April 28th, 2005 issue #0417
April 28th, 2005
The cost of living...well: <I>La dolce vita</I> in Charlottesville
PHOTOS BY BY JEN FARIELLO JEN@READTHEHOOK.COM They're here among us. You see them strolling the Downtown Mall on a Friday night– chatting, laughing, and generally acting like everybody else.read more
4Better Or Worse
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Shortest tenure: Embattled Charlottesville school superintendent Scottie Griffin resigns April 21 after 10 months at the helm of city schools. [More on next page–edit...
Question of the Week
QUESTION OF THE WEEK- What's the song 'Don't Stand So Close to Me' about?
Mike Brody: "About me wanting you to stand farther away." Heather Flynn: "It's a well-known fact that Sting doesn't wear deodorant. Maybe he's warning everyone." ...
Real Estate - Update
Update- SOLD!
ADDRESS: 146 Main Street, Stanardsville APPEARED IN THE HOOK: November 25, 2004 in issue 0347 ASKING PRICE: $748,000 SELLING PRICE: $748,000 DAYS TO CONTRACT: 120 SELLER'S...Real Estate Property auctions
Property auctions
April 28 at 1:30pm at the Nelson County Courthouse Property: 1.039 acres at 968 Foxhollow Road, Afton Debtor: Leslie S. Mayo Amount owing: $151,000 Bidder brings: $15,000 ...
Music Reviews
Cornucopia: Full weekend of tip-top tunes
Athens Boys Choir and Amy Ray at Starr HillFriday, April 22 Fighting Gravityat Starr HillSaturday, April 23 Ryloat Atomic Burrito>BR>Saturday, April 23 Every once ...No recess! You're in high school again
Saturday night at Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar was like being in high school again, though with noticeably hipper surroundings than the lime green-tiled hallways that haunted ...Thumbthing missing: Don't pick up
252"> The HooK: MOVIE REVIEW- Thumbthing missing: Don't pick up
News
<I>Tour de town</I>: French students explore <I>la difference</I>
Like many Europeans, 17 French students visiting our town knew American culture only through music, movies, and media masters like Dr. Dre and Michael Moore. Now, the 17 hi...Crossing over: Fridays moves south, spotlights locals
Fridays After Five kicks off its 18th season May 6 with a headliner band called Indecision, but organizers of Charlottesville's biggest outdoor music party sure aren't waff...NEWS- The Jump: Thrill-seeking teens terrorize mom
Cameron Sipe was driving down bucolic Old Ballard Road in Ivy around 5pm with two three-year-olds. "I saw this car coming towards me– air bound," she recounts. She lo...Ouster ousted: Court dismisses Peatross case
The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a judicial board's attempt to remove an Albemarle County judge because of ethical questions regarding his handling of several...Reel estate: Catch more buys with Vinegar?
While Vinegar Hill Theater is best known for its screenings of arthouse flicks, this week it started screening something else: potential buyers. Owners Ann Porotti and Davi...Sue 'em? Post-Griffin, board takes the heat
Superintendent Scottie Griffin may be history, but the problems with the city schools are very much alive. In fact, just a week after school board chair Dede Smith announce...The Brazen Careerist
Free agency: Love those job options
The idea that someone will stay at one company for a whole career went out the window more than a decade ago. Now most people will have more than eight jobs between the tim...
Strange But True
Wink, wink: Not everybody can do it
DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK Q. Some people are not able to wink. This poses quite a nuisance when looking through a camera, etc. Were they dropped as a baby or some...
Facetime
FACETIME- Label this: Easy Star is hard work
Silvercrest: Helping the rich get richer
G. Moffett Cochran V admits he'd much prefer a name like Joe. As for the Roman numeral designation, "I don't use that," he protests, whipping out a business card. Still, a ...
Letters
<I>Hook</I> should be ashamed
Are you nuts? I just finished reading your piece on autism in the April 7 issue ["Generation Hg? Is Autism puzzle solved?"]. You really published such a one-sided article o...Just say no to vaccines
Thanks so much for your informative April 7 cover story, "Generation Hg? Is Autism puzzle solved?" When my wife was pregnant with our first child in early 2003, I started r...My brother's autism
Thank you for publishing the article on mercury and autism in the April 7 edition of The Hook. My 3-year-old brother has autism. The doctors told my mom and dad that there ...No UVA docs at meeting
Thanks so much for your informative April 7 cover story. ["Generation Hg? Is Autism puzzle solved?"] As of today, Sunday, April 24, no UVA physicians have registered for ou...Thanks for truth about Buddy
Many thanks to my friend Rey Barry for the little-known history of the times Buddy Glover served occasional black customers before the 1963 sit-in at his popular restaurant...Cultural preview
Cultural Calendar, April 28-May 5, 2005
THURSDAY, April 28 FAMILY Driving Parents Crazy: Albemarle driver education instructor Richard Wharam talks to parents about teaching their teens to drive...
Full Stories List for April 28th, 2005 issue #0417
4Better Or Worse
Cartoons
Cultural preview
Fearless Consumer
Letters
Music Reviews
News
Question of the Week
Real Estate - Update
Real Estate Property auctions
Strange But True
The Brazen Careerist
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