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WWJD? The importance of being Tom
Published on Mar 24th, 2005
0 comments   About any issue in Charlottesville, the inevitable question arises: "What would Jefferson do?" While it's generally believed that George Washington introduced fox hunting to America, the...
Tally no! Matthews bans the hunt
Published on Mar 24th, 2005
0 comments   To many of us, "Fox Hunt" is the name of a new subdivision. Or was that "Fox Run" or "Fox Ridge"? While the allegedly sly mammal helps sell thousands of acres of real estate, very few...
TJ must be proud
Published on Mar 17th, 2005
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Rich rewards: Judges had tough job
Published on Mar 17th, 2005
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Camera bravura: Carpenter defends digital
Published on Mar 10th, 2005
0 comments In his 37-year career of shooting pictures, master photographer Jim Carpenter has seen technology change from the Speed Graphic of the early 20th century to 35mm film to digital. But the secret to...
The F-stops her: Digital kills Barracks biz, but threatens magic moments
Published on Mar 10th, 2005
0 comments PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO JEN@READTHEHOOK.COM Instant gratification. That's why one-hour film processing was just the ticket for those who couldn't wait a week to get their vacation prints back. Now...
Buried treasure: UVA's Special Collections get a new home
Published on Mar 3rd, 2005
0 comments   PHOTOS BY JEN FARIELLO JEN@READTHEHOOK.COM The Academical Village may stand eternal, but it's moving. The research park has gone way up north. Now part of the school is moving south across...
Hit me! UVA's E-texts lead the field
Published on Mar 3rd, 2005
0 comments   UVA's new library goes underground   UVA is known not just for its historic collections, but also for its vision in digitizing its collection. Back in the digital stone age, 1992, UVA...
Barrett, travel, Borges, Declarations
Published on Mar 3rd, 2005
0 comments Got lit? American authors abound in Barrett's stash Scholars from all over the world come to Charlottesville to view such things as the letters of Charles Brockden Brown, America's first novelist;...
She's dying: His drug could save her
Published on Feb 24th, 2005
0 comments Mary Jane Gentry is going to die, and the UVA Health Sciences Center, which has saved countless lives, has pulled away the experimental drug that might save her. "It was a ray of hope," she says, "...
Saturday night drive: Keeping the peace with CP99
Published on Feb 17th, 2005
0 comments PHOTOS BY JEN FARIELLO JEN@READTHEHOOK.COM If we'd been driving straight, we'd probably have made Philadelphia by the time the shift ended. But Charlottesville Police Officer Web Stokes took a...
Break-up blues: Talking makes the pain worse
Published on Feb 10th, 2005
0 comments February is the month of Valentine's wishes and red roses by the dozens. All across the country, Hallmark cards clog the postal system, arrows fly from Cupid's bow, and starry-eyed sweethearts of...
Dot-com dumped: Website makes it easy
Published on Feb 10th, 2005
0 comments They say you can't buy love or happiness, but now you can buy your way out of a bad relationship. With online matchmakers flourishing, countless e-friendships are headed nowhere and begging for a...
Love stinks-- yeah, yeah-- love stinks
Published on Feb 10th, 2005
0 comments Sure, "love" is all around us at Valentine's day: The goo-goo faces couples make at each other over candlelit dinners, the red boxes of chocolates, the plastic roses, those ridiculous white stuffed...
Literary therapy: Poems have power to soothe
Published on Feb 10th, 2005
0 comments Okay, she was the woman of your dreams, the paragon you envisioned rocking the cradle of your son and heir, the glorious creature you imagined by your side through life's good times and bad... the...
Love hurts: Breaking up is hard to do
Published on Feb 10th, 2005
0 comments Patricia and John Kluge  These days Patricia Kluge is happily married to retired IBM exec Bill Moses, but 15 years ago her split from billionaire John Kluge was the talk of the town. Married...
Six local ways... to leave your lover
Published on Feb 10th, 2005
0 comments To call or not to call. Is email okay? Do you even have to tell them? Locals weigh in on the etiquette of the break-up.   "Just don't call them anymore– dodge 'em. No, seriously, say, 'I...
Star-crossed lovers? Tales from the trenches of treachery
Published on Feb 10th, 2005
0 comments   Oh, the perils of love. From restraining orders to betrayals to acts of violence, these locals have burned in the hellfire of love gone awry. Fortunately, they've lived to tell their tales...
No more Mr. Bad Boy: Kuttner bows out of downtown development
Published on Feb 3rd, 2005
0 comments   PHOTOS BY JEN FARIELLO JEN@READTHEHOOK.COM The titles on the bookshelf in Oliver Kuttner's office tell us everything we need to know about the man. Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre...
Been there, done that: Brides' parents offer tips
Published on Jan 27th, 2005
0 comments In Father of the Bride, Steve Martin suffered nearly every possible pre-wedding pitfall, proving it's not just the bride and groom who get the jitters. Handling irate in-laws, soothing their...
Dream team: It's not always easy for the experts...
Published on Jan 27th, 2005
0 comments From last minute cancellations to hairy situations to blood-covered grooms, these tales from the trenches show that even the wedding experts sometimes have to (literally) roll with the punches...
Get published: Websites and mags publish pics
Published on Jan 27th, 2005
0 comments You've spent a year planning the big day and big bucks having it beautifully photographed. Should those high-dollar images simply molder in an album that you'll pull out only once or twice a year (...
Honeymoon's over: Is the first year the hardest?
Published on Jan 27th, 2005
0 comments The wedding went off without a hitch, you're bronzed from a week-long Hawaiian honeymoon– heck, you've even written all 200 thank-you notes. Now what? Anecdotally at least, the first year of...
Getting hitched: The Hook's guide to conjugal conundrums, nuptial nostalgia, and that utter rarity: the blissful bride
Published on Jan 27th, 2005
0 comments There's nothing like a wedding to bring out the best– and worst– in people. If you get along with your folks, planning a wedding can be a bonding experience. If you don't? Well, didn't...
Then and now: How'd they meet, how'd they marry?
Published on Jan 27th, 2005
0 comments Chris Bradley and John Penn Turner August 16, 1997 Chris and John received publicity as one of the first same-sex couples in Charlottesville to hold a commitment ceremony. Chris: In late fall...
What a day... Newlyweds reflect on the good, the bad, and the funny
Published on Jan 27th, 2005
0 comments Published January 27, 2005 in issue 0404 of the Hook   It's a day to remember, that's for sure, and these 2004 newlyweds show you can't plan for everything! Emily Umberger and Pradeep...
A call for health care intervention from an unlikely source: Charlottesville's top libertarian
Published on Jan 20th, 2005
0 comments In a year-ago ABC News/Washington Post poll, 62 percent of the respondents favored a universal, government-run medical insurance program. Such surveys reflect a widespread frustration with a health...
Yates evidence: Former UVA psych slip voids murder conviction
Published on Jan 13th, 2005
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Extreme makeover-- Paramount edition: Tarting up a tattered theater
Published on Jan 6th, 2005
0 comments   The night before glittering diamonds and tailor-made tuxedos flooded the lobby of the Paramount and less than 24 hours before Tony Bennett crooned, "I left my heart in San Francisco," under...
Faves in high places: What part of the Paramount looks best?
Published on Jan 6th, 2005
0 comments   Kristen Gleason, Paramount director of community relations: "I really love the paint motif on the barrel vaults in the lobby. The only reason we have that motif is there was one little...