Issue 2000, Apr 20, 2006

Arts

Opera by design
Artists go back to School
Three shows to share EARTH fest's Shelter
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

Pain pays off

Travel

Country collectors take grand tour of life

Theatre

MacBeth
Clue in the Fast Lane
Ink! The Musical

Music Arts

Guitar quartet thrives on musical democracy

Visual Arts

Show pits the literal against the figurative

Arts Notes

Theatre under the gun
Burr turfed from home
City welches on arts support
Pite returns to Ballet B.C.

Arts Choices

Putting art into words
Choreographic chameleon
Good things come in threes
Open studios
Dancing on the wall

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Hot planet prompts talk of Nazis, Chicken Little
Translink likened to banana republic

News and Views

Car-free, soccer-mad Drive
Darfur falls off Tory agenda

Straight Talk

More mat leave, maybe
Youth endure low union wages
GVRD to respond to Gateway proposal
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

Vancouver's air still kills
Should air-quality standards be regulated provincially, or stay regional?

Analysis

B.C. farmland under attack

Victoria Secrets

Liberal donations hit coffers

Savage Love

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

Health

New allergies can hit when least expected

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

How to jack in without looking like Princess Leia
The sweet siren song of high-end earphones

Geek of the Week

eBay University Selling Basics

Trigger Happy

Microsoft sorts out the Xbox 360's kinks

Features

2,000 issues and counting

Outside

Bike and SkyTrain it to New West and beyond

Travel Notes

Valuable tips for going overseas

Fashion Plate

Locals fly Fashion High with new program

Style Watch

Making vintage feel new again
Up and Coming Attraction fashion-show fundraiser

Kool Thing

Adidas limited-edition boxing boots

Chic of the Week

Holt Renfrew's Mixture

Best Eating

Greeks will feast on traditions come Easter
Local restaurants head for greener pastures

Uncorked

Deutsche wines to pour and pronounce

Food of the Week

"pâtissier" Peter Fong

Drink of the Week

Rain

Straight Goods

Drink locally
Punto bianco?
High forks
Going for gold
Tread lightly
Virgin quaffs
Pasta plus
Bob's your uncle?

Books

Anosh Irani's The Song of Kahunsha
Heather Pringle's The Master Plan: Himmler's Scholars and the Holocaust
George Fetherling's Tales of Two Cities
Neolithic hippies revised as B.C.'s first farmers
Story House / Timothy Taylor
Winging Home / Harold Rhenisch
B.C. Binning / Abraham J. Rogatnick, Ian M. Thom, and Adele Weder
Cease to Blush / Billie Livingston
Hand Luggage / P.K. Page
Hope lies in the diversity of species and ideas
Tomes for fanciful babes and troubled teens
Nonfictionists seek same

Book Choice of the Week

Spring Books

Movies

Shooting for Hope
Ejiofor digs in heels for role
Doc reflects future of war and filmmaking
Sonnenfeld gets Williams to drive R.V.

Movie Notes

Cinemuerte is dead; long live Big Smash
City supports film
The Ridge is for rent

Movie Reviews

Don't Come Knocking
3 Needles
Battle in Heaven
Kinky Boots
Whisky
The Rocket
The Wild

Music Features

Exquisite Eisley's buzz builds
Editors abandon day jobs for shot at musical glory
Magneta Lane grows up, rock 'n' roll style
Haunting harmonies mark stellastarr*'s latest
Edelson's "Mayfly Days" reflects northern origins
Matthew Dear likes to "keep it really dancey"

Offbeat

Ladies love Horvitz's Sweeter Than the Day

Local Motion

Forbes's new Tunes covers family history

Concert Reviews

Raekwon
Queen & Paul Rodgers

Recordings

My Project: Blue / My Project:Blue (Boompa)
Thurston Revival / Thurston Revival (The Dark Arts Gramophone Company)
Foster Kare / In Formation Go to the Heard (Independent)
The Chicharones / When Pigs Fly (Camobear)
Pioneer 10 / Deluxe (Independent)
Kutcorners / Most Valuable Playas (Bogueart)
Kingsway & Mooncussers / U.F.O.L.P. (Transsiberian)
Armchair Cynics / Killing the Romance (604)
The Spinoffs / Street Rock Stars (Black Market)
Marq DeSouza / Marq DeSouza (Independent)

Music Notes

New Music West is good to go
Music Waste gears up

Music Choices

Josh Rouse
The Magic Numbers
Jay Crocker and the Electric Apes
Pinback
Mates of State
The Greenhornes

Payback Time

Meryl Silverman vs. John Lucas

Club Kid

Stacked!

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
Everyday Things

Georgia Straight Living

Setting it right

City Singles

Single of the Week - Carling
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

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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

Video Game Reviews

Perfect Dark Zero
Kameo: Elements of Power

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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