Issue 1960, Jul 14, 2005

Arts

A mighty wind
Versatile Stadnyk takes kick at Can-Can
Centre looks to repackage Chinese arts for a broader audience
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

Bucking convention
Exploring the world of South Asian sound

Travel

Hawaiian music more than "Tiny Bubbles"

Theatre

Other Freds
Hamlet
Last Call—A Post-Nuclear Cabaret

Dance

Gillis takes flight in Loon
EDGE 1
EDGE 2

Visual Arts

Austrian artists play in the underworld

Arts Notes

Bookstore bids farewell
Tough times at Vanier Park
Pushing harder
Setting the record straight

Arts Choices

Dance world
King of commedia
Slap happy
Be edge-wise
Deadly Serious

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Big-box success shows flaws in economic system
Free, efficient transit wouldn't cost too much
Opinions are divided on future of Wreck Beach
Winery is fruit-filled, but it's not very berry

News and Views

City may redefine "vicious"

Straight Talk

Bridge vote coming
Trip vote deferred
Man jailed for tickets
Drivers' info sold
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

COPE Classics face a grim future with Green

Savage Love

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

Health

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

Remote a turn-on for gadget fetishists

Geek of the Week

Great girls' guides to gadgets

Features

Spoken folk

Coastlines

Quarry well worth pursuing

Menswear

Priape store rises manfully

Holy Bauble

Ginch Gonch releases summer undies

Best Eating

Go simply into the night
Ice cream, sorbet, and gelato: frozen, sweet, and so decadent

Uncorked

Marinate some meat for green-wine treat

Recipes

Terrine des Sorbets

Food of the Week

Salmon seven days a week

Drink of the Week

Robertus Double Malted Beer

Straight Goods

Adventures in eating
Festival feasting
Grow ops
Hot seat sale
Super seven
Happy fourth

Books

Always Someone to Kill the Doves / By F.T. Flahiff
My Life in CIA / By Harry Matthews
Nelcott is My Darling / By Golda Fried

Book Choice of the Week

Great teenage-reads recommended on the web

Movies

Singleton's hustling raised cash for Flow
Bears' Linklater eager to spread bad attitude
Midlife crisis leads to First Nation film
Hippie-come-lately

Movie Notes

Too cool for school?
Telefilm Loves Ontario
Home is where the art is

Movie Reviews

Hank Williams First Nation
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
Wedding Crashers
Murderball
Fantastic Four
Dark Water
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

Television

Home Screen

DVD Releases

Alien re-edits will satiate hungry fans

Music Features

Busdriver stops for run-on rhymes

Folk Fest

Word delivered from on high at Banff Summit
Duo does things naturally
Dòchas on a mission to help keep Gaelic alive
Gilkyson's "Paradise Hotel" takes aim at hypocrisy
Songwriting doesn't come easy to grieving Casey
Dobro didn't take long to drive Cox crazy

Offbeat

Deathless Zappa still inspires

Local Motion

Cox drifts back to D'n'B

Concert Reviews

Canucks step up to steal Warped Thuder

Recordings

Audioslave / Out of exile
Limp Bizkit / The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1)
John Hiatt / Master of Disaster
OG Ron C / Fuck Action 40

Music Notes

Folk Music Festival seeks sustainable future
Beatz offers breaks
"Ablum" adored

Music Choices

Billy Corgan
Evan Dando
Zombie night in Canada

Payback Time

No complaints, jackpot grows

Time Out Events

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

Cartoons

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

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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