Issue 1946, Apr 7, 2005

Arts

Variations on a Necklace
Marathon Man
Boys' sound is born again
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

Louis loves the ladies

Travel

Chumbe Island offers ecotourists ambiance

Theatre

Freeport, Texas
Impromptu on Nuns' Island
Veronica's Room

Dance

Monumental

Music Arts

Thunder of God

Visual Arts

Kim Kennedy Austin: K Structure

Comedy

Canuck and Yank stand up at Can-Am Jam

Arts Notes

Comics talent draws nominations
Industrial-Strength Sponsor for Stanley
Artist Hits Highs and Lows

Arts Choices

Roy's Rabbit Hole
Shanghai Surprise
The Perfect Couple

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Does Dyer put too much faith in U.S. restraint?
Preventing death means discussing politics of war
Book critic accused of missing the point
Do bureaucrats make lousy art critics?
Reader says epidemic times are already scary
Content leads to CanWest conspiracy theory

News and Views

SFU student fights legal ban
Warehouse shut to charity

Straight Talk

Rankin family feud winds up in court
Park Theatre revived
BCE links denied
Mayor loses temper
Case threatens firms
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

CEOs sell out the nation

Savage Love

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

Health

Treating alcohol like the drug it really is

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

Mac users have reason now to fear tax time

Features

Are Bush & Co. War Criminals?

Best Eating

The Real Deal Meal
Patissier creates cakes to have and to hold, to love and to cherish

Uncorked

Top Vancouver chefs approach the Bench

Food of the Week

Popcorn Shrimp at the Four Seasons Hotel

Drink of the Week

Phillips Maple Cream Ale

Straight Goods

Robson Street Sun
Joie Division
Big Gulp
Vegging Out
Reality Cooks

Books

Ticknor, by Sheila Heti
The Disappointment Artist, by Jonathan Lethem
Gently Down the Stream, by Ray Robertson

Book Choice of the Week

Readings at the VPL

Movies

Changing Pitch
McConaughey follows character's free spirit
Jewish film fest regroups

Movie Notes

Reel boom in Lotus Land
Floundering? Find this Film Fest

Movie Reviews

Look at Me
In My Country
Rory O'Shea Was Here
Melinda and Melinda
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
Fever Pitch
Saint Ralph

DVD Releases

Korean fight flick "Volcano" goes hip-hop

Movie Choices

One-Offs
Tube Pix

Music Features

Queens issue challenges
Shivaree's timbres make a splash in Europe
Pumpkins alum jumps in a jazzy direction
Dead Meadow lightens up with lysergic "Feathers"
Hollywood in control with the Out Crowd
Corrosion picker Pepper bashes his (ear)drums
Fiddler shuns flamboyance while embracing diversity
Keelor gets six-string relief from grief

Offbeat

"Radio" tunes into a Cambodia in flux

Local Motion

Cadeaux gets the dance party started

Concert Reviews

Death From Above 1979
Velvet Revolver

Recordings

Fischerspooner
The Mars Volta
Edan
Warsaw Village Band
Theory of a Deadman

Music Notes

On the Global Beat
Hockey Rockers Come Home

Music Choices

Metric
The Devlins
Bob Schneider
David Usher
Harry Manx
Club Pick of the Week: Big trouble, Wednesdays at the Lotus Sound Lounge

Payback Time

Royalty Wrecks Beck Review

Club Kid

UK Grime Sessions

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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