Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Over 4,000 locals gather every Saturday to the community event known as the City Market. When attending the market, people are greeted with the smiles of fellow citizens and local vendors. They can grab a cup of coffee at the Mudhouse stand while mingling with friends and neighbors on a nice Saturday morning. Vendors […]
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The 28th VA Film Festival will be consuming movie lovers of the Charlottesville area from Nov. 5 to Nov. 8. The showcase will feature over 20 new films that will include documentaries, family movies, independent films, and many films about political and cultural change. Tickets are on sale now and have been since Oct. 2. […]
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Dennis Banks came to PVCC on Oct. 26 to speak on his life and actions with the American Indian Movement. Topics ranged from homesteading to the 1973 Siege of Wounded Knee to life at compulsory boarding schools for Native Americans. While waiting for Banks to arrive, local speakers provided stories, speeches and a Q&A for […]
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Fox’s Café sits at the corner of 403 Avon Street and Levy Avenue in Belmont. It is less than two miles from campus. For years, I drove past it without ever giving it any thought. Last spring, I witnessed an older couple drive into Fox’s empty parking lot and arduously disembark. Midway through the process, […]
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Krystal Green is the driving force behind PVCC’s new Pharmacy Technician program: she is the program’s director and an associate professor who teaches many of its courses. “There are so many different avenues in the Pharmacy Technician field,” Green exclaims. She would know; she has tried many of them herself. After receiving a Bachelor of […]
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As the lights came on in Dickinson Theater and the credits began to roll, Free Movie Friday audience members turned to each other, eager to discuss the last hour and a half. “Jason Segel was really impressive,” noted one moviegoer. “I hope he gets nominated for an award.” “[The movie’s] thoughts on fame apply to […]
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Halloween can be a fun or horrifying holiday. That really depends if you get tricked or treated. Here are some Halloween Facts I found: Source: www.randomhistory.com The first jack o’-lanterns were actually made of turnips Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween Halloween is the second highest grossing commercial holiday after Christmas The owl is a […]
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Many people want to do good for their communities or for other places around the world but find themselves lacking the time, energy, or money to do so. Giving back can become an afterthought, something to get to someday when we have all of those things to spare. Well, with the modern-day conveniences of the […]
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It was a full house at the showing of Inside Out on Sept. 18. The audience was a mix of ages ranging from children to grandparents, and everyone was looking forward to an evening of entertainment. The first in PVCC’s 2015-2016 Free Movie Fridays series, the evening started with a short film by Jacob Chang-Rascle, […]
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Twenty-five thousand rabid music fans descended upon Oak Ridge Farm in Arrington, VA, when Lockn’, a force of nature and annual music festival, arrived in a wash of rain, floods and tornadoes, the Daily Progress reported. Lockn’ arrived on Thursday, September 10. Even Lockn’ proved ill-prepared to handle Lockn’, prompting a postponement of festivities until […]
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