Issue 1931, Dec 23, 2004

Arts

ZeD Is For Music
Gore warms my heart; Harper warms my planet
Straight writers and artists recognized, pt. II
Volume 41 Number 2015 August 3 - August 10/2006

Music

Back in Black

Travel

Sex and Chicken Make Christmas in Japan

Theatre

The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)
Harry's Christmas

Music Arts

Handel's Messiah
Laudate Singers

Visual Arts

Shearer Survey Spans Media

Arts Notes

Haida Past Speaks To Troubled Present
Vital Signs
Spirited Spirit Passes

Arts Choices

Comedy Trumped
Another First

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Larry and His Gang Accused of Selling Out
Do Sablefish Farms Threaten Wild Fish?
Transit User Says Translink Off-Track
Reader Has No Faith In Metal Reviews
Flamenco Dancers Liked The Drumming

News and Views

City Council Promotes Ethical Purchasing

Straight Talk

East Side New Democrats Battle Party Brass
Entrepreneur Upset
Mayor Gets Personal
Legal beagle heads local business group
Clarification on Success Realty buildings in East Van
Champion for the poor dies in bicycle accident
Just like old times
Multinationals thrash consumers in court
Rally planned for Lebanon
Clifford Olson - parole denied
Vancouver Olympics more expensive than Turin's Games
City racks up more legal bills
Whale lovers threaten court action
City of Richmond prepares to avoid the fate of New Orleans
Kettlewell fights for adopted granny Krawczyk
June Critical Mass smashes records
Commuter paper fined for confusing ads with editorial
Watts opposes Port Mann bridge twinning 'in isolation'
Do any politicians pay attention to what's happening in the North American convention industry?
Premier's office killed Ballem's lab-reform initiative
GVRD board receives update on Camp Howdy
CanWest paper still closed

Commentary

Bush Misguided in Use of King's Quote
Doubt Creeps Back Into Corporate Media

Political Connections

Christmas Goodies for Sycophants, Blowhards

Savage Love

Dan Savage's anti-Santorum feud continues...

Health

Clean-Air Backer Wants Blitz on Public Smoke

Health Features

Canada: The world's non-smoking magical kingdom

Health Notes

Shared yoga mats might carry nasty germs
Shocking discovery: watching TV decreases levels of physical activity!
What's a potato stick?
McNuggets are healthy?
You are what you eat - so eat well

Dot Comment

Digitizing Videotapes: The Final Solution

Features

It's a Marshmallow World

Outside

Quebec City Sparks Seasonal Celebrations

Travel Books

Winchester Seeks Calcutta's Core

Fashion Plate

Nick-of-Time Gifts to Nab

Streetwise

Stylish Looty Stuffs Your Christmas Booty

Chic of the Week

Take a Deep Breath at The Perfume Shoppe

Best Eating

Treat Yourself
Sweet Dreams Are Made Of Beans For Japanese Treats

Uncorked

Taking a Hard-Liquor Look Back at the Spirits of 2004

Recipes

Minestrone Soup

Food of the Week

Jamón Serrano

Drink of the Week

Mt. Begbie Powerhouse Pale Ale

Straight Goods

Very Amuse-ing
Dial-a-Dinner
Down Under Plunder
T & Takeout Time
Stress Relief
Bargain du Jour
Fresh Plates
Owl Order That
Super Score

Books

First Invaders, by Alan Twigg
The Logogryph
Safety of War, by Rob Benvie

Movies

Dicaprio Shares Hughes's Drive For Perfection
"Snicket" Author Still Befuddled, 11 Books Later
Ghost Writer

Movie Notes

Hopes Raised, Taxes Lowered In Ontario
Vid Store Not Dead Yet
More Critics Wining About Film
Another Film Fest Out East

Movie Reviews

The Aviator
A Very Long Engagement
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Flight of the Phoenix
The Phantom of the Opera
Fat Albert

Movie Choices

One-Offs
Video Patrol
Tube Pix

Offbeat

Yells at Eels Is Like a Shout of Joy

Local Motion

Seams' "Fake Cowboys" Love Their Old-Time Americana

Concert Reviews

Black Mountain

Recordings

Nas - Street's Disciple (Sony)
Lindsay Lohan - Speak (Casablanca/Universal)
Various Artists - The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage of the Carter Family (Dualtone)
Michael Mayer - Touch (Kompakt)

Who Are You?

Toby Knight Schuch

Music Notes

Rime Gives Music Lovers Reason To Cheer
Factor Makes A Comeback
Chirping At The Bit

Music Choices

Xmas Excess

Payback Time

Pink Mountaintops/Destroyer as local gig of the year?

Club Kid

Flirt - Mondays at Celebrities

Time Out Events

Take Action
Benefits
Fashion
Et Cetera
Kids’ Stuff
Out Of Town

Cartoons

Arnould
Ernie Pook's Comeek
Way Off Main
Red Meat
Tar Paper Town
Van Stralen

City Singles

Singles of the Week - Michelle | Skidge

Careers

Advertising Sales Associate
Web Programmer
Retail Advertising Sales Associate

Blogs

Joining the Web, version 2.0
Welcome to the Views Blog

Straight.com

About the Straight

Blog - Sports

NHL draft: bargaining with the devil
Floyd Landis - alpine high
The incredible shrinking team
Hasta Luego, Bertuzzi
Big Bert's move bad news for circulation directors

Blog - Politics

Assembly of First Nations responds to Stephen Harper's call for a judicial inquiry into "racially divided fishery"
Chief Graham's world is changing
Emerson's leaving quite a legacy
NPA council jams with the best of them
Historian says EU would find our snow attractive; maybe so, but are we having fun being snowed?
Stephen Harper, clubbed seals, and the West End Girls (together again)
Harper woos animal lovers
Clinton transcript on peak oil
Gordo grudge match II
Gordo grudge match!
Cadman charges chump change compared to Carline's income
Harper clones Premier Campbell's winning formula

Blog - Movies

Mistress spices up Hollywood cliche
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