Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
What a better way to spend a Saturday than kicking off your shoes and moving those caderas to latin rhythms? This Saturday, members of the community had an opportunity to spend two hours learning moves from two dancers who are a part of the Latin Ballet of Virginia. Latin Ballet of Virginia is a diverse […]
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A good, quick, and cheap meal seems to be in demand amongst college students in the Charlottesville area. “You can never have too many good places to eat,” says local second-year University of Virginia student Matt Gosnell. Many college kids are continuously looking for cheap and fast restaurants to provide them with dinner for their […]
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The Hannah Graham case has really hit home since I am in Charlottesville practically everyday; I’m a student at PVCC and work at Urban Outfitters. It didn’t really start to get to me until the surveillance videos of Hannah were released. It was disturbing to see a young girl stumbling and in a very vulnerable […]
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Every week is a new theme: “What do you want to do, but society won’t let you?” Or, “What is your most true/absurd/amazing observation?” Or perhaps, “What is Happiness?” Once the prompt is announced, partygoers write down an anonymous reply and put their answers into a basket. Silence then falls as event organizer Brian Wimer […]
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On September 11, students gathered at the Dickinson building in the black box to share and express their feelings and expressions into a mic; wanting to be understood and felt, tasting and feeling their words and stories, they reached out to the few audience members who remained in the Dickinson building, ready and eager to […]
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Piedmont Virginia Community College is hosting a variety of events inspired by Liz Murray’s memoir Breaking Night. If you have missed the buzz surrounding Murray’s book, then here is a quick run-down: Breaking Night is the true story of a young woman from a broken home. Throughout the story, Murray describes her experiences with her […]
Continue ReadingThinking of seeing a movie? How would you like it if that movie were free? Movies have been becoming more and more expensive to see in theater; fortunately, PVCC’s Student Art Club sponsors Free Movie Friday in the V. Earl Dickinson Building. Watch in comfort and on a big screen in the Main Stage Theatre. […]
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Clear blue skies, a soft breeze, and the leaves at different transient periods served the perfect backdrop for the Cville Sabroso Spanish Festival that took place September 20 at the Mcguffey Art Center. Immediately taking over my senses was the chanting, deep throb of beating drums, and the tantalizing smells of fresh corn tortillas and […]
Continue ReadingChapped and soot encrusted youthful faces, with eyes that tell stories of innocence lost, look out at silent nights disturbed by the rough and rugged rambling of trains chugging along the tracks to a destination far away. Emptied bottles lie abandoned by the tracks, an eerie reminder that someone was once here. To many, this […]
Continue ReadingNestled in the flourishing row of businesses located along Charlottesville’s West Main Street sits the Albemarle Baking Company. The aroma of artisan-baked goods emanates from this community staple, located at 418 West Main Street. The bakery lies alongside eleven locally owned and operated specialty stores known as the Main Street Market. The Main Street location […]
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