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SUMMARY:Open Flow Friday
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us for ARTfactory’s “Open Flow Friday” event on Friday\, June 26 from 7 to 9 pm in the art gallery (1st floor)!\n\nOpen Flow Friday applies a creative spin to the “open mic night” concept\, additionally encouraging ALL types of creatives to participate\, present\, and/or perform their craft! Open Flow Friday offers an open mic\, and open art demonstration space for local artists to share their art form with an audience\, whether you are a poet\, author\, musician\, artist\, etc. This is your safe space for creativity\, community\, and self-expression! This event is free and open to the public.\n\nInterested participants should plan to arrive at least 10 minutes early to add their name to the performance sign-up list.
URL:https://virginiaartfactory.org/event/open-flow-friday/
LOCATION:ARTfactory\, 9419 Battle Street\, Manassas\, VA\, 20110\, United States
CATEGORIES:ARTfactory Special Event,Gallery,Homepage Event
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SUMMARY:"Nostalgia" Prince William Art Society Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:“Nostalgia” Prince William Art Society Group Art ExhibitExhibit dates: July 10 2026-August 9\, 2026Artist Reception: Saturday\, July 11\, 6-8 PMRSVP: https://insidenovatix.com/events/nostalgia-opening-reception-7-11-2026View the artwork\, meet the artists\, and enjoy wine and light refreshments at this free event. Exhibition programming sponsored by Micron. About the ExhibitThe Prince William Art Society presents “Nostalgia”\, a group exhibition featuring work by 25 local artists and members. On view from July 10 through August 9\, 2026\, at ARTfactory in Historic Manassas\, the exhibition explores nostalgia as an emotional landscape shaped by memory\, longing\, and the passage of time.Through a wide range of artistic interpretations\, the works in the exhibition serve as portals into moments that feel half-remembered—places once known\, emotions once lived\, and histories inherited rather than personally experienced. Texture\, sound\, color\, and form become vehicles for memory\, evoking both personal and collective pasts while revealing how nostalgia shifts across individual perspectives. What feels intimate and familiar to one viewer may appear distant or uncanny to another.Rather than recreating the past with literal accuracy\, the artists reconstruct memory as it is emotionally felt. The exhibition invites viewers to linger in the space between then and now\, where memory becomes a living presence: tender\, unreliable\, and deeply human. In doing so\, the works ask not only what we remember\, but why certain moments continue to call us back—and what those returns reveal about who we are today.An Opening Reception will be held on Saturday\, July 11\, from 6–8 PM\, offering visitors an opportunity to meet the artists and experience the exhibition in community.Participating ArtistsDanielle Bancroft\, Fatima Batool\, Zee Berrios\, Staci Blanchard\, Larry Burch\, Evelyn Chatters\, Doreen Dauer\, Katie Keller Dugan\, Scott Elliott\, Michelle Evans\, Nicole M Fisher\, Kathleen Gates\, Sheri Herrick\, Lizzy B. Javier\, Absku KOY\, Sandra Lewin\, Donna Liguria\, April Mckether\, Mark Murphy\, Katharine Owens\, L Palladino\, Tom Payne\, Mandy Powell\, Tinnetta Putney\, Bettie Sperty \n\nContact ARTfactory\, Gallery Director: Jordan Exum | jexum@VirginiaARTfactory.org 9419 Battle St\, Manassas\, VA 20110 | 703-330-2787 Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday (10 am-5 pm)\, Sunday (12-5 pm) VirginiaARTfactory.org 
URL:https://virginiaartfactory.org/event/nostalgia-pwas/
LOCATION:ARTfactory\, 9419 Battle Street\, Manassas\, VA\, 20110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery,Homepage Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260711T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260711T200000
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SUMMARY:"Nostalgia" Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:“Nostalgia” Prince William Art Society Group Art ExhibitExhibit dates: July 10 2026-August 9\, 2026Artist Reception: Saturday\, July 11\, 6-8 PMRSVP: https://insidenovatix.com/events/nostalgia-opening-reception-7-11-2026View the artwork\, meet the artists\, and enjoy wine and light refreshments at this free event. Exhibition programming sponsored by Micron. About the ExhibitThe Prince William Art Society presents “Nostalgia”\, a group exhibition featuring work by 25 local artists and members. On view from July 10 through August 9\, 2026\, at ARTfactory in Historic Manassas\, the exhibition explores nostalgia as an emotional landscape shaped by memory\, longing\, and the passage of time.Through a wide range of artistic interpretations\, the works in the exhibition serve as portals into moments that feel half-remembered—places once known\, emotions once lived\, and histories inherited rather than personally experienced. Texture\, sound\, color\, and form become vehicles for memory\, evoking both personal and collective pasts while revealing how nostalgia shifts across individual perspectives. What feels intimate and familiar to one viewer may appear distant or uncanny to another.Rather than recreating the past with literal accuracy\, the artists reconstruct memory as it is emotionally felt. The exhibition invites viewers to linger in the space