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On Monday, April 13, the LGBTQ+ Club hosted a panel of two nonbinary PVCC staff members for Nonbinary Parents Day. The panelists were Suz Bayker, a workforce development operations support specialist, and Allyson Umali, a financial aid adviser and co-adviser for the LGBTQ+ Club. Bayker and Umali took the hour to share pastries and discuss […]
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What do Nervous Conditions, Pride and Prejudice, and The Madwoman in the Attic have in common? They are three of the texts written by female authors that students in PVCC’s Women in Literature course will read, analyze, discuss, and write about. Women in Literature is taught by Dr. Manon Ehrlich, an assistant professor of English […]
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On the warm spring evening of April 17, around 45 parents, friends, artists, and other members of the PVCC community strolled around the PVCC Gallery on the third floor of the Dickinson building, stopping every few feet to admire the next piece of student-made artwork or creating art themselves with the provided PVCC-themed coloring books, […]
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Dr. Jamie Reaser has a tattoo on her arm that reads, “she lived a magical life.” She came up with the idea in 2024 while visiting Peru and working with the Shapibo medicine people. She wrote several poems during her visit, including one that included the line now tattooed on her arm. “I decided to […]
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Whether you follow a vegan diet or not, you don’t have to worry about missing animal products in the food at Botanical Plant-Based Fare. Botanical has two locations, one in Charlottesville and another in Crozet called Bar Botanical. According to Botanical’s website, “At Botanical, we believe that the future of food is plant-based. Everything on […]
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On Tuesday, April 14, Dean Ian Solomon of UVA’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy hosted Henry Louis Gates Jr. for a fireside chat, an event open to UVA students and community members in which faculty members hold discussions with special guests. Gates is the recipient of the 2026 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal […]
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William Shakespeare wrote, “All the world’s a stage,” in his famous comedy As You Like It. This summer, the play will be performed on a special stage in Staunton: the Blackfriars Playhouse. This theater is operated by the American Shakespeare Association and is the first-ever recreation of Shakespeare’s indoor theater. As You Like It will […]
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Originally a book written by Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary is now a successful movie adaptation. While most movie adaptations alter the original book’s plot, Weir says differently, telling Polygon that the screenwriters and directors had instead improved the story. Released in March, Project Hail Mary is a movie directed by Phil Lord and Chris […]
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Pat Mc Loughlin steps out of his car in the early afternoon, an hour before customers start rolling in, to get everything ready for the day. Mc Loughlin walks into his shop, going down the checklist, getting his fish fed and tanks cleaned. When that’s all done, the neon sign flickers on, glowing pink and […]
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A fluffy golden dog greets the newcomers as everyone takes their seats in a cozy circle in 2nd Hand Books on the Downtown Mall. There are books lining every visible inch of the walls, which is the perfect place to introduce the new anthology that everyone is here to learn about. The Shenandoah Fantastic: Mystic […]
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