Issue 1958, Jun 30, 2005

Arts

Queen of soul
Bob Frazer's Hamlet suffers from exposure
Audience closes in on small stage
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

Paint peels on both sides of Bering Strait

Theatre

Never Swim Alone / Warriors
Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll
Rockets Red Glare

Dance

Pop-heavy dance pieces open up new possibilities

Music Arts

Classical-jazz crossovers wow, sputter

Visual Arts

Witvliet builds ambitious case for painting

Arts Notes

Ilich eager to get on with job
Gallery row getting middle-age spread

Arts Choices

Raising the roof
Moving pictures
Songs of enchantment
Island time

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Tree planters' injury rates in decline
Reader blames "Straight" for Mayencourt's win
Car-free streets are a success across the world
Amsterdam article was definitely no Dutch treat

News and Views

City rejects big-box stores

Straight Talk

Bus doors opening
Africans want input
Hardwick remembered
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

Sports

Former pro helps tyro pitchers get a leg up

Savage Love

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

Health

Female orgasms not always on the menu

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

Tech time cutting into old media's market share

Features

Outside the big box

Urban Living

Big Fib collection's sleek lines don't lie

Chic of the Week

Six in the City event launches the Metroliving Centre

Best Eating

The perfect matcha
East Hastings stretch a revolving door of intriguing stores

Uncorked

Popular pinot grapes grow in a grey area

Recipes

T's Vodka Matcha

Food of the Week

Granville Island's open late

Drink of the Week

Victoria's Lighthouse Keepers not your typical stout

Straight Goods

This spud's for you
Dine with the fishes
Book in
Moose Joose
Summer school

Books

Confessions of a Small Press Racketeer
Past Imperfect

Book Choice of the Week

Maggie de Vries

Movies

Spielberg's new attack

Movie Notes

Don't know much about film but she's willing to learn
Canadian documentaries get serious
Still hooray for Hollywood in Canada

Movie Reviews

War of the Worlds
Land of the Dead
My Summer of Love
5x2
March of the Penguins
Saving Face

Television

Home Screen

Music Features

Comeback Kid's on the rise
D 'n' B don DJ Dara has a hankering for house
Tempe Team taken with possibilities of two-pieces

Jazz Fest

Out of the blue
Brad Turner & Diana Krall
Free Fall
Bad Plus
Muistatko
Sara Marreiros
Miya Masaoka
Hoxha
Amon Tobin
Kartet
Joel Miller and Mandala group
Miller group
Snake Charmer conjures worldly rhythms
Lanois loving life's twists
Downs's mesmerizing mix crosses borders
Patience pays off for soul songstress Sharon Jones
The power of the blues soothes Neal's soul
Rachid Taha ruffles a few stodgy French feathers

Offbeat

Sample a free smorgasbord

Local Motion

Gostosinho sobs sweetly

Concert Reviews

Slackers leave the WISE's walls sweating

Music Choices

Crystal Pistol
Subhumans
Jon-Rae Fletcher

Payback Time

Week 2, still no complaints

Time Out Events

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

Cartoons

Ernie Pook's comeek
Arnould
Red Meat
Tar paper Town
Way Off Main
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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