Issue 1969, Sep 15, 2005

Arts

Strong shows come in from the Fringe
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

Bucking the system

Travel

Belfast tour links today with Troubles past

Theatre

Anna Cummer
Josue Laboucane
Mary Stuart
Best bets offer romance, wit, show tunes

Dance

Dance finds new diversity
Jennifer McLeish-Lewis
Alexis Fletcher

Music Arts

Classical music
New music
Jonathan Chan
Stefan Smulovitz

Visual Arts

Etienne Zack
Vanessa Kwan
Neighbourhood
James Nizam: Looking Out/Looking In
Of small gear and big titles

Comedy

Comics crowd the calendar
Sam Easton
Jeffery Yu
"Letterman" regular likes his jokes clean

Arts Choices

Local laugh-getters
Just say ole!
Best of the Fringe

Portrait of an Artist

T.Ray

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Christy Clark's mayoral bid receives a bashing
Gulf caretakers feel slighted by Glavin
Bertuzzi fans decisively take Nigel's knees out

News and Views

NPA mayoral race heats up
Bus change reduces safety

Straight Talk

Natives reject logos
B.C. Liberals must give refund to charity
E-mail deemed an ad
Referendum proposed
Straight nominated
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

New Orleans needs people's reconstruction
City's oldest book haven Marx milestone

Victoria Secrets

Bafflegab from the throne

Savage Love

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

Health

Women use fitness to Take Back the Night

Health Features

Canada: The world's non-smoking magical kingdom

Health Notes

New book debunks drug myths
Baby and barbell make three
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

Ah, RadioShack, we hardly knew ye

Geek of the Week

419 Eater

Trigger Happy

Think like a designer: it's fun to die trying

Features

Their asses are on fire

Outside

Fall travellers see red along Gold Rush Trail

Travel Notes

Horse heads liven up these random travels

Fashion Plate

Local designer Dace dazzles with classics

Streetwise

Jewellery spans pearls to pop-art plastics

Kool Thing

Chulo Pony tweed shawl

Chic of the Week

Fashionista events

Best Eating

Don't have a cow
Nutritionists raise concerns over instant foods in lunch bags

Uncorked

The "burning water" of Brazil is a hot trend

Food of the Week

Taste of the City

Drink of the Week

Flavoured teas

Straight Goods

Matcha Madness
Chefs with heart
New world wonders
Something fishy
Super seven
The last oompahpah

Books

The Short Version: An ABC Book / By Stan Persky
The Hungry Tide / By Amitav Ghosh
The Vanishing Man / By Aaron Bushkowsky

Book Choice of the Week

First Writes

Movies

Fighting words
Corpse Bride spurns digital animation

Movie Notes

Parker wants pen to wield more weight
Be a pal
That's my baby
Kids in the halls

Movie Reviews

Lord of War" an armed and shallow lecture
The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Television

Home Screen

DVD Releases

Seal of approval for DVD package

Music Features

Alvin Youngblood Hart casts off blues yoke
A less experimental A-Trak scratches a niche
Monolake's maestro overcomes crazy ears
Corb Lund takes a ride from rock to roots
Baker and Northey gear down in Strippers Union
Retro-minded Trews keep the rock 'n' roll faith
Randy Weston seeks the source of all music

Offbeat

Orchid's Road still evolving

Local Motion

Multifaceted mover is shaking up Van City

Concert Reviews

Destiny's Child
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Oasis
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Oasis

Recordings

The Rolling Stones
U.D.O.
Paul McCartney
New Buffalo

Music Notes

A new slum in town
Pierce lands on Mars
Dig this

Music Choices

Carolyn Mark
Antony and the Johnsons

Payback Time

No complaints this week

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

City Single of the Week - Anthony
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

Video Game Reviews

Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir
Arc the Lad: End of Darkness
Dead to Rights: Reckoning

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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