The write stuff: Why Peter Taylor rocks!

Jun 20

By Michael Kreyling

Charlottesville ought to be on a map of legendary places in American literature. Mr. Jefferson got things started by facing the wilderness from the portico of his elegant and rational Monticello. Shortly thereafter, Edgar Allan Poe may first have envisioned his ominous raven at the newly built University. In the 1950s, William Faulkner finally collected his laurels as a UVA writer-in-residence.

4Better Or Worse

The week in review
Best opportunity for 15 seconds of fame: The Hook’s 24-hour webcam points at Main and Second streets on the Downtown Mall. Extra points if you happen to get hit by a bus ...

Essays

Breast revenge
By Gersh Kuntzman

Real Estate - On the Block

Locust Avenue: dreamin' can become a reality
ASKING: $625,000SIZE: 3,087 finished sq. ft., 690 unfin.YEAR BUILT: 1910ADDRESS: 872 Locust AvenueNEIGHBORHOOD: DowntownCURB APPEAL: 9 out of a possible 10LISTED BY: Roger ...

Movie Reviews

Knocking Minority
If anyone - well, almost anyone - but Steven Spielberg had directed Minority Report there wouldn't be enough words to praise it; but Spielberg's track record– his fil...

Music Reviews

Graves Mountain Bluegrass Festival, May 31-June 2
By Tayloe Emery
Lot 6, The Kills, and Order of Dying Orchid
By Amy Briggs

News

Adelphia on the skids
Industry watchers say it’s no longer a question of if Adelphia Communications is going to file for bankruptcy.Following recent revelations that the company over-reported ...
Flipping the switch
Mix 107.5, a leading station in the Charlottesville market until its acquisition by America's radio behemoth, Clear Channel Communications, thinks it has a solution for its...
Fugitive spanker
On May 5, 2001, Gregory A. Moyer said he was going camping before facing a May 10 court date for his felony convictions for taking indecent liberties with two cadets at For...
Undercover sting
Police officers in the Town of Louisa have a new look in uniforms and undergarments. Already, the wrong underwear choice has caused one the force’s five officers to be su...

Strange But True

Polydactyl pussies
Q: If one cat has 20 toes, do five cats have 100? But first, are they all polydactyl cats? –M.E. OwA: "Polydactyl" means "many digits," and in a housecat means more than ...

Letters

Disappearing dirties
Thanks for the article on the diaper dilemma parents face [in the June 6 edition] (http://www.readthehook.com/99145/diaper-dilemma).We knew that we weren't interested in go...

Cultural preview

Busy Bodies
OK, I’ll admit it: I haven’t always enjoyed doing “kids’ stuff” with my little ones. Sometimes I would just rather be doing something other than pushing a child o...
Damn yankees
By Elizabeth Kiem
Dancing around
Orson Welles thought making movies in color was crap. You get pretty color images, sure, but you lose so much potential for expression, nuance, and contrast. The trade-off ...
Earth skills
Ivy Creek Natural Area’s busiest season is no doubt spring. School groups come pouring in to check out the flora and fauna, and people tired of their own backyards become...
Happy talk
By Mara Rockliff
Seasonal songs
Jack Donahue, a UVA alum, just spent a week in Chicago performing his popular cabaret show and next week he brings it to Charlottesville as part of the line-up of shows in ...
The divine Miss Jones
A friend of a friend of mine– he’ll go nameless, since I’m about to publicly humiliate him– is madly, madly in love with Norah Jones.“Dude, you’ve got t...