Issue 2079, Oct 25, 2007

Theatre

What's beneath the wit and shock of Edward Albee's The Goat
Grandeur of Timothy Findley's The Wars buries tale
Driving Miss Daisy
His Greatness

Dance

The spirit of Santería dances on
Wen Wei Wang renews Vivaldi's Four Seasons

Music Arts

Tiger Lilies ride their Urine Palace to Vancouver

Visual Arts

Gerard Byrne explores a future that failed to arrive

Arts Notes

Notes from the arts world

Arts Choices

News from the art world

Letters

Private and public police dissed on campus
Upwardly mobile flu tag actually a misnomer
Raging granny has had enough of celeb smut
#*@! writer abuses women with !*?# language
Golf course backers the problem, not the solution

News Features

Gas prices affect TransLink
Candidate list grows for Vancouver's 2008 mayoral race
Big-box retail faces a battle

Straight Talk

Vancouver park board's task force on dogs lacks a real bite
New West crackdown creates concern
Vision for reforming campaign financing
NPA pushing park committee merger
Olympics on way means workers need to know their rights
Lower Mainland future mega-cities to sign Livability Accord
Kingsgate Mall calls off pumpkin drive for the poor
Prince of Pot sounds off on Queen of the North
Department of National Defence alludes to extent of propaganda efforts

Straight Issues

What impact do you think Green leader Jane Sterk will have on B.C. politics?
New B.C. Green leader set on voting change

Commentary

China retains one-child rule

Sports

Canuck Aaron Miller unfazed by goal drought

Health Features

The quest for the ultimate cure for addiction
Vancouver to play major role in researching possible drug for MS

Health Notes

Federal government asked to take leadership role in improving access to palliative care

Travel Features

Australian train journey brings dry continent to life

Fashion Plate

Score! How to win at thrifting

Style Watch

Naughty or nice: Halloween costumes showcase your sexy self

Kool Thing

Jessica high-waisted leather pants

Chic of the Week

Milk-ology

Dining Features

Tricks for Halloween treats to eat

Best Eating

Creative pizza gets back to its organic nature

Uncorked

Six Quails in the hand worth savouring

Food of the Week

Hälsö Konditori Swedish Bakery Café

Drink of the Week

Novemberfest

Straight Goods

8 dining events

Book Reviews

Long Story Short: short stories by Elyse Friedman
Travels With Herodotus: Essays by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Hold Everything Dear: essays by John Berger

Movies Features

Jude Law and Michael Caine on Sleuth
Mira Sorvino happy to avoid Reservation Road's top role
Control finds the dark voice of Joy Division's Ian Curtis
Jerry Seinfeld funnies honey with Bee Movie
Writer-director Karl DiPelino makes no-bareback Pigs

Movie Notes

News from Hollywood north

Movie Reviews

Joy Division's lost martyr
Reservation Road
30 Days of Night
Goya's Ghosts
Things We Lost in the Fire
Pigs
Sleuth
The Comebacks

Music Features

Caribou: Harmony in his head
Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew can't quite make it on his own
Long Island loop-slinger Prince Paul picks up the P-Funk mantle
A Fine Frenzy's Alison Sudol is determinedly optimistic
New Buffalo benefits from Feist's commercial hit
Nathan Wiley takes a dark look at city's underbelly
Germany's Jazzanova defies metronomic perfection

Local Motion

Hundred Years digs in for a long metal war

Concert Reviews

Kanye West
Ozzy Osbourne/Rob Zombie
Final Fantasy

Music Notes

A hard drive to the border

Music Choices

5 bands to see this week

Payback Time

A pubesworth of analysis

Club Choices

Know your History: The Bourbon
5 DJs pick spooky tracks
10 Halloween-themed club events
Who dressed you?
DJ Pandemonium

Cartoons

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

City Singles

Singles of the Week - Tatia | Dawson
Singles of the Week - Julie | Jacob

Straight Choices

City events for the socially conscious

Playlist

Top 50 albums of the week, Oct 25 - Nov 1, 2007

Straight.com

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Feature Articles

The Halloween mayhem/money machine
Halloween is gay Holy Grail

Press Clips

Commuter freebies floundering financially

Transportation

GM's take on hybrid sensible and affordable

Real Estate

B.C. housing boom hits young

Blog - Politics

European Parliament backs “poppy for medicine” initiative in Afghanistan –will Canada follow?
Harper bitten by media hound Hillier: Ujjal Dosanjh