Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
As the year draws into winter, people find themselves spending more time inside as the days get shorter and darker. However, that doesn’t mean there is a lack of light, as the festive nature of this time of year beckons colorful and vibrant celebratory light fixtures around town. PVCC’s habit of flamboyant lighting in time […]
Continue Reading
The staged play of The Wizard of Oz, directed by John Gibson, opened on Nov. 22 at Live Arts in Charlottesville. This take on the classic film features the musical score of the 1939 film along with scenes not shown in the movie. Even though Gibson was working directly from the original script, he still […]
Continue Reading
In mid-October, a group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery brought an aspect of their tradition to PVCC. Over the course of four days, for four hours a day, they constructed a mandala, or sacred circle, from colored sand, symbolizing world peace. The artwork, a blend of Buddhist imagery and symbols from several […]
Continue Reading
Katie Wells asked, “Who here finds being human hard?” It’s not a rhetorical question. Katie Wells was genuinely asking the audience, who in turn responded with resounding affirmation. And as the show goes on, she continued to break through the fourth wall and speak with the audience, not through the audience,seated together on the brisk […]
Continue Reading
On Monday, Oct. 21, “It’s Fall Y’all!” was hosted in the Main Building Event Space. This event celebrated the segue into the cozy season of autumn, with bagels and pumpkin spice cream cheese, coffee with a variety of flavored creamers (whole and nut milks) and an activity of pumpkin painting in which students who passed […]
Continue Reading
On Saturday, Nov. 16, from 9 a.m. to noon, the Charlottesville High School car enthusiast club Black Knight Rides, hosted their second annual Fall Charity Car Show. The goal of the event was not only to bring together like-minded car enthusiasts and CHS students but also for attendants to donate nonperishable food items to the […]
Continue Reading
The Art and Creative Writing Clubs collaborated and shared a space to celebrate Halloween on Oct. 29. The 2D Design class made table-length Día De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) inspired mosaics entirely out of candy. The Creative Writing Club held a short story reading of original horror fiction. The event was held in […]
Continue Reading
Absentee Ballad began on the first of November at 7:30 p.m. like any good college production, with members coming out, introducing themselves with names not present on the flyer, fully aware that multiple names had been misprinted and attempting in the moment to alleviate the problem with humor and charm. It was definitely an endearing […]
Continue Reading
The Charlottesville Ballet and Oratorio Society of Virginia held an excellent performance of dance and song on Nov. 9, on PVCC’s Dickinson Main Stage Theatre. Entitled “Salute: An Afternoon of Honor, Remembrance, Music, and Dance,” the program was dedicated to American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines in light of the upcoming Veterans Day. The artists […]
Continue Reading
The Virginia Clay Festival was held on Sept. 21 and 22 at William Monroe High School in Stanardsville. While it was a fairly long drive, it was well worth it. Our plan was to look at the pottery and get kettle corn on the way out. We were greeted by two lovely ladies who handed […]
Continue Reading
