Issue 2017, Aug 17, 2006

Arts

Room to play

Music

No apologies needed
Digital dating an inspiration
Who are you?

Travel

D.C. as freedom theme park

Theatre

The Dissociates
The Phantom of the Opera

Dance

Dances for a Small Stage 13

Visual Arts

Haruko Okano, Judy Chartrand, and Wayde Compton: Lost & Found

Arts Notes

Poet in the house
A week in the colony
All the world's on-stage

Arts Choices

Glass acts
Like a prayer
Photo realism

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Coverage of Mideast mess rankles both sides
The Angel was superb but a critic is full of “blather”
Zero-tolerance program required for oil spills
Be happy with lipstick lesbians appearing on TV
No spankings, please, at least not near English Bay

News and Views

SFU firing draws its own fire
Composting catches on with businesses
Clayoquot outrage recedes

Straight Talk

Nasrallah brings up Kosovo in an interview with Turkish paper
Muslim group wants Ignatieff apology
CIA invests in health software
Alaskans to vote on head tax on cruise ships
Judge sticks consumers' group with costs
Eviction notices and more eviction notices
Colin Hansen will to go Langara College to release report
Greenpeace targets genetically modified rice

Straight Issues

Avoiding student-loan hell
How would you advise students to stay out of student-loan hell?

Commentary

A look at tomorrow's security rules today
West simplifies Hezbollah
Scientific data backs Insite
Israel's attacks were destroying Lebanon
Zwicker loses the 9/11 plot

Victoria Secrets

A question of private power

Health

Solving Alzheimer's riddle

Health Notes

Ozone layer spurs new fears about skin cancer

Dot Comment

The sweet siren song of high-end earphones
Tomorrow's computers are just a sketch away

Geek of the Week

World Beard and Moustache Championships

Features

No more storytime
Nanny program forces Filipino families apart
Multicult prof takes on racism in the system
Love and death make classics tantalizing

Travel Notes

Windh-powered guide suits all Tofino tourists
Don't try to find it on a map

Fashion Plate

Silk art demands attention

Menswear

Main attracts boys and men

Holy Bauble

Echo on Main

Chic of the Week

The Silk Project

Books

The Weight of Numbers
One Long Tune
The Men

Movies

Minority reports
Local snakes slither in Plane
Two solitudes meet Feore
Beerfest proudly sophomoric

Movies Features

Persian loses footage in escape to Canada

Time Out Events

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

Cartoons

Van Stralen

City Singles

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

Careers

Advertising Sales Associate
Web Programmer

Straight.com

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