Issue 1951, May 12, 2005

Arts

Sitar Power
Playwright helps kids find strength in numbers
The birth of a global sound
Arts sector starves for cash
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

Millencolin Remains Passionate About Punk
Cult of The Mindless

Travel

Half the world's secrets

Theatre

Fear Some
Tiger of Malaya
Shadowlands
One Man's Heaven

Dance

Riff

Visual Arts

Picturing the Downtown Eastside

Comedy

Antiques turned into antics

Arts Notes

Taxes swamp art galleries
Everybody Loves Landscapes
Modern man moves on

Arts Choices

Shrinking Audience
Hey Ho, Let's Go!
Back To The Drawing Room
Against The Grain

Portrait of an Artist

Babak Golkar

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Blaming Single Moms For Problems Not Acceptable
Doctor And Former MLA Clarifies Drug Position
Views Differ On Message Of Pope And RC Church

News and Views

STV cure worsens disease

Straight Talk

CARR Raps War Stocks
Stevenson Promises A Motion On Hospital
Free Drinks Offered
Debate Gets Intense
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

The Shackles Of Conformity

Savage Love

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

Health

B.C. peasants languish in health-care tyranny

Health Features

Canada: The world's non-smoking magical kingdom

Health Notes

We're not all jumping into organized sports
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

Digital Video Hasn't Killed The VCR Star Yet

Geek of the Week

Japanese Translation

Trigger Happy

En garde! Time to design games for women

Features

The Straight Slate
The Straight Slate - continued

Outside

Stateside race also a marathon for spectators

Fashion Plate

Holt's Gala Dishes A Delicious Designer Mix

Menswear

Kwantlen Grads Hit The Runway In Sync

Holy Bauble

Wampum

Chic of the Week

Shiny Fuzzy Muddy 4

Best Eating

Make Mine To Go
Spring means a surge of fresh produce and farmers markets too

Uncorked

Of strawbales, scalpel gadgets, and boo-boos

Food of the Week

Tapas at Delilah's

Drink of the Week

Castle Lager

Straight Goods

Matchy-Matchy
Supper On-Screen
Grape Nuts
Putting On the Dog
Down With Sideways
Peaches and Prosecco
Bubbles Tea
Singles Only

Books

Farewell, Babylon, by Naim Kattan
The Golden Spruce, by John Vaillant
Your Call Is Important to Us, by Laura Penny

Book Choice of the Week

Events at Library Square

Movies

Ex-Canuck Takes On Yankie Contradictions
Equally Appalling

Movie Notes

Censored or Commissioned

Movie Reviews

Unleashed
Palindromes
Monster-in-Law
House of Wax
The Year Of the Yao

Television

Home Screen

DVD Releases

Bill Murray's Cousteau Stalks The Jaguar Shark

Music Features

Buck Vows To Soldier On
Sunny Climes Appeal To Intercontinental Freshet
Ivy's Nerds Find A Fan In A Fart-Obsessed Farrelly
Winds of Change Have Blown For New Monsoon
Wiley Picks Up The Tempo On Award-Winning High
DJ Zinc Sometimes Needs A Break From Breakbeat

Offbeat

King Shaping Up To Be Queen Of The Folk Set

Concert Reviews

The Raveonettes
LCD Soundsystem
Keane

Recordings

Sweatshop Union: United We Fall (Battle Axe)
Hejira: Hejira (Independent)
Kingbong: Grow (Bottom feeder Music)
Tolan McNeil: There Will Always Be a Salesman (Red Cat)

Music Notes

D.O.A. On A Rampage Again
Lillix Seeks New Beats

Music Choices

C'mon
Punk Rock Karaoke
Jakalope
Gary Comeau
Darediablo
Strapping Young Lad

Payback Time

Like, Game On

Time Out Events

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

Cartoons

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

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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