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Issue 1988, Jan 26, 2006

Arts

Voice lessons
Pianist Tilbury keeps score in tricky "Treatise"
Fest finds "family" in a faraway land
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

Travel

Cruisin' through China's past

Theatre

Studies in motion: The hauntings of Eadweard Muybridge
The Perfectionist
Famous Puppet Death Scenes

Music Arts

Master of the panpipes returns

Visual Arts

Dave Ostrem: Reading Art

Comedy

Arts Notes

Frayed fringe
Commissioner avenges arts
Dramatic development
Investing in the future
Beaver goes AWOL

Arts Choices

Vincent as Vincent
Missionary position
French frank
Aboriginal excellence
Happy birthday, wolfie
Icon club-hops

Multimedia

Arts Time Out

Letters

Breast-feeding moms have to stand up for rights
Endorsement and rejection puzzle Green candidate
Skeptical eye needed to view U.S. in Middle East
Reader claims city is reluctant to enforce bylaws
Horror film may be sick, but reflects modern fears

News and Views

Could Harper's win cost voters their homes?

Straight Talk

Smashing event
Pro rep coming?
Harper critic worries about research funds
Star wars on hold
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

Straight Issues

Head tax unites activists
B.C. elected only one MP of Chinese descent: Raymond Chan. How concerned are you about this?

Victoria Secrets

Web tutors worry teachers

Sports

Gymnasts make easy leap to freestyle skiing

Savage Love

Un-milked cows
Dan Savage's anti-Santorum feud continues...

Health

Folic acid is a B-list celebrity in waiting

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

Next-gen cellphone sets techies atingle
The sweet siren song of high-end earphones

Geek of the Week

It's the Hello Kitty Fender Stratocaster guitar

Trigger Happy

Canadian teams medal in World Cyber Games

Features

Immigrants claim that Canada conned them
Chinese fortunes

Outside

New snow-sport venues turn up adrenaline

Urban Living

Will design diva's trends work for West Coast?

Style Watch

Smells like libertine spirit
The Expose fashion, music, and art evening

Kool Thing

Speed-skating jacket

Chic of the Week

The gentler days of the written word

Restaurant Reviews

New Year a feast of symbols

Uncorked

Aurora's wine list hits province's top notes

Drink of the Week

Marie Brizard Watermelon Liquor

Straight Goods

Mediterranean escape
Growing shamrocks
Double happiness
Sip 'n' spit
Sweet eats
Canada's best
Wine on

Books

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays / By David Foster Wallace
Decreation / By Anne Carson

Movies

Off to the races
Updating aboriginals in film

Movie Notes

Mounties escort eve to Sundance

Movie Reviews

Eve & the Fire Horse
Cache
Underworld: Evolution
Karla

Music Features

KT Tunstall's risks pay off
In Flames burning to conquer the globe
MartÃn's fiery flamenco embraces its Arabic roots
Hinder's crazy mofos put partying first

Local Motion

You Say Party! We Say Die! beats boredom

Concert Reviews

Ecstatic fans buy into a fired-up Nickelback

Music Notes

Catching up with Richard's
Lamplighter makes plans

Music Choices

Kelly Joe Phelps
Comeback kid
Dala
Jeff Tweedy

Payback Time

No complaints. Bigger jackpot.

Time Out Events

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

Cartoons

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

City Singles

Single of the Week - Rachel
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
Advertise at the Straight - Web Advertising

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

Video Game Reviews

Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
The Warriors

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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