Issue 1999, Apr 13, 2006

Arts

Growing pains
Monks tour ephemeral arts
New opera takes on taboo
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
Rock and Revolution
Default adds oomph to its modern rock

Travel

Life inside a silver mine proves nightmarish

Theatre

Waiting in the Wings
The Wind in the Willows

Dance

Grit missed this Streetcar

Music Arts

Chinese musicians offer a mixed banquet

Visual Arts

Peter Freitag, Kristi Malakoff, Sarah Massecar: Heyday
Christian Kliegel: Gloom, Boom & Doom

Comedy

Standups strut Dark Side

Arts Notes

Asian festival's new agenda for the arts
First Nations vie to save voices
Chinese music's latest traditions

Arts Choices

Pirate project
Bloody bad luck
A little night music

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Intervention urged in latest Panych attack
Transnational poultry trade spreads virus
Guys also suffer with bulimia and anorexia
Polio epidemic described as "Trojan horse"

News and Views

TransLink review defended

Straight Talk

Owen rejoins board of firm in fight with city
Police still rogues, Louis charges
Emerson critic buoyant
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

Apathy is the new activism
Why is the Canadian activist scene so different from other countries' protests?

Commentary

Cowardly act kills species

Victoria Secrets

Pipeline critics worry over ferry sinking

Savage Love

Tales from she-males
Dan Savage's anti-Santorum feud continues...

Health

Colon cleanses thrive despite scant proof

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

Higher-fidelity iPod set to usurp home stereo
The sweet siren song of high-end earphones

Geek of the Week

MulletJunky.com

Features

The Weather Makers

Menswear

Swedish Tiger claims catwalk

Style Watch

Running from runway to runway
Show stoppers

Kool Thing

Mexican-blanket jacket

Holy Bauble

Priape

Chic of the Week

The legendary Army & Navy Shoe Sale

Best Eating

Student chefs battle for cash and glory
Putting chickens before eggs

Uncorked

Pocket wineries produce rocket reds

Food of the Week

Cocoa West organic chocolate Good Eggs

Drink of the Week

More Czech brews are appearing on the shelves.

Straight Goods

Brain fodder
Art you can eat
Vintages by the sea
Exotica on the water
Bi-dining
Crab feed
Nelson nirvana

Books

Black Swan Green / David Mitchell
Game of Shadows / Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams
The Iron Whim / Darren Wershler-Henry

Book Choice of the Week

BC Book and Magazine Week

Movies

Binamé brings outsider's view to The Rocket
Belgian brothers pierce dark depths of L'Enfant
Flawed women propel Holofcener's Friends
Moscow meets the teacher

Movie Notes

This is Indian film

Movie Reviews

L'Enfant
The Benchwarmers
Friends with Money
Scary Movie 4
The Outsider
The Beat that My Heart Skipped

Music Features

Lidell's laptop soul makes funk on the fly
Mars man Jared Leto has nothing to complain about
Deep African roots help shape Taj Mahal's blues
Edgar takes a hands-on approach to alt-techno
Arch Enemy keeps its metal dark and heavy

Offbeat

Brozman goes back in time

Local Motion

Manvils hammer it home

Concert Reviews

The Trews

Who Are You?

Reece Linley

Music Notes

Local tunesmith's a winner
Mountain man
Definitive Hansons

Music Choices

Julie Doiron
Dungen
C'mon

Payback Time

Steve Barmash vs. Shawn Conner

Clubs

Clubs

Time Out Events

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

Cartoons

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

City Singles

Single of the Week ~ Kim
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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