Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
This October, the hit movie Sinners (2025) came back to town for a sold-out special showing at the Paramount Theater as a part of Charlottesville’s annual Virginia Film Festival. There, lead actor Miles Canton accepted an award for “Achievement in Film Music” before the film began. Afterwards, he did a Q&A and closed the night […]
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The sound of rushing water played through speakers as a string quartet produced haunting and thought-provoking tones. The whooshing of wind chills the air as the quartet plucks demanding melodies representing melting glaciers in a piece entitled “Ice Becomes Water” by Judith Shatin. Later in the evening, ticking metronomes were projected on the screen as […]
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At the hauntingly fun PVCC Halloween Party on Oct. 29 during the Silent Disco, a flash mob gave the audience a chance to see a horde of zombies thrilled to perform. The Thriller Flash Mob lived up to the undead excitement. In the words of PVCC student Owen Atwell, “Liz Reynolds and the whole Thriller […]
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On Sept. 21 and 22, Chiles Peach Orchard held their 13th annual Fall Into Fun Festival and it was the perfect way to kick off the fall season. The main barn was beautifully decorated with wheelbarrows full of pumpkins and stacks of hay bales. Guests had the opportunity to pick a variety of apples and […]
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Two weeks before Election Day, when Virginians will be electing their first female governor, Democratic candidate for governor Abigail Spanberger took to The Jefferson Theater for her Charlottesville Get Out the Vote Rally. Joining her as featured guest speakers were former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and celebrity scientist Bill Nye. The event was scheduled […]
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The pursuit of knowledge. Human nature. Revenge. These are the themes for this semester’s One Book Program on campus. Every spring, the college holds a vote for a book that PVCC’s students, professors, and faculty members can read together. Previous years have ranged from Grit, about resilience; The New Jim Crow, about life after incarceration; […]
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On Sept. 3, I had the privilege of participating in Club Sign-Up Day at PVCC. From noon to 2 p.m., students had the opportunity to visit the Woodrow W. Bolick Advanced Technology and Student Success Center and explore the various clubs that are offered through the college. These clubs included categories such as Faith & […]
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After having to cancel his April 13 show because of illness, Tyler Childers delivered his second career performance at John Paul Jones Arena on Sept. 22. Childers, a Grammy-winning Kentuckian, seemingly addressed the cancellation during the show. While not giving much explanation, Childers apologized for coming back to Charlottesville “…after what? 4 months?” Childers described […]
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Twice a semester, members of the community in and around PVCC are invited to the Maxwell Black Box Theatre in the V. Earl Dickinson Building to share their thoughts, writings, and performances in the One Mic Stand open mic night. The first of these two events was held on Sept. 11, welcoming people in with […]
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Every Wednesday night, the streets of Belmont are filled with music as guests gather at Bar Baleno, the sister-bar of Lampo Pizzeria. The event that has simply come to be known as Bluegrass Wednesday has quickly become a local staple that replaces the liminal feeling of being midway through the week with drinks, fresh smash […]
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