PHOTOPHILE: Only in Charlottesville: best shots of 2007

Each week the Hook tries to publish an assortment of wild, wonderful, and sometimes weird local goings-on by sending a photographer to capture the flash and color of an event that's unique to our town. Here are a few highlights of our weekly feature that can best be described as "only in Charlottesville."

CNBC's Jim Cramer gets into the Wahoo spirit on February 7 at a special taping of his Mad Money program at UVA's Darden School of Business.
PHOTO BY WILL WALKER

Undergrads get animated before Ben Folds' concert at UVA's Springfest on March 31.
PHOTO BY WILL WALKER

The Paramount Theater rolls out the green carpet for the premiere of Evan Almighty starring Steve Carell and Morgan Freeman, which was shot in Crozet.
PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER

Jamie Dyer of the Hogwaller Ramblers lights a cigarette during his band's last weekly Sunday night gig at Fellini's #9 in September.
PHOTO BY TOM DALY

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) signs autographs at the Paramount Theater after her September 23 appearance to raise money for her presidential campaign.
PHOTO BY TOM DALY

Before sending Perrone Robotics' computer-controlled Toyota Scion off on its cross country journey in October, software engineer David Rusbarsky poses with Elvis, the dummy stand-in for a human driver.
PHOTO BY JAY KUHLMANN

An anonymous partygoer enjoys enoteca's hospitality at a November 8 benefit for public television station WHTJ.
PHOTO BY TOM DALY

Before their November 6 opening set for the Police at JPJ, Fiction Plane bassist and Sting's son Joe Sumner (center) records promos for 106.1 FM "The Corner" along with drummer Pete Wilhoit (left) and guitarist Seton Daunt.
PHOTO BY BILLY HUNT

Benny Caps gives the Hokies hell at a tailgate shindig before the big November 24 football game between UVA and Virginia Tech.
PHOTO BY JAY KUHLMANN

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