Issue 1978, Nov 17, 2005

Arts

Ready, set, crawl
Fullman is big on strings
Images give sight to blind
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

Simple Plan specializes in adolescent angst
Gwen Stefani: Girl power
Sussing Stefani's star power

Travel

Finland's ice swimmers find cold comfort

Theatre

Cabaret
Visites a Monsieur Green
Gathering Wood/Drawing Water
The Canada Show: The Complete History in Two Acts

Music Arts

Meredith Monk

Visual Arts

Stephen Shore: The Biographical Landscape
Danny Singer: Winter

Comedy

Hipsters get double dose of funnymen

Arts Notes

Mayoral candidates waffle on arts
Dawn of a new day

Arts Choices

An evening of Rumi
Anatomy lesson
Comic genius
Ballet of biblical proportions
Talented twosome

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Meth-HIV story criticized for downplaying link
Prospect of higher rents not seen as "just ducky"
Hurlers of racial slurs told to get over themselves
Common sense can solve problems on the bridge
Mass cyclist critical of impatient drivers

News and Views

Many Translink directors battle tough opponents
The Straight slate
The "Straight" slate for a more livable region [Vancouver]
The "Straight" slate for a more livable region [Greater Vancouver Reginal District]
Whistler candidates focus on second homes
Bus riders are not amused
What pisses you off about TransLink?
Candidates' Views

Straight Talk

Some candidates give views on democracy
Vision outspends COPE and NPA on TV
Anti-RAV movement back on track
Hip-Hop against armed SkyTrain cops
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

We all pay for congestion

Victoria Secrets

Polak refashions her image

Savage Love

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

Health

Charities defy gravity in fight for donations

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

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Geek of the Week

The Lighter Side Co.

Trigger Happy

Creative-writing grad pens best-selling game
Super-scientists wield weapons and body-snatch to save Geist's world

Features

Voters face tricky choice

Travel Notes

Santa and kitsch await at the Arctic Circle

Fashion Plate

Stores in the 'hood help that gift-list angst

Streetwise

Adidas reborn on retro riffs

Kool Thing

Cable-knit V-neck vest

Chic of the Week

Ancient Spirit's funky hand-knit and crocheted sweaters and shawls

Best Eating

Tea and tarot
Australian Bill Granger has built an empire in the name of simplicity

Uncorked

Deli tidbits and wine twin sets make dinner

Food of the Week

Dark Belgian hot chocolate

Drink of the Week

Tree Brewing's Cutthroat Pale Ale

Straight Goods

Cheats' eats
Get squashed
Drink it in
Two for the stew
Taking it to the street
Underground treasures

Books

A Perfect Night to Go to China / By David Gilmour
The Time in Between / By David Bergen
Veronica / By Mary Gaitskill
Vancouverite Vaillant puts GG win in context

Movies

Local candidates schooled in silver screen
Reel holiday season revs up
Culture clash comes home in family flick
Cash transfusion: Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line

Movie Notes

Is there a filmmaker in the house?
This year's Geminis run out of Gas

Movie Reviews

Pride and Prejudice
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Walk the Line
Bee Season
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
The Passenger

Television

Home Screen

Music Features

Priestess worships at the altar of Angus
Staying unpredictable the goal of Rogue Wave
Guitar army looks forward to conquering the world
Furries find that a little fibbing never hurt anyone
Negative feelings power death-fixated Children
Meditative duo not above having a good gut-laugh
Romberg prefers to fly without the aid of charts

Offbeat

Existential Angst Party explores joy of angst

Concert Reviews

Licks rock out with movie-star charisma
Depeche Mode

Recordings

Short Cuts
Madonna
CocoRosie
Kate Bush
The Sights
Early Man
Boubacar Traore
Primal Fear

Music Notes

Pitchfork jabs McNarland
Halos head to Disneyland
Nominate Yourself

Music Choices

Charlie Sexton
DJ Friction
Damian Marley
The Mae Shi
Great Lake Swimmers
Tri-Continental
Low Budget
The Cribs
Jeanette Lindström

Payback Time

Jackpot Plumps!

Clubs

Clubs

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 - Glenn
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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