Issue 1965, Aug 18, 2005

Arts

Alley up
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

Lobster virginity lost during Maine meal

Theatre

Sex in Vancouver: Intimate Secrets
Heartbeat
Bonobo

Music Arts

Acis and Galatea
Donna Brown and Philippe Cassard

Visual Arts

Ceramics shows cast forward and backward

Comedy

PoCo dinner club serves up old-school variety show

Arts Notes

Art businesses troll for tax relief
No near end to sea vancouver debt

Arts Choices

Be there or be square
Motor-mouth marathon
Tidal creatures

Portrait of an Artist

Eva Diener

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

On terrorism, censorship, and targeting civilians
Porn collective is happy on the freaky fringe
Premier's investments don't seem like a big deal
Jim Green's study habits don't impress voter

News and Views

Whistleblower urges more medical inquests
MLAs disclose investments
Premier backs Alaskan rail

Straight Talk

Fraser Institute boss invites Cheney
Svend could testify on Emery's behalf
Student-loan revenue expected to rise
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

Terror's greatest recruitment tool
Sky-high oil price no disaster
Towns on beetles' menu

Savage Love

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

Health

A better prognosis comes with a price tag

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

Bad-apple eBayers send Dave into Amazon

Trigger Happy

Beyond button mashing to the write stuff

Features

Moka makes a move
Probing behind the propaganda blitz
Teacher humours both children and adults
Better career planning saves time, money
B.C. squeezes its grad-student spots

Outside

Quadra's lakes entice saltwater kayakers

Fashion Plate

Don't lose dollars and sense at summer sales

Streetwise

Intricate line sparkles with glam-boho style

Kool Thing

Crafty beaded bracelets

Chic of the Week

Point in Time having a whale of a sale

Best Eating

Cooking School
With simple ingredients and not much time, you too can dress for success

Uncorked

Questions answered, in red and white

Food of the Week

Island Way sorbet

Drink of the Week

Bowen Island Special Bitter

Straight Goods

Cross-cultural quaffing
Turn on, tune in, and time travel
Holy guacamole
Happy birthday
Farewell, Yaletown
Fast-forward to fall

Books

Oh the Glory of It All / by Sean Wilsey
"The Incendiary: The Misadventures of John the Painter, First Modern Terrorist" by Jessica Warner
Miraculous Hours / by Matt Rader

Book Choice of the Week

Big-box book boom

Movies

McAdams enjoys "Red Eye" ride

Movie Notes

Who makes short shorts?
Many stars over Africa

Movie Reviews

The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Supercross
Valiant
Four Brothers
Show Me
Red-Eye
The Skeleton Key
November
The Five of Us
Deluxe Combo Platter

Television

Home Screen

DVD Releases

This Return from TV could drive you batty

Music Features

Keeping the faith
On the aptly titled "Shifting Gears", Z-Trip moves beyond the mash-up
Van Halen spirit lives on in Death by Stereo
Old Reliable's getting used to long commutes
Dan Goldman writes the soundtrack of childhood

Offbeat

Kronos goes to Bollywood

Local Motion

Stace Prints starts over

Concert Reviews

Bruce Springsteen
Jack Johnson
Coldplay

Recordings

Slim Thug
Missy Elliott
The Floor
Alice Cooper

Music Notes

Mountain man flies solo
Adams goes awol
Dying in Billboard

Music Choices

Quo Vadis
Chromeo
Common
John Fogerty / John Mellencamp
Michael Buble

Payback Time

Gerald Clipperton vs. Mike Usinger

Remedial Reading

Scar Tissue / by Anthony Kiedis

Time Out Events

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

Cartoons

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

City Singles

Single of the Week - Kerry
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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