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Issue 1966, Aug 25, 2005

Arts

One big family
Inuit artist makes silent stones speak
Debt dampens many local festivals' spirits
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

Travel

Chiapas healer treats tourist transgression

Style

Names are born in Hollywood

Music Arts

Rising stars polish opera pearls to a lustre

Visual Arts

Artists see stars in I'm a Fan

Arts Notes

Troupes struggle with funding denials
Calling all earth(ling)s

Arts Choices

Flying Solo
Nose to nose

Portrait of an Artist

Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa

Arts Time Out

Letters

Suburban students denied fair college access
Grad student backs small programs tied to demand
Reader urges caution in choosing treatments
Media's terror hysteria encourages police state
Create your own tax break with public transit
Prof's treatment typical of money-first society

News and Views

U.S. utility linked to blast

Straight Talk

Family battles chief coroner over taser
Dispatchers lose case
Rich guy's charity donates to liberals
NDP MLA on Liberal list
Clark doubts value of publishers' payments
Legal beagle heads local business group
CanWest paper still closed
GVRD board receives update on Camp Howdy
Premier's office killed Ballem's lab-reform initiative
Do any politicians pay attention to what's happening in the North American convention industry?
Watts opposes Port Mann bridge twinning 'in isolation'
Commuter paper fined for confusing ads with editorial
June Critical Mass smashes records
Kettlewell fights for adopted granny Krawczyk
City of Richmond prepares to avoid the fate of New Orleans
Whale lovers threaten court action
Vancouver Olympics more expensive than Turin's Games
Clifford Olson - parole denied
City racks up more legal bills
Rally planned for Lebanon
Multinationals thrash consumers in court
Just like old times
Clarification on Success Realty buildings in East Van
Champion for the poor dies in bicycle accident

Commentary

Peace breaks out all over

Savage Love

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

Health

Drug database can't take doctor's place

Health Features

Canada: The world's non-smoking magical kingdom

Health Notes

Inspections shut Denman eateries
Herpes connection
You are what you eat - so eat well
What's a potato stick?
Shocking discovery: watching TV decreases levels of physical activity!
Shared yoga mats might carry nasty germs
McNuggets are healthy?

Dot Comment

Dave leaves the eBay, swims over to Amazon

Geek of the Week

Features

May I take your order, please?
Political contributors expect results
This haunted place

Travel Notes

The art of cartography mapped out

Style Bites

Encore for the golden age of radio
Snippets of chic
Small-screen screens
Farm-fresh plants
Cuckoo for coconuts
Great balls of fire
Magic mushrooms
Mission control

Urban Living

Old objects find new life at Sister Kate's

Chic of the Week

Designing a Small-Space Garden

Restaurant Reviews

Uncorked

A glorious ascent of the Blue Mountain cult

Food of the Week

Attention, back-to-schoolers

Drink of the Week

Lako Club and Topvar Leiak Svetl

Straight Goods

Uptown High
Bridging the gap
Run for the border
We see tomatoes
School's in
Le pique nique

Books

Carolan's Farewell / By Charles Foran
Nothing Is True, Everything Is Permitted / By John Geiger
Art nature dialogues / By John K. Grande

Book Choice of the Week

The Joy of Self-Publishing

Movies

Hip to be Czech

Movie Notes

Van Theatres bought by Bluenosers
We make short shorts
China connects through film

Movie Reviews

Brothers Grimm
The Constant Gardener
Proteus
Undiscovered
The Dukes of Hazzard

Television

Music Features

Die-hard Dolls revel in their trashy past
Devotchka spins tale with empathetic Ends
Tommy Lee and U.S. politics upset Usher
Tragedy makes Bleed serious about its dream
Indie-rock survivor finds a dynamic new groove
High Contrast turns chaos into soulful drum 'n' bass

Offbeat

"Future" is punk at its purest

Local Motion

Steps make thought-rock

Concert Reviews

Michael Bublé
John Mellencamp/John Fogerty

Recordings

Young Jeezy/Boyz N Da Hood
James Blunt
Various Artists
Willie Nelson

Music Notes

Hip-Hop Expo returns
Music BC goes free

Music Choices

Def Leppard
Garbage
Buckwheat Zydeco
Minus the bear

Payback Time

Bruce Springsteen does not suck

Club Kid

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 - Ken
Singles of the Week - Michelle | Skidge

Careers

Advertising Sales Associate
Web Programmer
Retail Advertising Sales Associate

Blogs

Welcome to the Views Blog
Joining the Web, version 2.0

Straight.com

About the Straight

Blog - Sports

NHL draft: bargaining with the devil
Big Bert's move bad news for circulation directors
Hasta Luego, Bertuzzi
The incredible shrinking team
Floyd Landis - alpine high

Blog - Politics

Harper clones Premier Campbell's winning formula
Cadman charges chump change compared to Carline's income
Gordo grudge match!
Gordo grudge match II
Clinton transcript on peak oil
Harper woos animal lovers
Stephen Harper, clubbed seals, and the West End Girls (together again)
Historian says EU would find our snow attractive; maybe so, but are we having fun being snowed?
NPA council jams with the best of them
Emerson's leaving quite a legacy
Chief Graham's world is changing
Assembly of First Nations responds to Stephen Harper's call for a judicial inquiry into "racially divided fishery"

Blog - Movies

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