Issue 2065, Jul 19, 2007

Arts Choices

2 can't-miss arts events this week

Arts Features

Timon of Athens's wise man a woman
Visual art's new avatars

Arts Notes

News from the art world

Arts Time Out

July 19 - 26, 2007

Blog - Movies

All Canadian healthcare workers can see SiCKO for free
Louisville Eccentric Observer prints Humana memos about Moore's "SiCKO"
Murdered Dutch filmmaker's works to be remade as a trilogy by Hollywood
Reel World's Indie Film Lounge's call for applications from new filmmakers

Book Reviews

From Lance to Landis
I Like Food, Food Tastes Good/Comfort Food for Breakups
Shakespeare's Kitchen

Cartoons

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

Chic of the Week

Synchronicity sale

City Singles

Singles of the Week - Sophie | Chris

Comedy

Improv founder Keith Johnstone recants

Commentary

Bush intent on blaming his successor for Iraq

Concert Listings

July 19 - 26, 2007

Concert Reviews

Lamb forges unholy union

DVD Releases

Here's a roundup of DVD releases that are new this week

Dance

Edge Four
I Want to Dance Better at Parties

Dining Features

Feast on these First Nations recipes

Drink of the Week

Aquavitus

Driving

It’s open season for 2008 convertibles

Fashion Plate

Good golly, it's Miss Molly's

Food of the Week

Stella cherries

Games

Def Jam Icon
Indie developers cling to creative control
Spectrobes

Health Features

An ounce of prevention

Health Notes

Botulism risk from chili sold at Wal-Mart
Nurses and the Extreme Beach Team will be at English Bay on Thursdays
People living with cancer can now call a toll-free line for support

Kool Thing

Plaid-print canvas tote

Letters

Dyer too gloomy in face of biofuel progress
Libs want kids to feel the thrill of the kill
NPA inaction, PR typical on cycling issues
The long arm of the U.S. guided by our courts
Why can't Taiwan join the United Nations

Local Motion

Bison charges ahead with bygone metal

Movie Notes

Film festival is up in the air
Industry types paint the town rouge
Screenwriting guru brings his story to Vancouver

Movie Reviews

Captivity
Hairspray
Interview
Joshua
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

Movies Features

Doc scans sea of salty trouble in the desert
Edgy, smedgy–Eckhart just wants you to laugh
Hairspray's Kelley energized by cast
Japanese film gets radical in Vancouver
Sam Rockwell has no A-list yen

Movies Time Out

July 19 - 26, 2007

Music

Granville Island launches public consultation process

Music Choices

Michelle Shocked & Dolores O'Riordan

Music Features

Dark-horse Monsters picks up the pieces
Looking for a connection
Montreal funksters shoot for Oedipal Thriller
Watermelon Slim Homans keeps the horror at bay

Music Notes

Big Brother Bar Hops

News Features

Greenhouse-grower lobby stymies GVRD
Moms scramble to merit EI
The civic strike is pending

Playlist

Top 50 albums of the week, June 19 - 26

Real Estate

B.C.'s penturbia booms

Restaurant Reviews

Bistrot Bistro fare is bon enough to share

Straight Choices

Harry Potter & the Hidden Toll

Straight Goods

6 city food events

Straight Issues

Kim Capri rejects claim of racial profiling
Leaky-condo legal battle rumbles on
Media, race, and Hirji murder
What do you think about the media's coverage of domestic violence in the South Asian community?

Straight List

July 26 - August 1, 2007

Straight Talk

Anti-Poverty Committee targets Vancouver parking meters for vandalism
Chow down on Coun. Stevenson's legal mess?
Human-rights activists commemorate anniversary of the death of Alice Claver
Larry Campbell's left-centre-left knockout punch
Vancouver city council spurns Kwantlen student group seeking a tax on plastic bags
Woman alleges dating discrimination

Straight.com

About the Straight
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Style Watch

With chic wool and punk sense, PaperBird takes flight

Tech

Google Google to see the future of business

Theatre

Grease
Oklahoma!

Time Out Events

July 19 - 26, 2007

Travel Features

Fiji backwater is friendly despite lawless past

Uncorked

Orofino makes magic in the Similkameen

Visual Arts

There Are Those: Drawings by Six Artists

Who Are You?

Jennifer Fitzgerald