Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Around 200 concerned citizens rallied in downtown Charlottesville to discuss climate change on Oct. 14. Protesters carried “no pipeline” signs. Handheld wind turbines spun above the crowd signaling support of renewable energy. Speakers from environmental groups such as Wild Virginia and 350.org, as well as UVA professors and other community members, told stories and talked […]
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The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia was largely empty on Oct. 22. Most of the staff was travelling, leaving a skeleton crew of PVCC faculty and alumni to staff the facility. Visitors were greeted by PVCC student Angela Bell, who directed them to appropriate galleries and assured them that no one […]
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Hundreds of Charlottesville and Albemarle County residents converged upon the county’s 401 McIntire Rd. office building on the night of Friday, February 4, to voice their concerns to the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors over the proposed grade-separated interchange (GSI) or expressway at the intersection of Rio Road and Route 29. The crowd quickly dwarfed […]
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The principal oboe player walked onto center stage; all eyes were on the gentleman as he played the distinctive pitch of a Concert A. The stage came to life as the other musicians slowly joined in, tuning their instruments to the loan note, teasing the audience with a brilliant collective tone. The side curtain rustled […]
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Appomattox, Virginia, celebrated the 150th anniversary of General Lee’s surrender to General Grant from April 9-12. The site was home to numerous events. I was there on Sunday, April 12th to experience the reenactment of the Confederate soldiers stacking and surrendering their arms to the Union soldiers. The procession started with a group of Union […]
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Piedmont Virginia Community College held a free Contemporary dance workshop January 24 for all dance levels. A workshop is a chance to explore and provide extra training. The contemporary dance workshop gave time to refine techniques. Faith Levine, the instructor, said, “Feel free, find yourself, modify.” This workshop brought dancers of all levels together for […]
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Hundreds of Charlottesville and Albemarle County residents converged upon the county’s 401 McIntire Rd. office building on the night of Friday, February 4, to voice their concerns to the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors over the proposed grade-separated interchange (GSI) or expressway at the intersection of Rio Road and Route 29. The crowd quickly dwarfed […]
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