Issue 2083, Nov 22, 2007

Theatre

John and Beatrice
A Moon for the Misbegotten
Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical

Dance

Elemental Brubeck riffs on Paris flowers, ballet, and all that jazz
Why the Dervishes whirl

Music Arts

Uzume Taiko: Now with more bagpipes!

Visual Arts

Luis Jacob: A Dance… and Other Works

Arts Notes

Festivalgoers get their PuSh on
News from the arts world

Arts Choices

Belly dancing, Crystal Pite's Lost Action, painter Etienne Zack + more

Letters

False drama undermines Iris Chang's message
Dyer's bromides fail to deliver understanding
STV will wait have to wait until 2013, at the earliest
Deregulation is the real issue, not accreditation
Only the naive don't see art as a business

News Features

NDP yet to break its silence on peak oil
Frank Paul inquiry raises questions of police cover-up
Stephen Harper opens door to prison privatization
Residents, municipalities oppose parkland use in Musqueam settlement
Is David Emerson playing footsie with Saudis?

Straight Talk

Council debates ban on corporate and union donations
Critics call Getmovingbc.com a shill for Gateway project
Boychuk survives Pride Society putsch
Could Robert Dziekanski's death lead to Taser ban?
Olympic Games mascots - the horror
B.C. lawyers call for Taser ban

Straight Issues

Nurse troubled by Tasers
What policing reforms would you like to see in the wake of the Robert Dziekanski incident?

Commentary

Suspicious West is Iran's worst enemy

Health Features

High heels: strap them on in moderation

Travel Features

Japanese pilgrimmage: a 1600-kilometre trek around Shikoku

Fashion Plate

Cozy knickers as central heating

Style Watch

Cynthia Vincent embellished silk blouse
Goodbye silver, hello gold
Fab Fair jewellery and accessories show

Chic of the Week

Portobello West Christmas market

Dining Features

Why French women don't go hungry

Best Eating

A whole new congee

Uncorked

All hail Fernet-Branca, the foulest liqueur on Earth

Food of the Week

Loose Leaf Tearoom

Straight Goods

7 dining events > Beer Dip fondue, celebrity dim sum, Porridge for Parkinson's + more

Book Reviews

Kuroshio: The Blood of Foxes by Terry Watada
Operation Orca by Daniel Francis and Gil Hewlett
Sitcom by David McGimpsey

Movies Features

Heath Ledger gets a fragment of Dylan
Sidney Lumet hits a career high with Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Fear inspires Stephen King
Jonathan Rhys Meyers finds himself in August Rush

Movie Notes

News from Hollywood North

Movie Reviews

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Beowulf
Still Life
Hitman
The Mist
August Rush

DVD Releases

What's new on DVD

Music Features

Juliette Lewis meets her rockin' destiny
New Riders of the Purple Sage down on jam-band wankery
Sweden's José González a fingerpickin' hypnotist
DJ Lee Burridge still trusts in the vinyl solution
Formerly Jane Siberry, Issa simplifies her life

Local Motion

Sojourners get back to gospel's roots

Concert Reviews

Isis: boring as fuck

Recordings

Jay-Z's American Gangster
Coheed and Cambria's No World for Tomorrow
Celine Dion's Taking Chances
OTEP's the_Ascension
Yves Lambert & Le Bebert Orchestra's Le Monde à Lambert
Imani Coppola's The Black & White Album

Who Are You?

Johnny Chung

Music Notes

News from the music world

Music Choices

Highlife Records, Chemlab, Chimaira, VHS or Beta

Payback Time

Why must opening bands suck?

Cartoons

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

City Singles

Singles of the Week - Juliane | Paul
Singles of the Week - Juliane | Paul

Straight Choices

Social-justice activist and journalist Michele Landsberg

Playlist

Top 50 albums: Alicia Keyes, Celine Dion, Anne Murray + more

Pop Eye

Duran Duran: so bad they're good

Straight.com

About the Straight

Feature Articles

Kinky sex makes for happy people

Transportation

Mercedes launches Smart car 2.0, the Fortwo

Real Estate

EcoDensity Initiative bends to criticism

Techno Logic

Santa's making a blog and checking it twice

Astrology

Your horoscope for November 22 - 28, 2007

Blog - Movies

Oh those angry Asian men!