between then and now\, where memory becomes a living presence: tender\, unreliable\, and deeply human. In doing so\, the works ask not only what we remember\, but why certain moments continue to call us back—and what those returns reveal about who we are today.An Opening Reception will be held on Saturday\, July 11\, from 6–8 PM\, offering visitors an opportunity to meet the artists and experience the exhibition in community.Participating ArtistsDanielle Bancroft\, Fatima Batool\, Zee Berrios\, Staci Blanchard\, Larry Burch\, Evelyn Chatters\, Doreen Dauer\, Katie Keller Dugan\, Scott Elliott\, Michelle Evans\, Nicole M Fisher\, Kathleen Gates\, Sheri Herrick\, Lizzy B. Javier\, Absku KOY\, Sandra Lewin\, Donna Liguria\, April Mckether\, Mark Murphy\, Katharine Owens\, L Palladino\, Tom Payne\, Mandy Powell\, Tinnetta Putney\, Bettie Sperty \n\nContact ARTfactory\, Gallery Director: Jordan Exum | jexum@VirginiaARTfactory.org 9419 Battle St\, Manassas\, VA 20110 | 703-330-2787 Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday (10 am-5 pm)\, Sunday (12-5 pm) VirginiaARTfactory.org 
URL:https://virginiaartfactory.org/event/nostalgia-reception/
LOCATION:ARTfactory\, 9419 Battle Street\, Manassas\, VA\, 20110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery,Homepage Event
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SUMMARY:Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://virginiaartfactory.org/event/beyond-therapy-by-christopher-durang-2/2026-07-24/
LOCATION:ARTfactory\, 9419 Battle Street\, Manassas\, VA\, 20110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Actors Theatre,Ticketed Event
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SUMMARY:Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://virginiaartfactory.org/event/beyond-therapy-by-christopher-durang-2/2026-07-25/
LOCATION:ARTfactory\, 9419 Battle Street\, Manassas\, VA\, 20110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Actors Theatre,Ticketed Event
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SUMMARY:Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://virginiaartfactory.org/event/beyond-therapy-by-christopher-durang-2/2026-07-26/
LOCATION:ARTfactory\, 9419 Battle Street\, Manassas\, VA\, 20110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Actors Theatre,Ticketed Event
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SUMMARY:Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://virginiaartfactory.org/event/beyond-therapy-by-christopher-durang-2/2026-07-31/
LOCATION:ARTfactory\, 9419 Battle Street\, Manassas\, VA\, 20110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Actors Theatre,Ticketed Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260801T193000
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SUMMARY:Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://virginiaartfactory.org/event/beyond-therapy-by-christopher-durang-2/2026-08-01/
LOCATION:ARTfactory\, 9419 Battle Street\, Manassas\, VA\, 20110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Actors Theatre,Ticketed Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260802T140000
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SUMMARY:Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://virginiaartfactory.org/event/beyond-therapy-by-christopher-durang-2/2026-08-02/
LOCATION:ARTfactory\, 9419 Battle Street\, Manassas\, VA\, 20110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Actors Theatre,Ticketed Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260911T193000
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SUMMARY:No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre
DESCRIPTION:September 11-20\, 2026\n\n\n\n\nDark\, unsettling\, and endlessly thought-provoking\, No Exit is one of the most famous works of existential drama ever written. First performed in 1944\, Jean-Paul Sartre’s groundbreaking play confronts audiences with urgent questions about identity\, responsibility\, and the ways we define ourselves through others. \nThe play takes place in a stark\, windowless room in the afterlife\, where three strangers—Garcin\, Inès\, and Estelle—are brought together with no mirrors\, no escape\, and no explanation of their punishment. As they wait for the expected physical tortures of hell to begin\, they instead find themselves trapped in an eternal psychological standoff. With nothing to do but talk\, observe\, and judge one another\, their past actions and deepest insecurities are slowly revealed. \nAs the characters attempt to justify their lives and seek validation\, it becomes clear that each is both victim and tormentor. Sartre’s famously chilling conclusion—that “hell is other people”—emerges not as a casual provocation\, but as a devastating insight into how self-deception\, dependency\, and the need for approval can become forms of punishment. The characters are condemned to see themselves reflected endlessly in the eyes of others\, with no possibility of escape or redemption. \nNo Exit is a defining expression of Sartre’s existential philosophy\, dramatizing the idea that individuals are responsible for who they are\, and that avoidance of that responsibility leads to anguish and entrapment. The play explores themes of freedom\, choice\, guilt\, and bad faith\, challenging audiences to consider how much of their identity is shaped—or distorted—by the perceptions of others. \nPerformances will be held in the Wind River Theater at the ARTfactory.
