Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Skye Scott, assistant editor The first visible art piece for anyone attending Let There Be Light on Friday, Dec. 8, was a light beam that seemed to reach all the way to the sky. Actually, this piece was visible for people just driving on the highway, with no intention of stopping for Let There Be […]
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Michaela Courtney, staff writer PVCC hosted a One Mic Stand event featuring the local literary talents of all ages around Charlottesville on Thursday Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. The show included stories, real and fiction, essays, poems, and even comedic acts. One of the acts consisted of a woman sharing a childhood memory through a […]
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Adult Student Life Club The mission of the PVCC Adult Student Life Club is to provide support and engagement opportunities that appeal to PVCC adult students. The PVCC Adult Student Life Club provides a forum for adult students to meet as peers, plan activities and gain resources meaningful to their life goals. The […]
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MaKayla Grapperhaus, staff writer On Thursday night, Feb. 2, students at Woodberry Forest School performed Doctor Faustus, a classic drama by Christopher Marlowe. The play was performed in the school’s Bomb Shelter Experimental Theater, a small, dark space; a fitting atmosphere for the setting of the play. The private, all-boy boarding school in Madison […]
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Ben Cozic, staff writer Ever since man first drew on rock walls, art has become a major influence in the world. People show expression and perspective in what they create and then show it off to see how others react. But what about art today? Since the days when great artists like Michelangelo and Leonardo […]
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No college is complete without a host of clubs; someplace where people of similar interests can go off to enjoy themselves. Most clubs are commonly found throughout any college, such as the Chess Club or the Writing Club. These are the sorts of classic clubs that have existed in colleges long before the turn of […]
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Believed to have been written and first performed over 400 years ago, The Tempest is playing at PVCC on March 31, April 1 and 2. The cast of 18 includes students from PVCC and members of the local community who will be performing an inspired take on Shakespeare’s classic. Adjunct Coordinator of Theatre Productions and […]
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If you wish to experience foreign art in a local building, visit the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art collection. There, you can get a look at art that was first introduced thousands of years ago. Aboriginal art is an ancient style first practiced by indigenous Australians. Using tree bark and stone as canvases, the Aboriginal Australians would […]
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Adjunct instructors Fenella Belle and Stacey Evans displayed collaborative work Feb. 5 at McGuffey Art Center. The monthly “First Fridays” in downtown Charlottesville was busy, with hundreds of visitors at a time. According to Belle, around 1,000 people visited the exhibit throughout the night. “It is hard to say, but I did have to buy […]
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The Ix Art Park formally adopted executive staff Jan. 4. This move, by Monticello Associates board of directors, marks the change from ephemeral experiment to formal establishment. Radical expression has been homeless for several years, since the bulldozing of Random Row Bookstore. Brian Wimer will now take the lead at the Ix Art Park and […]
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