Issue 1968, Sep 8, 2005

Arts

New forms from old
Women snap Eastside streets' hidden places
True tales tap funny bone
This year's Fringe field, from gems to bombs
2005 Fringe Festival Schedule
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

Golden sounds

Travel

Road show heads for Fringe

Music Arts

Fresh new music for stale old film

Visual Arts

McLean maps East Side life on VAG ceiling
White Noise

Arts Notes

Pushing into new territory
Locals shine at Shaw
Art in the works

Arts Choices

Gallery Hop
Holy Harmonies

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Well, kids, it depends how you define the word seat
Todd Bertuzzi: if you love the Canucks, let us go
Book fan, oddly, wants reviews instead of Payback
Try Backstreet Boys and shit before you whinge

News and Views

Transit gun plan draws fire
SFU lobbyist chases funding

Straight Talk

Clark avoids issues
Hubby lobbied for rav
Whale vote sought
Man in cage may run
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

Racist law kills due process
New Orleans chaos ruins Bush's big show

Victoria Secrets

Maximus highlights profits, not poor service

Sports

Harold Snepsts is back in Canuck den

Savage Love

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

Health

Urban gardens nurture healthy solutions

Health Features

Canada: The world's non-smoking magical kingdom

Health Notes

Looking at food as a human right
This is your brain on celluloid
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

Radio from space sets industry to bickering

Geek of the Week

Hidden Door Company

Features

The skinny on the fatwa

Coastlines

No room at the inn for Sechelt landmark

Fashion Plate

Stitch, don't bitch, your way to DIY duds

Streetwise

Duo spins pony tales into playful collection

Menswear

Fall updates on the trad suit

Kool Thing

Puffy zip-up vest

Chic of the Week

Look Good Feel Better

Best Eating

Divine comida
Sweet and savoury bread puddings draw on centuries of tradition

Uncorked

The Burgundy's white cousin can be bracing

Recipes

Bread puddings recipes

Food of the Week

Raw Food Real World: 100 Recipes to Get the Glow

Drink of the Week

The bloody Caesar

Straight Goods

Oui nons
Going green
Suppers to sing for
Bail out
Kampai
Naked Norman

Books

Lunar Park / by Bret Easton Ellis
The Walking Boy / by Lydia Kwa
The Nettle Spinner / by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer

Book Choice of the Week

Spartacus Books is back in business

Movies

Possessed
Fest finds old-style takes on Bizarro World

Movie Notes

So long, single screen
Smoke, but no fire
Ripper finds hope wherever he goes
Are you scared sacred?

Movie Reviews

The Transporter 2
ScaredSacred
The Man
A Sound of Thunder

Television

Home Screen

DVD Releases

Dated doc bashes Bush's maker

Music Features

The Black Maria keeps it up
Electroclash" no dirty word to the Hacker
Anniversary" proved a test of Fellows's patience
Dimebag death spurred Anthrax back into action

Offbeat

Fujii plays well with others

Local Motion

Flophouse Jr finds life beyond Americana

Concert Reviews

Backstreet Boys
Pearl Jam
Keren Ann

Recordings

Bend Sinister
Cherrybomb
Primes
Stereoground
Sonic City
Slow Nerve Action
City Wide Walkie Talkie
Psychic Pilots Union
Precious Fathers
SubtractiveLAD
Kanye West
Björk
Richard Hawley

Who Are You?

Mike Lacasse

Music Notes

Pic picks new format
Case gets foxy
Punk legend dies

Music Choices

The Bravery
Rockin' for wishes
The Black Keys
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Scars of Tomorrow
Black Mountain

Payback Time

No one found a single thing to complain about last week

Club Kid

Lowdown Thursdays

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 - Reagan
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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