Your Guide to Spring Urban Living

May 17, 2012 at 3:00 am

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Welcome to another issue of the Georgia Straight.
This week, the Straight's online and print editions feature an extended Urban Living section with tips on how to get your home, patio, and yard ready for summer; plus a look at Gong! The Gamelan Festival, food truck Tacofino's fish tacos, and local punk band White Lung.

Don't forget to check out Straight.com for daily news and views on everything Vancouver.

From inside to out, urban living checks out what's in style this spring
To find out what's on-trend in home design this spring, we asked the experts.
/ Style

Richard Stursberg reveals a CBC study indicated Conservatives were treated best by The National
A new book by a former top CBC executive shows that the flagship TV news program gave more airtime to government MPs.
/ News

From food trucks to seaside shacks, fish tacos bring in summer in Vancouver
You could say that Ryan Spong, co-owner of Tacofino, is a massive fan of fish tacos.
/ Dining

Gong! The Gamelan Festival builds the Bali connection
Gong! The Gamelan Festival finds everything from mesmerizing temple music to bagpipes, Balkan singing, and even some John Cage.
/ Arts

No apologies are necessary from Vancouver's White Lung
Vancouver's White Lung plays things fast and wild on the self-deprecatingly titled blood-pumper Sorry.
/ Music

Insults and AK-47s: The Dictator rules the room
Admiral General Aladeen recollected that he and this Georgia Straight reporter once got it on.
/ Movies

Things to do

Music	Mode Modern Biltmore Cabaret	MAY 19
Sports	Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Seattle Sounders B.C. Place Stadium	MAY 19
Movies	The Extraordinary George Melies Pacific Cinémathèque	MAY 21
Theatre	Storyweaving Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre	MAY 18-20
Et Cetera	Cloverdale Rodeo Cloverdale Fairgrounds Agriplex	MAY 18-21