Issue 1989, Feb 2, 2006

Arts

WinterSong Festival: The hills are alive
Curators laud Jungen's range
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

Kings of Rock 'n' Roll

Travel

Travel show-and-tell pulls in the crowds

Theatre

Vincent in Brixton
Sexual Practices Of The Japanese
Six Miniature Tragedies

Dance

Hair and highland hit Crush

Music Arts

Kronos Quartet
Mozart Festival Concert #3

Visual Arts

"Imaginal" a dark sea of data

Arts Choices

Trans sister
Reading into listen
A little romanza
String king

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Immigrant discrimination not based solely on race
Business weenies back financial recklessness
Canadians travel abroad to fix birth defects

News and Views

Morning-after pill may head over the counter
Cadman plays down oil ties
Gateway plan condemned
Oil fuels city's food supply

Straight Talk

What of the IRB?
Indian astronaut's dad battles infanticide
Planning underway to keep park space intact
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

Straight Issues

What's the most urgent issue facing urban aboriginal people in Vancouver?
City Natives split on Tories

Commentary

Stephen Harper is no Tory

Savage Love

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

Health

Wellness Show guru prescribes skepticism

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

The sweet siren song of high-end earphones

Features

Culture Shock

Fashion Plate

Lingerie goes grown-up at Ohara's Scarlet

Style Watch

Hello sailor! Let's get yachtical...

Kool Thing

Loop Terry Resort Robe

Chic of the Week

Body syrups

Best Eating

Persian cuisine is ancient comfort food

Uncorked

A few tips for living in Zin (and Chard, and Syrah)

Food of the Week

Fleuri restaurant

Drink of the Week

The pre-prohibition beer

Straight Goods

Survivor
Naughty, naughty
Go to market
Bhaji and Bhangra
Burger battle
Soups to nuts

Patio Guide

It's back! Your guide to Vancouver Patios

Books

The Brooklyn Follies / By Paul Auster
Drugs Are Nice / By Lisa Crystal Carver
Company / By Max Barry
Sympathy / By Dede Crane
Choice of the Week

Movies

A question of priorities
"Fateless" was director's fate
Sundance Film Festival Notes
Firewall star's career went happily Sideways
Karla star encounters a hostile audience

Movie Notes

Animation ed heats up
Rendez-vous 2006

Movie Reviews

Fateless
A Simple Curve
Roving Mars
Annapolis
Big Momma's House 2
Nanny McPhee
Electric Shadows

Television

Home Screen

Music Features

Jarboe gets a little help from Men
Sonata Arctica's melodic metal embraces lyrical escapism
Alasdair Fraser brings Scotland's sad and glorious past to life

Local Motion

Feso summons irresistible powers of dance

Recordings

Yellowcard
Various Artists: XXL Raps Volume 1
AIDS Wolf
Nocturnal Rites

Who Are You?

Rasputin Gray

Music Notes

Locals vie for indies
Pride Tiger put on a short leash
Sketch is in Vogue

Music Choices

Sylvie
Jah Wobble
Dead Meadow

Payback Time

My opinion. Are you feeling it?

Clubs

Know Your History - Blarney Stone
Tried & Tested
DJ lowdown - DJ Todd Omotani
Ask Your Bartender
Hot List

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 - Michael
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
Advertise at the Straight - Web Advertising

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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