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Thursday, Oct. 29
Batty for Bats. 9:30-11 a.m. or 12:30-2 p.m. Claude Moore Park, 21544 Old Vestal's Gap Road, Sterling. Ages 3-6 learn what it's like to be a bat. $10.50 per child. 571-258-3700.
Friday, Oct. 30
'H.M.S. Pinafore' comic opera. 8 p.m. Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville. Humorous opera focuses on love between members of different social classes; lampoons British class system in general. Presented by Loudoun Lyric Opera. Two acts with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W.S. Gilbert. $20, seniors $15, students $10. 540-338-7973, www.loudounlyricopera.com.
Fall Festival for Make-A-Wish. 4-6:30 p.m. La Petite Academy, 20110 Ashburn Village Blvd., Ashburn. Family activities, flea market, food. Admission free; small fees/donation requests for activities and items. Benefits Make-A-Wish Foundation. 703-729-0500.
Saturday, Oct. 31
Unison Heritage Day Fall Festival. 1-5 p.m. Village of Unison, near Middleburg. Civil War cavalry re-enactment, Piedmont hounds, live and silent auctions, bluegrass music by Willow Branchs, food and drinks. From Middleburg, take Route 626 (Foxcroft Road) to Unison Road. $25; 11 and younger free. 540-554-2474.
Fall carnival. Saturday, Oct. 31, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sterling Golf & Swim Club, 333 S. Sterling Blvd. Games, face painting, cupcake walks, golf, food, raffles. Vendor space available, $25. Sponsored by Sterling Park Seahawks swim team to raise money to keep pool open. With questions, e-mail brenda@kbsheridan.com.
Bluegrass concert. Doors open 6 p.m.; music starts at 7 p.m. Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts Road. Iron Ridge and Mill Run perform. $15. Refreshments for sale. 703-771-5281.
Introduction to wood turning. 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; continues on Saturdays at Don Maloney's Bluemont Studio. Learn beginning to intermediate wood turning, starting with spindle turning and bowl turning. Materials provided. $125 per day. 540-751-0227.
Monday, Nov. 2
Playful Ponies. 9:30-10:30 a.m. Heritage Farm Museum of Loudoun County, 21668 Heritage Farm Lane, Sterling. Story, guided play, craft for ages 2-5. $8.50 for one parent and one child. Registration required. 571-258-3800.
Tuesday, Nov. 3
Frogshackle open house. 1-3 p.m. Claude Moore Park, 21544 Old Vestal's Gap Road, Sterling. Children can discover a treasure trove of objects from nature. Free. 571-258-3700.
Daughters of the American Revolution meeting. 12:30 p.m. Morven Park, 17263 Southern Planter Lane, Leesburg, in the Vaughn Room. Ketoctin Chapter's membership meeting open to new women. Free. 540-338-6683.
Wednesday, Nov. 4
Bluegrass concert. 7:30 p.m. Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville. Infamous Stringdusters perform. $15, students and seniors $13. 540-338-7973.
Register in advance
Purcellville Turkey Trot 5K and Fun Run. Early registration ends Oct. 31. Race is Sunday Nov. 8, at 8:30 a.m.; Fun Run follows at 9:30 a.m. 5K starts on Orchard Street and ends at community center; Fun Run for 10 and younger is one lap around community center. Also features food, drinks, music and raffle. Proceeds benefit children's music and physical education programs at community center. 540-338-4122, pvilleturkeytrot.shutterfly.com.
Ongoing
The Fall Harvest Festival and pumpkin patch. Sixteenth annual festival open every day through Oct. 31 at Great Country Farms in Bluemont. Wagon rides to U-pick pumpkin patch. Oinkintucky Derby pig races weekdays 12:30 p.m. and weekends at noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m. Pumpkin Princess shares stories from the pumpkin patch. P-Rex, the Pumpkin Munchin’ Dinosaur, roars into action at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Live music weekend afternoons. Seasonal foods at Roosteraunte on weekends. Other activities include mini golf, slides, mazes, rope swings, corn bin to roll in, farm animals to see. Twilight hayride/evening bonfire parties available. $8 weekdays, $10 weekends and holidays, 2 and younger free. 540-554-2073, www.greatcountryfarms.com.
Pumpkinville. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 19270 James Monroe Highway (U.S. 15), two miles south of Leesburg. New attractions include a Centipede Slide and Spider’s Lair Crawl Thru; also features Fort Pumpkin recreation zone, hay mazes, hill slides, straw tunnels, rope swings, scare-crow making, camel rides, face painting, mini tractor rides, live entertainment, U-pick pumpkins, all-you-can-eat apples and fresh cider. Continues through Nov. 3 (closes at 5 p.m. after daylight saving time change). Weekdays $8.50; weekends $12.50, 1 and younger free. Admission includes entry to Leesburg Animal Park. 703-433-0002, www.LeesburgAnimalPark.com.
Music lessons. Round Hill Arts Center's music offerings include classical and acoustic guitar on Mondays, 4:30-7:30 p.m., through June 2010, 540-955-2655; fiddle or mandolin, 540-303-2901; acoustic guitar, 703-406-4698.
Carver Center chess club. Thursdays, 6-9 p.m. Carver Center, 200 Willie Palmer Way, Purcellville. Play, instruction, tournaments. $2, children $1.50, seniors $1. 540-554-2132.
Optimist Club of Leesburg. First and third Saturdays of each month, 8 a.m. Deli South, 38 Catoctin Circle, Leesburg. 703-669-2612, leesburgoptimists@comcast.net.
Clogging classes. 7-8 p.m. in a converted barn at 38327 Charles Town Pike, near Purcellville/Waterford. For adults and children 7 and older. $25 per month. Call for more information and directions, 540-454-TOEZ, 540-454-8639. Visit www.BlueRidgeThunderCloggers.org, www.BRTC.us.
Morven Park Mansion and Winmill Carriage Tours. Friday-Monday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday 1-4 p.m. 7263 Southern Planter Lane Leesburg. $7, children 6-12 $1, 5 and younger free. Visit www.morvenpark.org.
Blue Ridge Center historical tours. Fridays, 2 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship, 11661 Harpers Ferry Road, Purcellville. Meet at the Demory House. Ashley Oliver, aoliver@blueridgecenter.org, 540-668-7640.
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