Events for Wednesday, August 01, 2012 thru Friday, August 31, 2012
Wed Lunch Concert
Wednesday, 08/01/2012 11:30 AM
Tables and chairs will be provided or you may bring your own. Bring a picnic lunch or purchase lunch at one of our local old town Manassas restaurants that are within walking distance of the pavilion. Go to our calendar on our website for the schedule of musicians performing.Attachments
Farmer's Market
Historic Manassas, Inc. - Thursday, 08/02/2012 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Come out and enjoy our producer only Farmer's Market. Buy Fresh! Buy Local!
Step Afrika!
Thursday, 08/02/2012 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Praised by The Washington Post for its “electrifying talents,” this dazzling Washington, D.C.-based company makes its Hylton Center debut with an inspiring program for young audiences. Step Afrika! is a global ambassador for “stepping”: the uniquely American genre descended from African song and dance rituals. Originating with historically Black fraternities and sororities, this energetic and mesmerizing art form uses the body as an instrument to produce percussive rhythms and sounds through the marriage of footsteps, clapping, and vocalizing. “A jubilation of rhythm and spirit that harks back to the essence of dancing: people moving together in harmony for the greater good.” (Village Voice) Young and old alike will enjoy this incredible celebration of stepping, teamwork, discipline, passion and commitment by these remarkable masters of movement and sound!Attachments
Farmer's Market
Historic Manassas, Inc. - Saturday, 08/04/2012 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Come visit our market with over 30 vendors. Buy fresh!
"Candy Factory V" Exhibit and Reception at the Merchant Family Gallery
Center for the Arts - Saturday, 08/04/2012 6:00 PM - Thursday, 09/13/2012 8:00 PM
August 1 – September 13
Candy Factory V
Reception August 4, 6-8pm
The Candy Factory V Open Call exhibition brings area artists with eclectic views and great variety of imagery and technique in convergence and in celebration of that magic called creating art. Open to ages 18 and above, from Greater Manassas and surrounding areas.
SummerSounds Concerts -Le Hotclub de Biglick Presented by the Center for the Arts
Center for the Arts - Saturday, 08/04/2012 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Le Hotclub de Biglick - Dance the night away with Gypsy Jazz at the Center for the Arts' SummerSounds Concert - Aug. 4, 6:30-8pm at the Harris Pavilion, 9116 Center St., Manassas
Each year, the Center for the Arts, in partnership with Micron Technology Foundation, the City of Manassas, and the Harris Pavilion offers a series of free concerts. The popular concerts are scheduled on alternate Saturday evenings throughout the summer. Bring your chairs, blankets, and picnics to enjoy these free concerts with your friends and neighbors!
Free Book Talk with Jerry Holsworth
Sunday, 08/05/2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Stonewall Jackson & Winchester, Virginia with Author Jerry Holsworth Sunday, August 5, 2 p.m. Join author Jerry Holsworth as he discusses his new book, Stonewall Jackson & Winchester, Virginia during a free book talk at The Manassas Museum on August 5 at 2 p.m. Nearby Winchester may be best known as the strategically important town that switched between Confederate and Union control at least 70 times during the Civil War. Many of the townspeople though, reserved their loyalty for the famous Confederate General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, who passed through the town during many of those occupations. The relationship between Jackson and the town of Winchester began early in the war, in June 1861, and lasted until his early death on May 10, 1863. Many of the Shenandoah Valley townspeople shared Jackson's values and beliefs and admired his success on the battlefield. The remarkable bond between the general and the townspeople is still remembered today. Local historian Jerry Holsworth chronicles the relationship between Jackson and the soldiers and townspeople of Winchester with information gathered from diaries, letters, journals and newspaper articles. Holsworth also recounts stories of the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, the battles that forever cemented Jackson's place in Winchester history. Stonewall Jackson & Winchester, Virginia is available at Echoes, The Manassas Museum Store.
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Sunday Ice Cream Social
Sunday, 08/05/2012 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Bring a chair and enjoy the music. Go to our calendarn on our website for the schedule of the musicians performing. Free ice cream will be served after the concert. Please thank Prospero's Books for the sponsorship of the ice cream!Attachments
1st Sunday Dance at the Candy Factory this Weekend
Center for the Arts - Sunday, 08/05/2012 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
'1st Sunday Ballroom Dances'
Join us for the fabulous dance sessions on the 1st Sunday of each month from 4-6pm at the Center for the Arts in Old Town Manassas. Arrive at 3:30pm for a Fox Trot lesson, followed by an open dance session where you can practice what you've just learned! Beginners and advanced dancers are all welcome. Bring your friends and family! Cost is $15.00 per person for lesson and dance session, $10 Dance only. Pay at the door.
