Issue 1962, Jul 28, 2005

Arts

Big on Japan
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

Small-town bash creates a world of sound

Festival Vancouver

Discover hidden gems and crystal silences
"Freischütz" shoots straight with a timeless theme
Kinch and Finch just two of an illustrious U.K. crew
Pianist unearths rare English musical pleasures
Conductor-organist Marshall keys in to B.C. composers
Pianist at home with her range
Capercaillie makes old Gaelic songs new again
Music continues to move Corea
LeBlanc wakes up audiences to early music

Theatre

The Return
Can-Can

Music Arts

Vancouver Chamber Music Festival Concert 2
Vancouver Chamber Music Festival Sunset Concert

Visual Arts

The Drawing Room

Comedy

Standups get set to wage a war of wits

Arts Notes

City trades density for music school
Neighbourhood gallery says bye
Bard of the rings

Arts Choices

Outsider art
A shore bet
Dance to the mosaic
Lucky us

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Do freewheeling nudies fit into UBC's vision?
Flag foofaraw may reflect lack of cultural insight
Genome BC clarifies its not-for-profit role
Dr. Peter Centre works to maintain funding integrity
Ticks seen as bigger threat than some think

News and Views

Martin family's theatre faces wrecking ball

Straight Talk

Council rejects plea from film fest
Cowie backs Sullivan
Fewer inquests held
Darfur vigil planned
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

Province shirks city Taxes

Savage Love

On the existence of bisexuality…
Dan Savage's anti-Santorum feud continues...

Health

All choked up over esophageal squeeze

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

DVD starting to look like a slipped disc

Geek of the Week

DigiBarn Computer Museum

Features

Beyond the binary: adventures in gender

Travel Notes

Orcas play in our urban back yard

Style Bites

9 choices for summertime fashion

Urban Living

Logic lies behind some TV home makeovers

Chic of the Week

Hafatzim's outdoor furniture

Best Eating

Bountiful berries
A secret tomato treat that gets ready as you sleep

Uncorked

Wasting away again in genuine margaritaville

Food of the Week

Café D'Lite relocation

Drink of the Week

Digging through ciders

Straight Goods

Summer sweets
Gorgeous george
Beach smarty
Pasture of plenty
Growing Thirst
Hop to it

Books

Istanbul: Memories and the City / By Orhan Pamuk
In Fine Form / Edited by Kate Braid and Sandy Shreve
The Rescue Artist / By Edward Dolnick

Book Choice of the Week

Vancouver Public Library's Queer Authors Night

Movies

Film fest changes focus
Simpson grows used to life in a fishbowl
McKellar content in his PJs
July low-key depite "Me and You" acclaim

Movie Notes

The Scheining
Juan life to live

Movie Reviews

Me and You and Everyone We Know
Must Love Dogs
Stealth
Bad News Bears
Juan, I Forgot I Don't Remember

Television

Home Screen

DVD Releases

Don't Move is memorably disturbing

Music Features

Bastid's still scratching
Philly's Silvertide revels in the sweet sounds of the '70s
Eminem brings Edgar Winter back to the "Billboard" charts

Offbeat

Probing pair crosses cultures

Local Motion

Lewis re-embraces a classic Chicago sound

Concert Reviews

Black Eyed Peas
Bob Dylan

Recordings

Bella
Edmonton Block Heater
Melissa Hill
Solarists
Ryan Drolet

Who Are You?

Juniper Lindquist

Music Notes

Experiment over
Remembering a great

Music Choices

Jucifer
Nobukazu Takemura
Teenage Fanclub
Adolescents
The High Dials

Payback Time

Sara Luedtke vs. Martin Turenne

Time Out Events

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

Cartoons

Arnould
Red Meat
Tar Paper Town
Ernie Pook's Comeek
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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