Issue 1964, Aug 11, 2005

Arts

Bold fusion
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

All the rage

Travel

Cuba's "casas" offer rooms with social views

Festival Vancouver

All-star cast is ready to handle rare Handel
The Smith Quartet

Theatre

Fragments of a Farewell Letter Read by Geologists
Little Shop of Horrors

Dance

From Kathak to Bollywood

Music Arts

Fretwork

Visual Arts

Yesterday

Arts Notes

Gallery centres in on a new locale
Fabric fad financially fab
Judging a book by its cover
Matrimonial bliss

Arts Choices

Unnatural selection
Go ape
Roll into the wet spots
Head for the hills

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Dyer's causal thinking encourages terrorism
Risk of false positives highlighted for HIV
Transit worker urges you to park your car
Germ geneticist clarifies study authorship

News and Views

Religion could save Emery

Straight Talk

City loses in court
Planner moonlights
Property crimes drop
Cop database created
Comeback considered
Rupp wins award
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

Premier takes his chances on stock market

Savage Love

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

Health

Despite progress, polio scourge persists

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 technology may legitimze .avi format

Geek of the Week

John Roger's "Global Frequency"

Features

2010: It's the terror, stupid
Sign of the times turns beneath stars

Coastlines

Inland Lake delivers wild things up close

Travel Notes

Road companion simple and rejuvenating
Ride around the world

Fashion Plate

Brushing up on the latest hair products

Menswear

It's a revolution, comrades

Holy Bauble

Komakino

Chic of the Week

Eco-friendly bikinis

Best Eating

Red but not ready
Cooling Asian salads just the thing on summer's hottest days

Uncorked

Ways to wine away the summer

Food of the Week

Bobobaby frozen vegetarian baby food

Drink of the Week

Belhaven Wee Heavy just one big mellow

Straight Goods

Back to the future
Free ride
Sunday dinner
Chilled to a T
Pretty 'n' pink
Higher learning

Books

Sweetness in the Belly / By Camilla Gibb
No Time / By Heather Menzies
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town / By Cory Doctorow

Movies

Talk dirty to me
Benjamin up to whatever challenges come his way
"Côte" directors give classic beach flicks a gay twist
"Date" doc drew on a dream

Movie Notes

This is a test of the Canadian filmmaking system
Mothers get payback

Movie Reviews

Broken Flowers
2046
Côte D'Azur
The Aristocrats
Last Days
The Great Raid
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
My Date with Drew

Television

Home Screen

DVD Releases

Lightning Bug flies despite design flaws

Music Features

606 looks beyond his laptop
Phunkville tells stories from the dark side

Offbeat

Nevilles survive a big scare

Concert Reviews

The White Stripes
The Foo Fighters
Ryan Adams and The Cardinals

Who Are You?

Troy Clinton Whitley the first

Music Notes

Belt it out at the 'Balt
Collapsing in Japan
Hinterland gets love

Music Choices

The Seeds
Jack Johnson
Bruce Springsteen

Payback Time

Michael Johnston Vs. John Lucas

Clubs

Hot list
Know your history - The Marble Arch
Who dressed you?
DJ lowdown - Kevin Shiu
Tried & tested

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

Single of the week - Stephan
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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