Issue 2049, Mar 29, 2007

Music

Mew ripped off

Arts Features

The fabric of history
Society requires Assembly

Theatre

Apocalypse à Kamloops
Fathom

Dance

AURA Dance Theatre
Lwáza

Music Arts

Tembang Sunda

Visual Arts

Kota Ezawa: The History of History
Wheel: Overlays

Comedy

March 29 - April 5, 2007

Arts Notes

News from the art world

Arts Choices

Can't-miss arts events this week

Arts Time Out

March 29 - April 5, 2007

Letters

Taliban and RAWA shouldn't be ignored
Let's not get paranoid about toothbrushes
Cartoonists are fearless leaders in society
Dyer's 9/11 column ignores evidence

News Features

Fraser River's perfect storm?
Labour expert leads call for basic income
Local activist attacks child executions in Iran
Harper fails UN poverty test

Straight Talk

Park-board conflict alleged
Anton wants more buses for Vancouver
Hospital Coalition gets chipped
Two more premiers back media giant's application
Union submission in CTV takeover bid notes that the CRTC has not published any limits on media concentration
Eight years after Georgia Straight reveals that media park for free, the City of Vancouver prepares to take action
Black Press (publisher of West Ender and North Shore Outlook) workers' contract expired long before Pacific Newspaper Group's
Vancouver Sun and Province employees issue strike notice; Pacific Newspaper Group responds with lockout notice
Surrey sex workers lose their drop-in centre
Local rider gives support to New York City Critical Mass
DERA and APC leaders condemn Vancouver Police Department raid
Larry Campbell's left-centre-left knockout punch

Straight Issues

Foreign skills finding a place
Can foreign professional credentials be better streamlined?

Commentary

It's a class war in Baron Black's court
What if Fidel comes back?

Health Features

Early ultrasound detects fetal defects with less risk
Yummy mummy

Health Notes

Research looks at role of green tea in slowing down HIV

Dot Comment

Digitized collection keeps living room tidy
ExpertVillage.com

Trigger Happy

Wii would like to play in food-court Olympics
Video-game master's degree powers up

Travel Features

Tibetans anxious over new influx of tourists

Style Bites

Spring dreams, Frech flings, & Neutral Gear

Urban Living

Renovating green gets easier and irresistible

Chic of the Week

Inform Interiors' new location

Best Eating

At Jules, Montparnasse comes to Gastown
Exotic tastes of South Africa close to home

Uncorked

Travel plans uncork wine flights of fancy
Pinkus Original Obergärig Alt

Food of the Week

Sunshiny day at Nu

Drink of the Week

Straight Goods

The freshest dining spots and events in the city

Book Reviews

You don't love me yet
Voices from the street
Thompson's Highway

Movies Features

Meet guitar's air apparent
Boy power takes to the ice
Grindhouse a fun house for lead Kurt Russell
Scrubs aids John C. McGinley's rise to top banana
Dark Castle strikes out on its own
Congo's abstract dimension
Creating a monster in Korea

Movie Notes

News from Hollywood North

Movie Reviews

The Lookout
Congorama
Klimt
Adam's Apples
The Host
Shooter
Air Guitar Nation
The Hills Have Eyes 2

Movies Time Out

Music Features

Perfect frengers
Ubiquitous Paolo Nutini is wary of overesposure
Ambitiously eclectic Sparta refuses to go to its grave
Elvis Perkins leaves lyrics up to interpretation
Pop hooks, classical chops coexist in Rossi's songs
Soweto Gospel Choir sets record straight on Africa
Discussing Like, Love, Lust, Jesse Sykes cites Skynyrd
Self-reliance shaped Kim Barlow's 'Champ'

Concert Reviews

Nelly Furtado
Eric Clapton
Lily Allen
Justice

Music Notes

Get the lowdown on Vancouver's music scene

Music Choices

This week's best musical bets

Payback Time

Xtina's trouser-trumpet solo

Concert Listings

March 29 - April 5, 2007

Clubs

Vancouver Club Listings

Time Out Events

March 29 - April 5, 2007
Straight List, March 29 - April 5, 2007

Cartoons

Red Meat
Everyday Things
Arnould
Van Stralen
Tar Paper Town

City Singles

Single of the week - Amy
Singles of the Week - Michelle | Skidge

Straight Choices

City events for the socially conscious

Blogs

Pop Eye

Thick is the new thin, baby

Straight.com

About the Straight
Advertise at the Straight - Web Advertising

Feature Articles

Transportation

Biodiesel: would you like fries with that?

Blog - Politics

Harper gets cutesy with kittens
NPA-controlled council sticks it to DERA and to head-tax activist Sid Tan

Blog - Movies

A future for Canadian child-stars and Canadian unity: CBC reality TV?