Issue 1959, Jul 7, 2005

Arts

Fred reckoning
Poet-novelist explores new artistic spaces
Witvoet learns that risks lead to rewards
Dancers reclaim their cultural identities
Chinese Script traces ancient writing system
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

Transplants a true team
Waking the dead with the Dropkick Murphys

Travel

On the trail to decoding Da Vinci in France

Theatre

One outshines rough edges

Dance

Small Stage has big variety

Visual Arts

Photos unveil a different Venezuela

Arts Notes

Big bucks, big complex
Lone B.C. arts ranger Ottawa-bound
If you build it...
Will they come?

Arts Choices

Killer Pens
The stars are out-again
Conversation with Mr. Potty-Mouth
Eternal Vows
Body rock

Portrait of an Artist

Sean Orr

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

We sheeple deserve our tasteless big-box stores
Shop owner won't be RAV's last victim
Media getting too hard on erection dysfunction
Squamish cyclist urges caution on sensitive trails
At least we spelled everyone's name right
Smart-ass cynics also welcome on the Drive

News and Views

Money manager seeks COPE's mayoral nod
YVR not ready for oil hike

Straight Talk

Green defines himself
City varies fees
Obsolete flag flown
Slot issue avoided
Lilian To honoured
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

Critic wants Yankee deserters to stay home

Savage Love

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

Health

Responses varied to spike in women's HIV
Critters to be avoided by fearless campers

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

eBay prize hopes go down the toilet

Trigger Happy

If war isn't hell, it's virtual

Features

Hell on wheels

Outside

Easy Bamfield jaunt beckons

Streetwise

Diving into B.C.'s new wave of designers

Kool Thing

Black short-shorts

Best Eating

Order at the court
There's more to dig in Pemberton than its world-famous potatoes

Uncorked

Every little breeze tells of new wineries
Marinate some meat for green-wine treat

Food of the Week

Vista D'Oro Farms

Drink of the Week

Dave's Big Beer Adventure

Straight Goods

Cheap Eats
Smoke Free
Seeing Red
Get Canned
Best of B.C.
Instant Karma

Books

The Hot Kid
The Coast of Akron
Bicycle
The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana

Summer Books

Campbell happy to meet fans for Make Love
Whitman permeates novel's layers of time
Trevanian fan gives thanks
Magic reads to slide under a child's nose

Book Choice of the Week

Pintsize hero dodges bullets, saves mother!

Movies

War opens world to Nanaimo actor
Reinventing the wheel

Movie Notes

B.C. Bud ripens Saturday
Occupy your time

Movie Reviews

Mémoires a rich mystery
Heights
The Best of Youth: Part Two
Rebound

Television

Home Screen

DVD Releases

"Coyote" not totally ugly in hindsight

Music Features

The Unseen crafts a killer brand of hardcore
Hawthorne Heights fires up the screamo nation
Ultimate Power Duo blasts beyond the basement
Positive thinking fuels MxPx's catchy pop-punk
Winnipeg's Brat Attack brings politics on tour
Avenged Sevenfold alloys its punk with heavy metal
Buzzworthy Uncut leaves the beatboxes behind
Oh No has learned from his sibling's success

Jazz Fest

Jazz Notes

Offbeat

Folk-fest alternatives offer Bo and Mo'

Local Motion

Furios skank their way to top of ska heap

Concert Reviews

K-OS flips purists the bird

Music Choices

The Black Angels
Herald Nix

Payback Time

The Woad Warriors

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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