June 12th, 2003 issue #0223

June 12th, 2003

A changed man: Lisa Hartley looks back on life

Transgenders are nothing new. The ancient Greeks had a goddess, Venus Castina, whose sole purpose was to sympathize with those tortured, feminine souls cursed with the possession of male bodies. Then there's the story of Tiresius of Thebes, who found two snakes copulating and killed the female. He was turned into a woman as punishment; upon discovering that having sex as a woman was 10 times as pleasurable, he was changed back to a man– as punishment.

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4Better Or Worse

The week in review

Worst hate crime: Former Albemarle deputy Stephen Shiflett's March 13 alleged allegation. If he really concocted a fake shooting by an imaginary African American, he may jo...

The Dish

It's raining cafes: Are we the Seattle of the Southeast?

As people in cities like Seattle and Eugene know all too well, a good cup of coffee helps keep the rainy day blues at bay– at least as long as the buzz lasts.

Essays

Afterglow: where have all the fireflies gone?

It's a childhood memory that many of us possess: Sitting on a front stoop as day turns to dusk, watching and waiting for the flash, flash, flash of fireflies to fill the su...

Real Estate

Foreclosure auctions

June 12, 2003, at 12:45pm at the Albemarle County Courthouse Property: 1640 Redwing Lane, Hollymead Debtor: O. Diane and J. Frank Sargeant III Originally owing: $60,000 Bi...

Real Estate - $old

$old!

ALBEMARLE 4/7 Kenneth M. Norman to E. Portia Albrecht, 1150 Hearthglow Court, pursuant to separation agreement. Delsa W. Wilson to Larry Snead, 96.38 acres on the e...

Real Estate - Off the Block

Off the block

APPEARED IN THE HOOK: November 14, 2002, issue #41 ADDRESS: "Mrs. Mosby's House," Ross Street, Columbia ASKING PRICE: $149,900 SELLING PRICE: $149,000 DAYS ON MARKET: 180 ...

Real Estate - On the Block

Locust lair: Time to move downtown?

ASKING: $639,000 SIZE: 3996 fin. sq. ft./ 808 unfinished YEAR BUILT: 1917 ADDRESS: 975 Locust Avenue NEIGHBORHOOD: Locust Grove CURB APPEAL: 7 out of a possible 10 LISTED B...

Movie Reviews

Overkill: Hollywood Homicide has it all-- and then some

Just as critics are beginning to feel summer movie overload, along comes an overloaded summer movie that gives us a good evening's entertainment. Hollywood Homicide brings ...

Music Reviews

Long night: Music better in small bites

Meredith Bragg, Paul Curreri, and James Mason Tokyo RoseThursday, June 5
To the Max: Collins breaks the acoustical mold

Max Collins Michael's BistroMonday, June 9 Looking for something new, Monday evening I took a chance on Max Collins, an acoustic guitarist who appears weekly at Michael's...

News

Apocalypse when? A revelatory evening at the Doubletree

The topic for the evening is the "Battle for the Universe," and from the looks of the brochure, it'll be a bloodbath. Three-headed leopards, winged lions, spiky dragon beas...
Auction & claim: Banking scandal bickering intensifies

The banking scandal that's gripped this town like a Martha Stewart nightmare intensified last week with another lawsuit– as well as an auction during which bidders pi...
Best Buy? Local appliancers say bring it on

The impending arrival of the big box Best Buy may be good news for pocketbooks, but will it leave locally owned appliance stores washed up? No way, say several area busines...
Click it or ticket? Camblos says "stick it"

It must have seemed like a good idea at the time. In the past three months, county police conducted six "safety checkpoints" (read: traffic stops) as part of a campaign cal...
Deadline in the sand: School board candidates cry foul

Applications for the three open seats on the Charlottesville School Board were due June 2. Unlike late homework assignments that get students in trouble, City Council has a...
Dust settling: New concrete co. hardens competition

A new, state-of-the-art concrete plant has local suppliers ready to mix it up in the face of a 21st-century British invasion. "Some contractors contacted us to come to the ...
Home sweet home: Catec students learn on the job

"If you build it, they will come." Kevin Costner took that advice in Field of Dreams, and students at the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center hope it'll wo...
Not Colin: Downtown's unsung backer

Last fall, the acrimonious divorce of the partnership credited with the revitalization of the Downtown Mall– Lee Danielson and Colin Rolph's D&R Development–...

Strange But True

Stand back! More powerful than speeding bullet

Q. It's got energy sufficient, if all were harnessed, to hurl a car into orbit or melt 100 tons of ice. To take its temperature, you'd need a thermometer that registers 50,...

Facetime

Ryal Thomas: more than just a happy stripper

Have a chipped coffee table? Ryal Thomas can help. Have a chip on your shoulder? Ryal Thomas is still your man. Thomas is a renaissance man of sorts, with a Belmont-based f...

Hotseat

Greg Smith: Boy Wonder and new Wahoo

UVA registration is always a bit hectic, but this year the frenzy was stirred by international attention. Greg Smith, whose 14th birthday happened to also fall on registrat...

Letters

Cover up

"You can tell a lot about a band by the covers they play. It pretty much reflects exactly what type of people they're playing for." Written by Mr. Damani Harrison in a rece...
NBC29 could be pompous

Your article on Tiny Town TeeVee [June 5 cover story: "No apology: How NBC29 got spanked"] (http://readthehook.com/93548/cover-quotbring-it-onquot-wvir-boss-ask...) was...

Cultural preview

Ain't that a shame? Late night at Live Arts

Forget Dave Letterman and Jay Leno and their bevy of curvy actresses and likeable musical sidekicks. You can now opt for a more novel version of late-night entertainment if...
Green Wintergreen: Love your mother (nature)

Now that winter’s abundant snow has finally melted, there are more than a few good— and very green— reasons to pile the kids, dogs, bikes, and golf clubs (or just you...
Halcyon days: Scarce oil and great baseball

It was crappy to be American in 1975. Residual malaise from Vietnam, Watergate, and the oil crisis, writes Doug Hornig in one of the more evocative phrases in his book, The...
Note-worthy: Kids Discover music

Jumping, climbing, making noise. Singing, dancing, squealing, pounding. It’s what kids do. Not surprisingly, the Virginia Discovery Museum has found a way to wrestle all ...
Open Road: From far away comes home

The songs on bluegrass/country-folk group Fred Eaglesmith & The Flathead Noodlers’ latest release, Balin, exude truth, joy, and honesty like few other roots releases ...
Slipping away: Photos catch life on the sly

World traveler and photographer Will Kerner returns to the McGuffey with an exhibit of photos from Guatemala and Argentina. As with his previous Cuban spread, Kerner finds ...