Loudoun County community calendar, Dec. 1-8, 2013 Photos with Santa, a 15-minute sitting with Santa and a 5x7 photo to take home. Appointments, www.sterlingfire.org. Weekends, through Dec. 15, Sterling Fire Company 18, 46700 Middlefield Dr. $25, tax-deductible donation. 703-430-4013 or santa@sterlingfire.org. Yuri Gorbachev exhibition, paintings in oil and enamel inspired by the Russian culture of the artist's boyhood. Artist's reception 5:30-8 p.m. Saturday. Exhibition, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays and noon-5 p.m. Sundays, through Dec. 29, Byrne Gallery, 7 W. Washington St., Middleburg. Free. Santa's Secret Shoppe, children can browse and buy gifts. Items costing less than $10 include toys, specialty soaps, holiday decorations, stuffed animals and Virginia-made products. Santa's helpers will be available to help children wrap purchases with bags and ribbons. Adults can shop in the museum's regular gift shop. Noon-4 p.m. Sundays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays, through Dec. 22, Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum, 21668 Heritage Farm Lane, Sterling. $5; seniors and military, $4; ages 2-12, $3. 571-258-3800 or www.heritagefarmmuseum. org. Dulles Knitting group, knitters of all levels are welcome. Meet upstairs. 1:30-3 p.m. Sundays, Wegmans, 45131 Columbia Place, Sterling. "Little Women" onstage, Run Rabbit Run Theatre presents a musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic story. 2:30 p.m., Franklin Park Performing & Visual Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville. $16-$20; seniors and students, $14-$16; age 12 and younger, $12-$14. 540-338-7973 or www.rrrtheatre.org. "Lights of Love" tree lighting, remembrance ceremony to honor loved ones. Music by the Loudoun County High School Chamber Choir. Sponsored by the Ladies Board of Inova Loudoun Hospital. 5 p.m., Inova Loudoun Hospital Center, 44045 Riverside Pkwy., Leesburg. 703-771-2985 or www.ladiesboard.org. Monday, Dec. 2 Toastmasters Club, NOVA Dawn Breakers. Mondays, Eggspectation restaurant, 1609 Village Market Blvd., Leesburg. 703-608-2286 or ehenry571@comcast.net. Sewing and "stitch-in," for beginners. Bring sewing, knitting, needlepoint or crochet projects. Machines provided. Mondays, Leesburg Senior Center, 102 North St., Leesburg. Mah-jongg, Chinese tile game. Noon Mondays and Thursdays, Leesburg Senior Center, 102 North St., Leesburg. Sterling Rotary Club meeting, 12:30 p.m. Mondays, Logan's Roadhouse, 46321 McClellan Way, Sterling. Beginners line dancing for seniors, for age 55 and older. 2-3 p.m. Mondays, Carver Center, 200 Willie Palmer Way, Purcellville. $2, nonmembers.