Real Housewives Debut, Kids Fall Festival, Stafford County Fair

MONDAY, Oct. 21

• Economic Development Authority Regular Meeting, 8:30 - 11 a.m. at City Hall

• Non-Profit Business Builder, 12 - 1 p.m. at the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce. Free.
• Council Work Session, 5:30 - 7 p.m. at City Hall
• World Drumming and Choral Showcase, 7 p.m. at James Monroe High School. Free.
• City Council Meeting, 7:30 p.m.

• STEM 16 Educator Exchange, 5 - 7 p.m. at the Germanna Community College Workforce and Technology Center.  Admission: chamber members $10 Members, non-members $15, free for teachers.
• Kids Fall Festival, 6 - 7:30 p.m. at Dorothy Hart Community Center.
• New York Times best-selling author Deborah Tannen will speak in the Great Hall at the University of Mary Washington at 7:30 p.m. Free.
  

• Workforce NOW Professional Development Series: Dealing with Difficult Colleagues, 8 - 10 a.m. at the Germanna Community College Workforce and Technology Center.  Admission: chamber members $25, non-members $50.
• Thursday Poem Series reading by Luke Johnson from After the Ark and other poems at 5 p.m. in room 139 of Combs Hall at the University of Mary Washington. Free.
  
• Exhibition Opening Reception of Anarchistic Abstraction, 5 - 7 p.m. in Ridderhof Martin Gallery, College Avenue at Seacobeck Street, and duPont Gallery, College Avenue at Thornton Street. Free.
  
• Grand Debut of The Real Housewives of Fredericksburg, A Red Carpet Affair, 7 p.m. at Ladyburg, 807 Caroline St. Free.

• Opening night of the Stafford County Fair, 5 - 10 p.m. at Mountainview High School.  Tickets are $15 online pre-sale, $20 at the gate.