Issue 1973, Oct 13, 2005

Arts

Not the usual song and dance
Sequel explores teen angst
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

Van Halen 101

Travel

Cruising the great white Antarctic silence

Theatre

British Installation theater week
San Diego
Two years in Nicola
Broken Homes

Music Arts

Vetta Chamber Music

Visual Arts

Judy Radul: Downes Point And So Departed (Again)

Arts Notes

Turning Hastings history into art
Turntable Symphony

Arts Choices

A Schiff in priorities
Viking songs
Picasso party
Theatre

Portrait of an Artist

Kathryn Dingwall

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Time span more useful for understanding oil reserves
Motivation a reason to celebrate high gas prices
Gay bashers enabled by witnesses averting eyes
Equating Afghanistan with Iraq hurts antiwar group
Theatre spoiler prods reader to plea for warning

News and Views

Lewis chastises big bankers

Straight Talk

BC Hydro timed its execution well
Think tank hosts global-warming denier
Bus riders union announces fare strike
Frank hits the web
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

Fleshing out a martyr's myth

Victoria Secrets

What's not on Hansard TV

Savage Love

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

Health

Pyramids and rainbows foster balanced eating

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

Innovation Council taps science wizards

Features

Outrageous
Vancouver goes live for performance-art fest
A secular plot

Outside

Point park is best place to spot border jumpers

Travel Notes

Big Dead Place: Inside the Strange and Menacing World of Antarctica
Maharaja Mac attack

Fashion Plate

Style guru hands out make-or-break advice

Menswear

Obakki's got your back —and your butt, too

Holy Bauble

Men's Vogue

Chic of the Week

Lazy Susan's

Best Eating

Now, that's good readin'

Uncorked

Of cranberry wines and a turkey of a cocktail

Recipes

Steamed Whole Fish
Seven-Hour Leg of Lamb
Blue Cheese and Pear Tart
Saint-Nectaire Potato Cake
Far Out Noodles
Sautéed Grapes with Espresso & Red Wine
Portuguese Pork, Marinated with Garlic
Chicken Rice
Dungeness Crab with Dow See

Food of the Week

Laughing With My Mouth Full: Tales From a Gulf Islands Kitchen

Drink of the Week

The Hite (Fresh Taste Beer) from Korea

Straight Goods

A is for apple
B is for butt shredders
P is for party
And pumpkin pastries too

Books

Rebecca Godfrey
Seth
Devyani Saltzman
Dave Bidini
Chuck Klosterman
Arthur & George / By Julian Barnes
The Accidental / By Ali Smith
Smoke Show / By Clint Burnham
Labyrinth / By Kate Mosse
The Highest Tide / By Jim Lynch
Wickett's Remedy / By Myla Goldberg
Neil Young saved my life

Book Choice of the Week

Vancouver International Writers Festival

Movies

Play's the thing
Crowe mines family for film

Movie Notes

Let's talk about sex
Kerrigan gets zen on set
No complaint from portnoy star

Movie Reviews

Everything is Illuminated
Domino
Separate Lies
Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Two For The Money
Pretty Persuasion
The Thing About My Folks
Waiting…

Television

Home Screen

DVD Releases

Horror flicks deep in slash and trash

Music Features

Nada Surf
Toronto's Constantines put their hearts into playing live
Wainwright takes a big first step toward the tower of song
Diamonds" doesn't glitter like Cooper's classics
Retro rap rears its head on Time Machine's "Radio"
Stripped-naked Wilson and Lanois bond big time
Cuff the Duke captures campfire ambiance

Offbeat

Neil mixed sublimity, chaos

Concert Reviews

The Arcade Fire
Buddy's Benefit for the Louisiana SPCA

Recordings

Cream (DVD)
Return to Sin City: A Tribute to Gram Parsons (DVD)
Soundz of Spirit

Music Notes

Laptop jockeys square off
Black Mountain feeling blue
Che calls it a day

Music Choices

Omar Sosa
Guided by Robots
Bughouse 5

Payback Time

Far from Mars
Aaron Bonogofsky vs. Deena Cox

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 - Chris
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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