Issue 1942, Mar 10, 2005

Arts

A Cosi arrangement
Kane taps into the power
Couroux aims to let his listeners think
Helikon honcho touts current compositions
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

Stone Free

Style

Gorgeous Accessories

Theatre

Tales' humour pain-tinged
"Caesar" haunts with moral ambiguity
"Copenhagen"'s deep talk lacks passion

Dance

A Cinderella Story
Dance All-Stars

Music Arts

Enter/Exit
Steven Osborne

Visual Arts

Electrifying Art: Atsuko Tanaka 1954-1968
Ian Wallace: In the Studio

Arts Notes

Architects of Disaster?
Local artists win big

Arts Choices

Whose Play Is It Anyway?
Boom Boxing
Lines of Credit
Flute of Guinness
Breakfast Treat

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Convention-centre plan needs a sober look
Buying local products could ease marine smog
Waterfront site is really known as Crab Park
Web-site designer is no fan of Premier Campbell

News and Views

Big firms drop old theatres

Straight Talk

City tax fight looms
Media overlook story
Chief rates fast cars
Citys says no casino without rezoning
Royal Towers sold
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

Election authority calls Liberal "polling" advertising

Sports

Miles's face-lift for old home and new club

Savage Love

Savage Love: Drug-Support Payments
Dan Savage's anti-Santorum feud continues...

Health

Dive into wise words of women's wellness

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

Commercial radio takes a big hit from high-tech

Features

Army of Darkness

Outside

B.C.'s romantic solitudes

Fashion Plate

Palm Springs glittery bargain-hunting oasis

Menswear

Ginch Gonch wants to package your package

Holy Bauble

Guys'-guy jewellery

Chic of the Week

Purses by Hands

Best Eating

The Big Chill
Cooking up a batch of food blogs to fatten up your on-line reading

Uncorked

South African Pinotage all a matter of taste

Recipes

Pea and Dill Panna Cotta

Food of the Week

A bumper year for crabs

Drink of the Week

Ruedrich's Red Seal Ale

Straight Goods

Wining and Dining
South African Coup
Redemption Time
Grecian Formula
Dive In
Tough Love
Elevated Noses

Books

A Man in a Distant Field
Feed My Dear Dogs
Seduction

Book Choice of the Week

The Last Heathen: Encounters With Ghosts and Ancestors in Melanesia

Movies

Improv Helps Carry a 'Toon
Drunk Alien Clears Hurdles

Movie Notes

French Director Uncovers Hard Comedy of Eros
Canuck Films Moving Again

Movie Reviews

Phil the Alien
Robots
Hostage
Anatomy of Hell
Sex Is Comedy
The Pacifier
Cursed

Movie Choices

Tube Pix
Video Patrol
One-Offs

Music Features

Frames Frontman is Wary of Mass Success
Mario Canonge Goes Back to his Island Roots
Brooklyn's Oneida Seems Open to Almost Anything
Saxophonist Tim Berne Values Ideas Over Style
Ulali Combines Tradition with Contemporary Flair

Offbeat

DVD anthology seeks out rock 'n' roll thrills

Local Motion

Douglas understands the need for balance

Concert Reviews

VALIS Seriously Fantastic

Recordings

50 Cent - The Massacre (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
Kathleen Edwards - Back to Me (Maple)
…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart (Interscope)
The Summerlad - Themes: International (Saved by Radio)
Justus Kohncke - Doppelleben (Kompakt)

Music Notes

The Game Gives No Play to Van City
Hip-Hop Helps Darfur
The Siren Song of the Web

Music Choices

Castle Project
Cinderpop
M. Ward
Kings of Convenience
Hinterland

Payback Time

Pimp the System

Clubs

Embrace Ye Inner St. Patrick at Celtic Fest
A Wee Sip of Wisdom on Swarthy Guinness
DJ Lowdown - J-Swing
Know Your History - Lamplighter's Pub
Tried and Tested
Who Dressed You?

Club Kid

THERAPY, Saturdays at Voda

Club Choices

Six Places to Find Buffalo Trace Bourbon
Twelve Places to Get a Guinness on St. Patrick's Day
Seven Places to Watch Women Remove Their Clothes
Ten Spots to Wear Your Trucker Hat
Thirteen Places With Designated Smoking Rooms

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

City Singles Events

City Singles Launch Party at Wilson's Steakhouse

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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