Ever since I heard Sara Bareilles’ “Love Song” during gym class in the sixth grade, I have continued to be dumbfounded and inspired by Bareilles year after year, song after …
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Merge Coffee, a Hip New Spot Near Campus
In addition to the abundance of coffee shops in Harrisonburg, Merge Coffee Company has moved in next to A Bowl of Good and Gift and Thrift. The short walk from …
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Clementine Features Quality Local Fare
My restaurant review for this week brought me to Clementine Cafe, a dimly lit, hole-in-the-wall-looking restaurant in downtown Harrisonburg. On entering, I admired the warm, yellow walls and the eccentric, …
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“Into the Spider-verse” Is a Cinematic Success
If you have been looking for a good Spider-Man movie from Sony, this is it. They have made a lot of flops with the franchise, but “Spider-man: Into The Spider-verse” …
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Benny’s Pizza Is the Perfect Comfort Food
Benny Sorrentino’s is a pizza place located just south of East Market Street in Harrisonburg. This artsy restaurant is everything one could desire when looking for the perfect amount of …
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Holsopple Presents “remnants” and “traces”
VACA Professor Jerry Holsopple’s exhibit, “Remnants of Hell, Traces of Hope” opened Friday evening at 4 p.m. in the Margaret M. Gehman Gallery in the University Commons. The exhibit showcased …
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Disappointment at the Artful Dodger Cafe
Late Saturday morning, my housemate and I drove downtown to eat our brunch and then to visit the Harrisonburg International Festival, not knowing that the location of the festival this …
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Fans Find Nostalgia at Drake Bell Show
It is not every day that a child-star-turned-musician visits Harrisonburg. So when Drake Bell of Nickelodeon’s “Drake and Josh” sitcom came to town last Friday, a crowd of around 50 …
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A Simple Favor Mixes Comedy With Drama
What would you do if your best friend went missing? Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick), single mother and aspiring vlogger, confronts this frightening question when fellow mom Emily Nelson (Blake Lively) …
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Review: Crazy Rich Asians
It is hard to resist a good love story. The nice thing about John M. Chu’s “Crazy Rich Asians” is that it begins with its two stars happily together, saving …