Graduating seniors from the VACA department are currently displaying a variety of visual arts in the Margaret Martin Gehman Gallery, which is adjacent to Common Grounds. Robert Weaver’s work is …
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Art Exhibit Humanizes Violence Survivors
We often view art as a way to express the beauty and joy in this world, in our cities, and in our relationships. While art can portray beauty, it can …
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Lunches With Liesl: Jacktown Burger Joints
In downtown Harrisonburg, two restaurants with similar names share the same building, advertising similar things — something about burgers and beer, and someone named Jack. When it comes to telling …
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“A Quiet Place” Subverts the Horror Genre
“A Quiet Place” is the second thing based around silence that John Krasinski has been in — see “The Office” season 8, episode 11 for the first one. Both are …
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Lunches With Liesl: Xenia a Kebab Grille
Xenia A Kebab Grille recently opened a second location in Harmony Square, nicknamed Xenia II, bringing their expertise in all things pita to EMU’s neck of the woods. After 10 …
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“Pacific Rim” Is Successfully Big and Dumb
“Pacific Rim: Uprising” is the sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 film, “Pacific Rim.” I want to take this moment to ask, what is the obsession with the one word …
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Playing With Cute Puppies at Sylvia’s Pets
When I drove into Sylvia’s Pets’ parking lot, I was greeted by a sign proclaiming “cute puppies, bunnies, live rock ball python, cockatoo.” And the sign did not lie, especially …
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“Tomb Raider” a Step in the Right Direction
“Tomb Raider” has finally done it. It is a film adaptation of a video game that is not completely horrible. Now, to be clear, it is not a fantastic movie. …
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Lunches With Liesl: Gray Jay
With the sleet drizzling the world in crystals of ice this Tuesday, I could think of no better place to visit than Gray Jay Provisions, a newly-opened sandwich and soup …
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Writers Read With Witty Poet Jeff Gundy
Jeff Gundy, who writes about everything from “the peaceful Menno code” to the question of “one true creek” and “the opposite of guitar,” presented in Common Grounds last Thursday, March …