Issue 1991, Feb 16, 2006

Arts

Scoring points
Comedy fest has 'em in sketches
French comes home to Maillardville
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
Northern exposure

Travel

Golf drives Scotch art enigma

Theatre

Absurd person singular
Landscapes of the Dead
The Hungry Season

Dance

Ballet B.C. star bids adieu with a diverse program

Music Arts

Personum

Comedy

Full house turns out for Saget's foully funny mouth

Arts Notes

Butcher gets the axe
City loses a legend
Another arts space raises IRE
The big reveal

Arts Choices

Out of Africa
Looking Northward
Solemn Soles
Choral Climax

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Emerson affair provokes a deluge of letters
Few small parties receive taxpayer dollars
Citizens assembly not as unbiased as assumed

News and Views

UBC vehicle-share program slated for summer

Straight Talk

Voter asks Elections Canada for review
Grandview-Woodlands gets council's help
Mayencourt bypassed St. Paul's Coalition
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

On a scale of one to 10, how pissed off should Vancouver-Kingsway voters be at Liberal-turned-Conservative MP David Emerson?
Dude, where's my Liberal?

Commentary

Stephen, I wish I could quit you!
UBC students living in clubby bubbles

Victoria Secrets

Audits reveal P3 problems

Sports

Pressure cooker

Savage Love

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

Health

Patients play their way to pain control

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

Internet "luring" tales make for lazy TV news
The sweet siren song of high-end earphones

Geek of the Week

iRepress

Features

Saving letters to Castro
Postsecondary boom develops across river
Peace education rises out of global conflict

Fashion Plate

Not all return policies are created equal

Style Watch

True north songstress heads south in style

Kool Thing

Olivia Mondo Cola Bag

Chic of the Week

Scarf Swap

Best Eating

Maman et papa create crave-inducing crepes
Food safety an Olympic challenge

Uncorked

Larch Hills is alive with cool-climate wines

Food of the Week

Senova

Drink of the Week

Shaftebury Winter Nights Black & Tan

At the Checkout

Jackie Dang / Donald's Market

Straight Goods

Brews news
Fantasy island
Unsung underwater
Fusion feast
Waits guaranteed
Choucroute toute
Mumbo gumbo
21st-century rebel

Books

McCourt blossoms in blackboard jungle

Book Choice of the Week

Ross King

Movies

Moore's Code
Marshall lets the dogs out for "Eight Below"
Kids 'n' youth get reel
Director takes a peek under hood of U.S. war machine
Doc maker continues with her passion
From the nominee list to Hollywood's A-list

Movie Notes

Fire Horse hasn't galloped
New face at OOS
Radical net biz wins award

Movie Reviews

Neil Young:Heart of Gold
Why We Fight
Freedomland
Final Destination 3
Firewall
Harlan County, U.S.A.
A Good Woman
Winter Soldier
The Sun
What the bleep!? Down the rabbit hole

Television

Home Screen

Music Features

Wicked Wisdom's primal rage is no act
Foghorn kicks it old school
Saxophonist swings from sensitive to cacophony
Prewitt's soft pop goes beyond a Bread fixation
Music just one of many pursuits for Levandoski

Offbeat

Tradition inspires new sounds

Local Motion

An organic approach helps shape Sinewave

Concert Reviews

Too Short

Recordings

Arctic Monkeys
Daddy Yankee
Jenny Lewis
Tim O'Brien
Psychic Ills
Vivian Campbell

Who Are You?

Steve Richards

Music Notes

Toledo goes for gold
Giving credit where due
Beating the winter blahs

Music Choices

Mice Parade
Totimoshi
The Wedding Present
Zolar X

Payback Time

No complaints this week

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 - Carolyne
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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