Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Many restaurant goers will find that in Charlottesville, eastern inspired casual dining options are rather common. The commonality of Indian restaurants in particular makes it increasingly difficult for one to distinguish itself amongst the usual fare of faux-authentic food items and atmospheric details. This is where Milan, an Emmet Street staple, sets itself apart. Through […]
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Virginia Film Festival presented a sneak preview of Raymond and Ray at The Paramount Theater on Sept. 25. The audience cheered to see brothers, Raymond and Ray, in Richmond and Charles City. Their characters were played by Ethan Hawke and Ewan McGregor as they find themselves brought together to, quite literally, bury their dead father. […]
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As the late afternoon shifts into the evening with the descending sun, students, families, and couples fill the parking lot at Carter Mountain Orchard. Not far from Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, the orchard sits at the edge of the city, providing a bird’s eye view of Charlottesville and the never-ending mountain ridges to the East. There […]
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The Fluvanna Farmers Market held in front of Ace Hardware is a fantastic Sunday morning adventure from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.. The event includes a variety of vendors, live music that changes weekly, and children’s games. (Although children’s games were advertised, they were not available when I showed up.) At this farmers market, many […]
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s (MCU) newest installment of She-Hulk on Disney+ is 5 episodes in and heavily polarizing. Although the season isn’t complete, with episodes being released weekly, we still have a general idea of what it is about and how good it is. Unlike most Marvel shows to this point, She-Hulk breaks the fourth […]
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You may be wondering how one has an affair with tacos. Let’s be real: juicy fixings embraced in warm, homemade tortillas are enough to make anyone’s mouth water. But for a girl who punches the clock to sling tacos, I cannot deny my desire for Tacos Gomez, the most underrated food truck in Charlottesville. If […]
Continue ReadingOn Sept. 14, a large theater of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Charlottesville (located at 375 Merchant Walk Square) was filled with a noise like a stampede of horses. This noise did not come from the movie being played; however, instead, it was the product of the packed audience, each of whom had been given […]
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Lightning McQueen and Mater the tow truck are some of the most popular animated movie characters of the 2000s. They have had many good times together in their world, from their first time meeting each other at the Radiator Springs impound lot to their first time tractor tipping to attending all of McQueen’s Piston Cup […]
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See How They Run is an irreverent murder mystery that differentiates itself from all the other irreverent murder mysteries coming out in the wake of 2019’s smash hit Knives Out through an obsession with self-reference. While hardly breaking new ground, it’s nevertheless a quality entry in the ongoing murder mystery renaissance. In 1950s London, the […]
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Riki Tanabe, Hawaiian born and raised, brings one end of the country to the other through his brainchild, Mōchikō Hawaiian BBQ & Deli. It is tucked in a nook of 5th Street Station called The Yard, and I might have just glanced over it if I did not look hard enough. The restaurant itself is not […]
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