URL:https://virginiaartfactory.org/event/no-exit-by-jean-paul-sartre-2/2026-09-11/
LOCATION:ARTfactory\, 9419 Battle Street\, Manassas\, VA\, 20110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Actors Theatre,Ticketed Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260912T193000
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SUMMARY:No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre
DESCRIPTION:September 11-20\, 2026\n\n\n\n\nDark\, unsettling\, and endlessly thought-provoking\, No Exit is one of the most famous works of existential drama ever written. First performed in 1944\, Jean-Paul Sartre’s groundbreaking play confronts audiences with urgent questions about identity\, responsibility\, and the ways we define ourselves through others. \nThe play takes place in a stark\, windowless room in the afterlife\, where three strangers—Garcin\, Inès\, and Estelle—are brought together with no mirrors\, no escape\, and no explanation of their punishment. As they wait for the expected physical tortures of hell to begin\, they instead find themselves trapped in an eternal psychological standoff. With nothing to do but talk\, observe\, and judge one another\, their past actions and deepest insecurities are slowly revealed. \nAs the characters attempt to justify their lives and seek validation\, it becomes clear that each is both victim and tormentor. Sartre’s famously chilling conclusion—that “hell is other people”—emerges not as a casual provocation\, but as a devastating insight into how self-deception\, dependency\, and the need for approval can become forms of punishment. The characters are condemned to see themselves reflected endlessly in the eyes of others\, with no possibility of escape or redemption. \nNo Exit is a defining expression of Sartre’s existential philosophy\, dramatizing the idea that individuals are responsible for who they are\, and that avoidance of that responsibility leads to anguish and entrapment. The play explores themes of freedom\, choice\, guilt\, and bad faith\, challenging audiences to consider how much of their identity is shaped—or distorted—by the perceptions of others. \nPerformances will be held in the Wind River Theater at the ARTfactory.
URL:https://virginiaartfactory.org/event/no-exit-by-jean-paul-sartre-2/2026-09-12/
LOCATION:ARTfactory\, 9419 Battle Street\, Manassas\, VA\, 20110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Actors Theatre,Ticketed Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260913T140000
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SUMMARY:No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre
DESCRIPTION:September 11-20\, 2026\n\n\n\n\nDark\, unsettling\, and endlessly thought-provoking\, No Exit is one of the most famous works of existential drama ever written. First performed in 1944\, Jean-Paul Sartre’s groundbreaking play confronts audiences with urgent questions about identity\, responsibility\, and the ways we define ourselves through others. \nThe play takes place in a stark\, windowless room in the afterlife\, where three strangers—Garcin\, Inès\, and Estelle—are brought together with no mirrors\, no escape\, and no explanation of their punishment. As they wait for the expected physical tortures of hell to begin\, they instead find themselves trapped in an eternal psychological standoff. With nothing to do but talk\, observe\, and judge one another\, their past actions and deepest insecurities are slowly revealed. \nAs the characters attempt to justify their lives and seek validation\, it becomes clear that each is both victim and tormentor. Sartre’s famously chilling conclusion—that “hell is other people”—emerges not as a casual provocation\, but as a devastating insight into how self-deception\, dependency\, and the need for approval can become forms of punishment. The characters are condemned to see themselves reflected endlessly in the eyes of others\, with no possibility of escape or redemption. \nNo Exit is a defining expression of Sartre’s existential philosophy\, dramatizing the idea that individuals are responsible for who they are\, and that avoidance of that responsibility leads to anguish and entrapment. The play explores themes of freedom\, choice\, guilt\, and bad faith\, challenging audiences to consider how much of their identity is shaped—or distorted—by the perceptions of others. \nPerformances will be held in the Wind River Theater at the ARTfactory.
URL:https://virginiaartfactory.org/event/no-exit-by-jean-paul-sartre-2/2026-09-13/
LOCATION:ARTfactory\, 9419 Battle Street\, Manassas\, VA\, 20110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Actors Theatre,Ticketed Event
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SUMMARY:No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre
DESCRIPTION:September 11-20\, 2026\n\n\n\n\nDark\, unsettling\, and endlessly thought-provoking\, No Exit is one of the most famous works of existential drama ever written. First performed in 1944\, Jean-Paul Sartre’s groundbreaking play confronts audiences with urgent questions about identity\, responsibility\, and the ways we define ourselves through others. \nThe play takes place in a stark\, windowless room in the afterlife\, where three strangers—Garcin\, Inès\, and Estelle—are brought together with no mirrors\, no escape\, and no explanation of their punishment. As they wait for the expected physical tortures of hell to begin\, they instead find themselves trapped in an eternal psychological standoff. With nothing to do but talk\, observe\, and judge one another\, their past actions and deepest insecurities are slowly revealed. \nAs the characters attempt to justify their lives and seek validation\, it becomes clear that each is both victim and tormentor. Sartre’s famously chilling conclusion—that “hell is other people”—emerges not as a casual provocation\, but as a devastating insight into how self-deception\, dependency\, and the need for approval can become forms of punishment. The characters are condemned to see themselves reflected endlessly in the eyes of others\, with no possibility of escape or redemption. \nNo Exit is a defining expression of Sartre’s existential philosophy\, dramatizing the idea that individuals are responsible for who they are\, and that avoidance of that responsibility leads to anguish and entrapment. The play explores themes of freedom\, choice\, guilt\, and bad faith\, challenging audiences to consider how much of their identity is shaped—or distorted—by the perceptions of others. \nPerformances will be held in the Wind River Theater at the ARTfactory.