Impact Manassas 2012
Monday, 08/06/2012 8:00 AM - Saturday, 08/11/2012 9:30 PM
Come out and join us!! Let's IMPACT MANASSAS in a positive way for years to come. Stop by our website and check out all we have in store. WWW.IMPACTMANASSAS.org.
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Bugs Butterflies & Beautiful Summer Flowers
Center for the Arts - Monday, 08/06/2012 10:00 AM - Friday, 08/10/2012 1:00 PM
Bugs, Butterflies and Beautiful Summer Flowers
Enter into the world of bugs, butterflies and beautiful flowers. While drawing with pencils and chalk, we will learn about insect body-types. We’ll study the work of famous painters and then visit a local garden for inspiration to paint our own big beautiful flower on canvas. We’ll create something 3 dimensional too, maybe a bug or a butterfly to fly home with us.
Instructor: Katherine Fulton
Ages: 5-10
Dates: Aug. 6 - Aug. 10, 2012
Times: 10am - 1 pm
Location: Center for the Arts at the Candy Factory
Member Cost: $135
Non-Member Cost: $150
Supply Fee (if applicable): $20
Farmer's Market
Historic Manassas, Inc. - Thursday, 08/09/2012 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Come out and enjoy our producer only Farmer's Market. Buy Fresh! Buy Local!
Farmer's Market
Historic Manassas, Inc. - Saturday, 08/11/2012 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Come visit our market with over 30 vendors. Buy fresh!
Saturday Night Adult Dance
Saturday, 08/11/2012 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Dance the night away! Tables and chairs will be set up for your dining pleasure or bring your own chairs and blankets for a personal picnic. Tonight "The Fabulous Bel Airs" will be performing. Get your jitterbug and blues brothers gig on!!Attachments
Sunday Ice Cream Social
Sunday, 08/12/2012 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Bring your own chair and enjoy the music. Go to our calendar on our website for the schedule of the musicians performing. Free ice cream will be served after the concert. Please thank Prospero's Books for the sponsorship of the ice cream!Attachments
Farmer's Market
Historic Manassas, Inc. - Thursday, 08/16/2012 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Come out and enjoy our producer only Farmer's Market. Buy Fresh! Buy Local!
Farmer's Market
Historic Manassas, Inc. - Saturday, 08/18/2012 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Come visit our market with over 30 vendors. Buy fresh!
SummerSounds Concerts - Quintango Presented by the Center for the Arts
Center for the Arts - Saturday, 08/18/2012 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Quintango, Sizzling Tango Music - you won't be able to sit still! at the Harris Pavilion, 9116 Center St. -Aug. 18, 6:30-8:00pm
Each year, the Center for the Arts, in partnership with Micron Technology Foundation, the City of Manassas and the Harris Pavilion offers a series of free concerts. The popular concerts are scheduled on alternate Saturday evenings throughout the summer. Bring your chairs, blankets, and picnics to enjoy these free concerts with your friends and neighbors!
Sunday Ice Cream Social
Sunday, 08/19/2012 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Bring your own chair and enjoy the music. Go to our calendar on our website for the schedule of the musicians performing. Free ice cream will be served after the concert. Please thank Prospero's Books for the sponsorship of the ice cream!Attachments
Wed Lunch Concert
Wednesday, 08/22/2012 11:30 AM - 1:25 PM
Tables and chairs will be provided or you may bring your own. Bring a picnic lunch or purchase lunch at one of our local old town Manassas restaurants that are within walking distance of the pavilion. Go to our calendar on our website for the schedule of musicians performing.Attachments
Farmer's Market
Historic Manassas, Inc. - Thursday, 08/23/2012 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Come out and enjoy our producer only Farmer's Market. Buy Fresh! Buy Local!
