Issue 1940, Feb 24, 2005

Arts

A Monumental Project
Theatre: New Scripts Avoid Caution
Music: Musicians Experiment, Blur Lines, Get Earthy
Spring Arts Preview: Music Listings
Spring Arts Preview: Theatre Listings
Dance: Dancers Spin Into Spring
Spring Arts Preview: Dance Listings
Visual Arts: Identity's Points of Origin
Spring Arts Preview: Visual Arts Listings
Sossy Mechanics are Pirates With Chutzpah!
Hard Rubber Enters a Rave New World
Copenhagen Explores Idea of Uncertainty
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

France's Quiet Revolutionary

Travel

Club Med's kid stuff is a cheesy pleasure

Theatre

Six Degrees of Separation Separation
Stop Kiss
Speaking of Love… Live with Dr. Grey Hartman

Dance

Double Story

Music Arts

Masters of Persian Music
Canto Ostinato

Arts Choices

Sea Changes
Clockwork Oranges
Not Your Typical Theatre Indian

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Student Debt Problems Spark Calls for Reform
Student Debt
Westerberg Fan Slams Boozer References
Quote from Ware Book Puzzles Comic Lover
More Info Offered on Gender Question

News and Views

Vancouver Police Chief speaks to Council about Homelessness
How the Straight Got Clean
Groups Break Gaming Rules
Top Cop Profiles Homeless

Straight Talk

VPD Reduces Deficit
Mayor's Firm Won Translink Contracts
Zalm Case Continues
Group Seeks Changes to Head-tax Bill
Campbells share some of the same friends
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

Political Connections

Car Dealers Zoom Away with Liberal fuel

Savage Love

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

Health

Testing Neglected For Major Cancer in B.C.

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

Honeymoon is Over for Entertainment Unit

Coastlines

B.C.'s Reefs Among Science's Great Finds

Style Bites

Use It or Lose It
Cell and the City
Whither Hair Care?
Swan Song
Colour Burst

Urban Living

Hip Parental Tastes Rub Off on Babes
Urban Accessories

Kool Thing

Sparkly Ballet Flats

Best Eating

Moroccan Rollout
Make Mardi Gras at Home With Colourful, Comforting Jambalaya

Uncorked

Red wines at night make for a Spanish delight

Food of the Week

VanDusen Botanical Garden's Annual Seedy Saturday

Drink of the Week

Riggwelter Strong Yorkshire Ale

Straight Goods

Hey Good Lookin'
Wino Alert
Dish Pigs
Le Doigt FranCais
Food Fight
Serious Eating
Wines R Us

Books

Climate of Fear
The Sad Truth About Happiness
Beyond the Outer Shores

Book Choice of the Week

Abebooks Annual Writing Contest

Movies

Kids Get Reel

Movie Notes

New Screen Complex Sprouts Up Downtown
Filmmaker's Voice Stilled

Movie Reviews

Bride & Prejudice
The Animation Show
Constantine
Sharks 3D

Movie Choices

One-Offs
Video Patrol
Tube Pix

Music Features

Peanut Butter Wolf Standing at the Crossroads
Flamenco Firecracker Has No Time For Flamboyance
Viva Voce Fuses DIY Pop With Overblown Rock
O.A.R. Dips Its Paddle in the Big-League Ocean
Millions' Cohen Clearly Can't Get Enough Loving
Chhadeh Does His Best to Make Two Worlds Collide
GFK Educates the Masses in Multilingual Grindcore

Offbeat

Paris Jazz Crosses Atlantic

Local Motion

Northey Stays in the Game

Concert Reviews

Roach Roars About Nothing

Recordings

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Emergency
Welkin
Gavin Froome
Notch
Second
SplitTRACT
Simon Jarrett
Rob Montgomery & Friends
A String of Girls
The Invaders

Who Are You?

Broth Landers

Music Notes

Head Doer Does Fine Art
Kids On TV
A.C. on the O.C.

Music Choices

Mates of State
Ashlee Simpson

Payback Time

The Bloom is Off Nu-metal's Black Rose

Club Kid

The Affair

Club Choices

Big Up Saturdays - Saturdays at Plush

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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