Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Attention all music lovers – If you like a variety of music ranging from Goth to Metal, you should check out local Charlottesville band, Bella Morte. The gothic band was formed in 1996 by Andy Deane and Gopal Metro. There are currently four members, Lead Singer Andy Deane, Lead Guitarist Tony Lechmanski, Bass Guitarist Marshall […]
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Fourth Fridays Improv workshop started off with a “bang,” “eeek,” and a “bading.” Located in The Black Box Theatre in the Dickinson Building at Piedmont Virginia Community College. Brad Stoller, the improv workshop instructor, prepares by taking off his shoes and stretching. “The more you try to think of something to do the longer it […]
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You would not blame Nick if he killed his wife. Amy will not go away. Director David Fincher’s adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s novel Gone Girl into a motion picture is on target. It should be; Flynn wrote the screenplay. For the most part, the setting, plot, and characters are the same. The main difference is […]
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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 […]
Continue ReadingMichel Hazanavicius reinvigorates old silent films with the five-time Academy Award winning film “The Artist,” the story of 1920’s silent film star George Valentin. The flick’s primary action revolves around Valentin’s career dying as the age of talking motion pictures rises. At the heart of the movie is rising movie star Peppy Miller, who harbors […]
Continue ReadingOn 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 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 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 […]
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