Military Band Concert
Thursday, 08/23/2012 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Our community is once again so fortunate to be the host of one of our most wonderful military bands! Bring your own chair and listen to the sounds of the U.S. Army Blues Band. Make it a full evening and bring your own picnic or pick up dinner at one of our great within walking distance local old town Manassas restaurants!Attachments
Federal Encampment Liberia Plantation
Historic Manassas, Inc. - Friday, 08/24/2012 8:00 AM - Sunday, 08/26/2012 8:00 PM
As of 1 p.m. today, Aug. 26, 2012, Sesquicentennial Events for the afternoon are being cancelled due to dangerous thunderstorm activity in the area. This includes activities at Liberia Plantation, activities on the lawn at the Manassas Museum, the Bourbon & BBQ event and the bonfire which was scheduled from 8:30 p.m. The History Mobile will stay open as long as weather permits.
As part of the Commemoration of the Second Battle of Manassas/Bull Run, Liberia Plantation will house living history from Friday, August 24th through Sunday, August 26th.
In March, 1862, Union forces arrived at Liberia Plantation to find the Confederates gone. In their haste it is reported that they left behind several battle plans and other documents as well as unburied bodies. Union General Irwin McDowell set up camp at Liberia and is reportedly visited by President Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton on June 19, 1862. Living history interpreters will recreate General McDowell's headquarters with visit over the weekend by President Lincoln.
For more information, visit www.manassascivilwar.org or call 703.361.6599.
Lee's Lieutenants Army of Northern Virginia
Historic Manassas, Inc. - Friday, 08/24/2012 8:00 AM - Sunday, 08/26/2012 8:00 PM
As of 1 p.m. today, Aug. 26, 2012, Sesquicentennial Events for the afternoon are being cancelled due to dangerous thunderstorm activity in the area. This includes activities at Liberia Plantation, activities on the lawn at the Manassas Museum, the Bourbon & BBQ event and the bonfire which was scheduled fro 8:30 p.m. The History Mobile will stay open as long as weather permits.
Lee's Lieutenants Army of Northern Virginia, as part of the Commemoration Event for the Second Battle of Manassas/Bull Run, will be setup on the Manassas Museum lawn from dawn to dusk, Friday, August 24th through Sunday, August 26th.
Lee's Lieutenants provides an unparalleled opportunity to meet and speak with and ask questions of General Robert E. Lee, "Stonewall" Jackson, James Longstreet, J.E.B. Stuart, and many of the other officers who help make the Army of Northern Virginia seem "invincible" to its opponents on the field of battle.
For more information, log on to www.manassascivilwar.org or call 703.361.6599.
Civil War 150th HistoryMobile
Historic Manassas, Inc. - Friday, 08/24/2012 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The 150th History Mobile is coming to Old Town Manassas, as part of the Commemoration of the Second Battle of Manassas/ Bull Run from Friday, August 24th through Sunday, August 26th. The mobile will be available to tour each day.
This is and interactive "museum on wheels." The HistoryMobile draws together stories from all over Virginia and uses state-of-the-art technology and immersive eshibit spaces to present individual stories of the Civil War from the perspective of those who experienced it--young and old, enslaved and free, soldier and civilians.
For more information, visit www.manassascivilwar.org or call 703.361.6599.
Friday Night Adult Dance
Friday, 08/24/2012 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Dance the night away!! Tables and chairs will be provided for your dining pleasure or bring your own chairs and blanket for your own personal picnic. Grab your hat and your boots and dance to the sounds of "Southern Persuasion", bring your country on!
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Farmer's Market
Historic Manassas, Inc. - Saturday, 08/25/2012 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Come visit our market with over 30 vendors. Buy fresh!
Civil War 150th History Mobile
Historic Manassas, Inc. - Saturday, 08/25/2012 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The 150th History Mobile is coming to Old Town Manassas, as part of the Commemoration of the Second Battle of Manassas/ Bull Run from Friday, August 24th through Sunday, August 26th. The mobile will be available to tour each day.
This is and interactive "museum on wheels." The HistoryMobile draws together stories from all over Virginia and uses state-of-the-art technology and immersive eshibit spaces to present individual stories of the Civil War from the perspective of those who experienced it--young and old, enslaved and free, soldier and civilians.
For more information, visit www.manassascivilwar.org or call 703.361.6599.
Re-enactor Parade
Historic Manassas, Inc. - Saturday, 08/25/2012 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
RE-ENACTOR PARADE ~ Saturday, August 25, 2012
Civil War re-enactors from around the country join the community to commemorate the Second Battle ofManassas (Bull Run) in a military parade through Old Town Manassas. The parade begins at 11:00AM.
