Issue 1972, Oct 6, 2005

Arts

Memories of apartheid
Day of the Dead haunts train
Benning aims lens above landscape
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

M.I.A. won't be tied down
Coheed and Cambria bring new life to prog

Travel

Signora's stories add spice to Sicily

Style

Duelling fashion weeks mean busy runway action

Theatre

The House of Atreus
The Diary Of Anne Frank
Plugged

Dance

Handsome Blue Sky
Swan Lake

Music Arts

Harlem choir blessed by Pope, U2
Cecilia Bartoli
Vancouver Chamber Choir

Visual Arts

Charles REA: Crystal Lab/Mirror Maze

Arts Notes

Tickled by new ivories
En-grained statistics
Blowing into the windy city

Arts Choices

Private Audience
Luxury one-liners

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Readers sound off over Christy Clark's "Downfall"
Filmon's record a dubious reassurance for logging
Antiwar activist rejects criticism on Afghanistan
Reader rips critic for neglecting actors
Setting it straight

News and Views

Gays targeted for attacks
Municipalities pursue own energy projects

Straight Talk

Candidates file suit against Jamie Lee
Council may grant pit bulls more freedom
Elections BC flip-flops on tycoon's e-mail
Public toilets sought
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

Victoria Secrets

BCGEU backs Telus workers

Savage Love

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

Health

Young disease victims inherit uncertain future

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

The truth is our there in the wired world

Geek of the Week

Stuff-O-Rama

Features

Running on empty

Travel Notes

Heritage sites here, there, everywhere

Best Eating

China Syndrome
Not just for pie anymore: discover how smashing pumpkins can be

Uncorked

Wineries excel with grey matter and gold

Food of the Week

Salade de calamars

Drink of the Week

Flemish Strong Beer

Straight Goods

Berry good
New kid on the block
Portly pleasures
Turkey talk
Can can
Fab fall feasts
You grow girl!
Sumas Energy 2 Still Alive?

Books

Neil Gaiman in black and white

Movies

One day at a time
Bonham Carter is torn between two animators
Bloom drops heroics for Elizabethtown drama

Movie Notes

Water wows fishy crowd
Yugoslavian grab bag
China town and country
VIFF Trade Forum Wraps Up

Movie Reviews

Vancouver International Film Fest
Thumbsucker
Serenity
Oliver Twist
Where The Truth Lies
In Her Shoes
Magnificent Desolation

Television

Home Screen

DVD Releases

Canadian films

Music Features

Pop tastes good to trash-loving Sunshine
British Sea Power gets back to nature
Britain's bold Baebes get mediaeval
Arden comfortable with letting it all hang out
Hammers give country a southern-fried injection
Midautumn tunesmiths form their own damn band
The party's about to stop for "craíc"-crazy Danú
Big Apple jazzer prefers to keep his options wide open

Offbeat

Spasm Band still twitching

Local Motion

Solo Solarist shoots for something simple

Concert Reviews

Audioslave
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Who Are You?

Tanya Anderson

Music Notes

Subhumans see some action
Local Hip-Hop Hits the Net

Music Choices

Killers
Arcade Fire
Katrina victim fundraiser

Payback Time

Darien Edgeler vs. Mike Usinger

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 - Dragan
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

Media

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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