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Welcome to another issue of the Georgia Straight.
This week, the Straight's online and print editions spotlight the 2012 DOXA Documentary Film Festival; plus, the Vancouver International Burlesque Festival, Vancouver band Said the Whale, and dining in the Downtown Eastside.
Don't forget to check out Straight.com for daily news and views on everything Vancouver.
Digging into the 2012 DOXA Documentary Film Festival
This year's DOXA Documentary Film Festival looks at topics as varied as burqas, sex work, performance art, nuclear-arms testing, and the vinyl revolution.
/ Movies
Vancouver's closed-circuit TV public-surveillance system guidelines contradict privacy pledge
Vancouver told the B.C. government that closed-circuit TV images wouldn't be stored, but the policy suggests that this isn't the case.
/ News
Downtown Eastside restaurants respond to antipoverty activists
Anywhere else, Cartems Donuterie could probably sell pastries in peace. But at its pop-up location across from Pigeon Park, area advocate Ivan Drury was causing a scene.
/ Dining
Vancouver International Burlesque Festival busts loose
This year's Vancouver International Burlesque Festival struts boundless diversity, from "boylesque" to live bands to "gorelesque".
/ Arts
Said the Whale is proudly representing the West Coast
Said the Whale is an ambassador for Vancouver, but it strove for universality with Little Mountain.
/ Music
DOXA 2012: Story of Burqa: Case of a Confused Afghan lifts the veil on the controversial garment
She might describe herself as confused in the title of her new film, but Brishkay Ahmed is unequivocal about one thing: she thinks the burqa should be banned-outright.
/ Movies
Things to do
| Music | Van Halen Rogers Arena |
MAY 7 |
| Sports | Vancouver Whitecaps vs. San Jose Earthquakes B.C. Place Stadium |
MAY 5 |
| Movies | DOXA Documentary Film Festival various Vancouver venues |
MAY 4-13 |
| Theatre | God of Carnage Vancouver Playhouse |
To MAY 5 |
| Et Cetera | Spot Prawn Festival False Creek Fishermen's Warf |
MAY 5 |
Comment of the Week
Re: "David Suzuki: The fundamental failure of environmentalism"
With our own need to contain economic disasters on a family scale, these global challenges are two or three fires farther away from us than the smouldering piles of bills that even the most dedicated environmentalists have on their kitchen tables. I'm sure it's no excuse, but this ring is in everyone's nose, and it makes the work harder and harder to commit a lot of energy to.. just as it gets more and more critical that we do so, just the same. [read story]
> Submitted by Robert Fiske, 2012-05-02 11:06
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