For more information, visit www.manassascivilwar.org or call 703.361.6599.
Manassas Blue and Gray Ball
Historic Manassas, Inc. - Saturday, 08/25/2012 6:30 PM
Manassas Blue and Gray Ball
The Loy E. Harris Pavilion
6:30PM - 11:00PM
As part of the Commemoration of the Second Battle of Manassas/Bull Run, Historic Manassas, Inc. will host a Blue and Gray Ball. We invite you to join us in an evening of history where you will interact with Civil War personalities, step back in time to 1862 and enjoy music, dancing, and food under the stars.
ALL ATTIRE WELCOME!
MUSIC PROVIDED BY SUSQUEHANNA TRAVELLERS
DANCES WILL BE GUIDED BY THE VICTORIAN DANCE ENSEMBLE, THE CIVIL WAR DANCE FOUNDATION
Tickets will now be available at the door.
Students and Registered Re-enactors ($30.00)
Individual Ticket ($75.00)
Tickets include a buffet meal, musical entertainment, and dance instruction.
For more information on the Commemoration of the Second Battle of Manassas/Bull Run, visit www.manassascivilwar.org or call 703.361.6599.
If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact Debbie Haight or Sarah McHugh at 703.361.6599.
Thank you to our Sponsors!!
Marketing Sponsors:
Cannon Branch Sponsor:
Sam Whitson Land Surveying Inc.
Virginia Commerce Bank
Friends of the Blue and Gray:
Skyworks of Virginia, LLC
V.F. Pavone Construction Company
Bond Enterprises Inc.
Civil War 150th History Mobile
Historic Manassas, Inc. - Sunday, 08/26/2012 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
As of 1 p.m. today, Aug. 26, 2012, Sesquicentennial Events for the afternoon are being cancelled due to dangerous thunderstorm activity in the area. This includes activities at Liberia Plantation, activities on the lawn at the Manassas Museum, the Bourbon & BBQ event and the bonfire which was scheduled fro 8:30 p.m. The History Mobile will stay open as long as weather permits.
The 150th History Mobile is coming to Old Town Manassas, as part of the Commemoration of the Second Battle of Manassas/ Bull Run from Friday, August 24th through Sunday, August 26th. The mobile will be available each day to tour.
This is and interactive "museum on wheels." The HistoryMobile draws together stories from all over Virginia and uses state-of-the-art technology and immersive eshibit spaces to present individual stories of the Civil War from the perspective of those who experienced it--young and old, enslaved and free, soldier and civilians.
For more information, visit www.manassascivilwar.org or call 703.361.6599
Sunday Ice Cream Social
Sunday, 08/26/2012 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Bring your own chair and enjoy the music. Go to our calendar on our website for the schedule of the musicians performing. Free ice cream will be served after the concert. Please thank Prospero's Books for the sponsorship of the ice cream!Attachments
Commemoration of Jackson's Raid on the Junction
Sunday, 08/26/2012 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
As of 1 p.m. today, Aug. 26, 2012, Sesquicentennial Events for the afternoon are being cancelled due to dangerous thunderstorm activity in the area. This includes activities at Liberia Plantation, activities on the lawn at the Manassas Museum, the Bourbon & BBQ event and the bonfire which was scheduled fro 8:30 p.m.
Please stay tuned to Historic Manassas, Inc. Facebook and Twitter for more information on the National Park Service lecture.
Wed Lunch Concert
Wednesday, 08/29/2012 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Tables and chairs will be provided or you may bring your own. Bring a picnic lunch or purchase lunch at one of our local old town Manassas restaurants that are within walking distance of the pavilion. Go to our calendar on our website for the schedule of musicians performing.Attachments
Farmer's Market
Historic Manassas, Inc. - Thursday, 08/30/2012 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Come out and enjoy our producer only Farmer's Market. Buy Fresh! Buy Local!
Military Band Concert
Thursday, 08/30/2012 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Our community is once again so fortunate to be the host of one of our most wonderful military bands. Bring your own chair and listen to the sounds of the U.S. Navy Cruisers. Make it a full evening and bring your own picnic or pick up dinner at one of our great within walking distance local old town Manassas restaurants.Attachments