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Issue 1980, Dec 1, 2005

Arts

Konoval finds playing a countess hard work
For Toyne, film work leads to "No Fanfare"
Composer Nickel puts his faith in music
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

Beyond thug life
All-American Rejects find fickle acceptance
On The Verge

Travel

Lost city found in Calgary

Theatre

Disney's Beauty And The Beast
You Can't Take It With You
The Feigned Courtesans
Luv

Dance

Dance's new breed

Music Arts

Dialogues of the Carmelites

Visual Arts

Bit by Bit
Susan Gold: Trophy Room

Comedy

Characters thrive beyond Trailer Park

Arts Notes

Big budget boost welcomed
Stepping out
One in a million

Arts Choices

Choral stars return
Truly grand grands
Amazing grace
Take flight
Young at art

Multimedia

Brief Encounters

Arts Time Out

Letters

Election gender analysis sparks further scrutiny
Reader blasts NDP fence-sitting on Haiti occupation
Cyclist is critical of Critical Mass riders' methods
Are NPA's livability goals a bit too car-friendly?
Stefani goes unchallenged on Harajuku accessories

News and Views

Poverty and prejudice, not drugs, fuel B.C.'s HIV rise
Darfur genocide intensifies
Oh, those shopping bags
What would it take to get Vancouverites to change their bad bag behaviour?
Kitsilano solar panels produce clean energy
GVRD vetrans fired

Straight Talk

Experts urge better security for games
Profs earn big bucks
Bush case resumes
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

Victoria Secrets

New Diabetes Drug Approval Questioned

Savage Love

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

Health

Living was queasy until pair went grain-free

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

With click-to-view, who will have time for TV?

Geek of the Week

Canadian Favourites

Trigger Happy

Goodies for gamers

Features

Urban general
VPD says Graham will be cleared in current controversy
Chief sends a warning to Sam Sullivan

Travel Notes

Guides, maps make the globe easy to give

Fashion Plate

Books to beguile with style

Style Watch

The bigger the better the tighter the sweater...
Show stoppers

Kool Thing

Biviel Antique boots

Chic of the Week

Discover, Shop, and Celebrate Local marketplace

Restaurant Reviews

Growing awareness

Uncorked

A case lot of corkers for dipsobibliomaniacs

Food of the Week

Bones: Recipes, History, & Lore

Drink of the Week

French Monument

Straight Goods

World-class hotties
Sunday roasts
Talent spotting
Christmas stocking
Bounced
Table dhoti
Nice takeout

Books

Christmas Days By Derek McCormack, with illustrations by Seth
Waterfront By James P. Delgado
Black Hole By Charles Burns
Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star, By Tab Hunter, with Eddie Muller
Christopher Pratt, By Josée Drouin-Brisebois, with an introduction by Jeffrey Spalding
Men's Style By Russell Smith
Raincoast Chronicles Fourth Five, Edited by Howard White.
Book One, By Chip Kidd
Takao Tanabe, by Ian M. Thom et al
Red Light, Edited by Anna Camilleri
The ONION Presents Embedded in America: Complete News Archives Volume 16, edited by Carol Kolb
Terrific tomes for little readers of all ages

Movies

Doc takes on anti-Semitism
Lensing an explosive subject
Horror on the dead cheap
Ganatra dives into "Cake"

Movies Features

Movie Notes

Fergoodnesssakes. The Ridge is NOT closing
Give the industry some credit (tax, that is)
Thank goodness for Deepa Mehta
Don't go AWOL for this film
Festival faves hit The Ridge

Movie Reviews

Cake
The Future of Food
Paradise Now
Protocols of Zion
Yours, Mine & Ours
In The Mix

Television

Music Features

Kardinal Offishall represents T-Dot hip-hop
The Like secretly loving their charmed lives
Dramatic Darkane makes metal a family affair
Bunnymen return to fighting form on "Siberia"
Multitasking Soilworker learns to live with stress
Rebirth leaves Masta with few regrets

Offbeat

Amy Denio keeps it loose

Local Motion

Hope taps his inner outlaw

Concert Reviews

July Fourth Toilet

Who Are You?

Music Notes

Voice speaks for Thor
Whale head finds endearing employment
Drummer sidelined

Music Choices

Matt Costa
Richard Thompson
Three jazz gigs at the ironworks studio
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Herald Nix
DJ Premier
Clutch

Payback Time

Clubs

Clubs
Hot List
Know Your History - The Cellar
Who Dressed You?
Tried & Tested
DJ Lowdown

Time Out Events

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

Cartoons

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

City Singles

City Single of the Week - C
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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