Big scrap: Artists fight for their right to pick
If you've ever hauled junk to the Meade Avenue place long known as Coiner's Scrap Iron and Metal, there's a chance that your old gutter, gear, appliance, or tin slab never got melted down, that it actually became part of a custom lamp, a sculpture, a reinvented machine, or a piece of "found art" that might hang in a fancy gallery in Washington, D.C., or even in the home of a rock star.
February 9th, 2012 issue #1106
Hook turns 10: A decade of digging
The tale of the Hook's sudden founding ten years ago has oft been told, so I won't rehash it here. What I will repeat are a few exciting highlights. My personal favorite is the fact that the first issue rolled off the presses and hit the newsstands on February 7, 2002, the same day my youngest child was born.
News
Big chill: Biscuit Run presaged Wintergreen money mess
A pile of debt, another warm winter, and the state's unwillingness to accept a dead appraiser's valuation for millions in already-spent conservation tax credits have pushed...
Bus-ted: Transit policy blocks Harrington ad
As Charlotte Ding drove behind a public bus in Rochester, New York, an advertisement on the back of the vehicle pleading for help with an unsolved murder grabbed the former...
Final motions: Judge allows graphic photos in Huguely trial
In anticipation of the largest murder trial Charlottesville has seen, a final hearing was held on Friday, with attorneys for accused girlfriend-killer George Huguely unsucc...
Going weekly: 'History Guys' hit the radio big time
The wisecracking trio of UVA-affiliated academics who bring history to life through the radio program BackStory with the American History Guys will soon be giving Car Talk ...
Meadow Creek Parkway amid icy trees
The just-completed weekend was gorgeous with its combination of ice-covered trees and very few power outages or roadway hazards. Few places near town were as scenic as the ...
Just another quiet Thursday afternoon on Main Street in the town of Orange, in this case the 26th of January.
While the bill that recently passed with a resounding 29 to 11 vote in the Virginia State Senate may technically remain alive, a pack of similar bills failed to get past a ...
Huguely on trial: Slimmer-- as analyst describes his chances
A jury selection in the first-degree murder trial of George Huguely V began Monday, February 6. The Hook's legal analyst, besides noting that this is the biggest career mom...
The Dish
Chow Bella: Rome-inspired restaurant to open in March
What does the man who created Charlottesville's Wild Wing Café do for an encore? He builds another restaurant on West Main Street– only this time it's not a televisi...
Two Parrots: Lazy for BBQ joins Lazy for wings
When the Lazy Parrot Grill folks took over the former Brix Café space at the Pantops Shopping Center earlier this year, owner Kevin Kirby worried that some people might th...
Vigil held for St. Maarten Café
In what may be the first evening vigil for a Charlottesville restaurant, a small group gathered outside St. Maarten Café on the Corner to pay their respects January 31. As...
Essays
Abe in Va.: Quiet rides and sad sojourn deserve note
About 20 years ago, I saw an illustration of Abraham Lincoln entering Richmond, the familiar Jefferson-designed Capitol building looming in the background. I figured the dr...
Real Estate - On the Block
Unranched: Pop-up and more enliven in Fry's
Letters
The essay by Randy Salzman [January 26: "Dumb and dumber: Silly stuff that's supposed to be green"] was well-written and covered many important points. I truly applaud the ...
