Issue 2082, Nov 15, 2007

Arts Features

Young heiress seeks man to interest, move, and seduce her
Is Tom Papa the next big comic?

Theatre

Borderlines
Disney's High School Musical
Tideline

Music Arts

Moira Smiley & VOCO blend folk, soul, and jazz
Odalan Bali featuring Gamelan Cudamani
Cavalleria Rusticana/I Pagliacci

Visual Arts

Mobile Structures: Dialogues Between Ceramics and Architecture in Canadian Art

Arts Notes

Notes from the arts world

Arts Choices

Eastside Culture Crawl gets bigger; Cameron MacDonald's fax-paper fishes; Shooting Star Foundation fundraiser

Letters

Future oil supplies linked to output from Saudi field
War heroes died for democracy, not for NAFTA
No heritage for us, we live in Vancouver
Why does Kwan blather on about her blunder?

News Features

The Robert Dziekanski Taser video
Eastside Culture Crawl artists on the endangered list
Imperialism blamed for Pakistan's woes
Police apology starts new era in DTES
Vancouver Pride Society boss accused
Vancouver park board's two-year report card

Straight Talk

Allan De Genova ponders 2008 mayoral bid
Did Gordon Campbell order the Frank Paul inquiry?
Canadian Tire big box blasted as "ecological bigfoot"
No quick answers in RCMP taser attack and subsequent death of Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver International Airport
How Tasers actually work
International society calls AIDS numbers "a crime against humanity"

Straight Issues

Critics line up against neo-Translink Bill 43
How do you feel about privatized transit?

Commentary

Don't panic: peak oil won't make sky fall
President muddies Taiwan election waters

Health Features

Amino-acid therapy claims massive success in treating drug addiction

Health Notes

Canadians with diabetes have a new place to talk

Trigger Happy

What Halo 3 has done to the industry
What Halo 3 has done to gamers

Travel Features

Barbados yacht racing teaches tricks of hoisting, grinding, and "shit-talking"

Outside

Meet the folks behind the Cowichan Valley's wineries, orchards, galleries

Travel Notes

Customs quiz: How much can you bring back duty-free?

Style Features

Cocoon dresses: from McCartney to Moschino, they're voluminous and cozy

Style Watch

Three Stones label pegs cozy layers with unique details

Kool Thing

Vic Matiè grey leather shoes

Dining Features

Game-bird recipes: tips for quail, pheasant, and partridge

Best Eating

Insadong Korean Barbeque inflames the thrill of the grill

Uncorked

8 wine treats for the holiday season

Food of the Week

Hainanese chicken rice

Straight Goods

8 dining events > Curds & Whey Cheese Festival, Bistro Pastis's Sud Ouest Menu, Balls! Round the World Fare + more

Book Reviews

Gentlemen of the Road By Michael Chabon / Love Over Scotland By Alexander McCall
How to talk about books you haven't read By Pierre Bayard
Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker

Book Choice of the Week

Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival

Movies Features

Harry Potter maker builds a whole world for Love in the Time of Cholera
Breakfast With Scot star Thomas Cavanagh keeps his sportscaster in the closet
Long-time Stephen King director Frank Darabont signs on for The Mist
Beowulf's Angelina Jolie a yummy mummy with a tail
Freddie Highmore on August Rush
The Rape of Nanking finally set to film

Movie Notes

News from Hollywood North

Movie Reviews

Redacted
Love in the Time of Cholera
The Devil Came on Horseback
Saawariya
Falling for Grace
Breakfast With Scot
Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking
Om Shanti Om
Intervention

DVD Releases

New on DVD > Bill Maher, Chappelle's Show, Hairspray, Live Free or Die Hard + more

Music Features

Heavy Trash’s Jon Spencer admits his oddball rockabilly is too confusing for some
Stars singer Torquil Campbell embraces pop-music anarchy
Martina Sorbara’s Dragonette oozes sex and swagger
Dweezil Zappa pays tribute to his dad's musical genius
Marilyn Lerner explores homosexuality, improv
Amina Claudine Myers helps toast improv stalwarts NOW
Travis tunesmith tries to tell timeless truths

Local Motion

Celtic rockers Town Pants come home for 10-year hootenany

Concert Reviews

M.I.A. breaks down the barriers
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals

Recordings

Situation by Buck 65
White Chalk by PJ Harvey
This Is Forever by She Wants Revenge
Ire Works by The Dillinger Escape Plan
Play It As It Lays by Patti Scialfa
Chrome Dreams II by Neil Young
Red Carpet Massacre by Duran Duran

Music Notes

Notes from the music world

Music Choices

Stone's Throw Records Anniversary Tour, Isis, Mark O'Connor + more

Payback Time

Lay off the Maroon 5 ape jokes

Cartoons

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

City Singles

Singles of the Week - Colby | Jeff

Straight Choices

Galápagos Darwinists Peter and Rosemary Grant

Playlist

Top 50 albums: Jay-Z, Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, Garth Brooks + more

Pop Eye

Nikki Sixx is high on being sober

Straight.com

About the Straight

Feature Articles

Documented proof of Darwin's natural selection

Real Estate

Rebates for green houses?

Obituaries

Henry Herbert Wilkinson

Techno Logic

Vancouver's video-game execs issue warning

Blog - Politics

Taser deaths lead to lost confidence in RCMP: Ujjal Dosanjh
Robert Dziekanski affair draws public enquiry

Blog - Movies

Gays get a life on In the Life