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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie might as well have been written by AI

April 24, 2026April 24, 20260
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PVCC Hosts Documentary Screening and Discussion

April 24, 2026April 24, 20260
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A Taste of Tavola

April 23, 2026April 23, 20260
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Nettle Shirts Puppet Show Entertains the Deaf and Hearing

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Baine’s Books and Coffee: Steaming Cups in a Small Town

October 14, 2021January 28, 2022Laurel Molloy, staff writer

Wedged between two buildings in downtown Scottsville is a small café called Baine’s. You will find it if you weave down Route 20 into the middle of Scottsville, the town of the Batteau Festival. This quaint café is filled with books, coffee, tea, and happy chatter. It holds a warm joyful atmosphere with books wrapping […]

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Virginia bands battle it out in Cville’s 13th Battle of the Bands

October 14, 2021January 28, 2022Jaume Plumb-Planas, staff writer

This weekend marked the 12th or 13th year that EpicCville has hosted Battle of The Bands. “Honestly we’ve been doing this so long I don’t even remember,” said organizer Chris Gallagher, from atop the stage set in the field at the Shops at Stonefield.   “I originally started Battle of the Bands because I came from […]

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Marvel tries a new style with Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings

October 11, 2021January 28, 2022Lamont Robinson, staff writer

In life, the past will always creep back up whether you like it or not, and Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings is an example of that. Shaun A.K.A Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) lives the simple life working as a valet with his friend Katy (Awkwafina); however, he is forced to reveal his past […]

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Members of the UVA Women's soccer team, clad in white jerseys, face off against the opposing Duke women's soccer team

Under the lights: UVA vs Duke women’s soccer

October 11, 2021January 28, 2022Laurel Molloy, staff writer

On Thursday Sept. 23, the UVA Women’s Soccer team warms up preparing to take on the Duke Blue Devils. People trickle in as the sun dips behind the bleachers at Klöckner stadium. The trees are capped in golden light that swiftly fades, and the players retreat to the locker rooms before the game begins. The […]

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Is C’ville Coffee the best coffee in Charlottesville?

October 10, 2021January 28, 2022Chloe Boutin, staff writer

Many locals dine at C’ville Coffee & Wine as their go-to local coffee shop. Tailored for guests of all ages, C’ville Coffee offers delicious breakfast sandwiches and snacks, coffee and other beverages, and play areas for the young ones and study areas for the adults, creating a welcoming atmosphere for all C’villians.  I went one […]

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Pineapple Can Go on Pizza, but Should it Go on Salmon?

October 10, 2021January 28, 2022Yasser Perez, staff writer

Island Wing Company is the newest addition to the slew of restaurants in Harrisonburg. The restaurant is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. everyday except for Fridays and Saturdays, where its hours extend to midnight. Island Wing Company is right across from the movie theater and just a few blocks from the local mall […]

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SFRC: Helping Students in Need

October 9, 2021January 28, 2022Laurel Molloy, staff writer

The Student Financial Resource Center (SFRC) offers many different tools to help students succeed in life and in school. When you do not have enough money for food or good clothes but need a job and energy for school, it is hard. This can create a never-ending cycle of needing resources to get the resources […]

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Comic: “Thanks Google”

October 6, 2021October 6, 2021Lauren Cottrell, Comic Artist
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Ty Cooper, Host of Sept. 9’s Open Mic Stand, Hosts Two More Upcoming Events

October 5, 2021September 26, 2022Carlos Banda Montes, staff writer

PVCC’s Open Mic Stand, hosted by Ty Cooper, is a free public event where anyone can sign up to perform an hour before it starts. The last Open Mic Stand was held Sept. 9, and I’m grateful to not have missed it. You had to be there, is all I can sincerely say. I asked […]

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Combating misinformation in the digital age

September 11, 2021September 26, 2022Maxwell Walpole

For the Fall 2021 semester, PVCC’s One Book Program has taken aim at misinformation and fake news. And the selected book, The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread, by Cailin O’Connor and James Owen Weatherall, is available for every student and staff member on campus to read digitally, a first for the One Book Program.  […]

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