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Issue 1977, Nov 10, 2005

Arts

Words get in Monk's way
Taxes take toll on arts biz
Exhibit follows adventurous women into past
Dances for a Small Stage XI
Gimme shelter
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

On the Verge
All's fine and dandy
BSS issues a sonic challenge
Tomb tome visits rock stars' graves

Travel

Haggling in Istanbul is the real Turkish delight

Theatre

Little Mercy's First Murder
The Ladies of the Camellias
Carnage

Music Arts

The Age of Opulence
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Visual Arts

The sublime meets the everyday

Arts Notes

Dancers draw VIP audience
Election hot seat
Demo reprieve

Arts Choices

Rhymes at rime
Scene stealers
Mass appeal
Christmas cocktails
Catching the current

Portrait of an Artist

Sean Raggett

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Students deserve to know about toxins in schools
Health-care P3s look like good value—if you squint
Education benefits and costs should be shared
Reader suggests there are many shades of Green

News and Views

Mayoral Election
Tension shows at tea party
Sullivan's charities raise oodles of money
Livable region is key issue

Straight Talk

Sullivan wants lower transit fares
Vision promotes cops, ignores hospital
Environmental bill of rights wins support
Whale protest planned
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

Analysis

M.A.N.D.Y./ Dominik Eulberg

Commentary

Surrey voters will determine GVRD's future
I'm tired of hearing people call me a "Chink"
Indigenous groups transform Latin America
Veterans' thoughts on war should be heard

Victoria Secrets

Liberals pay big severance

Savage Love

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

Health

White-teeth seekers find reality can bite

Health Features

Canada: The world's non-smoking magical kingdom

Health Notes

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

The info-space has arrived—now what?

Geek of the Week

Four Word Film Review

Features

Confronting crystal meth
Research says HIV-positive men at higher risk for Meth use

Outside

Winter storms lash world's islands of calm

Fashion Plate

Winter is dress-up time for the well-heeled

Menswear

New spice instead of old

Chic of the Week

Great big ol' sample sale

Restaurant Reviews

Soup and sympathy
It's the most important meal of the day, so why not try something new?

Uncorked

All the wine that's fit to drink (whisky too)

Food of the Week

La Cucina del Diavolo

Drink of the Week

Blackwood's Premium Nordic Vodka

Straight Goods

Lucky strike
Habit forming
Fish dish
Dog bites
Das rind gold
Don your shoulder pads
Spanish highs

Books

The Push Man and Other Stories / by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Two Lives / by Vikram Seth
Neil Young Nation / by Kevin Chong

Book Choice of the Week

UBC

Movies

Buddhism to Judaism
Blethyn plays matchmaker
Porn stars put East Van on the map
Indy film producers recast distribution
Filmmaker seeks to bridge generation gap
Homegrown horror is a scary biz

Movie Notes

Sick, twisted, and irate
Sick, twisted, and charitable
Edgy slovenian moves in
Resfest takes the film centre

Movie Reviews

The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Chicken Little
Zathura
The Dark Hours
Jarhead
Derailed
Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2005

Television

Home Screen

Music Features

Stockholm's Shout Out Louds like to party
Adult. takes a noisy route to musical maturity
Hella heads stretch out on odd solo sojourns
Doseone believes in Subtle's nobility
Buried members happy to throw their lives away
Tunesmith Jason Mraz thrives on witty wordplay

Offbeat

Jelly Roll tastier than ever

Local Motion

Feminists campaign for musical freedom

Concert Reviews

Jello Biafra with the Melvins

Recordings

Thrice
The Fiery Furnaces
Stellastarr*
Ashlee Simpson
Mick Harvey
Konono No. 1
Greg Osby

Music Notes

Battle Axe Slashes Rumours
Them's the breaks
Disco's back, again

Music Choices

Ben Lee
Juliette and the Licks
Liz Phair
Al Neil project

Payback Time

Rachel Chanel vs. Deena Cox

Clubs

Clubs
Hot List
Know your history - Richard's on Richards
Ask your bartender
Tried & Tested
DJ Lowdown - Jay-Auto

Time Out Events

Take Action
Benefits
Fashion
Et Cetera
Kids’ Stuff
Out Of Town

Cartoons

Arnould
Ernie Pook's Comeek
Tar Paper Town
Van Stralen
Way Off Main

City Singles

City Single of the Week - Sharon
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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