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Issue 1957, Jun 23, 2005

Arts

Body language
Ten fests for your summer hot list
Dance champs bring Polynesia to the coast
Rage, Crime pay at Jessies
Gore warms my heart; Harper warms my planet
Straight writers and artists recognized, pt. II
Volume 41 Number 2015 August 3 - August 10/2006

Travel

Too much of a bad thing in Amsterdam

Theatre

Love's Labour's Lost
Opening Night
Deeds

Dance

Press Play cues up electric energy

Visual Arts

Urban portraits make Yip a quick study

Comedy

Sketch artists ham and cheese it up

Arts Notes

Everybody get together—or else
Public art in the park
Public art—a long time coming
Public art—sustainable, but stopped
Public Art—where you least expect it
Public art—where the heart is

Arts Choices

Acting shmacting
Release your inner diva
Triple threat
Two to flamenco
Echo trip

Arts Time Out

Letters

Improvements seen in tree-planting industry
Karaoke DJs deserve some of the credit too
Where's Naomi? And what about those Greens?
Kensington Market is very rarely car-free
Commercial Drivers want to put pedestrians first

News and Views

Biggest "big box" draws few
RAV foe closes up shop

Straight Talk

Office burbs up driving
Nurses want answers
Arts get a minister
Straight shut out of safeway by publisher
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

Commentary

Of giant catfish, dwarfs, and addled oracles

Savage Love

All the advice a 15-year-old gay kid could ever need
Dan Savage's anti-Santorum feud continues...

Health

Mr. Softie could be heading to Stroke City

Health Features

Canada: The world's non-smoking magical kingdom

Health Notes

Program aims to get the bugs out
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

Next-gen Mac not just a chip off the old block

Geek of the Week

Trigger Happy

Creators push games and films to coadapt

Features

Power to the pedal
Day at beach still a bargain
A city girl's guide to sleeping in the dirt
Wreck's serene theatre
Zen and the art of fishing for soul, not sole

Outside

Vancouver is still tops in shred-sled cred

Fashion Plate

Bodacious celebrates the curvy

Streetwise

Fashion is elemental for fresh Manganese

Kool Thing

Roots Emily bag

Chic of the Week

Bakery Bath Treats Collection

Restaurant Reviews

The tipping point
The Agassiz and the ecstasy of artisanal food fresh from the farm

Uncorked

Orofino spins straw bales into fine gold

Food of the Week

Greek Day returns to Kits

Drink of the Week

A decidedly different brew

Straight Goods

Community eats
Community feats
Walk this way
Life imitates art
By the book

Books

Sylvanus Now
Blind Crescent
Winner is off to see the wizard

Movies

Howdy, neighbour
Bewitched star bothered by bad spell of Hollywood film
Retrospective showcases Pasolini's primitive elegance

Movie Notes

Coupland Goes Green
Film Policy redux

Movie Reviews

Exiles
Bewitched
Herbie: Fully Loaded
The Perfect Man
Best of Youth

Television

DVD Releases

Before the Bug there was D.E.B.S.

Music Features

Sultry sounds start the season sizzling
Ditty Bops look well beyond the roaring '20s
Boston's Bane wonders about its existence
Big-city Collett learns to enjoy the beauty of nature
Planet Asia sets his sights on ghetto platinum

Jazz Fest

Wrinkle-free rhythm
Staples was born to sing
Eloquent Dave Holland strives for alchemy
Sax star Murray sidesteps deadly snakes
Bonsai-obsessed Braam takes jazz on a wild ride
Voodoo rituals are part of the journey for GBB
Charts remain a challenge for a bitter Herbaliser
Humour has big benefits for ever-inclusive improvisor
Norwegian Atomic fuses disparate components
Hermit happily at home behind the drum kit
Ba Cissoko shows Guinean musicians are experienced
Swedish sax man breathes fire into Nordic swing
Cuban emigre's sound spans the whole of jazz

Offbeat

Frisell keeps 'em guessing

Local Motion

Cool is still casting its spell

Concert Reviews

Recordings

System of a Down
Foo Fighters
High Tension Wires
Richard Davis

Music Notes

Jerks jack Submission's stuff
IMVF seeks clips
Better than pulling teeth

Music Choices

Slackers
Sweatshop Union
Lucinda Williams
Sublime Frequencies

Payback Time

No complaints, the jackpot plumps

Club Choices

Element Sundays at the Tokyo Lounge

Time Out Events

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

Cartoons

Ernie Pook's Comeek
Van Stralen
Arnould
Red Meat
Tar Paper Town

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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