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On Sunday, Oct.30, Piedmont Virginia Community College’s (PVCC) V. Earl Dickinson Theater, along with the PVCC Political Club and Charlottesville’s Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Speech, hosted an evening with comedian Chris Bliss. For anyone who is familiar with Bliss’s unique style of entertainment, labeling him a stand-up comedian may feel like an under-sell: he is also billed […]
Continue ReadingFans of live music will have something to look forward to at Piedmont Virginia Community College when the radio station 106.1 FM The Corner hosts this year’s “The Corner Lounge LIVE!,” featuring local acts Grey Matter and the Eli Cook Band. The show will include live performances and interviews with the bands hosted by 106.1’s […]
Continue ReadingBack in spring, Piedmont Virginia Community College student Matthew Browning put together an original Star Wars fan-fiction play with the help of some friends called “Star Wars: Residious Rise.” The production proved to be a challenging endeavor, but was nonetheless well received by the audience. This month, Browning is putting on a performance of the […]
Continue ReadingTom Waits, the gravelly-voiced god of modern beatniks, returns with his first album of new material in seven years. Fans of Waits, however, have not been left high and dry; in 2006, “Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards,” a collection of b-sides and rarities, was released, and 2009 saw a live album, “Glitter & Doom.” With […]
Continue ReadingEvery year, the University of Virginia’s College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences provides a great source for new and classic independent films to Charlottesville residents and cinema enthusiasts. This Nov. marks the 24th annual Virginia Film Festival (VFF). The festival will take place from Thursday, Nov. 3 to Sunday, Nov. 6, and will […]
Continue Reading“World Peace” is an ambition many people desire. It is also a vague notion, and there have been many different ideas proposed to achieve it. One film, however, has inspired a unique idea: achieving peace through rock ‘n’ roll music. “Air Guitar Nation” follows individuals performing rock ‘n’ roll without physical instruments. Adam Lee, a local […]
Continue ReadingEleven years after the third installment, director Wes Craven returns to the horror franchise that brought him success in the ’90s with “Scream 4.” In this film, Sidney, Dewey and Gale reunite when they find themselves back in Woodsboro, only to discover the style of murders with which they are all too familiar have returned […]
Continue ReadingWhen Das Racist first burst upon the scene with the viral sensation “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell,” many wrote the group off as a novelty act or one-hit-wonder. Nothing, however, could be further from the truth. Unbeknownst to most, Das Racist has continued making music in the three years since their initial foray into […]
Continue ReadingAcademy Award nominee Ryan Gosling stars in “Drive” as an introverted young man known only as Driver. Driver works as a stunt driver for motion pictures and moonlights as a getaway driver. After a failed robbery, a bounty is placed on Driver’s head, leaving him with no option but to fight back against those who […]
Continue ReadingRegistered PVCC students with an interest in dance, music, theater or the arts are in luck. Every semester, a pair of student arts voucher is available to all current PVCC students. Although this is a great opportunity for students, some are not aware of the student voucher program. Mary Jane King and Kay Bethea were […]
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