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Issue 1952, May 19, 2005

Arts

Meet the future
Olympic arts plan sketchy
Theatre lures musical Mann
Percussionist Glennie hits upon freeform improv
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

Gunning for greatness

Theatre

Peepshow
The Little Years
Cloud Nine

Dance

Music Arts

Ravi Shankar
The Creation
Songs for a New World

Visual Arts

Show cooks up raw talent

Comedy

Colin Mochrie finds comedy among his funny friends

Arts Notes

Civic theatres Legacy ends—or does it?
A tag on the city?
Mr. Musicals moves on

Arts Choices

At home on the edge
Driver's survival guide
Young orchestra grows up
Take two

Arts Time Out

Letters

Our election picks didn't get everyone's vote
Did we miss the boat on new voting system?
Activists say B.C. still lacks adequate legal aid
Sports benefits outweigh the risks to health
Witness explains Donnas/cops altercation
More support offered for struggling single moms
Hunter also championed mental-health environment
Why did critic think seniors don't like modern music?

News and Views

Fuel leaks leave landowners in toxic limbo
Parasite appears in water

Straight Talk

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

Analysis

It's no longer business as usual for premier

Savage Love

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

Health

Diabetes wreaks havoc under surface

Health Features

Canada: The world's non-smoking magical kingdom

Health Notes

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

Dot Comment

Games, browsers, and podcasts on fast track

Features

The return of God

Coastlines

Avian behaviour illuminated

Fashion Plate

Hair brains gather at beauty show

Streetwise

Elev8 crafts girly edge from glittering stones

Kool Thing

Hand-knit mini-purse

Chic of the Week

Messiest closet contest

Restaurant Reviews

Pleasures of the flesh
The new world of restaurant monosyllabism: O! No!

Uncorked

Sip a six-pack of wonder from the land down under

Food of the Week

Drink of the Week

Schweppes Gin & Tonic

Straight Goods

What's really on your plate?
Food for thought
School daze
A little night music…
Better than lemonade
Battle of the beefiest
Making it bigger

Books

The Wu-Tang Manual, by the RZA
Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue, by Mark Kurlansky
Thirty-seven Small Songs & Thirteen Silences, by Jan Zwicky

Book Choice of the Week

Federation of BC Writers

Movies

Beyond the ordinary
Director Yu stumbled into strangeness

Movie Notes

Money for moviemakers
Films raise funds for folk fest and furballs

Movie Reviews

Turtles Can Fly
Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith
3-Iron
Mindhunters
In the Realms of the Unreal
Kicking & Screaming

Television

DVD Releases

Noir nights can still shock

Music Features

Crystal Method capitalizes on lucky breaks
Sam Prekop prefers painting sonic pictures
True-school voice keeps Daedelus in demand
Summerlad's artsy songs open to interpretation
Blake about to reconnect with some talented friends

Offbeat

Concerts preview new musical interfaces

Local Motion

Jakalope's a tuneful hybrid

Concert Reviews

Who Are You?

Music Notes

Cesaria Evora stays home
Picking the other 50
Can CANCON be fixed?

Music Choices

Novillero
Grant Hart
Bleed the Dream
Modest Mouse

Payback Time

Pioneers of Crunk

Time Out Events

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

Cartoons

Arnould
Van Stralen
Ernie Pook's Comeek

City Singles

Singles of the Week - Michelle | Skidge

Careers

Advertising Sales Associate
Web Programmer
Retail Advertising Sales Associate

Blogs

Welcome to the Views Blog
Joining the Web, version 2.0

Straight.com

About the Straight

Blog - Sports

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

Blog - Politics

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

Blog - Movies

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