Issue 2058, May 31, 2007

Music

The Police: Unbelievably lame
Passionate logic

Arts Features

Bold gesture4 takes collaborative risks
In the House festival breaks down walls

Theatre

Gypsy: A Musical Fable
Arabian Night

Comedy

Derek Edwards takes standup to next stage
3 can't-miss arts events

Arts Notes

News from the art world

Arts Choices

Arts Time Out

May 31 - June 7, 2007

Letters

Solicitor general shields himself from reality
Finance minister does not deserve a C+
Reader taken aback by Plant's "sensitive" side
Diabetes-vaccination link dismissed years ago
I don't know which RAV vote you went to…

News Features

Park veteran opposes tower
Studies suggest it still pays to have light skin
Student digs up new info on city's race riot

Straight Talk

Local impacts of TILMA highlighted
Union leaders want a Vision–COPE deal
Palestinian scholar plans a visit
Park board considers a beer garden at Sunset Beach for the Pride festival
B.C. Civil Liberties Association policy director thinks closed-circuit TV is a "done deal"
Larry Campbell's left-centre-left knockout punch

Straight Issues

Are the Olympics incompatible with civil liberties?
It's a bad time to be poor

Analysis

Developers are the Games’ real winners

Sports

New CFL commissioner has a vision for league

Savage Love

YALE's photos
On-line chat transcript

Health Features

Mainstream-media health coverage ailing

Health Notes

Japanese students with measles were quarantined at YVR
Interval training is where it's at

Dot Comment

Computers spurred a filmic renaissance

Trigger Happy

Games through a comix lens

Travel Features

Down Under is delightful from up above

Outside

Pause for the beauty of the Pemberton Valley

Urban Living

Wanted: an urban oasis

Style Watch

Good behaviour means good business for belt divas
Borrowed chic for Björk

Kool Thing

Diane von Furstenberg Gaby dress

Chic of the Week

Room Make-over Contest

Dining Features

Pick your pleasure with made-to-order dim sum

Uncorked

Time for Chenin Blanc to get some respect

Food of the Week

New BBQ sauces and rubs

Drink of the Week

Wyborowa Single Estate Vodka

Straight Goods

8 restaurants & food events

Dine Out Guide

May 31 - June 7, 2007

Book Reviews

After Dark
The Wild Trees

Movies Features

Summer movies
Geek gets lucky
Back to Dreamtime in Ten Canoes
Finding creativity in Dogme-type rules
Ah, back to the good old days when penguins surfed
Songs sell the humble Once

Movie Notes

News from Hollywood North

Movie Reviews

Paris, je t’aime
Pirates of the Caribbean: At world’s end
Once
Ten Canoes
Red Road
Severance
Knocked Up
Mr. Brooks
Rise: Blood Hunter

Movies Time Out

May 31 - June 7, 2007

Music Features

Dynamic duo
Prolific Farina foretells future with mix CDs
Collaboration fuels Portland’s frisky Menomena
Kenny Wayne Shepherd gets swamp cred with Days
Home and hearth draw Faun Fables’ Dawn McCarthy

Concert Reviews

The Police
Arcade Fire
Björk

Music Notes

Get the lowdown on Vancouver's music scene

Music Choices

4 bands to watch this week

Payback Time

No complaints, so the jackpot grows

Concert Listings

May 31 - June 7, 2007

Club Listings

May 31 - June 7, 2007

Time Out Events

May 31 - June 7, 2007

Cartoons

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

City Singles

Singles of the Week - Karly | Erik

Single of the Week

Straight Choices

City events for the socially conscious

Playlist

This weeks' top 50 albums
This weeks' top 50 albums

Pop Eye

Love ain’t all Sir Paul needs

Straight.com

About the Straight
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Blog - Sports

Controversial Vancouver Olympic documentary screens again

Straight List

June 7-13, 2007

Video Game Reviews

MotorStorm
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

Blog - Movies

This just in: An evening of free experimental films at Cineworks (and also Animatron 2007)
Mobsters and Jewish burials converge at the next Canada Screens event
Grannies generosity to Gogos documented in film