URL:https://virginiaartfactory.org/event/no-exit-by-jean-paul-sartre-2/2026-09-18/
LOCATION:ARTfactory\, 9419 Battle Street\, Manassas\, VA\, 20110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Actors Theatre,Ticketed Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260919T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260919T220000
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SUMMARY:No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre
DESCRIPTION:September 11-20\, 2026\n\n\n\n\nDark\, unsettling\, and endlessly thought-provoking\, No Exit is one of the most famous works of existential drama ever written. First performed in 1944\, Jean-Paul Sartre’s groundbreaking play confronts audiences with urgent questions about identity\, responsibility\, and the ways we define ourselves through others. \nThe play takes place in a stark\, windowless room in the afterlife\, where three strangers—Garcin\, Inès\, and Estelle—are brought together with no mirrors\, no escape\, and no explanation of their punishment. As they wait for the expected physical tortures of hell to begin\, they instead find themselves trapped in an eternal psychological standoff. With nothing to do but talk\, observe\, and judge one another\, their past actions and deepest insecurities are slowly revealed. \nAs the characters attempt to justify their lives and seek validation\, it becomes clear that each is both victim and tormentor. Sartre’s famously chilling conclusion—that “hell is other people”—emerges not as a casual provocation\, but as a devastating insight into how self-deception\, dependency\, and the need for approval can become forms of punishment. The characters are condemned to see themselves reflected endlessly in the eyes of others\, with no possibility of escape or redemption. \nNo Exit is a defining expression of Sartre’s existential philosophy\, dramatizing the idea that individuals are responsible for who they are\, and that avoidance of that responsibility leads to anguish and entrapment. The play explores themes of freedom\, choice\, guilt\, and bad faith\, challenging audiences to consider how much of their identity is shaped—or distorted—by the perceptions of others. \nPerformances will be held in the Wind River Theater at the ARTfactory.
URL:https://virginiaartfactory.org/event/no-exit-by-jean-paul-sartre-2/2026-09-19/
LOCATION:ARTfactory\, 9419 Battle Street\, Manassas\, VA\, 20110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Actors Theatre,Ticketed Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260920T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260920T163000
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SUMMARY:No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre
DESCRIPTION:September 11-20\, 2026\n\n\n\n\nDark\, unsettling\, and endlessly thought-provoking\, No Exit is one of the most famous works of existential drama ever written. First performed in 1944\, Jean-Paul Sartre’s groundbreaking play confronts audiences with urgent questions about identity\, responsibility\, and the ways we define ourselves through others. \nThe play takes place in a stark\, windowless room in the afterlife\, where three strangers—Garcin\, Inès\, and Estelle—are brought together with no mirrors\, no escape\, and no explanation of their punishment. As they wait for the expected physical tortures of hell to begin\, they instead find themselves trapped in an eternal psychological standoff. With nothing to do but talk\, observe\, and judge one another\, their past actions and deepest insecurities are slowly revealed. \nAs the characters attempt to justify their lives and seek validation\, it becomes clear that each is both victim and tormentor. Sartre’s famously chilling conclusion—that “hell is other people”—emerges not as a casual provocation\, but as a devastating insight into how self-deception\, dependency\, and the need for approval can become forms of punishment. The characters are condemned to see themselves reflected endlessly in the eyes of others\, with no possibility of escape or redemption. \nNo Exit is a defining expression of Sartre’s existential philosophy\, dramatizing the idea that individuals are responsible for who they are\, and that avoidance of that responsibility leads to anguish and entrapment. The play explores themes of freedom\, choice\, guilt\, and bad faith\, challenging audiences to consider how much of their identity is shaped—or distorted—by the perceptions of others. \nPerformances will be held in the Wind River Theater at the ARTfactory.
URL:https://virginiaartfactory.org/event/no-exit-by-jean-paul-sartre-2/2026-09-20/
LOCATION:ARTfactory\, 9419 Battle Street\, Manassas\, VA\, 20110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Actors Theatre,Ticketed Event
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