Issue 1993, Mar 2, 2006

Arts

Polegato's Giovanni dons the platforms
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

Spring Arts Music preview
Korn reborn
Forrest takes from the best

Travel

Wannabe cowboys saddle up in Montana

Theatre

Spring Arts Theatre preview
Theatre critics picks
Clown Elections
Art
Sex in Vancouver: Doin' It Again

Dance

Cioffi talks politics in dance
Spring Arts Dance preview
Dance Critics' picks

Music Arts

Music Critics Picks/Classical Music
Music Critics Picks/New Music
Collard rejuvenates stale piano athletics

Visual Arts

Visual Arts Critics' Picks
Manawa—Pacific Heartbeat
Evan Lee: Captures
Micah Lexier, Myfanwy MacLeod, Andrew Reyes
Visual Arts Spring preview

Comedy

Spring Arts Comedy preview
Comedy Critics' Picks

Arts Notes

Museums get more muscle
Lepage and more
Pen Prizes

Arts Choices

Sister City
The Quilt Show
Good things come in twos

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Economic realities hobble cultural understanding
Some places need to be advertising-free
It's an Emerson letter; take our word for it
Letter about Cuba failed to acknowledge blockade
Peaceful Scot pols extend hand across water

News and Views

Bosses ditch training wage
Welcome to Think Vancouver: Working for a Living!

Straight Talk

Emerson's olympian disappearing act
BCGEU certifies Surrey call centre
Memorial sought
Legal action gets mixed reviews
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

Tour highlights city's history
What does heritage mean to you?

Commentary

Emerson not at B.C.'s service
China's development not so straightforward
How Poplar Island fell off the map

Victoria Secrets

Libs push school changes

Savage Love

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

Health

Dance to cure what ails you

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

INTERAC's new on-line pay system is gruesome
The sweet siren song of high-end earphones

Geek of the Week

Pole Vault World

Features

State of the arts

Fashion Plate

Style treats for when the taxman cometh

Style Watch

Go figure

Kool Thing

Lace-up flats by Dolce Vita

Chic of the Week

Aveda's Petal Essence Triple Accent

Best Eating

Opening Libby's meant stewing over details
Superfoods undiet kick-starts good intentions

Uncorked

Thumbs cautiously up for new Jackson-Triggs

Recipes

Black Bean Express

Food of the Week

The Kitchen Diaries

Drink of the Week

Malt whiskies of Bruichladdich

Straight Goods

Hola La
Westerly swells
Fishnets
Shifting pints
Stars sought
Organics on-screen
New end to weekend
D'hote-ing on French food

Books

Strapped / By Tamara Draut
Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures / By Vincent Lam
The Devil's Picnic / By Taras Grescoe

Book Choice of the Week

George Elliott Clarke

Movies

Film fest fills young brains
Spielberg through a fine lens
Bradshaw breaks with past
Independents' day at Oscars
Love and Haiti

Movie Notes

Big screen, little scene
Anglo-only Oscars

Movie Reviews

Aquamarine
Block Party
Night Watch
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Forty Shades of Blue

Television

Home Screen

Music Features

Akron/Family goes organic
Generals getting ready to march off the dance floor
Makeup-free Mudvayne rages against the machine
Flute-fixated Flook has defied all expectations
Canada colours "Clouds"' timeless bluegrass

Offbeat

Soul sister gets second shot

Local Motion

Modelos keep their cowboy-surf succinct

Concert Reviews

Nada Surf/Rogue Wave

Music Notes

Asbalt's future looks bleak
Seylynn punks celebrate
Halos hitter profiled
Cherrybomb turns yellow

Music Choices

Moneen
Jenny Lewis
Stereolab
Low
Matt Pond PA
Strunz & Farah

Payback Time

David Pierson vs. Adrian Mack

Clubs

Know your history - Limerick Junction
Hot List
Who dressed you?
DJ Lowdown - DJ Neoteric
Tried & Tested

Time Out Events

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

Cartoons

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

City Singles

Single of the Week - Jovana
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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