April 1st, 2004 issue #0313

April 1st, 2004

Dischord: Prism Coffeehouse seeks harmony

For the past four decades, the Prism Coffeehouse has been a leading Charlottesville music venue, attracting big name acts and serving as an anchor for the folk music community. But in the past month, a mighty wind of discord has begun to gust behind the scenes, threatening to shake the Coffeehouse to its very foundations. "It's like a third-world country," charges Jim Quarles, a recently resigned Prism board member. "It's analogous to a dictatorship."

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4Better Or Worse

The week in review

Worst fire: In Richmond on March 26 when fire breaks out in a construction dumpster, ignites a student housing project, and leaps over Broad Street. When the ashes clear, o...

Editor's Note

Coudenhove's leaving

Due to a family emergency, The Hook has lost the weekly talents of "Walkabout" columnist Sophia Coudenhove. We wish her the best. #

The Dish

Oops!: Openings, re-openings, near openings

As any tulip or hyacinth lover knows, it's possible to trick Mother Nature a bit and "force" bulbs to open in the middle of winter. But as Dish learned last week, you certa...

Essays

Bye-bye, Bob: AMs won't be the same

I woke up this morning, as I have recently, at 5:30am, a disturbing trend but one I seem incapable of curing. This unwelcome development is eased somewhat by the knowledge ...

Question of the Week

Why is Charlottesville the #1 city?

Published April 1, 2004 in issue #0313 of the Hook Jamaala Hamilton: "Eight different presidents have lived here. It's small but still diverse, and a lot of people know ...

Real Estate - $old

$old

CHARLOTTESVILLE 11/12 Daren L. and Miki T. Purnell to James R. and Pat T. Cato, 1304 Grove Street, $134,000. Bank of America to Mark S. Check, 400 Ridge Street, $15...

Real Estate - On the Block

Truly Tuley: Let the light shine in

ADDRESS: 2969 Catlett Road ASKING: $1,495,000. SIZE: 4,360 fin. sq. ft. YEAR BUILT: 1976 NEIGHBORHOOD: Garth Road in Western Albemarle CURB APPEAL: 9 out of a possible 10 L...

Real Estate - Update

UPDATE

APPEARED IN THE HOOK: November 13, 2003, issue #0245 ADDRESS: 17653 Louisa Road, Trevillians ASKING PRICE: $299,000 SELLING PRICE: $304,124 [c'est vrai!] DAYS TO CONTRACT: ...

Real Estate Property auctions

Property auctions

April 6, at 3pm, at the Albemarle County Courthouse Property: 3402 Moubry Lane Debtor: Twanda L. Lee Amount owing: $157,653 Bidder brings: $15,600 Info: Nectar Properties ...

Movie Reviews

The next Tango: Two men in a tub

From The Conformist to The Sheltering Sky and 1900 to The Last Emperor, Bernardo Bertolucci has never been about the pursuit of trivia. He even made sex seem weighty in Las...

Music Reviews

Foot-tappers: Thump rules on the Mall

Rule of Thumpat Miller'sMarch 27, 2003 Miller's is an acoustic nightmare. I mean, let's get serious here for a second. Every time I walk in there I feel like John Travolta...
Wall of sound: How to sit up and listen

Metropolitanat Tokyo RoseMarch 27 With little time to say aloha (meaning hello rather than goodbye) to anyone at the bar, 12:47am Sunday morning found me tromping br...

News

Booked: Apres la fete

It was a book fest marked by anniversaries: the 10th anniversary of the Virginia Festival of the Book; the 30th of its parent, the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, a...
Capshaw-ville II: DMB boss buys SNL building

Less than a year after SNL Financial left its towering headquarters on the Downtown Mall, rock promoter Coran Capshaw has placed the structure under contract. "We fo...
Changing face: Coming and going on West Main

Take a good look at West Main Street now, because a few years down the road the view will be decidedly different. With Coran Capshaw's Walker Square apartments going up jus...
Gay fraternity gets okay

"We're really excited," says Anthony Whitten of Out on Rugby. After 11 months of trying to create a gay fraternity, the group was recently given the go-ahead by a key UVA g...
Grisham's juror: Life imitates art in Tyco trial

A jury deep in final deliberations after a sensational six-month trail. Two dapper middle-aged moguls fighting for their freedom, accused of stealing $600 million and evisc...
Park beech: Sidewalk threatens tree

Constitutional expert A.E. "Dick" Howard has been invited to weigh in on disputes all over the world. Now, he's found a little civic contretemps in his own neighborhood. Ho...
TJ's ghost: Students sneak into history

On Saturday evening, March 20, members of UVA's Raven Society gathered for cocktails in Alumni Hall to celebrate the prestigious group's 100th anniversary. A dinner in Mem ...
Zelikowed: Miller Center chief irks widows

When the assassination of President John F. Kennedy shocked the nation, the person chosen to lead the investigation of the horrific crime had to be someone whose integrity ...

The Brazen Careerist

No obstacle: Voice didn't stop her

Here's a tale to show that no obstacle is too high when it comes to career success. It's about my friend Ann, who has a really deep voice. It isn't a sexy deep voice; it so...

Strange But True

Bird sense: Crows, pigeons good at math

DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK Q. How much numbers sense is out there in the "wild kingdom"? Can any animals count to 5, 10, 45, 50...? M. Perkins A. Co...

Facetime

At Streetlight's helm: Poet steps into limelight

Susan Williamson may come across as a shrinking violet, but ask the right questions, and she's suddenly Mae West. "An old beau used to tell me I was a goddess," she respond...

Hotseat

That's her!: Peppy dashes through Museum

"It's my real name, it's Hungarian, and I was never a cheerleader in high school." That answer takes care of the first question people usually ask Virginia Discovery Museum...

Letters

City's poor need help

I am a social worker, concerned citizen, and musician who grew up in this city. I am concerned about what appears to be the over-development and the gentrification of my ci...
Staunton didn't self-destruct

"Is Staunton the next Charlottesville?" [Cover story, February 19] I hope not. I grew up in Charlottesville. I have friends and relatives in Staunton and have visited many ...