July 24th, 2003 issue #0229

July 24th, 2003

  • Kayley's Constellations

    Hubbard was taking a course on War & Peace and Anna Karenina on Monday nights at Lakeland Community College, and the professor was Hubbard's age, which didn't inspire confidence. Most of the students were older than the professor, older than Hubbard: bearded, backpack-toting retirees, and middle-aged women with loud raspy voices. The men usually nodded off during class, while the women rambled on about their own unhappy families, and this didn't inspire confidence either, at least not in Hubbard.

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  • My Father's Heart

    True to form, my father maintained control even when his heart seized up like a jammed cogworks. He raised his hand and shook his head, refusing help from concerned friends slicing balls on the golf course near him. "It's just a little indigestion," he said. "I can handle it." Only when he started gulping air and the band of pain threatened to snap his ribs, only then did my father stow his golf clubs and allow himself to be driven to the emergency room.

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  • Schneiderman

    I dreamt about Andy Warhol again: soup cans everywhere. Schneiderman says I'm his only patient with post-modernist dreams. I say, you're a friggin' lunatic, and how about you just up my dosage of Wellbutrin and we call it a day? Why does he get to sit there and listen to my story when even I'm sick of hearing it, and then I have to pay him a 125 bucks an hour? He should be paying me to give him my "personal history." This is just the evaluation stage, so he can get the big picture, he says, and then we'll start fixing all the ugly parts.

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  • Summer tips: Shakin' up the dog days

    You're at your wits end? Have the heat and rain drained you of your last will to get off the couch? No worries. We've compiled a list of unexpected activities that are sure to send your ennui packing.   That's the ticket!

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4Better Or Worse

  • The week in review

    Best decision for wannabe Target shoppers: The Albemarle Board of Supervisors on July 16 approves 5 to 1 rezoning the portion of Hollymead Town Center that will house the p...

The Dish

Essays

Real Estate

  • Foreclosure auctions

    July 24, 2003, at 3pm at the Albemarle County Courthouse Property: 1640 Redwing Lane, Hollymead Debtor: O. Diane and J. Frank Sargeant III Originally owing: $60,000 Bidder...

Real Estate - Off the Block

  • Off the block

    FEATURED IN THE HOOK: April 17, 2003, in issue #0215 ASKING: $750,000 SQUARE FEET: 4400– all unfinished YEAR BUILT: 1920 ADDRESS: 208 South Street NEIGHBORHOOD: Downt...

Real Estate - On the Block

Movie Reviews

Music Reviews

  • Space travel: '60s CD takes a UFO ride

    Some girls like mink. Some like diamonds. I like the Troggs. A few years ago, my mom handed over her coveted breadbox of '60s singles. As a kid, I'd tried to sneak in a few...

  • Welcome Break: Local stars glitter at party

    A pair of free tickets is enough to get me to go almost anywhere– including, but not limited to, rock shows, peep shows, sorority mixers, musicals, and demolition der...

News

  • Folding American: Stumble turns into a fall

    Financial troubles have prompted owners of The Oxford American literary and culture magazine to suspend publication for the second time since it began celebrating all thing...

  • From the rubble: Paramount rebirth under way

    The Paramount renovation project is no secret, but the work that has already taken place behind the boldly painted plywood construction wall on the Downtown Mall is more ex...

  • How low? Discount house-traders opens

    Last year, a new firm jolted the local real estate scene by promising to sell a house for a flat fee of $2,995. Now comes another shock to the system of six percent commiss...

  • Meade remade: Playground gets the goods

    Today, visitors to Meade Park find $46,000-worth of sparkling equipment complete with a variety of slides, monkey bars, new swings, and a child-size faux rock wall. But it ...

  • Pig's lipstick? Spy Center overhaul wins raves

    The spy center has finally left the building! When SNL Financial holds a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, July 24, for its new building at the east end of the Downtown ...

  • Rape fall-out: Search targets innocent black males

    Kris Jones was walking along Ivy Road, heading home after work, when he saw a policeman drive by and then turn around at the 7-Eleven. "I'm talking to a friend on the phone...

  • Student publications: "Sneaky" policy change delayed

    When administrators wanted the Albemarle County School Board to revise its policy on student publications, school board member Gary Grant had a problem with that sort of ch...

  • Wine not? County okays Kluge's gourmet fare

    Not everyone welcomed a gourmet outpost in rural southern Albemarle County. One of Patricia Kluge's neighbors complained that the wild mushroom and goat cheese tarts and Fr...

The Brazen Careerist

  • Read wisely: Job prospects may depend on it

    The flair with which you grow and prune your reading pile directly affects your career trajectory. Sure, you can learn from enlisting mentors and taking on new projects, bu...

Strange But True

  • Tee hee: Get someone else to do it

    Q. Can you tickle yourself into a fit of laughter? –Elmo  A. "I'm aware of no one who can do this," says University of Maryland Baltimore County psychologist Ro...

Letters

  • Hilarity at the Hook

    Regarding the letters you received regarding Emmett Boaz [Letters, July 17, 2003] (http://readthehook.com/issues/0228). Some people have no sense of humor. I got a big ...

  • Look to the Word

    Here are some corrections to the article [News, "Barnhill lives," July 3] (http://readthehook.com/93681/news-barnhill-lives-prosecute-me-not-my...) of which you should ...

  • My, how the Kluge has fallen

    I wanted to give Patricia Kluge a break. She has to overcome all the stereotypes about recipients of great wealth. Her public and private life is subject to a level of scru...

  • Strong words, weak cause

    I do not wish to embarrass Patricia Kluge by pointing out all of the inaccuracies in her recent letter to the Hook [July 10:"Condon doesn't know Kluge"] (http://www.readthe...

Cultural preview

Full Stories List for July 24th, 2003 issue #0229

4Better Or Worse

Cultural preview

Cover Stories

Essays

News

Letters

Movie Reviews

Music Reviews

Photophile

Real Estate

Real Estate - Off the Block

Real Estate - On the Block

Strange But True

The Brazen Careerist

The Dish

The Fearless Consumer