Issue 2053, Apr 26, 2007

Arts Features

Brazil's Assads forge new choral forms
The art of solitude

Theatre

We're All in This Together
Each… and Every Inch
Bangs & Buddha

Dance

Choreographing landscapes, inside and out

Music Arts

Deft hammers shape Indian classical music
Straightforward Tosca happily surprise-free

Visual Arts

Finding the meaning in boredom

Arts Notes

News from the art world

Arts Choices

Can't-miss arts events this week

Arts Time Out

April 26 - March 3, 2007

Letters

Children and animals don't like stinky cruise ships
Expect more floatplanes to land on Sea Island
Don't forget the removal of Jews from Arab lands
Open source makes digital recording easy

News and Views

Analyst says Canada is not losing the war

News Features

Student coalition seeks better treatment
Tough times for some trades
Support key to transition
Test boycott rankles right
Resister uses tax to protest
Appetite for information on TILMA swells
Premier tarnished by tawdry talk-show calls
Board to vote on corporate sponsorships
Dragged down by debt
Campus 2020 maps out road to excellence

Straight Talk

Surrey Coun. Bob Bose wants Surrey ward system
Work Less Party courts Potvin
Sid Chow Tan wants to be heritage critic
Straight bags two nominations
Harry Bains bill aims to help trailer park boys (and girls)
Best & Brightest: The winners of the BC Book Prizes announced
Council of Canadians claims Harper government is engaged in secret talks over bulk-water exports to USA
Senator Pat Carney craps on cruise-ship waste after reading about it in the Georgia Straight
Vancouver council's per-member salary-travel expenses reach $75,047
NDP MLA Jenny Kwan asks law society president to "consider removing" Ken Dobell from two committees
Larry Campbell's left-centre-left knockout punch

Straight Issues

Are Canadians paying too much in taxes?
Taxes don't irk CCPA boss

Analysis

Ghanaians decry female genital cutting

Commentary

Asia: strategic reflexes and self-fulfilling prophecies
"Peace" and politics make for strange fellow travellers

Health Features

Brand-new berries offer health benefits

Health Notes

Organ donations needed for British Columbia's Organ Donor Registry
Are berry backers' claims bogus?
Train for a marathon for free and support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada
Participants rev up for Weekend to End Breast Cancer

Technology

Indies may just take over the gaming world

Dot Comment

Yes, it's time to digitize those precious tapes

Geek of the Week

Archive.org

Trigger Happy

At EA, cool ideas find a way
Game summit takes on Vancouver

Travel Features

Indian high fashion part of a day at the races

Urban Living

Enviro-friendly design gets a Swell patina
DV Interior Design & Urban Living Expo

Style Watch

Gentle Fawn talks evolution, Oz, and the latest Punk’d

Kool Thing

Music Is the Weapon T-shirt

Chic of the Week

Best Eating

Oops, use the right fork at lunch with the CEO

Uncorked

Four from the Cape speak for South Africa

Food of the Week

The Edible Schoolyard

Drink of the Week

Granville Island Brewing

Straight Goods

The freshest dining spots and events in the city

Dine Out Guide

April 26 - May 3, 2007

Book Reviews

Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje
Surveillance by Jonathan Raban
Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer

Book Choice of the Week

Main Street Literary Tour

Movies Features

Spider-Man confidential
Cool, composed Turner hits note of suspense

Movie Notes

News from Hollywood North

Movie Reviews

Black Book
Year of the Dog
The Condemned
Vacancy
Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia

Movies Time Out

April 26 - May 3, 2007

Music Features

Everybody wants to rule the world
Joseph Arthur makes no apologies for his wildly eclectic songcraft
Marriner learned blues from modern masters

Local Motion

Ambitious Elizabeth aims for edgy art

Concert Reviews

Regina Spektor's almost ready for prime time
Damien Rice
Peeping Tom

Recordings

Nathen Aswell
Frog Eyes
The Big Bad
The Choir Practice
John Reischman & The Jaybirds
Shades of Gray
Joint Chiefs
The SSRIs
Lolly Lawton
Manoeuvres 1

Music Notes

Get the lowdown on Vancouver's music scene

Music Choices

This week's best music bets

Payback Time

Payback time

Concert Listings

April 26 - May 3, 2007

Club Listings

April 26 - May 3, 2007

Time Out Events

April 26 - May 3, 2007

Cartoons

Everyday Things
Tar Paper Town
Ernie Pook's Comeek
Arnould
VanStralen
Red Meat

City Singles

Singles of the Week - Stacey | Mark
Singles of the Week - Michelle | Skidge

Straight Choices

City events for the socially conscious

Pop Eye

Lavigne shows herself to be less than savvy

Straight.com

About the Straight
Advertise at the Straight - Web Advertising

Feature Articles

Transportation

The closest a scooter can get to easy ridin'

Straight List

April 26 - May 3, 2007

Blog - Movies

Canadian models can be bitchy catfighters too