shows. Her personal websites are an art blog at bfbutler.blogspot.com and a daily photography blog at bfbutlerphoto.blogspot.com.
The exhibit runs Dec. 6 through Dec. 30, with the opening reception on Dec. 10.
Pricing: Free.
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