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Issue 2073, Sep 13, 2007

Arts Features

A whole new breed

Theatre

Feeling Fringey: laugh, cry, see sock puppets
Palmer married to lead role
Critics' picks: Stage-struck: a season's best
Time Out Theatre preview guide
The end of innocence brings dramatic clarity

Dance

Critics' Picks: Dancers spin visions of angst and beauty
Time Out Dance preview guide
Gotta jeté and plié, gotta tap, pop, and lock

Music Arts

Lee plugs into new tones
Critics' Picks: Classical Music
Critics' Picks: New Music
Time Out Music preview guide
Bridging musical worlds

Visual Arts

Critics' Picks: Shows frame light, nature, and apocalypse
Time Out Visual Arts preview guide
Meditations on the unsettling idea of home

Comedy

Critics' Picks: The high priests of funny
Time Out Comedy preview guide
Comics unafraid of rockets and big ideas

Arts Choices

4 arts events

Letters

Klein should applaud capitalism's victory
Left must address the real issues
Hey! Bennett! Get off of your cloud!
Suzuki and Gore are true inspirations

News Features

Concerns mount with trash
Burmese Canadians want Ottawa involved

Straight Talk

Larry Campbell's left-centre-left knockout punch
Burnaby won't budge on Gateway
Buses being given GPS make-over
McNeil offers new info on endorsement
Abu Dhabi entices city planners
Civic strike harms the poor
Liberals unveil plan to protect Canada’s fresh water from bulk exports
Green deputy leader defends Bennett for praising the premier
Federal-provincial panel opposes transforming Amazay into a tailings pond
Report suggests Scottish terrorist may have been linked to a group planning to behead Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Senlis Council Criticizes CIDA Efforts in Afghanistan

Straight Issues

Is the civic workers strike exacerbating the gap between rich and poor in Vancouver?

Commentary

Sam Sullivan's strike strategy

Sports

Canucks face tough calls as season looms

Health Features

Poor, disabled denied physio

Health Notes

Symposium addresses cross-cultural challenges and health
New edition of CancerSmart Guide is out now

Dot Comment

iPhone spinoffs and a killable roommate

Travel Notes

Travel now to nail that job abroad later

Fashion Plate

Back to la belle époque via eye-candy dresses

Style Watch

Gene Simmons of KISS connects with local designer

Kool Thing

B2 dancer shoe

Chic of the Week

Fabulous Metallics

Dining Features

MOA stirs up edible history

Restaurant Reviews

Shashuka Art Gallery & Eatery shakes up an eclectic mix of flavours

Uncorked

The Green Muse turns the mind to pleasure

Food of the Week

makemysupper.com

Drink of the Week

Fuller's Honeydew "Refreshing Golden Beer"

Straight Goods

7 dining spots and food events

Books

M.G. Vassanji

Book Reviews

Shining at the Bottom of the Sea by Stephen Marche
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay

Movies Features

King of creepy, mob style
Wood uneasy in spotlight
Cool green flickers on-screen

Movie Notes

News from Hollywood North

Movie Reviews

Across the Universe
Eastern Promises
The Hunting Party
Mr. Woodcock
The Brave One
The Animation Show 3
The Brothers Solomon
Hatchet

DVD Releases

New on DVD: Pittsburgh, A Dog’s Breakfast

Music Features

Hot Hot Heat: The pursuit of happiness
Flaming Lips light up our dark, dark times
Animal Collective finds its focus
O'Death totally unrepentant
Sober Scofield prefers to get high on the music
Comedy commission pays off for obsessive survivor
Qui gives an old man a fresh new perspective
Press provides plenty of inspiration for Editors
Mute Math's success not that hard to figure out

Local Motion

Cercel has learned to adapt

Concert Reviews

Beyoncé all eye candy
Spoon
Justin truly tireless

Music Notes

Get the lowdown on Vancouver's music scene
Taking part in International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Music Choices

5 bands to check out this week

Payback Time

A grade-A knob

Cartoons

Tar Paper Town
Midnight Inquirer
Red Meat
Ernie Pook's Comeek
Arnould
Straight Jab

City Singles

Singles of the Week - Cindy | Salt Lick

Best of Vancouver

Best of Vancouver 2007

Straight Choices

Redesigning the desert

Playlist

Top 50 albums of the week, September 13 - 20, 2007

Straight.com

About the Straight
Advertise at the Straight - Web Advertising

Driving

Value beats flash with Hyundai's chill Sonata

Straight List

September 20 - 26, 2007

Real Estate

Power in a solar system

Blog - Movies

More from Jeff Goldblum on his new DVD "Pittsburgh"
Computer animation festival serves up the best of the bunch
Mark Harris offers a second look at Lady Chatterley