Prince William County Board of Supervisors proclaimed October 11 "Poets Laureate Day" in recognition of In the Company of Laureates, the five-state gathering of award-winning poets at the Hylton Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, Oct. 11.

Virginia Film Office is accepting screenplays, 90-120 pages, and for the first time, one-hour television pilots, 60-90 pages, all with a Virginia "connection" for the 27th Virginia Screenwriting Competition. Virginia residents/students only. No entry fee. Entries are due in standard screenwriting style via PDF by midnight on May 25, 2015.

See photographer Hannele Lahti's "Ebb and Flow" exhibit beginning March 17 at Manassas city's new art exhibit location, "The Hall in City Hall," 9026 Center Street, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and nights and weekends when City Hall is open.

Delegate Richard Anderson, who represents the 51st District in Prince William County, will sponsor his second Art Day at the Capitol Program on Friday, Feb. 20 from 9:30 to noon in the Fourth Floor West Conference Room at the General Assembly Building.

Thirty-six art students in Prince William County Schools' grades 1-12 are exhibiting their work at the Hylton Performing Arts Center through March 7.

Get a leg up on spring gardening, enroll for healthcare, take in a concert or a movie, attend chocolate tastings, learn the intricacies of applying for college financial aid, visit a farmers market, an historic site, forest park and more.

Former Poet Laureate of Virginia Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda and former (Newport News) Daily Press Poet Laureate Bill Glose will present “Poets Laureate on Art and War” at Osbourn Park High School, on Saturday, Feb. 14, from 1 to 3 p.m.

From fiddles to Scottish country dancing to bagpipes, tea and Scotch whisky tastings, there’s something Scottish for everyone at the Hylton Performing Arts Center’s “Hylton in the Highlands: A Festival of Scotland” on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.