Issue 2002, May 4, 2006

Arts

A Holy Celebration
Artists “locked out” of city
Gore warms my heart; Harper warms my planet
Straight writers and artists recognized, pt. II
Volume 41 Number 2015 August 3 - August 10/2006

Travel

Chipping through Reno's veneer of vice

Theatre

Terrible Things
Tying The Knot
Alone

Dance

Good things come in threes on mixed bill

Music Arts

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Birdsong

Visual Arts

Mexico's history frozen in time

Comedy

Precision comic James shuns U.S. fame

Arts Notes

The Art of the Deal
Budget Boost
New Lease on Life
One Small Step For Men

Arts Choices

No pumpkin for this princess
Tone poets
Life given new life
Middle east Vancouver
Grads show their stuff
Prom night

Arts Time Out

Theatre
Dance
Music
Comedy
Literary Events
Et Cetera
Galleries
Museums
Out of Town
Comedy

Letters

New UBC boss should look at campus parking
Afghanistan mission is mostly about oil reserves
Straight was school contraband back in the day
Lofty talk about soccer stadium dismissed as spin

News and Views

Silence worries Group of 10
TV promotes glitzy hunting

Straight Talk

Dix seeks review of coroners service
Park board cuts assailed
Emerson postcards Ottawa-bound
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

Risking jail to save paradise
Is Eagleridge Bluffs another Clayoquot Sound?

Commentary

Sheehan's next target may be our own PM
Military action may halt currency meltdown

Victoria Secrets

Liberals plan to hide P3 details from public

Savage Love

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

Health

The saintliness of soy is still up for debate

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

The sweet siren song of high-end earphones
TV executives wake up and smell the piracy

Trigger Happy

Queer gamers battle for rights in Warcraft
Genji: Dawn of the Samurai
Project Gotham Racing 3

Features

Fuels in Question

Outside

Port Moody's parks set tone for spring

Travel Notes

Think before you cram it all into a carryon

Fashion Plate

If you build it, the fashionistas will come

Style Watch

Meet the material girls of Shiny Fuzzy Muddy
Chinese Varsity Club fashion show

Kool Thing

Skull-and-crossbones leggings

Chic of the Week

Go! Gastown

Books

Love and Other Catastrophes
Theft / Peter Carey
Joyland / Emily Schultz, with illustrations by Nate Powell

Movies

A Fateful Promise
Zwigoff is oddly confidential
Mission possible for Alias maker

Clubs

Hot List
Know your history - Arts Club Backstage Lounge
Tried & Tested
DJ Lowdown - Tyler Fedchuk
Ask Your Bartender

Time Out Events

Forums
Take Action
Benefits
Fashion
Et Cetera
Kids' Stuff
Sports
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 - Jeff
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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