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THURSDAY

Gourmet Chef's Auction, Daniel Technology Center, Germanna Community College, Culpeper. Restaurants and caterers offer samples of their food, music by the Possum Ridge String Band, live auction. 6-10 p.m. $25. 540/829-7200.

Lecture: "Great Lives (and Times) at UMW," UMW, George Washington Hall, Dodd Auditorium. By William Crawley, director of the Great Lives lecture series and distinguished professor emeritus of history at UMW. 7:30 p.m. Free. 540/654-1065.

Plant Sale, Rappahannock Adult Activities Inc., 750 Kings Highway, Stafford. Annual and perennial flowers, vegetables and herbs. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Runs through May 5. 540/373-7643.

Film, Library of Congress Packard Campus, 19053 Mount Pony Road, Culpeper. "The Little Giant" (1933): A Chicago beer magnate about to lose his business with the repeal of Prohibition, moves to California and tries to join society's upper crust, but his gangster origins prove tough to shake. With Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor and Helen Vinson. Black-and-white. 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations encouraged. 540/827-1079, ext. 79994.

Carolina Shag Dancing, Shannon's Bar & Grille, 2801 Plank Road, Fredericksburg. Sponsored by Battlefield Boogie Club. Free lessons at 7:30 p.m., dance until 10 p.m. 540/786-8321.

THEATER

"Godspell," Spotsylvania High School, 6975 Courthouse Road. 7 p.m. Adults $10, students $5. Runs through May 5. 540/582-3882, ext. 5445.

"A Midsummer Night's Dream," James Monroe High School, 2300 Washington Ave. 7 p.m. Pay what you can at the door. Runs through May 5.

"Fiddler on the Roof," Dr. A.J. Ferlazzo Building, 15941 Donald Curtis Drive, Woodbridge. By the Castaways Repertory Theatre. Runs through May 19. 703/508-5418; castawaystheatre.org.

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FRIDAY

Fundraiser Dinner, King George Citizens Center, 8076 Kings Highway. Chicken, fish, potato salad, green beans, soda, cake. Noon until. $10. Benefits New Monrovia Baptist Church's Relay for Life team. To place orders contact Lisa at 804/224-0415.

Fish Fry, St. William of York Church, 3130 Jefferson Davis Highway, Stafford. 5-7 p.m. Adults $7, under age 12 $5. 540/720-4337.

Book Signing, Jabberwocky Children's Books & Toys, 810 Caroline St. Betty Lewis Ellett will sign her new book "ABC's From the Rappahannock River, With Love." 6-8 p.m. 540/899-8041.

Bingo, Spotsylvania Middle School, 8801 Courthouse Road. Doors open 6 p.m., games begin 7 p.m. $10 in advance, $20 at the door.
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