Issue 1996, Mar 23, 2006

Arts

Carver brings stage wizardry to LOTR musical
Gore warms my heart; Harper warms my planet
Grappling with "Godot"
Straight writers and artists recognized, pt. II
Volume 41 Number 2015 August 3 - August 10/2006

Arts Choices

Big bang
Not-so-scientific experiment
Passion players
Something fishy
Straight marriage

Arts Notes

Arts Groups Fear Axe
Delgado sails away
Fringe Fest Shakeup
Seasons' Greetings

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Blog - Movies

Mistress spices up Hollywood cliche
This movie brought to you by...
Warning: Rated "T" for terrorism

Blog - Politics

Assembly of First Nations responds to Stephen Harper's call for a judicial inquiry into "racially divided fishery"
Cadman charges chump change compared to Carline's income
Chief Graham's world is changing
Clinton transcript on peak oil
Emerson's leaving quite a legacy
Gordo grudge match II
Gordo grudge match!
Harper clones Premier Campbell's winning formula
Harper woos animal lovers
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
Stephen Harper, clubbed seals, and the West End Girls (together again)

Blog - Sports

Big Bert's move bad news for circulation directors
Floyd Landis - alpine high
Hasta Luego, Bertuzzi
NHL draft: bargaining with the devil
The incredible shrinking team

Blog - Tech

Joining the Web, version 2.0
The future, like a party guest, is most welcome if it comes late
This just in: blogs might be useful!

Blogs

Welcome to the Views Blog

Book Choice of the Week

Glenn Goluska

Books

Indigenous Beasts / By Nathan Sellyn
Never Drank the Kool-Aid / By Touré Picador
The Book of Revenge / By Dragan Todorovic

Careers

Advertising Sales Associate
Retail Advertising Sales Associate
Web Programmer

Cartoons

Arnould
Red Meat
Tar Paper Town
Van Stralen
Way Off Main

Chic of the Week

Shea and mango butters

City Singles

Singles of the Week - Michelle | Skidge
Single of the Week - Mack

Club Guide

Clubs

Commentary

Sovereign Taiwan a fantasy

Concert Reviews

Gravel Road

Dance

Slip
[storm]

Drink of the Week

Quails' Gate FVF 2002

Fashion Plate

Spring scissors cut hair back to '60s and '80s

Games

Six hit games that'll leave you conflicted

Geek of the Week

YouTube

Golden Plate Awards

2006 Readers' choice of best...
2006 Readers' choice of best...
2006 Readers' choice of best...
Chow down on Chinese best
Digging up divine dishes in Veggie City
Food critics share secrets
Good restaurant service gets back to basics
Japanese just like home
Plotting the future of food

Health

Vaccines show sinister side

Health Notes

Canada: The world's non-smoking magical kingdom
McNuggets are healthy?
Shared yoga mats might carry nasty germs
Shocking discovery: watching TV decreases levels of physical activity!
What's a potato stick?
You are what you eat - so eat well

Kool Thing

The Mandy trench coat

Letters

An alternate view on private power production
But they looked so close on Google Earth
Cambodia's deadly crop continues its dark bounty
David Emerson: the Tory gigolo we won't forget
India held these truths to be self-evident first
On the other hand, our tap water smells like…
SEFC child-care centres not our responsibility
TO may suck, but at least you can use the transit
Vancouver's bottle babes should look to Thailand
Who and why are we fighting in Afghanistan?

Local Motion

The groove's the thing for Hurrie and Cox

Movie Notes

Share real teen angst
The cash is not so in
The numbers are in

Movie Reviews

Joyeux Noel
Kings and Queen
Niagara Motel
Omagh
She's the Man
These Girls

Movies

Coven of "These Girls" frightens director
In the name of the son
Niagara flows with improvised magic

Music

Immediate impact

Music Arts

Sonic Boom '06

Music Choices

A Northern Chorus
Art Brut
Cesaria Evora
Jana Hunter
Lamine Konté
Sisters of Mercy
Tina Dico

Music Features

A dose of Dylan changed the course of Collett's life
Belle & Sebastian finally finds some love at home
Green goes mellow with City and Colour project
Scientists ditch jobs for rock 'n' roll life

Music Notes

A mountain of pink praise
Mr. Plow pilfered

News and Views

Woodlands justice in doubt

Offbeat

Willies head for the country

Outside

Spring stirs on sturdy Campbell Valley trails

Payback Time

Nicholas McCormick vs. Mike Usinger

Savage Love

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

Straight Issues

Cars could return to mall
What they said about Granville Mall

Straight Talk

CanWest paper still closed
Champion for the poor dies in bicycle accident
City of Richmond prepares to avoid the fate of New Orleans
City racks up more legal bills
Clarification on Success Realty buildings in East Van
Clifford Olson - parole denied
Commuter paper fined for confusing ads with editorial
Do any politicians pay attention to what's happening in the North American convention industry?
Emerson walk planned
GVRD board receives update on Camp Howdy
June Critical Mass smashes records
Just like old times
Kettlewell fights for adopted granny Krawczyk
Legal beagle heads local business group
Multinationals thrash consumers in court
Northern ferry route on privatization list
Parents' group blocks education agreement
Premier's office killed Ballem's lab-reform initiative
Rally planned for Lebanon
Vancouver Olympics more expensive than Turin's Games
Watts opposes Port Mann bridge twinning 'in isolation'
Whale lovers threaten court action

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Style Watch

Crimson wickedly licking peekaboo bangs
Long-time friends build the Ark

Tech

Big site calls for code-blooded concentration
The sweet siren song of high-end earphones

Theatre

I Am My Own Wife
Prodigal Son
The Darling Family

Time Out Events

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Fashion
Kids’ Stuff
Out Of Town

Travel

Price-less Lentil fills a void

Uncorked

Red, red wine in a modern beat style

Victoria Secrets

Will privacy law be eased?