Issue 1961, Jul 21, 2005

Arts

Kids advocate peace for a troubled world
Fretting about the past
Bach keeps cellist dancing
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

Darkest diversifies

Theatre

Walter
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Big, the Musical

Dance

Edge 6
Edge 5
OrienTik/Portrait

Visual Arts

Belmore grapples with some big questions

Comedy

Edwards out for big payoffs

Arts Notes

City hikes theatre rent
Artists against Wal-Mart
Money, Money, Money, kind of funny
A local voice in Ottawa

Arts Choices

Light 'em if you got 'em
Lost in the desert
40 years, 35 artists
Portia, my whore

Portrait of an Artist

Jo Cook and Owen Plummer

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

What should we do about U.S. neighbours in war?
Small Stage review didn't reflect viewer's experience
"Hamlet" review left Bard fan cold and confused
Canada Council has one more western member

News and Views

Biker arrests followed Ontario convictions
NPA divided over the Burrard Bridge trial

Straight Talk

Terror costs drop
COPE banned media
Pit-bull promoter works for city
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

U.S. and UN to blame for the misery in Haiti
Rivers run beneath us

Sports

Nonis ready for a challenge

Savage Love

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

Health

Drug-company dollars come with side effects

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

Stuffy old Ceeb set to thrive in digital world

Geek of the Week

Vintage radio now digital

Trigger Happy

The perils of video gaming

Features

Germs gone wild

Outside

Mountains' trails make for freeride heaven

Fashion Plate

Ice takes starch out of buying fine jewellery

Chic of the Week

Ethnic sensibility found in local capris

Best Eating

From Belgium to the world

Straight Goods

Summer Scorcher
Dinner and Drinks
Farm Fresh
Sake to you
Blueberry rush
Dip for the cause

Books

Until I Find You / By John Irving
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince / By J.K. Rowling
Snow Man / By David Albahari

Book Choice of the Week

Pandora's Collective

Movies

"The Island" gave Johansson a chance to jump into action
"Hustle"'s Howard left the world of science for acting
"Bears"' Billy looks for balance

Movie Notes

Superwomen in film
Studio attracts names
Setting it straight
Canadian blood abroad

Movie Reviews

Saraband
YES
Hustle & Flow
The Island
The Devil's Rejects

Television

Home Screen

DVD Releases

Ham transcends the cheese

Music Features

Guru takes his best shot
Devildriver always looks on the sunny side of life
Sex and drugs don't sway the men of Money Money
Brown understood she had to strip herself naked
Composing increasingly appealing for Transeau
Garage and grunge leave a mark on Whitby rockers
Blue seems to suit formerly reserved fiddler

Folk Fest

Folk Fest ends on an upbeat note

Offbeat

Life proves seriously joyful

Local Motion

Smoxz abandons thug life

Concert Reviews

Beck

Music Notes

Drummer remembered fondly
Clearsky Named UN Messenger

Music Choices

Talib Kweli
The Black Eyed Peas
Willie Nelson
The Strange Days festival
Scramblers

Payback Time

No complaints, again

Time Out Events

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

Cartoons

Arnould
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

Video Game Reviews

Still Life
Batman Begins

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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