Issue 1995, Mar 16, 2006

Arts

Disappearing act
Veteran actor comes out two ways with debut script
Actor admires cross-dresser
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

Vancouver's Paperboys tackle a new route
A deeper shade of Gray

Travel

Land Mine Museum unearths painful past

Theatre

Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Children of Eden

Dance

Compagnie Aurelia
Go-On Productions

Music Arts

Star violinist doesn't meet his match in VSO

Visual Arts

Carolee Schneemann: DEVOUR / Stan Brakhage: About Time

Comedy

The Snides of March

Arts Notes

Arts Committees on Hold
Biz and art, together at last
Sculpting a Legacy
Chivano to the rescue

Arts Choices

Into the inferno
Big boom
Streetcar sneak peek
Getting a handle on Handel
On the auction block
In perfect harmony

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Blame Expo '86 for high real-estate prices
Floor-crossing praised, but Emerson condemned
There is no humour in Tourette's syndrome

News and Views

NPA won't touch land bank
Debate heats up over Granville Mall traffic

Straight Talk

Law prof says trial of Milosevic a ruse
O Emerson
Sydney "Ghost Train" up for sale
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

Canadians divided over war
How do you feel about Canada's role in Afghanistan?

Commentary

No end to Iraq war in sight
Pull back the curtain of fear

Victoria Secrets

B.C. Liberals fail to report all donations

Sports

New Canucks trade family for on-ice kinship

Savage Love

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

Health

For crying out loud, it's natural and normal

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

Site-building software that works for you
The sweet siren song of high-end earphones

Geek of the Week

Oozing Goo

Features

Flogging our water

Fashion Plate

Cranes and blossoms turn jewellery Japanese

Streetwise

Ancient art finds new form
Talks on the trade

Style Watch

Show and tell

Kool Thing

Hand-embossed brown leather hat

Chic of the Week

Dress for Success

Best Eating

Bottled water creates fountain of bad ideas
Movable feast heralds the Persian New Year

Uncorked

Township 7 tastes like seventh heaven

Food of the Week

Saveur

Drink of the Week

St. Peter's Honey Porter

At the Checkout

Mehzabin Patel and Rajwinder Sandhu

Straight Goods

Major buzz
Ink it in
Wanna be a chef?
Fine friends
Chipper chow
In the pink
Thai on the fly

Books

The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth / By Benjamin M. Friedman
The Thin Place / By Kathryn Davis
The Continuity Girl / By Leah McLaren

Book Choice of the Week

The Wind in the Willows

Movies

Settling Dust
Going sleepless in Winnipeg
Blood seeps into bliss in "Six"
Pulled doc opened wounds
Genies go crazy for Quebec family saga

Movie Notes

Ripper's Genie bum on right
Local kid makes good

Movie Reviews

V for Vendetta
Fetching Cody
Lucid
Three Times
The Last Trapper
Six Figures
The Shaggy Dog
Bugs!
Failure to Launch

Television

Home Screen

Music Features

NUFAN's punks talk politics
Downtime was good for Belgium's majestic dEUS
Train takes soft route to the top of the charts
Fingerstyle giants leave an imprint on Fafard

Offbeat

Malian master will live on

Local Motion

Rez rocks with spontaneity

Concert Reviews

Campbell a low-key letdown

Who Are You?

Jodi

Music Notes

Alibi comes alive
Canuck hip-hop gets a voice
Painting the white album

Music Choices

John Reischman and the Jaybirds
Frostbite Tour 2006
Hugh Cornwell
Kiran Ahluwalia

Payback Time

Rob Chartier vs. Mike Usinger

Club Guide

Clubs

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 - Kat
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
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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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