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I still remember the feeling I got whenever my father took my brothers and me to the local theater as children. That pit of excitement mixed with the slight unease of being allowed to stay up late to watch movies made it feel like you were doing something that wasn’t allowed, which made the experience […]
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On April 1, PVCC hosted a blood drive on campus through the American Red Cross. The North Mall Meeting Room had been completely cloaked with white sheets over the windows to allow privacy for the people donating. While those performing the blood draws were unavailable for comment, the Regional Account Manager for the American Red […]
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On March 4, Dr. James Sofka delivered a lecture at PVCC discussing the history of Europe’s balance of power that led to the Russia-Ukraine war. The topic of discussion also held a certain gravity because, as of Feb. 24, 2026, the war in Ukraine officially entered its fourth year of conflict. Ukraine, having lost its […]
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On Monday, April 13, the LGBTQ+ Club hosted a panel of two nonbinary PVCC staff members for Nonbinary Parents Day. The panelists were Suz Bayker, a workforce development operations support specialist, and Allyson Umali, a financial aid adviser and co-adviser for the LGBTQ+ Club. Bayker and Umali took the hour to share pastries and discuss […]
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What do Nervous Conditions, Pride and Prejudice, and The Madwoman in the Attic have in common? They are three of the texts written by female authors that students in PVCC’s Women in Literature course will read, analyze, discuss, and write about. Women in Literature is taught by Dr. Manon Ehrlich, an assistant professor of English […]
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On the warm spring evening of April 17, around 45 parents, friends, artists, and other members of the PVCC community strolled around the PVCC Gallery on the third floor of the Dickinson building, stopping every few feet to admire the next piece of student-made artwork or creating art themselves with the provided PVCC-themed coloring books, […]
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Dr. Jamie Reaser has a tattoo on her arm that reads, “she lived a magical life.” She came up with the idea in 2024 while visiting Peru and working with the Shapibo medicine people. She wrote several poems during her visit, including one that included the line now tattooed on her arm. “I decided to […]
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Whether you follow a vegan diet or not, you don’t have to worry about missing animal products in the food at Botanical Plant-Based Fare. Botanical has two locations, one in Charlottesville and another in Crozet called Bar Botanical. According to Botanical’s website, “At Botanical, we believe that the future of food is plant-based. Everything on […]
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On Tuesday, April 14, Dean Ian Solomon of UVA’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy hosted Henry Louis Gates Jr. for a fireside chat, an event open to UVA students and community members in which faculty members hold discussions with special guests. Gates is the recipient of the 2026 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal […]
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William Shakespeare wrote, “All the world’s a stage,” in his famous comedy As You Like It. This summer, the play will be performed on a special stage in Staunton: the Blackfriars Playhouse. This theater is operated by the American Shakespeare Association and is the first-ever recreation of Shakespeare’s indoor theater. As You Like It will […]
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